Girolamo di Monteverde (1487–1541) was a lesser-known but highly visionary painter of the late Italian Renaissance, born in Bergamo and trained in Venice.
He was known for his elaborate landscapes that often combined fantasty architecture with meticulously rendered natural scenes.
La Processione al Tempio di Auralis
ca. 1524
“The Procession to the Temple of Auralis” is a grand, atmospheric landscape painting that fuses sacred architecture with nature’s sublime drama. A towering temple rises from the forested riverside, casting its shadow over a placid lake. In the foreground, a crowd of figures gathers in reverent procession, their garments rich with color and texture. The backdrop features jagged alpine mountains, giving the scene a mythical, almost otherworldly grandeur.
Celestina Vermeer (1730–1784) was a Dutch-Italian artist and textile designer known for her nature-inspired decorative panels and wallpapers.
Celestina was especially celebrated for her ability to merge fine art and applied design, often painting directly on silk or creating hand-painted wallpapers.
Verkering in Bloei
1763
“Courtship in Bloom” is a stylized, symmetrical portrayal of peacocks surrounded by flowering botanicals in soft, harmonious tones. The pairings of birds face each other in mirrored poses, their bodies elegant and elongated, feathers rendered with meticulous texture and a muted pastel palette. Behind them, a richly patterned backdrop features layered peacock tails and blooming flora, blending natural symbolism with ornamental design.
Isadora Léclaire (1921–1966) was a French modernist painter associated with the Nouvelle Figuration movement in post-war Paris.
Often working with portraiture and symbolism, her paintings explored the inner lives of women through bold colors and stylized realism.
Départ n° 4
1957
“Departure No. 4” is a vivid, symbolic portrait that captures a poised woman standing before a backdrop of bold colors, vintage suitcases, and an exuberant floral mural. The woman’s expression is serene yet unreadable, her direct gaze and carefully styled appearance evoke a mixture of melancholy, independence, and anticipation. The floral panel behind her, echoing the style of folk art or travel posters, may symbolize memories or destinations.
Elias Moreau is a Franco-Canadian digital artist born in 1987 in Montréal, with a background in traditional oil painting and an education in digital arts.
Moreau is known for merging classical techniques with modern digital tools, his works often explore themes of memory, labor, and the quiet dignity.
Mains d’argile
March 2024
“Hands of Clay” is a digital watercolor painting, blending impressionistic detail with vivid emotion. The image captures an elderly potter at work, his weathered hands shaping a vessel with patient care. Around him are an assortment of handmade pots, each with unique textures and hues, symbolizing the variety and depth of human experience. The background is an abstract wash of blues and grays, lending a dreamlike, timeless atmosphere to the scene.
Mariela Virelli is an Italian-Argentine visual artist born in 1992. She studied fine arts before pivoting toward digital and AI-enhanced media in 2020.
Virelli’s signature style blends surrealism, magical realism, and color theory with a futurist edge. She is fascinated by human consciousness.
Las Geometrías del Pensamiento Real
May 2025
“The Geometries of Royal Thought” is a surrealist digital painting. This piece features three regal figures, two men and one woman, crowned and dressed in vividly textured garments of green, blue, and red, each exuding a quiet, enigmatic authority. Suspended in front of their chests are glowing, multicolored cubes, seemingly physical yet ethereal, suggesting the presence of internal worlds, ideas, or emotions rendered as dimensional thought-forms.
