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Peta Meredith Williams’ figurative paintings are shaped by dreams, spirituality, intuition, and a desire to create an emotional connection with the viewer. Her approach is largely instinctive, allowing images from dreams and inspiration from the Old Masters to guide the development of each work. Figures and faces appear throughout her practice, but rather than focusing on traditional portraiture or identity, Peta is interested in emotion and the feeling of entering another world. Her paintings leave space for individual interpretation, allowing viewers to bring their own experiences and responses to the work.…
Discover five unexpected places where artists can find real opportunities for commissions, exhibitions, murals, and installations beyond traditional galleries and museums.
Kea Elisa’s paintings turn travel, memory, and homecoming into layered contemporary works, combining acrylic, spray paint, oil pastel, embroidery, pearls, and natural pigments. From her Atlantic sailing journey to her Stitched Dreamscape series, discover how places and experiences become part of her artistic language.
Learn how to price your art with confidence using a practical system that considers your costs, time, market, commissions, and career stage, without relying on guesswork.
Payal Jain’s journey across more than three decades of fashion has evolved into a deeply personal exploration of textile as an artistic medium. Growing up surrounded by art, music, architecture, literature, and nature, she came to see fashion as a way of bringing those influences together, while always considering herself an artist first. For Payal, textiles carry far more than visual beauty. They hold cultural memory, generations of knowledge, and the imprint of the human hand. Her long-standing collaborations with artisans across India have shaped her understanding of craftsmanship, patience, and…
Discover five smart investments that can improve your art practice, from a professional website and studio lighting to reliable backups, ergonomic upgrades, and better ways to document your work.
Manuela Prince, who works under the name Alma Colours, creates delicate watercolours inspired by nature’s colours, beauty, and strength. Based in Abu Dhabi, her work brings butterflies and botanicals together as symbols of hope, transformation, renewal, and new beginnings. After years away from art, Manuela returned to drawing during a difficult period in her life, eventually discovering watercolour and finding in it a way back to beauty, nature, and creativity. Today, her luminous paintings use transparent layers of colour to create atmospheric works that invite viewers to slow down and reconnect…
The Beauty of Still Life invites artists to slow down, look closely, and discover the beauty and stories hidden within ordinary objects. With the deadline extended to August 30, artists now have more time to submit their unique interpretations of this timeless genre.
For generations, women were encouraged to make art but discouraged from becoming professional artists. This article explores how women challenged exclusion from nineteenth-century art academies, fought for access to life drawing and professional education, and built their own institutions when established ones refused them.
Discover how journaling can help artists reflect, reset, and reconnect with their creativity through eight thoughtful prompts designed to guide you into a new month.