Artist Spotlight: Evgenia Smirnova
Saint Petersburg-born artist Evgenia Smirnova on her ongoing watercolor series: imaginary nocturnal landscapes inhabited by whales, bulls, and black cats, painted from feeling rather than plan.
Artist Spotlight: Sada Stavrum
Self-taught artist Sada Stavrum on intuitive painting, daily studio practice, and the Eastern traditions that brought him back to making art in the south of France.
Artist Spotlight: Stephen Willard
Graphic designer Stephen Willard lives in two creative worlds: strict design by day, and abstract digital art that maps the neurological chaos of epilepsy. On order, memory, and release.
Love in Full Effect
Painter Ilya Black on "Love in Full Effect," an acrylic work about presence, love, and the quiet fear that everything beautiful can vanish in an instant.
Painting Starts Where Words Stop
Abstract oil painter Melissa Friendlich on flow, burnout, motherhood, and finding her way back to the canvas. Why abstraction became the language she'd been missing.
Artist Spotlight: Samah Kthar
Queens-born, Detroit-based occupational therapist and abstract artist Samah Kthar found painting after grief, a museum visit, and a moment of seeing art that required only honesty. Her 10-year journey in her own words.
I Never Planned to Become an Artist: The Work of J.E.
A year ago J.E. made his first drawing during a difficult period. Twenty-five pieces later, the former elite athlete based in Spain has become a visual artist working in acrylic markers on cardboard.
Abstract Artist Phillip J Gordon on Mixed Media, Watercolor and Digital Art Prints
Abstract artist Phillip J Gordon shares his creative evolution from traditional watercolor and oils to bridging the gap with contemporary digital mixed-media art.