Derrick Bullard started painting when he was just a teenager, struggling with intense ADD and looking for something—anything—that would hold his focus. School didn’t do it. Sports didn’t do it. But painting did. It stuck. It gave him something solid to work with, a place to put his energy. What started as an attempt to calm his restless mind turned into a lifelong habit. That was twenty-four years ago. He didn’t go to art school. He didn’t chase gallery shows. He didn’t try to shape his work to fit a trend. He just painted. Day after day. Year after year.…
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Oenone Hammersley paints with nature on her mind and movement in her brush. Her work pulls from the rainforests, the savannahs, and the sea. For Hammersley, the natural world isn’t just inspiration—it’s the subject, the medium, and often, the message. She has spent decades observing, absorbing, and responding to the environment through her art. Whether it’s African wildlife or mythological figures drenched in Mediterranean sun, her paintings tell stories of connection—between humans and animals, land and water, history and myth. Originally from the UK, Hammersley lived in Tanzania for three years, where she closely studied the wildlife and landscape. These…
Ted Barr’s path to painting didn’t begin in a studio or art school. It started in silence—an internal restlessness that grew over decades of war, study, and searching. Born in Nevodar, Romania in 1957, he moved with his family to Israel at age four. That early dislocation—one home left behind, another not quite formed—set the tone for a life of movement, reflection, and inquiry. In 1975, he was drafted into the Israeli military, eventually becoming a major and deputy battalion commander. Twenty-six years in the army would shape how he saw life, memory, and death. But even as a soldier,…
Deborah K. Tash was born in 1949 and raised in the Bay Area. She’s both a poet and visual artist, working at the intersection of identity, history, and the natural world. Her art is shaped by a personal blend of cultures—Mexican on her mother’s side, and Celtic on her father’s—and she refers to herself as a Mestiza, embracing the layered meanings that come with that identity. Color and texture are her first languages. Tash works in both writing and visual art to explore the presence of nature, spirit, and memory in human life. Her practice connects the personal with the…
Beth Vendryes Williams grew up on Long Island’s North Shore in a lively household with six younger siblings. With constant noise and movement around her, she turned to art as a space for quiet and reflection. Books, walks in the woods, sketching—these were her escapes. Drawing and painting became daily rituals, small acts of clarity in the midst of family chaos. Over time, art shifted from habit to something more intentional. She began to reflect on why she created. For Beth, it wasn’t just about putting images on paper—it was a way to listen inward, to look for stillness. Her…
Dancho Atanasov doesn’t just take photographs—he reshapes reality. Working at the intersection of surrealism and abstraction, Atanasov has created a distinct place for himself in the world of fine art photography. Through his platform, Art of Dancho, he offers more than images. His work pulls viewers into a dreamlike state where logic takes a back seat and instinct steps forward. Every photograph asks you to pause, not to observe what’s in front of you, but to feel what’s underneath it. Video Trailer Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1YlAeh7k3I He started out with a love for storytelling and an early attraction to surrealism and expressionism.…
Mitchell Rosenzweig’s art doesn’t shout. It doesn’t need to. It speaks with quiet force—the kind that comes from confidence, not volume. His abstract mixed media paintings are built, not thrown together. They carry the kind of structure you might miss at first, buried beneath brushstrokes, scraps of paper, and fragments of imagery. But it’s there. Layered like geological strata. Each layer isn’t just texture or color—it’s part of the painting’s backbone. Rosenzweig doesn’t rely on spectacle. His paintings don’t hit you over the head. Instead, they draw you in. The longer you look, the more you realize they’re working on…
Alan Brown’s journey into art began in the quiet of a darkroom. It was there, watching photographs slowly appear under the red light, that something clicked. The process was slow, physical, and quiet — and it left a deep mark. That early moment wasn’t just about learning a skill. It was about seeing differently. That first experience launched a career that has now stretched across four decades. Brown earned his BS in Communications at Syracuse University, concentrating on Advertising Photography and adding a minor in Art History. It gave him both a technical and historical grounding — one eye on…
At 80 years old, William Schaaf is still moving forward. He’s been at it for sixty years—painting and sculpting horses, always returning to them like a compass needle to north. His work is physical, emotional, and often spiritual. It’s about connection. With nature, with himself, and with the cultures that have inspired him deeply—particularly the Zuni and Navajo, whose fetishes and dolls taught him that small things can hold big meaning. Schaaf’s horses don’t gallop across wide canvases or leap from polished pedestals. They stand solid, often still. Weighty. Present. Whether in drawing or sculpture, they carry the marks of…
Peshi Haas doesn’t follow trends—she follows alleys. Her art is grounded in the physical world but pulled through a lens of abstraction and intuition. A graduate of the School of Visual Arts (SVA), Haas has shaped her own lane in contemporary painting by blending architectural abstraction with elements of travel and urban exploration. Her work isn’t about replicating places; it’s about reimagining them. What drives her isn’t just form or line—it’s the overlooked. Forgotten buildings, hidden courtyards, narrow paths that most tourists skip. She documents and transforms them, turning structural impressions into layered color, movement, and texture. Haas has spent…