Babette, originally from France, is a professional artist/art teacher since 1988. She has been trained in Renaissance Art, Portraiture and Therapeutic Art. Most of her career she has trained middle school, high school and college students for national and international arts school. She may even teach you a thing or two in French :-) Voilà!
Frankie Curran is a figurative realist painter born and raised on Staten Island, New York. He has won many art awards throughout his career, most notably the High School Congressional Art Competition, where his artwork represented New York State in the Hall of Congress. He also attended The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale where he received a tuition scholarship and was the recipient of many student art exhibition awards.
I’ve been making art ever since I could pick up a pencil. I have a Bachelors Degree in Art/Studio art. I prefer acrylic paint as my main medium and I have recently been getting into acrylic paint pouring. I am currently working on a book that is composed of short stories which are descriptions of dreams that I’ve had and I’m making art work to go with each story. I always encourage people to make time for creativity. Even if you think you can’t do anything creative, I’ve found over the years that everyone has a little artist inside of them.
Mattea was born is Sydney, Australia and was homeschooled through Australian distance education for most of her childhood. With only teachers at a distance, her art was self taught but always encouraged by her parents. She has loved it since childhood when she did pencil drawings and watercolors of the animals and landscapes she encountered in the numerous countries she traveled to. When she started school in FL, she immediately bonded with the high school art teacher and was able to aide in teaching middle school art classes. She also taught children for fun on the weekends. She was always a part of set design and loved painting scenery for school plays. With her degree in Early Childhood Education, she now incorporates art into her classroom. She paints murals, clothing and other items when she finds spare time. Her other hobbies are cooking, playing board games and hanging out with her husband and daughters.
Sabine is a self-taught multidisciplinary artist that practices in 2D, 3D, and digital mediums. She has been creating artwork for as long as she can remember. Being an Artist at Painting with a Twist is a little dream come true where she can share her art and creative endeavors with everyone!