London 2023 Charity Art Exhibition

Beacon
A Chance for
Happiness 2023
Presents
Dreams & Divinities

A Chance for Happiness 2023
Westminster Chapel, London
“Against all odds, against all handicaps, against the chamber of horrors we call history, man has
continued to dream and to depict its opposite. That is what we have to do. We do not escape into
philosophy, psychology, and art – we go there to restore our shattered selves into whole ones.
—Anaïs Nin.
Painting by Bruce Rimell

A Chance For Happiness
Every day is A Chance For Happiness
You are not a mistake. You are not a problem. You are not a burden. You are a wonderful human being that is
learning, growing and unfolding until one day it will understand and embrace everything.
—Harald Walter Azmann
Dear ladies and gentlemen,
In September 2014, our beautiful 18-year old daughter Lisa Louise ended her life by suicide, joining the
millions of some of God’s finest creations doing so each year around the world, and making us and her five
brothers one of countless “orphaned families” overnight.
Every 15 Minutes, someone dies by suicide in the United States - every 50 to 60 minutes in France and
Germany, every 40 seconds worldwide, with suicide attempts being even more frequent - and every 16 minutes
someone is left behind, asking „why?” Why are so many people losing faith in life at a time when more of us
are doing better than ever before? And these numbers, due to the present coronavirus pandemic, are increasing
even more rapidly now.
Raising awareness regarding this profoundly human theme in all its aspects through annual charity events — at
Casinos Austria at Lake Wörthersee in 2017, Austria’s capital city Vienna in 2018, and Paris in 2019 — the
nonprofit A Chance for Happiness foundation supports suitable projects, large and small, in the following areas:
1. Enjoyment of life and personal development (happiness research), 2. Intelligent anti-bullying initiatives, 3.
Suicide prevention (trans-generational transmission), and 4. Grief counseling for “orphaned families”.
Most of us, when referring to life, are thinking about our present existence and living on this planet.
But life is much more than that, virtually everywhere, and generally we can all agree that a relatively brief
existence on this planet lived with determination and vision is much more impressive than an extended one in
cowardice and boredom. That’s why people who have ended their lives by suicide must no longer be shamed
and forgotten. They had a name. They were courageous. They lived and they are loved and live on in our
memories.
Of course, it seems impossible to exchange our initial feelings of endless pain regarding the loss of a loved one
with anything life in this world may still have to offer. But given much patience and determination, and the
passing of time, there comes a day when we’ll be able to do just that, and realize all the precious experiences
and insights life — here as well as from beyond — still wants to share with us.
In no way will we ever forget the ones we got to know and love and who returned before us, but we’ll be ready
to live courageously and tall again, and give ourselves A Chance for Happiness on a much deeper and more
meaningful level than before. For such is the ultimate gift of life transforming challenges that require not just
occasional bits of who we are as humans, but all that we are capable of giving and being. And our experience
of life continues, as ist always has, on entirely new levels.
Most visual artists who are currently presented in this continually expanding catalog have already joined us for
the Paris 2019 show. Now, our next big step is introducing www.achanceforhappiness.museum — a brilliant
online presentation of carefully selected contemporary artists surrounded by humanity’s common heritage of
timeless works of art — for personal enjoyment as well as sales to an international audience, and serving as a
powerful reminder of our own beauty, but also our universal, daily struggles with grief and mortality.
We would be delighted if you feel inspired to join this exceptional project in any way you see fit. It’s about
the very essence of life and all of our experiences with it. Nothing more, nothing less. And you are invited to
simply get in touch at office[at]topcontext.com.
Regular charity art exhibitions and auctions at www.yumpu.com/user/achanceforhappiness
Movies, Videos, Livestreams, Radio, Interviews www.achanceforhappiness.network
Donations account Austria IBAN: AT94 3939 0000 0050 9976 BIC: RZKTAT2K390 l PayPal https://bit.
ly/2GzfE4j
Member of World Federation for Mental Health www.wfmh.global
With love, Margot and Harald Walter Azmann
www.achanceforhappiness.international
painting: Martina Hoffmann

Dreams & Divinities
Through a series of books, exhibits, and events, Dreams & Divinities offers the public a window into an
emerging planetary movement of ‘Conscious Art.’
The project unites a culturally eclectic group of artists, writers, musicians, and performers, each with their
unique dream of this experience, yet united through artistic collaboration and community. The quest and
expression of Universal Love is a central unifying theme.
Thematically, the art is inspired by cultural/spiritual references, nature, visions, dreams, or fantasy.
Stylistically, most projects are very eclectic; however, all the representation is symbolist. Dreams & Divinities
have published three books and are currently working on a Tarot deck which will be launched December 2024.
Community building through collaborative projects and events is a central part of Dreams & Divinities. It
offers an opportunity for artists with resonant dreams to find each other, be inspired by each other, and unfold
their best potential as a global movement.
This exhibit is the 29th event founder Liba WS has curated, revolving around either a book theme or a cause.
Dreams & Divinities has worked with a wide range of collaborators, from indigenous Indians of the Americas
like Kogis, Muruwi, Mayan, to museums, cultural centers, and galleries in Europe and the Americas.
A Note from the curator
Harald of A Chance for Happiness once said in a speech that if we want to be unconditional with our love,
how can we judge and condemn our loved ones if they commit suicide? Why are we so entitled to their lives
that we would be angry at them for leaving? Why do we expect others to be what we want them to be and act as
we want them to act? I embrace this call to embody love and acceptance, recognizing that one of our greatest
challenges as a global family lies in our loving actions, not judgments.
A Chance for Happiness has proved itself to be a noble partner during these last few years of collaboration.
It is an honor and a great pleasure to come together again during World Health Week to express beauty as an
agent of solace and healing.
Liba Waring Stambollion
www.dreamsanddivinities.com
Triptych by Liba WS

