My goal as an artist is to interpret nature and create a harmonious design. I seek not to copy but to select and heighten what I find to be beautiful. I admire the artists of the past who combined representation with invention to achieve their artistic vision.

Daniela Astone was born in Pisa in 1980 and raised in the town of Porto S. Stefano in Maremma, Italy. She discovered her passion for drawing and painting at a very young age and thus began cultivating this desire. In 1997, after graduating from the Visual Arts High School of Maremma, her motivation for the arts initiated a move to Florence. The cultural city of Florence provided her with the opportunity to deepen her knowledge and love of the art by both challenging and motivating her. Daniela’s first experience in Florence was working in the illustration school. In 2001, she enrolled in the Florence Academy of Art, one of the most serious art schools of Florence. Upon graduating in 2004, she received the painting award, the highest honor of her class. Daniela‘s accomplishments include participation in the exhibition “Realism Revisited” in the Panorama Museum, Bad Frankenhausen Germany in 2003 as well as two successful solo shows with Ann Long Fine Art in 2005 and 2007. Daniela currently teaches at the Florence Academy of Art in Florence and resides in the nearby countryside.
 
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Travis Seymour is an emerging artist trained in the classical tradition. A native of North Carolina, Travis graduated from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in 2001 with degrees in both studio art and Art History. From 2002 to 2007 Travis studied the Old Master techniques of drawing and painting at The Angel Academy of Art in Florence, Italy.
 
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