In 1987 Peter Stichbury graduated from Elam School of Fine Art and won the James Wallace Art Award. Gathering ideas from magazines, the internet, popular culture and his childhood, the artist continues to develop a body of work exploring, interpreting and reflecting upon the nature of identity. Contrary to common opinion, Stichbury's stunning paintings, art prints and sketches of gorgeous waifs, nerdy yet strangely cool boys or professors aren't merely the musings of an artist obsessed with surface aesthetics. Whilst fascinated by appearances, his interest cuts deeper and a little darker. Stichbury's talent lies in making beautiful people look interesting and interesting people look beautiful and it's proving lucrative, at least for the collectors. Furthermore, the American market is taking notice, a fact reinforced by several appearances of his work at the influential annual ArtLA Fair and the burgeoning fanfare enjoyed through his NYC dealer, to the point where new works are rarely available in his home country.

Hella Hammid (1921 - 1992) was a German-American photographer whose career included teaching at UCLA. Her freelance photographs appeared in diverse publications including Life, Ebony, The Sun and The New York Times. Her softly backlit picture of two young Italian girls dancing, watched by other children in front of the abutments of a stone building, was chosen by Edward Steichen for his 1955 world-touring MoMA exhibition The Family of Man, which was seen by nine million visitors.

Hammid had a long professional career taking candid portraits of children and families for private clients as well as contributing to a number of book projects. Hammid's photographic career is the subject of the book, Hella Hammid: Feminine Fate. One of her most widely circulated images is the Tree Poster, which portrays writer Deena Metzger, a close friend of Hammid's.

Hammid worked as a remote viewer with Russell Targ and Harold E. Puthoff at SRI International doing work for the CIA. She also worked with Stephan A Schwartz on The Alexandria Project, considered to be psychic archaeology.

Hammid participated in the first Gateway Voyage program offered by Robert Monroe, founder of The Monroe Institute, that was held at the Esalen Institute at Big Sur, California 1973. This was a voyage of self discovery through the gateway of expanded awareness.