Faculty

 

Hans-Peter Szameit earned a degree in Literature and Philosophy from Augustana College in the United States before focusing his attention on art. He studied drawing and painting in Florence, Italy from 1995-1998 where he also recieved a scholarship to teach drawing. In 1999 he briefly studied with the painter Odd Nerdrum in Norway. In 2001, along with his wife Sanna Tomac, he founded Pantura Studios in the United States where together they worked and taught a growing group of students who came from across the country and abroad. In early 2006 they moved to Stockholm, Sweden and founded Atelier Stockholm/The Swedish Academy of Realist Art. His paintings and drawings can be found in public and private collections throughout the world. You can view examples of his work at: www.szameit.se.

 

 

 

Sanna Tomac has painted all her life. To get a realistic art education in Sweden was not possible so she learned what she could on her own. Between 1996-1998 she studied drawing and painting at The Florence Academy of Art, Italy and afterward she studied with the painter Odd Nerdrum in Norway 1999. In 2001, along with her husband Hans-Peter Szameit, she founded Pantura Studios in the United States where together they worked and taught a growing group of students who came from across the country and abroad. In early 2006 they moved to Stockholm, Sweden and founded Atelier Stockholm/The Swedish Academy of Realist Art. Her paintings and drawings can be found in public and private collections throughout the world. You can view examples of her work at: www.sannatomac.se.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amanda Fletcher was born in London. After receiving a BA Hons. degree in Related Arts, she studied classical painting at Studio Cecil-Graves in Florence for three years.  Amanda moved to Sweden in 1990 and set up a studio in Stockholm to pursue her painting career. She travels frequently to England and the rest of Europe to execute portrait commissions and her work can be found in private and public collections around the world. Her website is currently under reconstruction but will soon be reopened. Details to follow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alexander Novoselov (intensive workshop) was born in Leningrad, Russia. He currently teaches drawing at the Repin Academy in St.Petersburg.  He studied at the N.K. Roerich Art College from 1995-2000. From 2001-2007 he studied at the Repin Academy in St.Petersburg where he graduated from the studio of renowned Professor Andrei A. Mylnikov in monumental painting, which included training in mural painting, fresco, mosaic, and sgraffitto. During his studies he was awarded medals, including the Gold Medal of the Russian Academy of Art, and was honored as “Best Graduate of 2007” of the Russian Academy of Art.  In 2008, Alexander was accepted as a member of the Union of Artists of Russia. He recently concluded working independently on a project in Salmela, Finland.  During 2009-2010 he will come to the school periodically to teach and intends to offer workshops in traditional fresco painting and other media in the future.
Click here for more images by Alexander Novoselov.

 

Pernilla Persson (intensive workshop) was born and raised in Sweden, but obtained her art education at California State University of Northridge with a major in animation.  She spent 11 years in the United States and and worked in the animation industry for various studios in Los Angeles where she was also one of the founders of the DPD institute, now called Sheldon’s Art Academy.  When she moved back to Sweden, she first worked for SF (Swedish Film) but now works as an independent professional fine artist and as a lecturer at The University of Gotland and SOFE (School of Future Entertainment).  Pernilla delivers an intensive workshop in Dynamic Anatomy, which focuses on constuctive anatomy and creating figures from the imagination.  You can view her work at: www.studio-pp.com