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The Art of Sherlock Holmes Artist 26 - Diego Perez

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The Art of Sherlock Holmes Artist 26 - Diego Perez

The Artist Diego Perez is a Mexican artist focus on humor, irony, and traditional techniques. He started painting as a teenager and studied his Bachelor degree in the Art School La Es-meralda, the best Mexican art institution, that was founded in 1927 by Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, and other Mexican artists. His formative influence is the Caravaggio’s Baroque were the realistic observation of the daily life is combine with the dramatic use of light, known as chiaro-scuro. He received several awards. In 2007 he won the INJUVE National Art and Health Award in Mexico for its painting. In 2014, he won a commission for...

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The Art of Sherlock Holmes Artist 25 - Christina Major

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The Art of Sherlock Holmes Artist 25 - Christina Major

The Artist was born in Concord, New Hampshire. She grew up living around the world in places like Hawaii, France, New York, Florida and currently resides in Charlotte, North Carolina. Initially interested in Graphic Design, Major completed an Associates Degree before switching her studies to Fine Arts, where she completed her Graduate Degree at Florida Atlantic University studying under Carol Prusa. As an undergraduate Christina Major developed into a portrait painter. Major has been interested in the ways the identity of both artist and subject can coexist in a portrait. Major also has a desire to combine portrait painting with...

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The Art of Sherlock Holmes Artist 24 - Andrea Perez Bessin

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The Art of Sherlock Holmes Artist 24 - Andrea Perez Bessin

The Artist Andrea Perez Bessin grew up in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Andrea moved to Rhode Island to attend Brown University where they acquired a degree in Biology. On their last semester, an introductory visual arts course inspired a change in vocation. Pérez Bessin enrolled in Rhode Island College and graduated in December 2017 with a BFA in Printmaking. Recent recognitions include Art New England Magazine’s 2018 10 Emerging Artists and the 2019 Rhode Island State Council of the Arts Fellowship in Drawing and Printmaking. Andrea currently works and lives in Newport, RI. The Story Andrea's piece for The Art of...

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The Art of Sherlock Holmes Artist 23 - Jhina Alvarado

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The Art of Sherlock Holmes Artist 23 - Jhina Alvarado

The Artist Jhina Alvarado is a self-taught artist who is represented by galleries across the United States. She is inspired by vintage photos and paints using oils and encaustic wax. Her work has been featured in various international and national magazines, blogs, and art technique books. She currently works part-time as a calculus and pre-calculus teacher at the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts and paints full-time in her home studio in San Francisco, California where she lives with her husband and four year old twins. The Story Jhina's piece for The Art of Sherlock Holmes USA is based on...

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The Art of Sherlock Holmes Artist 22 - Angela Fegan

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The Art of Sherlock Holmes Artist 22 - Angela Fegan

The Artist Angela Fegan  is a native of Chicago’s South Side. A graduate of Chicago’s famed  Whitney Young High School, she received her BFA in Fine Arts from New York’s Parsons  School of Design and her MFA in Interdisciplinary Book and Paper Arts from Columbia College Chicago.  Angela has mounted shows at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Montgomery Ward Gallery, Galerie F, Chicago Artists’ Coalition,  the DePaul Art Museum, The Center for Book Arts  (NY) and the Hyde Park Art Center. Her work has been selected for book covers including How to Seduce a White Boy in Ten Easy...

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