Leo Rumerstorfer: missing any traditional art education, he began to paint copies of the classical masters on the street in the pedestrian zones of central European cities. Later he was inspired by the collaboration with the German gothic–band “Umbra et Imago,” especially making album–covers for them and painting on stage in some of their live–shows. Now he creates paintings in acrylics and colored pen–drawings, still in his own style. He has had exhibitions in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic. “I’m always interested in the cryptic, the hidden behind the obvious, the layers under the surface. Again and again it’s encrypted in my paintings, some may find it, and some may not. That’s part of the game.”

Amy Nelder:  her trompe l’oeil paintings are infused with au courant imagery. Background: University of California at Berkeley, the FBI Academy, and San Francisco Police Department Forensic Artist. Her exhibitions include de Young Museum; Walt Disney Museum; Uffizi Galleries; Chloe Gallery; and Blue Line Arts. Media coverage includes film and press interviews. Her work is in numerous global collections.

Leslie Moore: is a poet and printmaker. She is the author of What Rough Beasts: Poems /Prints (Littoral Books, 2021) and winner of the 2018 Maine Literary Award for Short Nonfiction. She has published poems and essays in journals, newspapers, and anthologies. Her art may be found in book illustrations, private collections, and at the Local Color Gallery in Belfast, Maine.

Julia Lillard: is a self–taught Oklahoma artist who, for the most part, creates surreal digital and paper collage. Her first love was art photography, but in her 50s, that developed into a love for collage and abstract paintings. She has a range of styles that are somewhat eclectic, and her imagination is triggered by any image, color or situation that catches her attention.