Artwork and Series Essays

Hamilton Aguiar is a Brazilian contemporary artist based in Miami, best known for his Optical series, paintings that use tonal gradients and fine linework to create the illusion of movement and depth. His newest works push that illusion further with oil applied directly over mirrored plexiglass, turning the surface itself into part of the composition. Carousel Fine Art represents Aguiar and works directly with collectors and designers on custom commissions in the Optical series, including large-format and multi-panel pieces.

Christopher Schulz, born in California in 1974, is a sculptor working primarily in marine-grade stainless steel and bronze, best known for the Tiburon series, suspended, hyper-polished shark sculptures he describes as an alternative to the aquarium. His practice extends beyond sharks into elephants, hybrid "combine" forms, and industrial subject matter drawn from cars and architecture. Represented by Carousel Fine Art in Atlanta and West Palm Beach, alongside galleries in London, Paris, and Monaco, his work has shown at Scope Miami Beach, Art Palm Beach, and the Los Angeles Contemporary Art Fair, and sits in corporate collections including Isuzu, Kawasaki, and HBA Design. This guide covers his materials, his signature series, and where to see the work, timed to Shark Week 2026 (July 26–August 1), when interest in his best-known subject peaks.

Caroline De Souza is a Brazilian-born sculptor and painter, trained in Milan as a fashion illustrator and designer before relocating to Athens, Greece, and shifting her focus entirely to art. Mentored by Greek artist Angelos Panagiotou and further trained through Central Saint Martins, she works across acrylic, oil, resin, metal, and bronze. Her 2020 bronze "Love Has No Color," commissioned by the Brazilian Embassy as a permanent public installation in Athens, and her gold-plated "Unbeaten" hearts, now in galleries across nine countries, established her signature material language. Her current body of work, the Chess Series, including "Check Mate," "Life is a Game," and "Silent Warriors," is available now at Carousel Fine Art. This guide covers her training, her three defining series, and where to see or acquire her work.

The Artifact Collection is Beau Simmons' first major departure from straight photography. Each serigraph is built from acrylic ink mixed with ranch pigment, dust and earth Simmons has hand-collected from working ranches across the American West, hand-pulled onto archival Coventry Rag paper. Two works anchor the series so far: "Hold Tight," an edition of 20 built around the hands and leather of a working cowboy, and "The Sound of Steel," which carries the story of a Montana branding morning shot one day after Simmons was attacked by a bear. Both are original within their editions, since no two pulls carry pigment in exactly the same way. This piece covers what the collection is, how it's made, and why it lands at a particularly loaded moment for American iconography, six days after Rodeo 250 closed on the National Mall as part of the country's Semiquincentennial.

Eric Alfaro Gómez, born in 1991, trained at Cuba's Provincial Academy of Fine Arts Raúl Martínez in Morón, Ciego de Ávila, before building a career now spanning Miami, Palm Beach, Cologne, Paris, Torino, and Saint-Tropez. He is represented by Carousel Fine Art in Miami, Atlanta, and Saint-Tropez, with additional gallery relationships internationally. His work, best known for the Blossom Series, the Water Lilies, and earlier figurative bodies like Becoming, sits in private collections across more than two dozen countries and in institutional holdings including the Copperbridge Art Foundation and the Lincoln Center Orchestra's New York collection. This guide covers his training, his exhibition record, and where his major series fit for a collector building a room or a collection around his work.

Eric Alfaro's Blossom Series, unveiled at Carousel Fine Art's Spring Reverie exhibition in May 2024, builds cherry blossoms and spring bouquets from thick impasto, then drags fresh paint horizontally across the canvas before it dries. The smudge is deliberate: it reads as a bloom caught mid-fall, a still life that admits it will not stay still. The series spans intimate 24-inch studies to 120-inch statement canvases, in oil on linen and acrylic on canvas, and has become one of Carousel's most requested bodies of work for large-scale interior placements. This piece walks through the technique, the key paintings, and where the series belongs in a room.

Tennis (2019) is a large-scale photographic bookscape by Colombian-American artist Max Steven Grossman, built entirely from real tennis literature, biographies of Djokovic, McEnroe, Borg, Serena and Venus Williams, Sampras, Agassi, Sabatini, Laver, Ashe, King, and dozens more, digitally composited into a single library that does not exist anywhere but in this photograph. It is a Diasec-mounted print, 48 by 100 inches, edition of 5, available through Carousel Fine Art. Arriving as Wimbledon 2026 plays out at the All England Club, it makes the case for tennis as a collecting category rather than a decorating theme.

Alexi Torres (b. 1976, Matanzas, Cuba) builds mythological figures from the woven geometry of a soccer ball in his Game of Life series. Eight large-format oils are on view at Carousel Fine Art's Buckhead gallery in Atlanta through July 31, 2026, as part of "The Beautiful Game" World Cup exhibition. Works are available for acquisition.

Hunt Slonem's bunny paintings are among the most immediately recognizable works in contemporary American art. But their appeal goes well beyond surface charm. For Slonem, painting bunnies is a meditative practice rooted in personal symbolism, spiritual repetition, and a lifelong relationship with the natural world, and for collectors, they are among the most deeply inhabitable works he makes.

Nemo Jantzen is a Dutch contemporary artist born in The Hague in 1970. Trained at the RTO Art Academy in Rotterdam, he built his career across Belgium, Spain, and now New York and Barcelona. He is best known for two signature techniques: hyper-detailed thread-and-nail portraits and neo-pointillist resin dome mosaics. His work appears in major museums, private collections, and leading galleries worldwide.

In the world of contemporary art, few artists operate with the same level of material curiosity and conceptual risk as Sylvain Tremblay. Known for his sculptural paintings and highly textured surfaces, Tremblay has built a practice that exists between disciplines—where painting, sculpture, and performance converge.

In this edition of Art Talk: Artist Interviews, Carousel Fine Art offers collectors a rare, behind-the-scenes look into Sylvain Tremblay’s artistic process, studio residency, and bespoke commission work. The conversation reveals not only how his works are made, but why they resonate so strongly with collectors seeking investment art and one-of-one commissions.

Before a single figure takes shape, before any marble is carved or bronze is cast, Mariela Garibay begins with something much quieter—stillness. Her art doesn’t begin with her hands. It begins with her heart. And it’s this deeply intentional process that makes her work so moving—and why collectors around the world are beginning to take notice. But how does Garibay bring these tender figures to life?

French artist Jisbar is redefining the boundaries of contemporary art with a bold fusion of pop culture, street art, and art history. Known for reimagining iconic artworks and cultural figures, Jisbar creates layered canvases that invite viewers to see familiar subjects in new and thought-provoking ways. By blending the energy of street art with the accessibility of pop art, Jisbar has developed a unique visual language that bridges the gap between classical references and modern culture. Delve into Jisbar's creative journey, distinctive style, and the cultural impact of his work, while understanding why he is one of the most compelling artists in the contemporary art world today.

The exploration of technological progress, human connection, and the potential beginnings of an unforeseen devolution in our evolution.

In the pulsating heartbeat of contemporary art one name emerges from the bustling  streets of  LA, Chance Cooper, creating a symphony of visual narratives that resonate with the rhythm of life itself. 

The bronze scultpure Realidade Virtual, meticulously crafted by Brazilian artist Beto Gatti, serves as a captivating portal into a profound exploration of the human condition.