Anne Bachelier
Anne Bachelier, born in 1949 in Louvigné du Désert, France, is a renowned artist celebrated for her unique and
captivating artworks. Her artistic journey commenced at the École des Beaux-Arts in La Seyne sur Mer, where she
focused on printmaking from 1966 to 1969 before delving into silk painting. Despite initially creating practical items
like scarves and cushions, Anne swiftly transitioned into expressing the enduring themes seen in her work today.
Her mastery of silk painting led to a collaboration with Dassault, where she contributed to adorning Falcon
business aircraft. In 1989, she returned definitively to the classical medium of oil painting. Anne’s career has been
distinguished by numerous solo exhibitions in prestigious galleries worldwide, including Paris, New York,New
Orleans, San Francisco,Long Melford, Brussels, Lyon, and renowned venues like the Chapelle des Jésuites in
Chaumont en Champagne (2008) and the Collégiale de Lamballe (2010). In 2022 a retrospective exhibition of her
work was held at theClos des Capucins (Meylan -Isère) (collaboration with the gallery Vent des Cimes Grenoble , and
she has continued to exhibit and publish art books throughout her illustrious career, captivating audiences with her
imaginative and evocative creations.
www.annebachelier.blogspot.com ‘Tout est si Léger’ 2023
Oil on linen 80 x 80 cm

Anael Azuria
I was born in Normandy, in France. It is here, that I started my first paintings about 10 years ago. Being selftaught,
I turned to oil painting early in the game, which I felt very comfortable with.
My inner path, my sensitivity about the invisible world and nature inspire me a lot. I wish to create bridges
between the invisible worlds and painting. Sacred geometry and music are my keys to start new paintings. They
connect me to creation.
I could define my paintings as energy portals in connection with the subtle realms.
Moreover, for me, it is important to add a healing intention to my artworks, through beauty, and the reading of
the conscious mind and subconscious mind. I materialize this through many symbols including the stars, which
I associate with the sacred geometries of the universe.
www.anaelazuria.com
‘L’intelligence du Centre’
Oil on canvas
120 x 100 cm

Arina Gordienko
Arina Gordienko MA, figurative realist artist based in the United Kingdom, has an academic art education -
MA in Painting at Central Saint Martins College of Art, University of the Arts London. Arina is a multi-award
winner and finalist of art contests in the UK, USA and Europe. Her works are in The Bennett Collection,
OSTEN Museum of Drawing permanent collection, The Peregrine Collection going to land on the Moon in
the Astrobotic capsule etc. Arina’s works exhibited at venues such as Saatchi Gallery in London, MEAM -
European Museum of Modern Art, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of Modern Art Vittoria
Colonna, State Museum of Modern Art of Zauralye in Russia, and other galleries in the UK, USA, Europe,
Australia, Canada and India. Her works are published in various art books, catalogues and magazines.
Her style can be described as imaginative realism. Arina dedicates herself to realistic traditions in painting,
combining classical old Masters’ ‘sfumato’ technique with her own contemporary essence. Her paintings
involve emotionally and intellectually, they consistently enrolled with an intellectual riddle and philosophical
content appealing to curious, sophisticated and peculiar minds.
www.arina-gordienko.com ‘Snail on the Slope’ 2020
Oil on Belgian linen 90 x 90 cm

Autumn Skye
Autumn Skye lives, breathes, and dreams art, and has done so since she was old enough to hold a pencil and
reach for a piece of paper. Her childhood and early adult years were spent travelling the landscapes of both
her wild Canadian backyard and distant international shores. Through her wanderlust, she developed a deep
reverence for the beauty of nature and the diversity of humanity, and continuously endeavours to translate
this inspiration through her work. As a self-taught artist, she is forever a student of the intuitive and creative
process. Autumn Skye perpetually explores and plays in many artistic mediums and modalities, however, her
sustaining focus remains primarily in painting. Her style weaves together refined realism, iconic imagery,
archetypical symbolism, and subtly depicted energies. She’s inspired by the beauty of this incredible planet,
the potency of these extraordinary times, the mysteries of the cosmos, the resiliency of the human spirit, and
the intricate connections between all facets of life.
Autumn Skye’s paintings continue to gain expanding recognition, attracting audiences, collectors, and students
from around the globe. She exhibits and teaches worldwide, and otherwise thrives and paints in the beautiful
temperate-rainforest of coastal British Columbia, Canada. Considering herself immensely blessed to do
what feeds her soul, she strives to support others through creative empowerment, the gift of beauty, and the
perpetuation of inspiration.
www.autumnskyeart.com
“Dawn’s Witness” 2019
Acrylic on canvas
50.8 x 40.6 cm

