Artist Spotlight - Ira Hoffecker

I am interested in the amalgamation of abstraction and representation of plant inspired subjects within imagined habitats as liminal spaces. My paintings extend organic shapes within abstracted spaces and imagined landscapes that play with depth, lines, and layers. Organic material analysis and interpretation became part of my exploration process.

Artist Spotlight - Alexandra Jicol

Through my work, I have tried to create complete pictorial independence. After years of intense work, I strive to capture in my work my physical, carnal relationship with colors, forms and textures. A constant subject of interest returns to me like an obsession: the human condition and how to define the states of mind and attitudes through colors and simple forms.

Artist Spotlight - Mara Montagna

Currently my curiosity leads me to seek new paths and, in particular, I use a mixed technique of acrylic and collage with which I manage to create intense images with a rich variety of textures. I'm interested in the combinations I can obtain with the different designs and textures that fabrics mixed with acrylic colors and rhinestones offer me.

Artist Spotlight - Yi Zhu

“I express my subjective feelings and attitudes toward life on canvas, while sensing the inspection of my works from lives outside of the canvas. I create on the basis of species, life and space, elements of the focus of the society. It is creativity on the level of imagination to reconstruct the spiritual world. Through my works, I explore the complex feelings and desires behind life, which are infusing my works with deeper dimensions and touches.”

Artist Spotlight - Mario Molins

Mario Molins (1983, Binéfar, Huesca, Spain), holds a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona, along with doctoral studies. He is a multidisciplinary artist with an inquisitive spirit and a deep connection to Nature. His extensive exhibition career, along with multiple mentions and awards, includes the 2016 recognition by the Association of Art Critics of Aragón as the best Aragonese artist under 35 years old.

Artist Spotlight - Oenone Hammersley

Known for my imaginative and distinctive use of colour and light, I have progressed from painting wildlife on paper to larger more diverse images of nature in oil on canvas to fantastical depictions of water. I have perfected a method incorporating hand painting with multiple paint pouring. My mixed media technique embraces collage as a means to create texture. The water theme is further enhanced by a resin finish that produces an incredibly lustrous effect.

Interview with Britta Ortiz

Life is a gift, and every human being should appreciate life, other human beings, nature and all the creatures that live on earth. Only by this can we ensure the survival of humans here on earth, as life on earth can easily go on even without human intervention. Humans must be careful not to be arrogant and believe that they can control everything here on earth.

Artist Spotlight - Juanita Weldon

A classically trained RN, I have been creating since the tender age of 7. In college, my art professors begged me to become a full time artist. I was supposed to go to med school, however ended up cramming 4 years of nursing school in one year. With that said, I eventually found my way back to my creating love, painting. My muse of the ballerina.