Listed Below Are Those Self-Taught Artists Whose Artistic Talents And Ability Bring Inspiration,  Contentment and Happiness by Expressing Themselves Through Their Favorite Art Techniques And Mediums.  With No Formal Art Education to Guide Them Their Colorful Canvases Are A Wonderful Example of How You Can Achieve Something You Truly Believe In. ..  Please Visit Their Sites When You Get A Moment.                                                     Thank You, Jackie
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MEENU DHAGE - www.everythingbeneathesun.com

Meenu from Bengaluru, India states that as an artist anything creative attracts her.  She is an engineering graduate who left her job two years ago and unable to decide what to do.   In that time that she was out of work she had the chance to reflect and introspect about herself and decide to focus on visual art.  Meenu  had taken up hobby classes when working but she has been painting for the last  couple of years.

                               SARA SYLVESTER-  www.art-sara-sylvester.co.uk


                                Having made the move to the east Midlands three years ago, Sara now concentrates as a 2D artist and                                            photographer. Sara has entered as many local exhibitions as she can and has started to sell her art again.                                       She works mostly in water-colours, (having started in oils, dabbled with acrylics, and sometimes with pastels)                                   Sara  also makes photo-cards using her own original images. She'd be happy accept commissions.

Paul Tourdot of Madison, Wisconsin, was raised in rural Brooklyn Wisconsin. As a child he was always fascinated with observing his surroundings and trying to recreate whatever he saw on paper. Living in the country gave him lots of time to stick to the basics of life and all that it has to offer.After the service Paul attended college first for computer programming, then graphic design. Paul never quite found his calling in life, and after years of painting off and on,  finally decided to pick up his brush. Finding happiness in this world was only a canvas away.   Inspired by French impressionists and portrait artist John Singer Sargent, all of Paul’s work is created by just observing the world on his daily walks and the snapshots he takes for reference.

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Deirdre Kelleghan lives in Ireland; she is an artist and amateur astronomer. She has a passion for experimentation in her approach to lunar, solar and deep sky sketching. Her work has been internationally acknowledged as unique. This overwhelming passion also feeds into public expression as Deirdre is an avid informal educator. She relishes in developing drawing workshops and talks to share the wonders of the Univese with children and adults.  Deirdre is captivated by the explorations of interplanetary space probes. Currently she is working on a new and exciting phase of multi-media paintings, journeying through surfaces on other worlds, and bringing them to canvas.



DEIRDRE KELLEGHAN - www.deirdrekelleghan.net
LIVI MAYLIN - www.livisart.com

A talented self-taught artist her work consists mainly of portraits from photo-realism to pure fantasy.  Most of her education was completed in Fife, Scotland where upon leaving school was one of the top marked artists in the country.  After school Livi tried a lot of different art mediums, settling comfortably with exploring oils. Her art pieces have been on exhibit in many extinquished galleries throughout the UK.