ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

 Discover our licensed collections with our amazing artists!

We are committed to working with talented and diverse artists to create unique diamond painting kits that feature exclusively licensed art.

When you purchase diamond paintings from us the artists are compensated for the use of their images or given credit for their creation and/or photos in the public domain and/or under Creative Commons License.

 

 

Jody has a diverse painting style that has developed over many years and literally thousands of paintings. Her earliest works were charming children's illustrations that she sold at Northwest art shows to pay for her education.

Jody's watercolor technique is self taught. Her engineering degree is reflected in her compositions and demonstrates Jody's love of mathematics and geometry. She seamlessly blends these elements with her imaginative inner visions to create her unique style.

She is often asked about her use of aboriginal, native, and geometric symbols. Her ongoing studies introduced her to many ancient cultures and the beauty of their designs. By respectfully working with these images, Jody participates in the significance of our history and reintegrates their symbols into our modern culture.

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Tabz Jones

As the proud owner of Ivy and Bat LLC, I combine my love of gothic and fantasy themes to create unique pieces of art that I hope uses color and texture to express ideas, creativity and passion.  My artwork is not only a representation of my creativity but also a reflection of my years of experience and hard work. I use a variety of digital and traditional mediums to bring my pieces to life, ensuring that each piece is a unique expression of my vision as a whole. I look forward to sharing that vision with you and bringing a little more beauty into this world.

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 Robert Lyn Nelson

Like any artist who has enjoyed a long and successful career, Robert Lyn Nelson has mastered a wide variety of disciplines and explored a myriad of themes as he’s followed his vocation. A contemporary artist with an extensive body of work, his imagery has not only been shown in hundreds of exhibitions and become part of many public and private collections but has even made its way onto currency and album covers.

Nelson currently resides in Maui, Hawaii, continuing to enjoy this island as a true tropical paradise. He is the father of two daughters, Margaux (born 1990) and Sienna (born 1992), who have always been an inspiration to him and his artwork since they were born.

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 Tom Crehan

Tom Crehan is a digital artist from London, England, whose creative journey has been marked by a deep connection to both spiritual and secular themes. He began his artistic career focusing on religious paintings, which gained popularity through his Etsy shop, "Darling Beads of May." This shop became the birthplace of his early religious works and continues to be a cherished platform for his art. As a father to three girls, Tom finds inspiration in his youngest daughter, who is autistic, and her unique perspective greatly influences his evolving artistic style.

Today, Tom is known for continually pushing the boundaries of digital art, blending tradition with modernity in innovative and thought-provoking ways.

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Michael David Ward

Michael David Ward is a Japanese American artist/writer from the high-tech industry. A published fine-artist of multiple genres, he is also a graphic and industrial designer. In addition to his artistic endeavors, Michael is a science fiction/fantasy writer.

Michael has created many commemorative images for Paramount Studios, Lucas Arts, and New Line Cinema on such properties as Star Trek, Star Wars, and Lost in Space. His works of art and character designs have also been licensed by numerous companies for a variety of products. His work has also been featured in numerous magazines such as Heavy Metal Magazine as well as on book covers. His original paintings and limited-edition prints are collected worldwide and have been prominently displayed in galleries and exhibitions all over the United States, Europe, and Japan. His art is either in the collections of or has been endorsed by such notables as Gene Roddenberry, George Lucas, Jeff Bezos, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, Jonathan Frakes, and numerous other actors and businesses. Michael was chosen as a featured artist in a series of "Marine Art Expos" affiliated with the Cousteau Society that were produced in Monterey, California and Maui, Hawaii. Some of Michael's images have been seen on television shows such as Third Rock from the Sun, Star Trek 25th Anniversary Special, the Star Trek documentary Trekkies, and featured as a prominent display at Disneyland's "Star Tours" ride. Michael's work also attracted the attention of 20th Century Fox and MGM Animations where they were optioned as entertainment properties.

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Howie Green

Howie Green came to international attention as a painter and artist with the publication of his book Jazz Fish Zen: Adventures in Mamboland. His colorful and whimsical artwork has been featured in over 40 group and solo shows and has adorned over 60 public and private murals. Boston-based since the early 1970s Howie was raised in East Rochester and Clarence Center, NY. Howie has a unique artist's eye for the colorful fun that springs out of our popular culture. Images from comics, celebrities, movies, TV and various other flotsam and jetsam that washes up on the rocky shores of our popular media all make their way into Howie's colorful and fun Pop Art creations. Howie uses a pop-fauvist color palette and has an eclectic, upbeat, approach to his subject matter. Howie says a lot of people tell him that they love "his colors". Howie comments "My colors? They don't belong to me. Colors are out there floating around. I just happen to use them all!"

