Joseph Lorusso was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1966 and received his formal training at the American Academy of Art. He went on to receive his B.F.A. degree from the Kansas City Art Institute. Born of Italian descent, Lorusso was exposed to art at an early age. Through several early trips to Italy, his parents introduced him to the works of the Italian Masters. Lorusso would look to these influences throughout his early artistic development and they are still evident in his work today. 

Serge was born in 1971 in Ufa in the USSR. Serge Marshennikov is a Russian artist born in Ufa. Marshennikov studied at one of the most prestigious art academies in the world, The Repin Academy of Fine Art in St. Petersburg, Russia.As one of the most talented graduates of the academy he conducted his post-graduate studies under the personal tutelage of the Rector of the Academy, Professor Milnikov at his studio.

Serge Marshennikov’s hyperrealist paintings of women in interior spaces are heavily influenced by the mid-twentieth century American artist Andrew Wyeth. Wyeth painted the rural farming communities of his hometowns in America with sensitivity and affection becoming arguably the most popular artist of his time. Later he painted a series of paintings of his father’s nurse and caretaker, Helga. These paintings are so realistic that Helga almost seems present. It is in this way that Marshennikov portrays his sisters, depicting their skin and hair with the loving affection in which Wyeth portrayed Helga.

Aydemir Seyfullaevich Saidov

Aydemir Saidov was born March 29, 1979, in a family member of the Artists Union of Russia, Honored Art Worker of Kuban, Seyfulla Aydemirovich Saidov. In 2000 he graduated from Krasnodar Art College, and in 2006 St. Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture named after I.E. Repin - Academy of Fine Arts. Painting workshop O.A.Eremeev, qualification of a painter. 

THE ARTIST

Jessica Gordon is an emerging artist focusing on narrative figurative works. Jessica sought a creative outlet which led her to pick up a paintbrush for the first time. She fell in love with the idea of creating something entirely her own. Self-taught, she is paving her way, giving the viewer an insight into her mind and creative instincts.

Emerging strong, Jessica’s work can be found in multiple publications and selected for numerous shows throughout the United States. Her paintings are part of multiple private collections and she is represented by Robert Lange Studios in Charleston, South Carolina.