Category: Artist Interviews
In this interview, Australian painter Alyssa Joy Black talks about how time spent sitting in her garden during a long period of illness slowly guided her back into painting. She shares how this shift changed her practice, what helped her start creating again, and what she hopes people notice when they stand in front of her work.
Stepping into Christine Dimaculangan’s studio feels like entering a quiet corner of her world. The air smells of oil paint and wood, and her walls are lined with studies, notes, and photographs that guide her next body of work. In this studio visit, she talks about her routines, the tools she keeps closest, the way she lets ideas settle, and how she moves through the space while working on several paintings at once. It is a warm look at how she builds her practice day by day, inside a room that…
In this conversation, collage maker Julia Kohane talks about how her images take shape from scattered fragments and why she is drawn to moments when memory slips into imagination. She shares how her mix of hand cut elements and digital finishing keeps her process fluid, why different cities sparked different conversations around her work, and how studying psychology and philosophy still guides the questions she brings to each piece.
Take a step inside the working studio of painter Marcella Granick, where canvases sit in every stage and ideas move from quick notes to full figures at their own pace. Marcella talks through her setup, her habits, and the small details that shape her process, giving a close look at how she works in a room that feels lived-in, honest, and full of slow, steady movement.
Cecelia Wilken found her way back to art after a medical separation from military service and becoming a mother, using painting as a path to heal and reclaim her identity. Her work explores impermanence, transformation, and the beauty in decay, often confronting themes many shy away from, including death and grief. Through surreal imagery and emotional storytelling, she balances discomfort with tenderness, inviting viewers to reflect and feel deeply. Cecelia creates for herself first, embracing imperfection and trusting intuition over market trends. Bold choices, like painting dead birds, become symbolic explorations…
Spend a moment with Texas painter and teacher Lesa Shaw as she talks about how a sketch on her phone, a few color notes, and a curious mindset become paintings filled with life and imagination. In this interview, she shares how she balances planning with instinct, why she enjoys switching between oil, acrylic, and alcohol ink, and how her students keep her thinking fresh.
Michele Leung bridges the structured worlds of engineering and finance with the expressive depth of oil painting, transforming discipline into creativity. Her work balances precision and emotion, building compositions with patience, intentionality, and layered brushwork that captures the quiet strength of her subjects. Pieces like The Unyielding Gaze reveal resilience that is internal and reflective, not performative. In her Hong Kong studio, classical music guides her process, helping her surrender to the rhythm of creation and focus deeply on each layer. Michele’s practice has taught her that meaning unfolds slowly, that…
Walk into M. E. Klesse’s studio in Rockport, Texas, and you step into a space filled with warm wax in the air, stacked supplies, and pieces in mid-creation. Sculptures hang above, canvases rest side by side, and every surface seems ready for the next layer or idea. As we talk with her, she shares how she works in long, quiet stretches, why she often brings pieces into other rooms to see them differently, and how she listens to emotion and instinct as much as to tools and materials. It feels like…
Sharon James talks about returning to her practice after early motherhood, painting family life in rural Dorset and making space for stories often missing in British art. From IVF to raising a queer family in a mostly white area, she shares what it means to be seen without needing to explain or justify anything, and how she is helping other global majority artists find grounding and visibility too.
Step inside the studio of Canadian painter Renee Pupetz, where paint jars crowd the table, ideas appear without warning, and two cats watch it all unfold. Renee talks about coming back to painting after a tough chapter, how she lets instinct guide her work, and why she rarely throws a piece away. This conversation feels like sitting beside her as she fills her water jars, talks to her late father in the quiet moments, and gets lost in colour and chance.