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RomantzArt

RomantzArt is the creative outlet of Sarena Mantz, a wife and a mother of four incredible children, whose ages span from 14 to 29, providing her with a wide and vibrant perspective.

Sarena's journey in the world of creativity has been diverse, ranging from jewelry making to body painting. In recent years, as her youngest child gained independence, she wholeheartedly embraced her passion for art, exploring both traditional mediums and the exciting realm of new technologies, always eager to embark on the adventures that the ever-evolving art world offers.

 

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 Mary Gaines

I am a self taught artist, I live in one of the most gorgeous areas of the country. I live in the Pacific Northwest, on scenic Whidbey Island, Washington. I have lived here for over 37 years and what an inspiration it is to get to experience each and every day. Our Island is 50 miles long and everywhere you drive to you get to see the ocean, we are surrounded by the Cascades, Olympics and Mt. Baker, we are so blessed to live here. My late husband and I were also able to travel most of our retired life to all the national parks and British Columbia, before he passed in 2020. I hope to be able to share some of those beautiful photographs here in my galleries of the beauty that God has created. I am excited for the future, because now I do have more time to focus on painting and photography and traveling to places I haven't been to before. I know Larry will be right there with me looking over my shoulder and cheering me on.

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HEIKE R. @FINIRA_ARTIST

Finira studied at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, majoring in art. She focused on photography and drawing. Increasing digitalization and the development of artificial intelligence have given her new tools that she uses in her artistic process. Exploring new art forms and combining them with tradition fascinates her and drives her creative work.

 

 Hannah @ iterationscrafts

 Hannah is a digital artist who primarily uses the AI generator Mid Journey in combination with digital painting in Procreate. Her first career love was teaching philosophy to college students before chronic illness took her down a new path. She comes to her art with a spirit of curiosity and creativity, and she loves exploring a wide range of artistic styles and experimenting with new artistic tools. Hannah lives in Chicago with her wife Claire, their cat Layla, and their golden retriever Riley.

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 Guido Borelli

Artist Guido Borelli da Caluso was born in 1952, in Caluso, Italy at the foothills of the Italian Alps. Born into an artistic family, (his grandfather was a woodcarver and furniture maker, and his paternal uncle and aunt paint) young Guido first discovered painting somewhere between the ages of 4 to 6 years old. With the encouragement of his family, Guido’s first art challenge came at age 13 in the form of a public award. Although he did not win this art award, he continued to make artistic strides, and had his first personal art exhibit at the young age of 17. He received his art training at Accademia Albertina, in Turin, which was founded in 1672, at the special request of the King. Beginning with Guido’s first exhibition at the Ars Plauda Gallery in Turin, Italy in 1969, he has continued to have exhibitions around the world in Catania, Uruguay, Holland, Egypt, United Kingdom, Malta, Norway, Germany, United States, Spain, USSR, Bulgaria, France, Poland, Costa Rica, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Japan. In addition to these rotating exhibitions, he has permanent exhibitions at Robert Paul Gallery Gallery in Stowe, Vermont Galleria Bella in New Orleans, LA, Galerie Art Passion in St. Paul de Vence, France and at the Galleria d’arte Portofino in Portofino, Italy.

“I am a true lover of nature and of everything gentle. My landscapes and houses combine reality and imagination. First, I store in my mind all views that I find interesting. Later, when I need a subject, those views resurface in my memory, and I paint what I selectively remember of them, with intrinsically personal modifications.” – Guido Borelli

Guido’s painting style is influenced by the Italian realistic style beginning in the 1900’s, especially by the artists Boldini and De Nittis. Inspired by the movement of shadows, his oil paintings reflect nature as their focal points depicting Italian landscapes, homes and villas of Northern Italy and the Alps. Today his work is highly acclaimed and he has worldwide collectors.

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 Marcello Corti

Born in Bergamo, Italy, Marcello Corti comes from a family of artists, painters, sculptors, and poets. Corti describes his portraits as “capturing on canvas the very soul of his subjects with swift and skillful paint strokes.”