Andrew Gonzalez
A. Andrew Gonzalez is an internationally renowned Transfigurative Visionary artist from San Antonio, Texas,
USA and currently living in France. His work can be found in museums, galleries and collections, both public
and private. He’s known for the unique sculptural look of his paintings, as well as their power to move and
inspire the viewer.
As a recognized master of airbrushing, Andrew Gonzalez brings together a unique subtractive painting
technique with the classical idealization of the human figure and animal spirits to create exalted imagery with
spiritual and visionary themes. The artist describes his process as “soul work” and inspires to create “mystical
love poems to the soul”.
Gonzalez developed his own signature style, pursuing spiritual and visionary themes in graceful figure
drawing, where the female figure expresses mystical states of the soul. Through synchronistic experiences,
dreams and lucid dreams, he experienced a deep creative transformation, intensifying his research into tantric
symbolism, comparative mythology and the frontiers of consciousness.
The artist describes his style as “a revival of the Pre-Raphaelite aesthetic”. His focus is on the figure as both
temple and vessel, sublimed by transformative forces. He captures his subjects suspended in an ecstatic
moment, poised on the threshold of a new birth.
www.sublimatrix.com
‘Madonna and
Child’
Airbrushed
acrylic
on panel
30.5 x 23 cm

Brigid Marlin
Brigid Marlin was born in Washington, DC and trained in the National College of Art in Dublin, the Centre d-Art
Sacre in Paris, the Beaux-Arts in Montreal and the Art Students League in New York. She now lives and works in
England.
After learning the ‘Mische technique’, embodying the secrets of the Italian Renaissance Masters, in Vienna from
Professor Ernst Fuchs, she began exhibiting her work around the world.
She has painted portraits of the Queen Mother, the Dalai Lama, Lord Longford, Cardinal George of Chicago and
Fr. Garanzini, President of Loyola University. Her portrait of J.G.Ballard hangs in the National Portrait Gallery,
London, and the portrait of Lord Longford in the House of Lords. In 1999 the BBC acquired the portrait of one of its
founders, Cecil Lewis, to hang in the Boardroom of the Directors at Bush House. She is also represented in the new
Phantasten Museum in Vienna.
In 1961, she founded the ‘Inscape Group’ of imaginative artists in England, which officially changed
its name to “The Society for Art of the Imagination” in 1998. It is now an American Charity and holds major open
exhibitions around the world. She is founder and director of the society.
Its website can be seen at www.artofimagination.org
www.brigid-marlin.com
‘Spring with Bird’
2001
Egg tempera and oil
44 x 56 cm

‘Girl with Bird and Flowers’ 2018
Egg tempera and oil
54 x 44 cm

Bruce Rimell
“I am human and I am an artist. This is the most astounding thing, an experienced question
which I will spend my whole life discovering. Every single day of my life, it is a mind-blowing joy.”
Bruce Rimell is an internationally-exhibited visual artist, poet and independent researcher, based in Leeds-
Bradford in the UK, who works principally with visionary, ethnographic, archaeological and cognitive
themes. His vibrant imagery springs from the confluence of personal visionary experiences since childhood,
shimmering inner sensations of archaeological prehistories, the humanist interplay of the cognitive and
ethnographic, and dynamics of the queer and the mythical.
His art occupies a liminal space between painting and illustration, with holistic imagery springing from
smooth moving lines, fragmented anatomies and vivid stylised forms. The Dual Image Medium - in which one
image rendered in acrylics, inks and markers is seen by daylight and another, different painted image is seen
on the same canvas under ultraviolet illumination is a unique and increasingly central aspect of his practice.
These disparate elements are imagistically combined towards a single artistic aim: Beyond-The-Self
Exploration. Multiple themes are enfolded to create a sense of experiential depth and hyperactive
visual engagement, while abstract commentaries and critical positions are abandoned in pursuit of the
simultaneously disquieting, yet intimately familiar foundational currents within the living, paradoxical and
sacred human being. Come and look beyond. What do you find?
www.biroz.net
‘Beacon’ 2023
Acrylics, inks and
markers on canvas
45 x 180 cm

Clive Hedger
Born in London, UK, in 1961. My early artistic inspirations were my grandparents who both painted with oils and
took me to galleries in London and show me the work of the Old Masters. From early age, I adopted a spiritual
path studying mediation, dance and distilling the essense of mystic traditions from many paths. I taught religious
education in schools.
In 2008, I underwent a shamanic awakening, and began to paint the visionary word I had entered. I would
describes my art as inspired by dreams, spirit encounters, inner journeys, the dance between masculine and
feminine, the mystery of the heart and through deep connection to the land, the animals and plants.
It is my wish that my art be an offering of positive change in the world. A remembering of the sacred in
everything and an opening to the mystery and beauty of life.
I am currently living in remote Mid Wales UK hosting a retreat centre with a focus on permaculture, arts, music,
community, self development and spiritual practice.
www.clivehedger.com
‘Shamans
Dream’
2017
Tempera and
oil on board
61 x 92 cm

