Yoshitoshi Kanemaki is a Japanese sculptor based out of Chiba Prefecture who chisels, forms, and morphs dual characters from blocks of life-sized wood. http://bunkyo-art.co.jp/artists/YoshitoshiKanemaki-E.html

Euan Ernest Richard Uglow (10 March 1932 – 31 August 2000) was a British painter who was famous for his nude and still life paintings. Uglow was predominantly a painter of the human figure, although he also painted still lifes and landscapes. His method was meticulous, involving a great deal of measuring and correction to create images that are not hyper real, but appear almost sculptural. -text via wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euan_Uglow

Akihito Takuma paints beautiful, dripping dark land and city scapes. They look like haunted, lifeless places  I would never want to live, but strangely draw me in. These paintings are selected from an ongoing series entitled "Lines of Flight". Takuma lives and works in Tokyo and Kanagawa, Japan. http://akihitotakuma.com http://saatchiart.com/Akihito