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Jered Woznicki   |  Martinho Isidro Correia  |  Jay Blums


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Jered Woznicki

 

After the maestro, Mr. Woznicki is the chief drawing and painting instructor at the Angel Academy of Art, Florence. Born in Chicago, he met Michael John Angel while studying at the American Academy of Art, from which he graduated in 1994. In Chicago, he worked with the noted painter Warren Prindle.

 

Jered Woznicki’s art has won many awards throughout the United States as well as in Italy. In 1999 he took a medal in the prestigious Florence Biennale, an international assembly of over 500 recognized artists. Mr. Woznizki’s work is to be found in private and public collections in Europe and in North America. Although busy with teaching, he works with Mr. Angel on large scale commissions and on his own figure and still-life paintings.

 

 

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Martinho Isidro Correia

 

Martinho Correia brings twenty years of experience as both an artist and educator to the Angel Academy. While attending the University of Calgary, Mr. Correia studied under esteemed Canadian still-life painter John Hall. Upon completeing his B.F.A., Mr. Correia worked freelance in a variety of positions, including graphic artist, mural and backdrop painter, set designer and comic-book artist. In the early 1990’s, he completed a B.Ed. in Art Education from the University of British Columbia and, soon after, began his professional teaching career. During his years as art teacher with the Calgary Catholic School System, Mr. Correia taught art to children at all grade levels. Also at this time, he instructed adult seminars, private students and curated a number of student art shows. Mr. Correia first studied with Michael John Angel in 1992 and eventually moved to Florence, Italy, to complete his studies at the Angel Academy of Art, where he now teaches painting, drawing and the Perspective programme. He holds annual summer workshops both at the Angel Academy of Art, Florence, and in Calgary, Canada.

 

In his studio, Martinho Correia is painting portrait and still-life commissions. Please visit his website for more examples of his work: www.martinhoart.com

 

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Jay Blums

 

Jay Blums, a graduate of the Illustration programme at Sheridan College in Oakville, Canada, began his studies with Michael John Angel in Toronto in 1999. Mr. Blums moved to Florence in 2005 to take up his current teaching post as a drawing and painting instructor. Outside of his time with the school, he works on his paintings, which can be found in private collections in North America and Australia.

 

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