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Angelo Lembo was born in Syracuse, in Sicily. The tempo of his whole childhood was given by the sound of his mother’s sewing machine – a dressmaker. He was fascinated when looking at her turning a modest fabric scrap into a tent dress or a three-piece suit. He thought: “when I grow up, I will do this! I want to create something! I want to see unthinkable things come true in my hands!”

This is the inspration for his MIXARTOYS. He felt the desire to have fun, to take his kid’s creative spirit up again. He thought again about his toys and games. All those cartoons characters who inhabited his room. His parents were not rich enough to satisfy all demands, so he often got wrecked figurines from friends. And yet, he fixed them up, mixing the characters to offer them a new life. It was an extraordinary life, made of fantastic adventures.

Today, he took his dusty toys out of their boxes. They are warriors. They came across wars, ashes and other bad experiences they had to bear. They didn’t give in to digital attraction. They went through areas and just don’t care about fashion, money and religion. They are immortal creatures.
Lembo wishes to offer them the life they deserve: an XXL life. Suddenly, they go taller and taller and by turns, they become brutal, rebel, sweetheart, thanks to MIX magic. They are MIXARTOYS.

Each of them is a mix of seriousness, derision, mood and humour. In a certain way, they are our childhood keepers.

Mr. Oreke was born in 1986, he is a French artist and does “Street Pop Art”. During early 2000’s, he came across pictorial art through graffiti. He began covering walls with spray painted drawings with shimmering colors before continuing the same process on canvas.

His style drew inspiration from the pop art movement and American comics of the 50’s and 60’s. Abstraction made a major impact on his style during his early years, while masculine and feminine faces in stencil became part of his universe. Human figures is Roy Lichtenstein’s inheritance, a painter he admires for his portraits. Mr. Oreke’s uniqueness can be seen through his backgrounds where he uses spray paint in a graffiti like manner. The artist combines ink with acrylic and sometimes varied elements such as bank notes. Narration is hinted with humor, fantasy and energy. A formal freedom is added by mixing collages, colors and typographic elements….and are a lot like comic books.

Colin Banks has a passion for exotic wildlife which is powerfully expressed in his innovative animal portraiture. Each stunning image gives the viewer a remarkable sense of closeness to the animal in question. Despite the semi abstract feel to some of the work, Colin believes that the eyes should always be the focus of any life study, so this feature is always very real, drawing the viewer in and inviting them to engage with the subject.

There is also a strong sense of narrative; these animals have a story to tell, of past adventures and uncertain futures. Colin is a committed conservationist and his concerns about endangered species, particularly tigers, add a frisson of empathy and authenticity to each piece.

Mandy Budan is a Canadian artist who works primarily in acrylic. She paints abstracts of the landscape, emphasizing and rearranging the elements to show the beauty of the landscape in unexpected ways. Inspired by nature, Budan uses strong colour, discrete shapes and rhythmic patterns to create paintings which can be enjoyed for both their abstract and realistic qualities. She finds the majority of her inspiration in her home province of Ontario, but also explores the provincial parks and conservation areas and hidden green spaces looking for that elusive combination of light, colour and shape that speaks to her love of painting.

Online store: http://budanart.com/category/original-paintings

Born and brought up in Staffordshire, Goodhead displayed much promise and raw talent towards the subject of art in its various forms from an early age, and therefore it shocked no-one to learn that Goodhead wanted to heighten and further her interest and skillset within a higher educational surround. She secured herself a weekend job doing commission work to her fund her way through Uni and her immediate life on successful completion of her course.

Hayley’s witty and distinctive animal images are inspired by all things contemporary – well known brands, the colours and patterns of the fashion world, the modern love of the visual joke – and she brings these elements together in her uniquely appealing realist style and vibrant palette.

The paintings of Michael Summers take us into a crisp and colorful world, alive with nostalgia, splendor and whimsy. Within each vibrant scene are playful reminders that our everyday lives are filled with wonder, beauty and magic, if only we allow our eyes to see it.

The meticulously crafted paintings of Michael Summers are firmly rooted in contemporary west coast surrealism with a strong pop sensibility. He uses his Pop Surrealist style as a tool to reflect his inner vision: creating the impossible and more importantly, making the impossible seem plausible. The artist creates imaginary characters – often alluding to mythical archetypes – in acrylic paint with a keen hyper-attentiveness. His unorthodox use of intense saturation and arbitrary, multi-chromatic hues encourages the viewer to look a little closer, a little longer. The recognizable subjects of animals, automatons, and humans suddenly become magical and extraordinary. Yet, they somehow still retain the nostalgia of a child-hood memory that was once long forgotten.

Commissioned to create prominent, large-scale murals that are seen by thousands daily, Michael Summers grows in ever-increasing popularity. He has been chosen as the Featured Artist and Muralist for a multitude of Art Festivals over the past ten years.

Janine Van Moodel is a Freelance Artist and Illustrator from Scotland specialising in portrait art and storybook illustrations in both children’s books and graphic novels. She has done logo design work for several companies and has been commissioned to produce a number of portraits of both people and their pets. She is also keen to support and encourage new talent in those looking to enter this field by regularly reviewing comic books for The Big Glasgow Comic Page and by developing a trainee programme for young artists in the UK to help kickstart their entry into the world of independent comics.

All her prints are for sale here