Author: Mary W

Eliora Bousquet, a French-listed abstract painter and illustrator, paints at the threshold between emotion and infinity. Born in Angoulême, France, in 1970, she began her artistic path in 2009—a journey guided by intuition, wonder, and the quiet rhythm of stars. Her art draws from both the seen and unseen, shaped by the beauty of nature and the mystery of the cosmos. Each canvas feels like a meeting point between heaven and earth, where color becomes language and silence becomes meaning. Eliora’s work is not about capturing what we see but about revealing what we feel—the endless pulse of creation that connects…

Born in 1973 in Graz, Austria, Gerhard Petzl has spent over thirty years shaping a creative language that lives between art and daily life. Now working between Vevey, Switzerland, and Kalsdorf/Graz, Austria, he is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice embraces both the traditional and the unexpected. His materials range from bronze and wood to recycled objects and even chocolate—each chosen for its ability to tell a story about transformation. Petzl’s art is not confined to one medium or technique; it is a continuous dialogue with time, process, and renewal. For him, creation is inseparable from living—every act of making, cooking, or collecting…

Helena Kotnik, who studied at Barcelona University and the Akademie der bildenden Künste in Vienna, creates art that feels like a conversation between color and consciousness. Her paintings, often described as “psychological human landscapes,” explore how we move through the unseen spaces of emotion and thought. Working in a style that’s both vivid and deceptively simple, she uses color and gesture to explore what lies beneath human behavior—the humor, chaos, and tenderness that define us. Drawing inspiration from artists across many eras, Kotnik’s work becomes a kind of visual reflection, showing us our shared contradictions and quiet strengths. Through her…

For William Schaaf, art has never been about decoration—it’s an act of devotion, a way to make sense of life through creation. At 80, he’s still in his studio, shaping horses from bronze, clay, and canvas with the same focus he’s carried for more than six decades. The horse, his lifelong subject, has become his chosen language. Each one speaks of endurance, memory, and the unseen link between body and spirit. Schaaf’s approach draws from the spiritual traditions of the Zuni and Navajo peoples, whose fetishes were never made for display but for healing and connection. His work borrows from…

Ruth Poniarski’s creative path bridges structure and imagination. A graduate of Pratt Institute with a Bachelor of Architecture in 1982, she spent a decade working in the construction industry before turning fully to painting in 1988. That shift marked more than a career change—it opened a new way to interpret the world. Through her surreal and psychological paintings, Poniarski blends myth, philosophy, and literature into layered visual narratives. Her art moves between the rational and the fantastic, where symbols, emotion, and human experience coexist in a delicate balance. Who’s Game In Who’s Game, Poniarski turns a simple card game into a…

Keith McHugh’s art feels like a quiet excavation of the self—an act of peeling away illusion to reveal what’s honest and elemental. His work reaches beyond surface beauty, searching instead for what pulses underneath. A self-taught creator, McHugh doesn’t stay within the boundaries of one medium. He paints, sculpts, writes poetry, and even builds mobiles and puppets—each form becoming a new way to translate awareness into matter. His process is fluid, intuitive, and grounded in the present moment. Rather than chasing aesthetics or trends, McHugh follows the rhythm of consciousness as it unfolds, trusting that expression itself is its own…

The art of Natali Antonovich feels like stepping into a dream that knows it’s awake. Her paintings open small doors to an inner landscape—one built on stillness, emotion, and quiet inquiry. She doesn’t aim to portray what’s visible but to trace what’s felt, sensed, and often left unspoken. For Antonovich, creation is not performance; it’s dialogue. Each piece begins with reflection, unfolding slowly, as if guided by breath. Her art grows out of silence, not noise, out of patience, not haste. Even as a child, Antonovich was an observer—sensitive to the small, unassuming moments that make up life. She noticed the texture…

There’s a quiet intensity to Haeley Kyong’s work—an insistence on stripping things down until only the essential remains. “I love creating artwork that captivates and inspires people’s minds,” she says, and her art reflects that desire for honest connection. She avoids clutter and spectacle, choosing instead to work with simple shapes that carry emotional weight. Her pieces are built on the belief that color and form, when arranged just right, can express the inexpressible. They can stand in for both the physical and the abstract—the seen and unseen. Kyong’s curiosity about nature’s rhythm and structure feeds her creative process. She…

Vicky Tsalamata, an Athens-based artist and Professor Emeritus of Printmaking at the Athens School of Fine Arts, works at the crossroads of printmaking, mixed media, and philosophical inquiry. Her art probes the boundaries between ethics, politics, and personal responsibility. Over the years, she has turned her practice into a form of reflection and resistance—a way to face the noise and numbness of modern society. For Tsalamata, creating art is not about decoration but conversation. Her images speak to the uneasy relationship between silence and defiance, between the fragility of individuals and the structures that govern them. Beneath the surfaces of…

Nicola Mastroserio is not interested in trends. He does not create for the marketplace, nor does he bend his work to the appetite of collectors. His practice turns inward, searching for something more enduring—an inquiry into reality itself. His art resists easy definitions. It is less about appearance and more about essence, a steady meditation on what it means to exist, to think, to sense the hidden forces moving beneath daily life. Mastroserio’s work is not meant as decoration. It does not flatter or aim to please. Instead, each piece acts like a signpost, pointing to an inner road. It…