‘Reveiled’ 2018
Tempera and oil on
board
74 x 90 cm

Chris Sedgwick
Born in Florida in 1981, Chris Sedgwick began painting at a young age and shortly after graduating from Florida
State University in 2003, he began a full time career in art in Asheville, NC. He gathers inspiration from a
wide variety of esoteric spiritual resources from European Paganism, Rosicrucianism, Christian Mysticism and
comparative mythology to Chaos Magick. His work approaches the intersection of art and spirituality without the
contemporary overuse of irony, seeking to add to it with sincerity. His work is in numerous private collections
worldwide and is housed in the permanent collections of Florida State University,Western Carolina University,
Purdue University, etc. Sedgwick currently lives and works from his home in Colorado, drawing inspiration from
the beauty of the region.
Statement...
The inter-penetrating layers of symbolism, mysticism, and narrative in my work constitute a timeless world
of ancient rituals and divinatory rites. In synthesizing techniques of the old masters and ancient mystical
teachings, my work focuses on the uniqueness and universality of inner landscapes and transcendent experience.
www.crsedgwick.com
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Daniel Mirante
Daniel Mirante (1977) is a UK based fine artist.
His approaches explore both archaic traditional approaches and ancient symbolism & emerging technology
with the contemporary zeitgeist. Daniel Mirante has had a lifelong engagement in the arts from childhood, and
graduated with a Ba(hons) of 1st degree in Fine Art from Manchester University. In terms of the craft of painting,
he was initially self-taught, though gained valuable guidance from Brigid Marlin in 2008. In October 2012, he
assisted Ernst Fuchs, the founder of Fantastic Realism, innovator of contemporary mischtechnik and teacher of
Mati Klarwein and Robert Venosa. He trained in piamburo with Maura Holden and airbrush sfumato-abrazione
with Andrew Gonzelez in Italy. He also learned much from Timea Tallian, a painting restorer and conservator at
the Victoria and Albert Museum. This gave him footing in traditional old masters techniques, whilst embracing
new technologies as tools of expressing creativity. To suppliment his understanding of classical methods, he
studied life drawing, sight-size method and contemporary Florentine style alla-prima painting at the London
Atelier of Representational Art. These investigations lead to him giving a strong contemporary re-invigoration
to Tempera Grassa painting methods and the development of the Soffio technique via his position as a founding
faculty member and instructor at the Vienna Academy of Visionary Art, and his current online sacred and
visionary art research project at:
www.visionary.art.
‘Heartbeat’ 2020
Mischtechnik
on canvas
125 x 190 cm

‘Sophia’ 2022
Mischtechnik
on canvas
125 x 190 cm

Emma Watkinson
Emma was born on Dartmoor, Devon, May 1st 1973. After completing a Diploma in Fine Art she spent many
years traveling and exploring different cultures, and is now based in Sussex, U.K.
Her inspiration comes principally from her explorations in consciousness and esoteric study. She practices
Druidry, Buddhist meditation, Qigong, Kabbalah, and is interested in Jungian psychology. Initially self taught,
researching classical Academy methods of painting, she assisted Ernst Fuchs (principle founder of Fantastic
Realism) in 2012 in Vienna and trained on courses in oil painting in Italy, Austria and London. She has exhibited
widely at festivals, galleries and museums internationally.
The creation of each piece is a journey, initiated by synchronicity, that becomes an invocation of the chosen
archetype or deity, which yields many insights into the nature of the subject as the painting progresses. This
painting is a reflection upon Kali, the Hindu goddess. Kali means “force of time “, as she pierces the veil beyond
mortality, birth and death. She is known as the dark blue or black one, like the night sky, her darkness is the void
from which everything emerged and will return. She is fierce, the destroyer of evil forces, and cuts off the root of
fear, anger and all negativity in the human ego, symbolized by the demon with the severed head. Thus she is the
great liberator, freeing us with divine knowledge to attain Moksha. Through all her fury, she is a compassionate
goddess , also known as the Divine mother and protector in her creative and preservation aspects. Pictured here
in her 10-armed form as Mahakali, legend has it she was called into being by Durga to defeat demons in battle.
She then went so wild with bloodlust she couldn’t stop raging and started killing the humans and Gods. So her
consort, Shiva, lay beneath her peacefully. The sight of him, her love, calmed her down.
www.emanations.co.uk
‘Kali’ 2022
Acrylic on canvas
71 x 102 cm

Heidi Taillefer
Heidi Taillefer is an award winning, internationally recognized artist born in 1970 in Montreal, Quebec. She
attended weekly art classes as a child at the La Palette art school in Baie-d’Urfé, Quebec, focusing mainly on
watercolor and various other mediums. By the early 90’s Taillefer began working as a commercial illustrator in
tandem with her fine art projects, exhibiting internationally in both gallery and museum venues. By 2004 she
devoted her time almost fully to fine art, and while working as an illustrator, she collaborated with such notable
clients as Forbes Magazine, the Cirque du Soleil, Infiniti Canada and Infiniti Taiwan, to name a few.
Her paintings often depict subjects composed of seemingly incongruous objects characterized as symbolic,
which form a complex composite of elements and add a contemporary spin to often classical icons. Taillefer’s
work highlights our growing hybridization with technology, in which she depicts machine-like constructions. Her
approach is to infuse primordial aspects of the human condition into these hybridized humans and animals, and
seeks to remind the viewer of the inescapable nature of our being despite our increasing merger with technology.
Taillefer’s work is consonant with early 20th century surrealists such as Max Ernst, Paul Delvaux, and Giorgio
de Chirico. It is an original creative fusion of classical figurative painting, surrealism, contemporary realism, and
mythology combined with popular figurative traditions ranging from Victorian romanticism to science fiction.
www.heiditaillefer.com
‘Tease’ 2023
Oil on linen
50 x 40 cm

