del Toro, Luis: - Luis Del Toro (Guadalajara, MX. 1980). Multimedia designer experienced on editorial and web design. Graduated from Centro de Arte Audiovisual (CAAV AudioVisual Arts Center), continued the courses: Lighting the Set, The Art of Cinematography at Vancouver Film School and Editing the Film at Langara Collage in Vancouver Canada in 2002. In 2007 got the degree of Bachelor of Multimedia Communication by the University of Guadalajara at Puerto Vallarta. He works as a designer at Centro Cultural Tijuana (Cecut Tijuana Cultural Center) and as a freelance on the side.
Ecke, Paul: - PAUL ECKE, a former educator, has been a professional artist for over three decades. He is a painter of contemporary non- figurative and figurative works on canvas and panel. His works are an amalgam of color, texture, and movement achieved through application of oil and acrylic paints to canvas, all applied by brush, hand, and even trowel. The results are colorful thought- and emotion-provoking images that convey the inner strength, conviction, and complexity of the artist. After pursuing a career teaching art in the California public school system, he headed the entire district's art program. Ecke enjoyed his nine years as an educator but longed to pursue a full- time career in the creation of his own art. Ecke has been a full-time contributor to the contemporary art world since 1985. His works are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manila, Philippines, and the Daytona, Florida's Museum of Arts and Science. He has shown in galleries in New York, Chicago, San Diego, Palm Springs, Florida, the Philippines, and Indonesia. His works are in many private and corporate collections, including those of Universal Studios, Jimmy Z Sportswear, Taco Bell, Flojet Corporation, Carsey Warner Productions, and Dionne Warwick's collection. Works by Paul Ecke are already slated to be part of an endowment of contemporary paintings and graphic art to the Tate Museum of Contemporary Art in London. He has been the featured artist in numerous publications, including: Los Angeles Times, International Fine Art Collector Magazine, Space Magazine, and California Homes and Gardens. Paul lives in Southern California, USA. He was educated at California State University, Fullerton, receiving degrees in art with an emphasis in ceramic arts and painting.
Samuelson, Norma: - At the young age of 12 Norma Samuelson started her classical training as an artist, at the Superior School of Visual Arts, Martin A. Malharro in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Her intense studies included life drawing, painting, sculpting and engraving. After receiving her degree she began to teach, and then went on to join a renowned group of traveling muralist winning national accolades and awards in Argentina. After working in a prestigious advertising agency in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, she settled in the United States starting her own Architectural illustration studio in Orange County California. She has had a long and illustrious career working with many famous architects from around the world, including the New York offices of IM PEI. Her diverse portfolio reflects work on major architectural projects throughout the US and other parts of the globe. Her unique style of splashy yet detailed watercolors are her trademark. The attention to detail in her work gives each piece a unique quality, she creates a piece of fine art for each project and client that she works with. Norma is also an accomplished fine art watercolorist with paintings capturing life from around the world, and a children's book illustrator.
