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"Chinese Flower Bottle"		"Chinese Urn with Men"		"Chinese Urn with Birds"
	"Renaissance Portrait of a Man"		"Renaissance Portrait of a Woman"

Isabelle Grange grew up in the French countryside where her family has lived since the fourteenth century. "I've been creating art for as long as I can remember," she says. "I was a very shy child who could not quite understand the world I was living in, so I created my own: Peaceful and beautiful."

Isabelle's work grows from the strong influence of her creative family and her intense love for the beauty of landscape.

She studied fine arts and textiles for several years at l'Ecole d'Arts Appliques in Lyon before moving to New York. There she studied for six years at the Art Students' League. "I learned my secret for artistic expression from two favorite teachers: to be open; to want to be surprised at all times; to look for the soul of the model and put that on paper; and finally work, work, work," she says. This philosophy guides all of her creative endeavors.

Isabelle divides her time between the countryside of New York and France, avidly sketching people, objects and animals. She works in acrylics on paper or linen and distresses the surface to achieve and antique feel. Of this technique she remarks, "I like my work to look like it has had a life of its own. Today art is who I am. It is my vocabulary. I could not live without it."