Tag: contemporary art interviews

Mar 28

This Artist Mixes Elvira’s Darkness With Jem’s Glitter to Create Gothic Worlds I Nicole Garcia

Nicole Garcia blends gothic and whimsy into bold, imaginative portraits and mixed media works. Her art celebrates strangeness, play, and fearless self-expression

Mar 26

This Artist’s Work Proves Charcoal Can Be as Expressive as Colors ︱Lorena Casanova

Lorena Casanova’s hyper-realistic charcoal portraits prove that black and white can hold as much emotion as color. Through subtle gestures, light, and shadow, she captures the quiet intensity of the human face with striking depth and honesty.

Mar 24

Kathleen Warren on Layering Molten Wax Over Photography

Kathleen Warren’s encaustic works layer wax over photography, building and scraping surfaces that mirror memory itself. Through patience, intuition, and time, her paintings reveal stories that emerge slowly, inviting viewers into a quiet dialogue beneath the surface.

Mar 19

This Artist’s Abstractions Are Full of Torn Edges and Buried Text │ Adi Zur

Adi Zur’s layered mixed media paintings combine oil, text, and collage to create surfaces that hold hidden histories beneath them. Inspired by archaeology and philosophy, her work invites viewers to look closer, uncovering buried meaning through colour, fragments, and subtle shifts in composition.

Mar 16

Why Margo Nacai Paints Partial Faces Instead of Whole Figures

Margo Nacai’s abstract expressionist paintings challenge traditional portraiture by presenting fragmented faces, gestures, and forms that mirror the complexity of human identity. Through colour, broken lines, and emotional space, her work explores memory, inner tension, and the unfinished nature of self.

Mar 12

How Do You Write About Women’s Lives Without Explaining Them I Cristina Jantic

Cristina Jantic creates quiet digital portraits in walnut, sepia, and vintage grey tones that invite viewers to slow down and feel what women often carry silently. Her work blends handwritten poetry and muted imagery to explore emotional labor, endurance, and the invisible weight many women hold without words.

Mar 10

Maryna Tsoneva Learned to Love Art From a Hermitage Book on Her Mother’s Shelf

Maryna Tsoneva grew up in Soviet Ukraine surrounded by grey streets and scarcity, but one art book changed everything. Today she paints portraits in oil that don’t just resemble people, they hold what they carry inside. Through restrained brushwork and quiet emotional depth, her faces invite viewers to pause, look closer, and feel the unspoken stories beneath the surface.

Mar 07

Marika Junikajtes Turns Black Paint into the Most Expressive Portraits You Will See

Marika Junikajtes returned to painting after a deeply personal loss in 2024, discovering that paint could hold what words could not. Through layered blacks, fluid pours, and precise brushwork, her portraits explore dignity, vulnerability, and quiet strength. Each face carries stillness, resilience, and emotional depth, inviting viewers into a slow and personal dialogue that unfolds over time.