Since 1986, Corti has produced imagery used in advertising and graphic design for major Italian companies. In 2006, he returned to painting and integrated his original artistic style with technology to develop unique artistic solutions. Corti uses Photoshop and his Mac with a pen tablet to create illustrations for paper stationery, picture books, gifts, and household items.

Corti’s extensive knowledge and experience in printing enables him to provide customers with suitable solutions, both from an artistic and a technical point of view. He also specializes in image production through lenticular printing, where printed images possess an illusion of depth, or appear to move as the image is viewed from different angles.

Corti applies his technology-based skills, roots as a painter, and his perception of color, form, and beauty as a broad toolset for creative expression.

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 Rafael Trujillo

Rafael began his artistic journey at an early age, studying drawing at the Medellín Museum of Art in Colombia. By the age of 12, he had already won a regional painting competition. He went on to study advertising at the Instituto de Artes de Medellín, where he also mastered the technique of airbrushing. Over time, Rafael expanded his skills into the realms of digital and 3D art, ultimately specializing in creating artwork for puzzles and collectibles.

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Simona Candini

Simona Candini

Artist Simona Candini is graduated at the Academy Of Fine Arts University of Bologna and she is currently based in Italy.

Her works, showcased in galleries around the globe, embody a beautiful yet sometimes dark world inhabited by big eyed girls and improbable creatures. With a stirring of emotions translated onto each new work of art, Simona brings her love of the old fairytales and childhood imaginings to us in a unique and poetic way. She is a traditional artist and enjoys using oils, watercolor, acrylics, graphite and pencils on paper, canvas and wood boards. Simona hand paints and personalize most frames to match her artworks and to make them unique as her art.

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 WILLIAM CARR

Once in a lifetime an Artist appears and amasses a body of work that captures the perfection of creation and the truth of beauty that resides in every rock, cloud and ray of light. William Carr’s artistic vantage displays an understated complexity within his visual composition.  Each image commands attention with vivid secret views into places exotic and foreign. An innovative approach to the visual language of photography.

William Carr travels like a native through distant lands, understanding the eloquence and subtlety of different cultures and their relationship with the planet. “My greatest hope is to nourish a ‘World Focus” on the preservation and conservation of this miraculous planet we call home”. Completely self-taught, William is one of the most collected photographers in the world, with over 35 million images sold worldwide.

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SARINA

Sydney artist Sarina spent her childhood on the New South Wales Central Coast of Australia where she acquired not only a love for the sea, but also the creativity that infuses her art. After studying at the Sydney College of the Arts, where she studied fine art, textile and graphic design, Sarina began her career as a freelance designer producing everything from corporate identity packages to sports and surf wear. Following several successful exhibitions, demand for her paintings soon became so overwhelming that she decided to concentrate her efforts on that facet of her artwork.

Sarina’s unique style of painting in mixed media reflects her moods & inspiration….textured, aged & patterned still life, sea scapes and coastal views on canvas and paper which may involve layering materials like watercolor, acrylic, oils, inks, plaster, sand & gold leaf, sewing & stitching in nails, ropes, beads and shells before finishing with glazes or resin to simulate the luminosity of water. This results in exotic three dimensional artworks that are truly one of a kind. Her paintings inspire and create a sense of happiness, peace & tranquility every time they are seen.

Sarina’s work combines ideas from her travels and her love of the ocean. She has the unique ability to transcend creative boundaries of artistic media.

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 SCOTT WESTMORELAND

Scott Westmoreland received a degree in art from Cal State, Fullerton in 1991. He then spent the first decade of his career as a designer and illustrator in the entertainment industry. Scott served as an artist for original posters, programs, brochures and multi-use images for major theatrical productions nation-wide, including tours and the Broadway stage. He served as a comprehensive artist for the motion picture industry and it's advertisers, as well as a regular contractor for the Walt Disney Company and MCA Universal.

In 1996, Scott was asked to become a full-time Staff artist at Disney, where he created numerous marketing, merchandising and collector edition pieces, as well as countless conceptual and developmental campaigns for Michael Eisner.

Scott rejoined the freelance world in 2001 where he has concentrated his efforts in the fine art arena. Scott’s images have been licensed on many products over the years including calendars, puzzles, wall murals, clocks, 3-D sculptures, coasters, wallpaper borders, clothing and much more. His surf, Woodie car, tropical and surf board series have made him a recognizable name on the national art scene.

