Artists in residence

Liza Krügermeier

The Danish painter Liza Krügermeier is inspired by a never-ending exploration of colour, light and shadow. Her vivid colour palette was shaped and formulated during a 5-year residency on the Greek island of Leros, where the strong light presents the eye with bright colours and highly contrasting shadows.
Now, her dynamic style reflects a blend of Scandinavia and the memorised senses of the Mediterranean. While her work mostly features interiors as well as personal and well-known objects, she also touches upon landscapes and portraits. Her use of colour and original shaping of shadows and patterns always transforms the ordinary into something new and special.

Alex Keim

Astrid Alexandra (Alex) Keim’s career focuses on personal well-being through art education and a passion for the promotion of the visual arts as an everyday celebration. A Canadian cultural administrator and artist, Alex studied Visual Arts specializing in sculpture at the Alberta University of Art, Canada, and Konstfack School of art in Stockholm, and holds a Master of Fine Arts Degree from Chelsea College of Art and Design in London, UK.

As well as having an illustrious career in leadership roles for large collecting museums and galleries throughout Canada, she has, on many occasions, travelled to Italy on cultural pilgrimages and in 2017 participated in the Venice Cultural Academy. Inspired by her surroundings Alex creates works on paper through Illustration, botanical painting, and wood carving. She has taught Art History at Mount Royal University, Calgary AB, Canada and presented many artists talks and educational workshops for adults and children.

Jennifer Sabella

Born in Wesport (CT) into an artistic family, today Jennifer resides in Litchfield, CT where she keeps her studio and workshop, just a short distance from the city that provided her early artistic attraction and inspiration.

Among Jennifer’s signature works are her vibrant “drips” or color streams, which in a gravity-driven process integrate line after line, layer after layer of different hues into evocative striped canvases that are rich, vibrant and undeniably textural. This same commanding play of color and texture evolves dramatically in her abstract landscapes and mosaic creations as well. Always drawing the viewer into a world of surprising world of light, color, texture and unexpected elements.

Nebojsa Bogdanovic

Born in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, artist Nebojša Bogdanović graduated in painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade in 2004. After which, Nebojša obtained a specialization at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence and has remained, inspired by its Renaissance beauty and splendour. With extensive experience from his work providing art therapy for the Italian Association for Assistance to Autistic Children, his life satisfaction comes from working in the field of teaching art to children and adults.

John R. Peck

John R. Peck graduated from the prestigious Florence Academy of Art in Florence, Italy. He teaches portrait drawing at Stanford University and painting at the Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara, CA. His paintings are shown in galleries in London, Dublin, Florence, Charleston and Santa Fe.

John has a B.S. in Physics from the University of San Francisco and a Master of Architecture from the University of New Mexico. He seeks to integrate science, design, and the craft of painting in every piece of artwork. His focus is portraiture.