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About Dorothy Berry-Lound

Italy-based artist, writer and storyteller…

We here at JigsawPuzzleArt.com asked Dorothy to tell us a bit about herself and her work. She said:

Artist Dorothy Berry-Lound

“I am an artist, blogger and writer; a story teller really! I am lucky to live half way up a mountain in Umbria, Italy where I create all my designs. I work looking out over fabulous views of the Italian countryside. Although I paint in acrylics, I specialize in photo art, using my own photographs to develop the stories that I imagine lay beneath the images. I also produce digital designs.

“My art subjects reflect my English background (I was born on the South Coast of England) and my life in Italy. I think I am more Italian than English these days. My subjects include the character of towns, villages and old buildings, my love of the countryside and animals, sweeping landscapes and colourful florals. There is a spiritual aspect to some of my work, with purposeful application of color and imagery in order to create a particular mood.

“Find out more about me, my art and my writing, at https://dorothyberryloundart.com.”

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Thank you, Dorothy. Your art is beautiful.

You can learn more about Dorothy and the art she creates at the following links.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerryLound/

Mastodon: https://mastodon.art/@DorothyBerryLound

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About Bill Swartwout Photography

Coastal Delaware Wanderlust Photographer

Bill’s work is oft inspired by a quote from Robert Louis Stevenson: “For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.”

Artist Photographer Bill Swartwout
Portrait of Bill Swartwout by Lisa Kaiser, imagist/artist.

Bill says, “My photographs reflect such wanderlust. I record images of places to which I wander and of myriad distractions along the way. I love to share my joy of living at the beach and our travels afar, bringing you photographic art that reflects what I see.“

Bill has had his photographs published for more than half a century, having started as a junior reporter for a small-town newspaper while he was still in high school. He worked his way through college as a clerk in a camera store and doing freelance wedding and aerial photography. The aerial photography encouraged him to obtain a pilot’s license nearly 50 years ago. He no longer shoots “for hire” but enjoys offering his work for sale as wall decor – prints, canvas, framed prints and on home decor items. The company who produces his finished work now offers his images on cloth face masks.

Bill Swartwout Photography

Link to Bill’s fine art gallery: Photography Gallery

Link to Bill’s photographs on jigsaw puzzles: Puzzles

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About Steve Heap

West Virginia based art photographer.

In Steve’s words…

“I’m a photographer and I live to create images that will bring back memories of a happy vacation or remind you of a place that you used to call home!

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Photographer Steve Heap

My aim is to capture each location I visit in the best light and create a photograph that you would be truly proud to display in your home or office. Although this will completely date me, I’m an accomplished photographer who first picked up a camera more than 50 years ago! Those words just make me shiver!

As a professional photographer, I have been very active in the stock photography world with images printed in leading magazines, travel guides and international publications. With over 17,000 images in my portfolio, I have tried to capture the essence of locations around the world. Although it is hard to believe, my images have been licensed by publishers of all types over 300,000 times in the past 10 years.

More recently, though, I have been more focused on the elusive task of getting the perfect image of places I visit – ones that really speak to the viewer and ones that would be a perfect image to remind people of a happy time in that location. I have selected my best images and made them available as prints that can be framed and displayed on your wall and bring those memories to life.

You can read the story behind many of my photos on my website, BackyardImage.com

My portfolio can be seen at SteveHeap.com and it is organized by location so that you can quickly find the print you are looking for. I offer free shipping in the USA and Canada, but if you are based outside those countries, you can find my work at Steven Heap – Official Website (pixels.com) with printing facilities in many countries around the world. All with a 30-day money back guarantee.”

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About Dora Hathazi Mendes

Portugal-based professional artist…

In her own words, here’s Dora.

“My name is Dora, I am a professional Artist from Hungary living in sunny Portugal. I graduated at Moholy Nagy University of Art and Design MOME Budapest, Hungary in 2002 as Textile Designer specialized in handwoven textiles. I opened my Online Art Gallery at Fine Art America in 2016 to make my paintings available not only as originals, but also as high-quality prints and related products.

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Dora Hathazi Mendes, Contributing Artist

I paint mainly with watercolors, I am passionate about painting cats, which I do also for custom pet portrait orders, and for my pure pleasure.

My ever-growing Cat Painting Collection has well over 300 artworks, including my colorful Cats of Karavella Collection, and Cat Zodiac Collection.

I also paint about other subjects – for instance, watercolor paintings about Portugal, the beautiful country where I live.

I am very honored and thrilled, that my original artworks are decorating homes and are part of private collections on 4 Continents, in 21 different countries, and so far in 32 American States.

Where to find Dora’s beautiful work…

Thank you, Dora, your cats are wonderful.