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CAROLYN STEELE

Carolyn Steele lives and works in the Virgin Islands, where she paints watercolours of indigenous flora and fauna.  Inspired by the colour, diversity and beauty of the region, her richly-textured images contain composites of things a nature-lover might see on a morning's walk or an afternoon's snorkel.  Carolyn is committed to wildlife education and conservation, and hopes her artwork will enlighten as well as decorate.  She sees her paintings as love-letters to the tropics - a celebration of the colourful and exotic Caribbean islands.

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DAVID MACLEAN

A digital artist for the past 15 years and a traditional artist for the 25 years previous to that (paint and brush on an easel), David Maclean currently lives among the vineyards and orchards. David has quickly become one of the most requested artists over the past year. His artwork can now be found all over the world. 

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JAN PATRIK KRASNY

Jan Patrik Krasny was born in the Czech Republic in 1955. He graduated with honours from the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. 

Since his childhood Jan Patrik was attracted to comics, so after graduating he managed to secure regular work which he had published in several magazines and newspapers. 

Over the past two decades he has created more than 400 pieces of cover art for various international publishers of sci-fi & fantasy books. 

Having mastered the techniques of computer graphics, Jan Patrik has partially laid down his oil paints and used these new talents to create even more fantastic art. 

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ZORINA BALDESCU

Romanian based Zorina Baldescu has been an illustrator for a number of years, creating wonderful illustrations for children’s books, which she still produces today. Zorina has created a series of delightful images of fairy tales including Cinderella, princesses, fairies, unicorns, and much more.

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CIRO MARCHETTI

Ciro Marchetti has had a successful graphic design career that has spanned working in Europe, South America and the US. Parallel to his corporate design, he is also a renowned digital artist. The current content and style of recent illustrations directly reflects his sources of interest and inspiration. From early student days when he first came across the delicate pen and ink work of Arthur Rackham, to the discovery in later years of the beautifulcharacters of James Christenson, and surrealistic dream images of Michael Parkes. These combined with a personal collection of old mechanical instruments and artifacts such as compasses, theodolytes, sextants and kaleidoscopes provide the inspiration for creating richly detailed images that conjure up retro-techworlds of fantasy and imagination.

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STEVE CRISP

Steve graduated from St Martins School of Art in 1980 having won the student of the year award for his illustration work.

Having worked in publishing and advertising with many book cover commissions for authors such as Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Piers Anthony, John Le Carré, James Herbert his work has become very collectable

He works in a wide range of media including airbrush, black & white, watercolour, acrylic, oil and for the last 10 years digital too.

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Dominic Davison

Dominic Davison lives in Buckinghamshire, UK where he gets his inspiration for his idyllic and romantic scenes. He has been creating art for many years and in this time built up a loyal fan base, which now spans worldwide. He worked as a freelance artist, perfecting the art of mixing traditional and digital creation. The '3D' aspect of his artwork refers to specific objects, mainly the models of houses or buildings being able to be placed and situated in a real-world environment, as opposed to being painted on a flat 2d surface

Dominic has his work published in many magazines such as '3D Artist', and 'Advanced Photoshop' and his imagery is found on a whole range of merchandise 

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JASMINE BECKET-GRIFFITH 

Jasmine’s images appear in many books and magazines as well as countless merchandising lines such as the Bradford Exchange and Hamilton Collection, and her artwork with the Walt Disney Company, LucasFilm and more. Her paintings have a very wide appeal, appearing in public and private collections throughout the world, and she maintains an ever-growing legion of fans from all walks of life with her “Strangeling” brand.

Jasmine was born in 1979 and began showing her work professionally in 1997. She is a full-time painter and lives between her studios in Celebration, Florida, and Long Beach, California. Her primary galleries are the Corey Helford Gallery in Los Angeles and Disney’s WonderGround & Pop Galleries at Disneyland and Disney World.

Howdy, I’m Jasmine! I am the creator of the Strangeling brand, the painter of all the paintings, and the artist behind the Strangeling Public Domain project.

I have decided to gift the bulk of my extensive back catalogue of images to the public. In this initial phase of the project I am facilitating the process by including 625 high resolution scans of my original acrylic paintings spanning from 1999-2021 as free downloads on this website.

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