Jade Ansell
Art is a portal in which we can experience the divine nature of the natural world. Through these lenses, we
can travel mystical dimensions, growing and deepening our understanding and connection to mother earth.
Art is my tool to become enriched in my environment and I believe one can learn more about their true self
through the expression of the subconscious through creative practice.
My artworks depict powerful reflections of my inner goddess. Romantic and mystical, I aim to create
otherworldly experiences for the viewer, which invite them to become absorbed in the power of the divine
beauty that surrounds us. In a world that seems utterly entrenched in chaos, we need art to remind us that we
are still part of something truly sublime. These small moments in time can give us the energy and inspiration
to transform the world we live in. Surely there can be no greater purpose to art than to offer an individual the
chance for transformation.
www.jadeansellartist.com
‘Goddess Eostre’
2020
Oil on canvas
50 x 70 cm

‘Higher Self’
2020
Oil on canvas
60 x 70 cm

Jane Andrews
Jane Andrews was born in London; she completed BA hons in fine art at West Surrey College of Art and Design in
1994 and in 2020 an MA fine art, at the University of Brighton, Sussex.
Andrews now lives and works in Sussex, her works can be found in Art UK, in the Atkinson Art Collection, The
Nicholas Treadwell collection and in private collections world wide.
www.janeandrews.co.uk
“Bark Bite Back” 2022
Oil on canvas
102 x 127 cm

“Six of One” 2016
Oil on canvas
112 x 102 cm
“Needs Must”
2022
Oil on canvas
102 x 127 cm

Liba Waring Stambollion
Liba, was born to American parents but was raised in Southeast Asia, she has resided in Paris, France since 1993. She is
a multifaceted artist, encompassing painting, design, writing and curatorial work. Her main themes include the Sacred
Feminine, ecology, and mystic dreams.
Her artistic journey began with studies at Simons Rock of Bard College and in 1984 she received a scholarship from
the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she focused on painting, woodwork, and bookbinding. She taught art,
exhibited her work, and practice cabinet making until she moved to Paris in 1992.
Liba’s art has been shown in galleries and museums worldwide, with her work included in notable collections such as
the Iloilo Contemporary Museum of the Philippines, the Naia Museum of France and the esteemed Biro Collection.
Beyond her personal art, Liba founded Dreams and Divinities, a visionary project unifying international artists. She has
organized 29 events and produced four books for the group, showcasing their talents from prestigious museums to the
forests of Colombia.
Throughout her journey, Liba’s creative output has found its way into the spotlight, with her poems, paintings, design
work, and interviews featured on television, in newspapers, magazines, books, and numerous online articles.
www.artwork-liba.com
“Caduceus”
2023
Oil on canvas
54 x 81cm

‘Self Portrait with Bee’ 2017
Oil glazes and 22 carat gold leaf on canvas. Hand painted wood frame. 40 cm diameter
‘Self Portrait with Beluga’ 2017
Oil glazes and 22 carat gold leaf on canvas. Hand painted wood frame. 40 cm diameter

‘Abundance’ 2016 / 2022
Oil glazes and 22 carat gold leaf on canvas. 110 x 110 cm with frame.

Martin Stensaas & Sunny Strasburg
Painting together as a couple has been a rich creative experience for the husband/wife team of Martin Stensaas
and Sunny Strasburg. Much like a musical duo, there is an improvisational knowing when to assert, and when to
allow space for one another’s brainstorming and maneuvers. Martin brings focus, patience and a high level of skill
to the work. Sunny brings more conceptual, figural and archetypal content.
Sunny says, “I believe making art is casting a spell. My intention is to imbue the work with the soul and offer
visual cues toward the ineffable. For me, art is an experience reflecting the four directions of alchemy: in the first
phase, the idea is organized within the energetic/spirit realm (North/Sublimatio). The second phase is creating
the work which is pulling the energy of thought and crafting it into matter- the art piece itself (East/Calcinatio).
The third phase is offering the work to the viewer and sharing in the experience (West/Coagulatio). The fourth
and final phase is connecting both viewer and artist into the greater collective unconscious through the sublime
experience art can provide (South/Solutio).”
Martin combines classical realism with the experience of mystical consciousness. His distinctive technique
combines deep multilayered and colorful glazes, subtractive maneuvers, and fine line work to build up enchanted
figures and otherworldly surroundings. His works are unique painterly experiences from across the room or a few
inches away.
Sunny and Martin’s collaborative art exhibitions include: Temple of Visions, Phaneros Art, Bash Contemporary,
Sally Centigrade, MAPS fundraising event pop up shows, Urban Arts Gallery, Pacifica Graduate Institute, and Alex
Grey’s CoSM
www.martinstensaas.com / www.sunnystrasburg.com
‘Omni II’
2016
Oil & acrylic on
canvas
75 x 90 cm

