Aliza Thomas, originally from Israel and now living in the Netherlands, moves through life much like she moves through her art—fluidly, openly, and always connected. She wears many hats: artist, papermaker, art teacher, Qigong and Taijiquan instructor, and proud mother and grandmother. Thomas brings a rich blend of cultural influence, craftsmanship, and personal wisdom to her work. Her art isn’t just about aesthetics; it’s about energy, connection, and transformation. She embodies a full-circle creative life, merging artistic practice with movement, health, and mindfulness. Her latest piece, titled “This is my contribution for today; time is changing fast. Look to the…
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Helena Kotnik’s work shows how naturally she blends deep psychological questions with bright, almost playful visuals. Trained at Barcelona University and the Akademie der bildende Künste in Vienna, and holding a Master’s degree, Kotnik has built a body of work that doesn’t just aim to be looked at—it invites you to feel something more layered. Her paintings are what she calls “psychological human landscapes,” where emotion, memory, and social commentary run just under the surface. Her art is colorful but not careless. There’s always something simmering underneath the cheerful palette—an awareness of the world’s contradictions, a sensitivity to the way…
Born in 1956 in Santa Monica, California, Susie Rosso Wolf—often signing her work as SR Wolf—has lived a life shaped by the pull of place and memory. She grew up under the wide blue skies of the West Coast before finding her true rhythm far from the coastlines, tucked into the quiet beauty of rural Montana. Her time at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) laid the technical foundation, but it was her later years, surrounded by fields and big open skies, that gave her work its heart. Wolf’s paintings reach back through time, pulling forward the pieces that…
Born in 1953 in St. Louis, Missouri, Clint Imboden has spent decades shaping ordinary objects into something deeper. Now based in the San Francisco Bay Area and living in Oakland, Imboden builds work that lives at the crossroads of nostalgia, politics, and personal memory. His sculptures, built from old hand tools, worn toys, and sharp text, don’t just sit quietly in a gallery—they push and prod at the viewer’s sense of familiarity and discomfort. What makes Imboden’s work stand out is his relentless curiosity about objects that seem too simple to matter. He doesn’t just collect; he transforms. His larger…
Linda Schroeter, born in 1963 in Australia, has long been drawn to the quiet drama and symbolic power of Dutch master paintings. There’s something in their mood—the flicker of light, the stillness that feels heavy with meaning—that has stayed with her. Over the years, Schroeter has taken that inspiration and carved out a path of her own, rooted in traditional techniques but reaching for something personal. She doesn’t just paint a scene—she shapes an atmosphere, invites you to pause, to look closer, to feel something underneath. Her method is slow, intentional. She builds depth through layers, manipulating light like a…
Anna Mazzotta doesn’t follow trends. She observes, absorbs, and responds with a brush. Born in the UK but rooted in Italian culture, she splits her time between London and Bristol, and her work carries the energy of both cities. Her training at the Royal College of Art gave her the technical footing, but her real voice comes from somewhere else—somewhere smoky, decadent, and draped in velvet. Her paintings are bold, funny, and a little unruly. They don’t ask permission. They walk in wearing feathers and cigarette smoke, humming an old tune, looking you dead in the eye. Mazzotta’s world is…
Julian Jollon isn’t a painter chasing trends or market noise. He’s someone who’s walked through fire—both literally and creatively—and come back with something to say. A trained artist who stepped away from art for fifteen years, Jollon’s story is one of survival and return. During that long break, he underwent a liver transplant and worked in hospital epidemiology—witnessing the fragility of life up close. When he returned to art, it wasn’t as a hobby or escape. It was a calling. A slow, steady rediscovery of purpose. His work, shaped by myth, spirit, and symbolism, isn’t interested in surface beauty. It…
Mary Arnold’s photographic work doesn’t shout—it glows. In this piece, printed on aluminum, she draws you in not with subject matter alone, but through the energy of light and texture. The image shows what appears to be the close-up of a palm frond, captured with such clarity and intensity that it becomes something else entirely. It no longer feels like a leaf, but a sculpture of flame, or the spine of something ancient and strong. The symmetry is the first thing that hits you. Each rib of the leaf folds outward in a perfect arc, like the bones of a…
Alexandra Jicol doesn’t chase trends. Her art is personal, introspective, and raw in a way that invites you to slow down. She doesn’t pretend to have all the answers. Instead, she walks alongside the viewer—observing, feeling, and asking questions. Born and raised in Bucharest, Romania, Jicol came of age during a time of political tension and limited freedoms. That early experience shaped how she looks at the world—with care, curiosity, and restraint. It also explains her deep sensitivity to nuance. Rather than painting for spectacle, she paints to reflect. Her work isn’t decorative. It’s an invitation to listen. Her ongoing…
Some artists paint what they see. Kimberly McGuiness paints what’s felt—what floats just beneath the surface of awareness. Her work isn’t about explaining things. It’s about reminding you that you already know. That somewhere in your chest, or your gut, or maybe just behind your eyes, you’ve carried that truth all along. Kimberly’s art sits at the edge of reality and myth. There’s a strong pull toward the natural world—its colors, its creatures, its wild rhythms—but also toward stories that come from somewhere older. Her pieces don’t just show you a horse or a peacock or a mythic figure—they carry…