"It's practically impossible to look at a penguin and feel angry."

~ Joe Moore

"Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory, a neat metaphysical system. Man has re-created Europe in his own image."

~ Aldous Huxley

Spa Sooden, Allendorf, Germany

Cormorant fisherman on Li river

"When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all."

~ E. O. Wilson

"I like being near the top of a mountain. One can't get lost here."

~ Wislawa Szymborska

"When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome."

~ Wilma Rudolph

Vu Cong Dien was born in 1975 and graduated from the Hanoi Fine Arts University in 2005. He has only been on the professional scene for a few years yet his works are already in high demand in Europe, Australia, the US and Japan. Dien brings a fresh approach to his landscapes often using color in unusual combinations. At other times, he uses mono and dichromatic color schemes to achieve a sense of tranquility and peace.

Roy Gonzalez Tabora was destined to be an artist. Born into a family of painters, young Tabora was brought up in a world where art was a way of life. Under the watchful eye of a loving uncle, his hand was skillfully trained to reproduce what his heart saw. Those early days as a studio apprentice fueled his desire to elevate his art to one day stand among the works of the finest, past and present. By the age of twenty, the years of training and discipline had produced a highly accomplished realist painter. His quest for excellence continued with a formal education in fine art from the University of Hawaii. Today he is recognized as one of the world's leading seascape painters.