Marlene Seven Bremner
Marlene Seven Bremner was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1983. She has a BA in Geography and Environmental
Studies and is trained as a Polarity Therapist by the Institute of Holistic Health Careers. She is a self-taught oil
painter, author, poet, and musician, exploring esoteric themes arising from her study and practice of Hermeticism,
alchemy, magic, astrology, and mythology. Seven developed her painting career in the Pacific ‘I Northwest, Chose showing
her work in both group and solo exhibitions along the West Coast and internationally, and now This resides Life’ in the desert
of New Mexico. She is the author of Hermetic Philosophy and Creative Alchemy (Inner Traditions, 20102022), and The
Hermetic Marriage of Art and Alchemy (Inner Traditions, 2023).” Oil & tempera
on canvas
www.marlenesevenbremner.com
120 x 60 cm
“Death of the Profane”
2015
Oil on canvas
91 x 61 cm

‘The Cross Rose in the Garden of Venus’
2016
Oil on canvase
91 x 91 cm

Mantra Cora
Mantra Cora was born in Gdansk, Poland, relocated to England in 2006 and then to the USA in 2016 with her
husband, Phil Rubinov Jacobson and their daughter, Liya. In 2013 Mantra completed her BA in the Visual
Arts at The University of Salford in England. She has closely studied techniques of painting with Prof. Phil,
and also studied drawing and painting as an Erasmus Exchange Student at the Accademia di Belle Arti di
Macerata. Her Erasmus Exchange program in Italy was followed by a 4-month internship at the Phantasten
Museum in Vienna, Austria. It was there that she daily assisted the internationally renowned artist, Ernst
Fuchs, with his paintings. Along with her partner, Prof Phil, they both resided and worked alongside the artist,
De Es Schwertberger during this magical time in Vienna.
Mantra co-teaches painting with Prof Phil and offers a section on Creative & Innovative Grounds that inspire
automatic-imagery and a serendipitous process in painting. Her art has been exhibited internationally,
including UK, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and USA. In 2016 she co-curated, “A Legacy of Light” art exhibition
and also co-created and edited the catalog for the show. This historical exhibition took place at Castle
Gloggnitz in Austria.
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‘Daphne’s Awakening’
2020
Oil, egg tempera and casein on canvas
60 x 50 cm

Martina Hoffmann
Martina Hoffmann’s paintings are detailed views into her inner landscapes - imagery that has been inspired
by expanded states of consciousness. The Visionary Symbolism of Martina Hoffmann is decidedly feminine
and places the “Universal Woman” in an intimate cosmos. She transcribes her reflections on the nature of
humanity’s connection to the All in a realistic style which marries the fantastic to the sacred.
Martina Hoffmann has spoken on behalf of visionary art and culture at symposiums and festivals as well as
having taught painting workshops worldwide together with her late husband, the Fantastic Realist,
Robert Venosa.
Her art and photography have been published internationally in books, including
“Modern Consciousness Research and The Understanding of Art” by Stanislav Grof.
She has exhibited her work since 1985 with a recent, 6-month retrospective at the HR Giger Museum in
Switzerland in 2018 and is represented in the permanent collection of NAIA Museum in Rochefort-En-Terre,
France. A world citizen since her childhood in West Africa, the artist keeps a home and studio in both the
USA and France.
www.martinahoffmann.com
‘Lady of Shalott’ 2017
Oil on canvas 80 cm in diameter

Melissa Artemis Shemana
Melissa Shemanna, an Australian artist, curator, and explorer of mystical realms, dedicated over a decade
to nurturing The Honeybee Temple in the picturesque Yarra Valley, serving as both an Arts Foundation
and Esoteric Embassy. In January 2022, she embarked on an international artistic odyssey, presenting her
latest oil paintings across Europe and the UK. Notably, her solo exhibition, “Starfire, Rites of Passage,”
graced the Open Studios Gallery in Hackney Wick, London, alongside numerous showcases in Belgium
and the UK.
While predominantly self-taught, Melissa’s artistic journey was enriched by guidance from esteemed
mentors. Her art resides at the crossroads of visionary imagery, mythic symbolism, and ancient esoteric
wisdom, invoking deep emotional responses. She employs traditional techniques and handcrafted
pigments, infusing her works with timeless allure.
In 2018, she founded The Honeybee Temple Arts Foundation, a beacon for collaborative artistic and
magickal endeavors symbolized by the honeybee totem, Apis Mellifera.
Her original artworks adorn private collections worldwide, from Australia and the United States to
Romania, Bali, Hawaii, the Netherlands, and Italy.
www.honeybeetemple.org
‘Iris: ChromaPotnia’ 2021
Oils & Tempera on hexagonal canvas * 120 x 120 cm

‘Ancestral Songlines of the Honeybee Priestess’ 2022
MoonBlood, tempera, oils on canvas * 100 X 100 CM

