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Artist: Veronika Bennoni
Title: Townscape  Medium: Mixed Media   Image Size:20" X 36"
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Biography: Veronica Benoni
Veronica liked painting from her childhood. On taking a decision to become a painter, she appreciated that this would require a lot of long and hard study but Veronica was greatly supported in her intention by her grandfather – an architect.
Memories from her childhood connected with the painting and conversations with her grandfather remain the strongest influence on her life.

She studied at the College of Arts in Leningrad and graduated from the college but continued her studies attending the classes in the USSR Academy of Arts.
During one of her summer vacations which she tried to spend at home nr the seaside
She met Ulian Benoni.
Their interests coincided and they turned to jewellery art for some time as Silversmiths,where jewellery pieces designed ct Veronica and Ulian were best sellers in Moscow and Leningrad jewellery stores.
The renowned Central House of Artists in Moscow exhibited their work. The political instability of their then Soviet Union led them to Pradue where they settled in 1994 and Veronica sold pictures strongly influenced by old Prague itself with its fascinating streets and architecture.
In 1998 Benoni established their school of graphics and painting,
In the year 2001 they opened in Mala Strana, Prague central area their first picture gallery.
These days the Benoni school would refer to itself as to a concept of new artistic techniques of rendering the polydimensional reality on a flat picture surface.
The school apprentices directed cy the Benoni masters continue to develop the traditional trends of modern painting,
Alesha Strada, Jarda Khalupka, Natalie Pecha, Ruvim Tartakovsky and Victor Osta are reutable and widely known names of painters belonging to the Benoni school.

Artist: Nigel Cooke
Title: Rialto Bridge Venice  Medium: Original Mixed Media  Image Size: 36" X 18" 
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Biography: Nigel Cooke
Born in Mirfield, West Yorkshire, Nigel Cooke joined the Merchant Navy after leaving school and subsequently has held a number of jobs on the road to becoming a full time artist. He sold his first painting at the age of 14 and joined Butlins as their resident caricaturist and entertainer in 1992. He later went on to open caricature concessions on Blackpool’s ‘Central Pier’ and ‘Pleasure Beach’, the ‘Trafford Centre Mall’ in Manchester and Alton Towers. During this time he estimates the number of caricatures completed from live sittings to be in excess of 50,000. He has also worked as a character designer for the Hong Kong based C.I.M. International and remains a member of the National Caricature Network in the USA, a body he joined in 1996. “My art is mainly humorous figurative paintings of people interacting,” he said. “Naturally this has its foundations in my lifelong dedication to portraiture, caricature, humorous illustration and character design.” 

Artist: Nigel Cooke
Title: Side by Side Medium: Original Mixed Media  Image Size: 24" X 24" 
Price: £835   
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Biography: Nigel Cooke
Born in Mirfield, West Yorkshire, Nigel Cooke joined the Merchant Navy after leaving school and subsequently has held a number of jobs on the road to becoming a full time artist. He sold his first painting at the age of 14 and joined Butlins as their resident caricaturist and entertainer in 1992. He later went on to open caricature concessions on Blackpool’s ‘Central Pier’ and ‘Pleasure Beach’, the ‘Trafford Centre Mall’ in Manchester and Alton Towers. During this time he estimates the number of caricatures completed from live sittings to be in excess of 50,000. He has also worked as a character designer for the Hong Kong based C.I.M. International and remains a member of the National Caricature Network in the USA, a body he joined in 1996. “My art is mainly humorous figurative paintings of people interacting,” he said. “Naturally this has its foundations in my lifelong dedication to portraiture, caricature, humorous illustration and character design.”