About the artists:

Luke Kopycinski is an Australian born artist currently working and living in Melbourne, Australia. His work is intriguing, dark and has an underlying current of something very human. Best described as Dark Noir his subject matter is of the beautiful and the melancholy, aspects of the people around him, both what they project on the outside and what they keep inside. Hi oils are a mix of realism and impressionism, a mixture of strong soft shining lights and heavy sharp shadows that center the focus of the pieces. His graphite works have been described as painting themselves, illusionary in depth and form with imagery like deceptively frozen moments.

Gene Guynn was born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, and from a very young age was immersed in the world of art. With a painter for a mother and a musician for a father, his world was always one of creativity and expression. He began painting in college courses during high school, and in fall of 2004, began his BFA at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, California. Gene takes inspiration from the thriving urban, outsider, and lowbrow art culture of SF, LA, and NYC, and combines it with a fine art sophistication, especially taking influence from contemporary masters such as Jenny Saville and Lucian Freud. After graduating with a BFA in painting in 2008, Gene moved from San Francisco to the Los Angeles area, where he continues to paint and further evolve his personal style and exhibit in galleries all over the world.

Richard Salcido was born in San Diego, California, in 1976. After completing his BFA at the Laguna College of Art and Design, he continued his employment at the Laguna Art Museum while painting in his free time. Salcido currently lives and works in San Diego.

Salcido’s work is both pure and fresh, and the art is innate for him. Salcido‘s work comes directly from within himself with little outside influence. Whether it comes to be from a daydream, an emotion or simply a brief thought, his imagery reflects nothing other than his own artistic realization and fulfillment.

Paralleling most non-objective abstract painters, he leaves even his distinct images without any existing weight. It is for the viewer alone to have their own personal relationship with each work.

"My work to me is very important: I try to get the best finished product possible for that day. I know the enjoyment I get out of my own work and I want it to be shared with others. This is my artistic goal."

Joseph "2H" McSween is a Seattle based Fine artist/ Illustrator/Graphic Designer. His fine art falls under a mixture of contemporary genres including lowbrow, street art, graffiti, surrealism, and impressionism.

His work explores a love for the female figure juxtaposed with rich textured layers seeking to reflect the emotion and inspiration found in the urban environment of modern society.

His current work is rapidly evolving with new realistic dimension and an expanding use of bright colors and oils. Being a color blind artist might be considered a disadvantage by many, but he chooses to see this as an important advantage to his developmental process. "Most of my earlier works were primarily in black and white focusing on the form in beautiful compositions between positive and negative space. Now that I have a greater knowledge over the years it has helped me gain a higher understanding of using color in conjunction with my balanced compositions to accentuate my painting process as a whole."

His work has been exhibited extensively throughout the U.S. with 50+ exhibitions including L.A. Hawaii and NYC and also abroad in Australia, Belgium, Philipinnes and the U.K.

He is a founding member of Pocket Full of Monsters international artist collective. A member of Artsprojekt founded by Andy Howell and has been featured by such publications as Black Book, Juxtapoz, Honolulu Advertiser, Arkitip, NotCot, I.S.M., Arrested Motion, Vinyl Pulse, Slam Hype, Daily DuJour, Fecal Face, Design you Trust, and on the Wurth Global Style Network.

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