Author: Mary W

Blake Weston was born in Newport, Wales, and has been circling around art for most of his life. He studied Fine Art in Gloucestershire before moving on to Cardiff University, where he began with Time-Based Art under the conceptual wing of Andre Stitt. Eventually, he found himself pulled back toward painting in his final year. That shift—away from process-heavy art toward something more tactile—has defined his work ever since. Blake is currently preparing to pursue an MA in Fine Art. He sees painting not as a craft to perfect, but as a space for exploration. He wants his work to…

John Gardner doesn’t just carve features into bronze—he draws out character. His approach to sculpture is less about documentation and more about translation: of warmth, of spirit, of small moments that outlive history books. Based in South Africa, Gardner works with speed and instinct, shaping clay not to chase likeness, but to reveal essence. He believes a great sculpture isn’t finished when it looks right—it’s finished when it feels familiar, when someone sees it and recognizes not just the face, but the person behind it. His work spans tributes to legendary figures as well as introspective forms, and in every…

Camille Ross was born in San Francisco in 1964 and raised in two sharply different worlds—radical Berkeley and rural Mississippi. That contrast—liberal and conservative, urban and rural—runs through her photography. She is part Cherokee, with biracial grandparents. Her work is shaped by that layered background and the way race, identity, and class move through American life. A civil liberties activist as well as a photographer, Ross brings a sense of lived history and cultural questioning into everything she does. Her photos aren’t just images. They ask: who is being seen, who is looking, and what power sits in the gaze?…

Eva Lemay doesn’t begin a painting with a plan. Her work grows out of sensation—what the body remembers, what the skin picks up before the eye fully registers it. Her way of seeing the world comes from deep inside: rooted in a lifelong closeness to nature and shaped by the act of paying attention. Color leads her. So does rhythm. So does instinct. She doesn’t try to replicate the landscape but responds to it—through movement, through tone, through atmosphere. She paints with oils, keeping the paint fluid, letting greens, blues, and yellows blur into each other like weather. Her paintings…

Samaj X makes art that doesn’t try to impress—it just stays with you. His work isn’t showy or decorative. It’s rooted, reflective, and built from lived experience. His pieces feel like they come from somewhere older than the canvas—formed by memory, shaped by history, and guided by something internal. He works from intuition, not trends. There’s no rush to explain or decode. He trusts the process, lets the work reveal itself slowly. What you get is something layered—part personal, part universal. For Samaj X, making art is about going inward to bring something out. It’s not about image—it’s about presence.…

Originally from Košice, Slovakia, and now based in Switzerland, Libuša Němcová leads a life split between caregiving and creativity. Working abroad as a full-time home care aide, she manages long hours and emotional labor with grace—but it’s in the quiet in-between moments that her art comes to life. What started as simple sketches during childhood has slowly developed into a steady, self-taught art practice. Her story isn’t built on big breaks or fast success. It’s built on quiet persistence, curiosity, and a lifelong pull toward expression. In July 2024, Libuša presented her first public sales exhibition at the newly opened…

Jane Gottlieb has built her life around color. Raised and based in Los Angeles, she started out painting, but her path shifted over the years—first to photography, then to hand-painting directly on photographic prints. Over three decades ago, she began transforming Cibachrome prints with vivid pigments, layering photography with a painter’s intuition. It was messy, deliberate, and personal. Eventually, she brought her process into the digital age. She now scans her original works and reworks them in Photoshop, creating bold, high-energy prints on surfaces like aluminum, canvas, and paper. Her digital process doesn’t erase her past—it builds on it. Every…

Lidia Paladino works with intention. Based in Argentina, she’s known for engraving and drawing, but her earliest explorations were rooted in textiles. Working with fabric and thread taught her how to slow down. She learned to listen to the process—one that demanded repetition, texture, and time. That early attention to touch and surface stayed with her, even as she pivoted back to engraving. Returning to printmaking wasn’t just a matter of switching techniques. It was a deeper commitment—to craft, to image, to meaning. Over the years, her practice has grown into something grounded and patient. In 2003, she received Argentina’s…

Alan Brown’s creative life started in silence—specifically, in the hush of a darkroom. Watching images emerge from nothing under the red safety light wasn’t just a technical process; it was a shift in awareness. That slow unfolding of a photograph, its reliance on patience and precision, stayed with him. It taught him how to observe, how to wait, and how to let something take form over time. That early experience became a foundation. Brown studied Communications at Syracuse University, focusing on Advertising Photography and picking up a minor in Art History. The dual focus helped him develop not just a…

Derrick Bullard picked up a paintbrush as a teenager and didn’t put it down. Back then, he was navigating life with undiagnosed ADD and trying to find something that could hold his attention. School didn’t. Neither did most hobbies. But painting did. It was the one thing that asked nothing more than time, focus, and a willingness to show up. That was enough to keep him going. He didn’t follow a traditional path. No art degree. No critics pushing him forward. No gallery telling him what to do next. Bullard carved out his own route—quiet, steady, and deeply personal. More…