About the Artists

Carl E. Schwartz

Carl Schwartz, born in Detroit, Michigan, is a painter and printmaker, who currently resides in Fort Meyers, Florida. He is a realist, whose work shows the influence of both abstract expressionism and cubism. For almost thirty years, Schwartz taught figure drawing and painting in Chicago at the North Shore Art League, until moving to Florida in 1984. There he resumed teaching at Edison Community College and at Florida Gulf Coast University. At the home he shares with his wife Dinah Schwartz, he raises Koi, a type of Oriental goldfish, which, along with water lilies, are often subjects in his art. Schwartz describes himself as a painter of light, "intrigued and fascinated with form. To me, there are two worlds The one we live in and the one that I create. Painting is the discipline by which I constantly rediscover both of these worlds". He has been the recipient of several awards, including the Logan Medal from the Art Institute of Chicago, and his works have been exhibited at that Institutes S&R Gallery in Chicago, as well as at the Illinois State Museum, and numerous other shows. His art is in many permanent collections, including The Smithsonian Institution, and the university collections of: Michigan State, Ball State, Loyola, Nevada, Minnesota, and Chicago. He is also in the corporate collections of: Kemper Insurance, AT&T, Sears, Delta Airlines, and Beatrice Foods. Various periodicals and magazines, including Readers Digest and Playboy, have published his work, and he is listed in Who's Who in American Art. Schwartz is a member of A.P.A. (Alliance of Professional Artists) and FLAG (Florida Artists Group).

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Dietmar Krumrey

Born in Germany, Dietmar Krumrey immigrated to America with his family at the age of three. After living in the Chicago area, they moved to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan where Dietmar developed his deep affection and respect for wildlife so evident in his art. After training at the American Academy of Art in Chicago, he was employed as an artist for Hallmark in Kansas City before leaving to freelance. Dietmar returned to the Upper Peninsula to live and paint near the forest and lakes which inspire his work. Extensively known for his realist approach, exactness for detail and feeling for the actual essence of life, Dietmar captures the very heart of wildlife art. His works are included in many private collections across the country and he has exhibited in such prestigious shows as the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Show, the Smithsonian Institute, the National Wildlife Art Exhibit in Kansas City, the Wildlife Festival in Tulsa, the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition in Charleston and the Waterfowl Festival in Easton, Maryland.

This biography from Mr. Krumrey's website at Wildernessart.com.

Michael James Riddet

His work has been featured in Best of Wildlife Art, published by North Light Books. In 1984 and again in 1992, he was the winner of the Wisconsin Waterfowl Stamp competition. His paintings have been selected for eleven years into the prestigious "Birds in Art" exhibition at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum. He is also represented in their permanent collection.

Michael's work has now been shown in forty museums in the United States and abroad, and has been featured at Christie's South Kensington Galleries in London, England. Over thirty of his works have been issues as limited edition reproductions.

In 1996, he was elected into the Society of Animal Artists in New York, and was awarded the Society's Award of Excellence. This bronze medal is the most important award bestowed by the Society. Although best know for his wildlife paintings, much of his recent work has involved still life, trompe l'oeil ("trick the eye") works as well as figurative studies.

This biography from Mr. Riddet's website at Riddetgallery.com.

Tom Dunnington

Born in Duluth, Minnesota a year before the great stock market crash, he recalls camping and canoe trips with his family in the North woods at a very early age.

Tom Dunnington's wildlife paintings have always reflected his astute perception of nature and his religious attention to detail. In his endangered species series (found here at Prints) his work reveals an additional quality - one that both quickens the spirit and haunts it.

The artist received his art training at the John Herron School of Art in Indianapolis and the American Academy of Art in Chicago. He has taught illustration at Layton School of Art in Milwaukee and drawing at Chicago's Columbia College.