Like strolling back in time, classically trained artist, George J.D. Bruce, is an erudite painter of the first degree, steeped in the traditional techniques of portraiture, landscape, and still life. George works in oils on modest-sized canvases and with an unassuming simplicity draws the viewer in to take pleasure in the arrangements of bright, cheerful bouquets and the play of shadows cast by folds of fabric. He applies paint with lush, confident strokes that reveal a sensitive eye for light and texture, while his sense of drama shines forth in breathtaking landscapes that feature sweeping rain clouds and awakening seas spurred by the oncoming storm.

Educated at the Byam Shaw School of Drawing and Painting, George is a thirty-nine year member of the venerable Royal Society of Portrait Painters in London, where he has taken up multiple leadership roles in the organization, including president. George J.D. Bruce lives in England and works from his studios located in London and in the countryside of Suffolk.

The collisions of swelling shapes that define Michael Gemmell’s oil paintings praise the might of single moments plucked from the landscapes he watches. Gemmell captures the raw, natural tension of vast organic mosaics and coats them with delicate and obedient wisps of texture and color that celebrate the monumental spectacle frozen in time while kneading the spiritual ambience emanating from his canvas and linen worlds, pulling holy personalities out through the seams. The orchestrations he filters out from colossal bodies of land and water ring with Impressionist fascination focused on movement and harmony while playfully examining the violent explosions of chilling wind and thundering mass that form environments.

Gemmell’s work has been featured in French and British galleries as well as in Belfast and his native Dublin, permeating collections throughout Europe and the United States. He currently resides in Ireland, where he continues to explore new dimensions of his homeland.

Irish-born artist Paula Pohli’s hand-produced prints are essays in studied simplicity and reflection. Drawing on the visual traditions of German Expressionist and traditional Japanese printmaking, her intricate and deliberate linographs describe subjects ranging from the weathered landscapes of the earth to the weathered faces of philosophers and writers. Fields stretch out into the infinite horizon in stark black and white lines, and reeds sway calmly underwater, reaching for the moon. Done mostly with organic dyes and always without recourse to printing presses or computers, each of Pohli’s prints reflects the nuances of being hand pulled, and her titles are often witty references to Irish landmarks or landscapes. The artist also draws inspiration from the great literary tradition of Ireland—especially the works of James Joyce—and hopes to contribute to the development of printmaking within the country. Despite their ties to her native homeland, Pohli’s works have a kind of classical elegance and timelessness that appeals to an international audience.