Oliver Benson
Due to conditions of my early life, I developed a tendency to work in a self-reliant way and toward independent
goals. I found formal study unsatisfying and have for the most part taught myself the art of painting. My
paintings involve little planning, rather they arise naturally from my physical and psychical interaction with
the materials. Each work is a distillation of that process into an objective record. Through the paintings I come
to know, and would share as completely and as freely as I may, my view of the world we all share.
www.alfhari.com
‘Ganesh
Crossing the
Maelstrom’
Acrylic on
panel
43 x 52 cm

‘Thalamos
Sophias‘
2020
Acrylic on
masonite
41 x 51 cm

Orryelle Defenestrate-Bascule
Orryelle Defenestrate-Bascule is an esoteric artist in many media, including painting, writing, sculpture, sound,
film and performance art. He is the writer-director of the Metamorphic Ritual Theatre Company who have
presented many major original productions based in (and updating/mutating) various ancient mythos.
Author-Artist of ‘Esezezus’ a book on and of the Magic of Language (Grayle Press 2023) with accompanying
album, the Tela Quadrivium book web from Fulgur Press (Conjunctio 2008, Coagula 2009, Solve 2012, Distillatio
2015), ‘Time, Fate and Spider Magic’ (Avalonia Books 2014) and The Book of Kaos Tarot (iNSPiRALink.
Multimedia Press 2003). He is working on an esoteric Sculpture garden in the Ardennes, Belgium.
Orryelle is interested in the ensoulment of objects through aesthetic obsession; the merging of mental, spiritual
and emotional relationships with creativity, in the vanguard of the current resurgence of the esoteric in art with
its processes of re-enchantment.
The interplay of the figurative/representational and the abstract, the organic and ’synthetic’ (the actual and the
virtual) are aspects of these explorations, which aim to delve below the surface of things...
www.esoterotica.art
‘Brigid-Sarasvati
2014
Oils, tempera,
copper leaf on
canvas
60 x 90 cm

‘Hermes’
2021
Bronze statue
18 x 23 cm

Pascal Ferry
Pascal Ferry is a French autodidact painter who draws his inspiration from the visionary symbolist
and mystic traditions. His publishing company “Sidh & Banshees” has represented a large group of
international visionary, fantastic and fairy artists from 2000 to 2014.
Pascal Ferry’s work has been exhibited in USA, Japan, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Germany and
in numerous salons and festivals in France such as Lys Salon, Biennale of St Leonard, Chiméria etc. Since
2015, his work is represented at NAIA MUSEUM in Rochefort-en-Terre in Brittany as part of the permanent
collection.
He has also created many CD covers for progressive rock and metal bands as well as magazine covers.
Today Ferry entirely focuses on his personal artistic creations. He lives and works in Carnac, Brittany,
France, uniquely known in the world for its mysterious megalithic stone alignments. His paintings represent
his inner journeys in search of lost civilizations and their spiritual connection.
“As an artist, I see myself doing the work of an archeologist who metaphorically removes the dust from the raw
canvas in order to gradually let my visions of our ancestral memories emerge. Since my early childhood I like
to think that my utopian dreams are merely the fruits of my future reality...”
www.pascalferry.com
‘La Naissance
du Sphinx’
2015
Oil on canvas
33 x 41 cm

Poul Dohle
Helmut “Poul” Dohle is an artist with his heart and soul. As an illustrator, he has been following his
passion for over 50 years, which he has turned into his profession. Born on 04.02.1961, he discovered
his vocation for art at an early age. After finishing school, an apprenticeship and various jobs, he worked
as a framer in a gallery. Since 2006 he has been a freelance artist and illustrator. His pictures take us on
a mental journey; they create spaces of possibility for the viewer, who can dream himself into fantastic
worlds. Poul’s world is populated by many lovable, whimsical creatures. Here one encounters trolls and
goblins as well as elves and fairies. With a skilled combination of techniques, Poul creates fascinating
scenarios with so many loving details that they seem close enough to touch. Many of his figures seem to be
smiling quietly, as if they want to wink at the viewer. Perhaps this is what makes Poul’s art so unique: in
the end, there is always something of himself in every single picture.
www.poul.de
“Trollwoman Kelfae”
2008
Gouache on paper
40 x 50 cm

“The Star” -
2019
Gouache,
acrylic & oil on
wood
18 x 39.5 cm

Philip Rubinov Jacobson
Professor Phil holds an MFA in Painting & Printmaking, an MA in Painting and Sculpture and a Bachelor
degree in Studio Arts and Cultural Anthropology. In 1973 he left the USA to study painting under his
mentor, Ernst Fuchs (1930 – 2015), co-founder of the School of Fantastic Realism in Vienna, Austria. Their
ever-evolving friendship would span 42 years. In 1997 Ernst requested that Prof. Phil formally carry on his
teachings in the Mischtechnik (German: Mixed-Technique) of painting in egg tempera and oil and he has been
holding his renowned Old Masters – New Visions international painting seminars ever since. In 2012, his wife,
Mantra Cora, joined him in organizing and teaching in the seminars.
Rubinov’s travels have been extensive, including India, (1975 – 1980) where he studied meditation and
Eastern philosophy with Muktananda Paramahamsa. After his studies he wandered naked with a group of
sadhus in the landscape of India. In 1995, the professor founded and directed the New School of Extended
Studies at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado where he served as the Dean from 1991-1997. The artist
has participated in more than 100 exhibitions and his writings have been read worldwide.
Prof. Phil is currently teaching at Barton Community College. His wife, Mantra Cora has also joined the
faculty at BCC. Together, with their daughter Liya, they are living in the Midwest and continue to paint, sculpt,
write and teach.
“Portrait of a
Visionary”
2019
Mischtechnik on
panel
41 x 51 cm

Roku Sasaki
Roku Sasaki is a Japanese artist born on August 11, 1966.
I improvise by automatism
Because art is often produced by an archetypal myth.
I do not understand my art
Because a painting grows as a nature or a dream.
By the Rorschach test, what do you see?
These show the human traits in the brain. It’s interesting and amazing.
What is unexpected is a treasure trove of images.
I use it for my works of art.
Buddhism says that “illusions are all empty”.
If it’s true, then my works of art are all empty.
Surrounding emptiness is a full energy.
So Ernst Jünger said.
Roku has exhibited internationally in galleries and museums.
www.experimentofthefreedom.blogspot.jp
‘Tusita’ 2023
Tempera and oil on nine canvases
273 x 218 cm

Severine Pineaux
Séverine Pineaux is a painter and illustrator living near the Brocéliande Forest, known for creating fantastical
worlds inspired by Celtic culture, legends, and tales. Whether working with watercolors or oils, she paints poetic
visions where nature plays a central role. Her artwork consistently features themes of tree-men and mythical
animals, with a touch of gentle humor in her enchanted cat creations. Séverine Pineaux is also the author of
several books, including “Ysambre,” “Gothic Faërie,” “Le Livre Secret des Chats” (The Secret Book of Cats),
“Des Sourires et des Chats” (Smiles and Cats), and “Le Murmure des Étoiles” (The Whisper of Stars). Her work
has been exhibited in France, England, Belgium, the USA, Russia, Japan, and Germany. Her pieces are part of
the permanent collections at the Naïa Museum in Rochefort en Terre and the Fantasmus Foundation in Denmark,
and they are cherished by collectors from the USA to Japan.
Séverine Pineaux’s paintings invite viewers to wander through dreamlike realms inspired by mythology, fairy
tales, cyberpunk culture, and dark romanticism, where past and future intertwine. Through her books, her
paintings become both actors and scenery in a paper theater. By merging trees and humans, plants and animals,
machines and nature, she evokes the interconnectedness and unity of the world, drawing inspiration from ancient
spirituality and contemporary science. She chooses the classical medium of oil painting and a figurative style to
convey the full evocative power of her mental images and to relish the act of painting. Her aim is to create with
the technical skill of an adult but the spirit of a child.
www.pineaux.com
‘Time Ravens’ (Les Passeurs)
Oil on canvas 50 x 50 cm

‘Duale – a kind of Self
Portrait’
Oil on canvas
Diameter: 80 cm
‘The Last Ship’
Oil on canvas
50 x 73 cm

Stuart Griggs
Stuart Griggs is a visual artist of the imaginal, originally from Wales in the U.K. and currently living in Brighton.
He has completed a BA in Fine Art painting at the University of Wales and has worked for many years as a
graphic designer and illustrator. His work has been exhibited and featured internationally at galleries, festivals,
cultural events and installation design projects.
Stuart’s work explores the intersections between drawing and digital art, synthesising the two into a unique and
idiosyncratic language. He explores and offers a journey into the creative process that immerses and probes into
the psychic pool of collective archetypal energies.
Multidimensional spaces and symbols merge together to manifest the primordial and the transpersonal. Abstract
and representational elements are interwoven with themes of death and rebirth, hope, mysticism, animism,
fertility, ritual and flow. The creative outcome is a crosscultural fusion that utilises new technology while
integrating archaic elements and stylistic influences from symbolism, surrealism, abstraction and contemporary
art. This visionary approach is a mirror of the necessity of our current times to find new emerging paradigms of
interconnectivity within ourselves and nature.
www.stuartgriggs.com
‘Source’
2019
Digital painting on
canvas
170 x 120 cm

‘Receiver’
Digital painting on
canvas
2022
44 x 85 cm

Viandara Elfaerian
Viandara is a Magical Realist oil portraitist, painting pictorial poetry where image converges with myth. Her call
to action: the artist is a cultural healing bodhisattva, producing art from the heART.
Navigating neurodivergence, Viandara finds ports of respite through creation. Her journey with “Faith” was that
of a guiding wayfarer toward receptivity and neuroplasticity. The “Gateways” series are illuminated iconographic
portrait portals, invitations to enter the contemplative spaces of passionate souls and change agents.
Born in New England in 1980, Viandara moved to the West Coast in 2005. Earning her Master of Fine Arts
degree in San Francisco, she now lives in the luscious Pacific Northwest. She is a member of the art collectives
Dreams and Divinities and AOI, the Society for the Art of the Imagination.
www.viandarasheart.com
‘Faith’
2020
Oil on canvas
61 x 91 cm

www.achanceforhappiness.international
www.dreamsanddivinities.com Painting: Daniel Mirante