Keith McHugh’s art is a deep dive into the essence of existence, a way of peeling back the layers of reality to reveal something raw and undeniable. His work isn’t about mere aesthetics—it’s about truth, purpose, and the energy that runs through all things. Self-taught and unbound by convention, McHugh moves fluidly between painting, sculpture, writing, and even the construction of mobiles and puppets. Each medium becomes a tool for expression, a different way to communicate the ideas that fuel his creative journey. For McHugh, art is not confined to a frame or bound to a single medium. It is…
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Vicky Tsalamata, an Athens-based artist, carries her sharp wit into every work she creates. Her art mirrors the ironic wisdom of Balzac’s La Comédie Humaine, a cycle of humanity in all its glory and failure. Through her work, she levels a sarcastic but insightful lens on the human condition, balancing the ancient and the contemporary, asking viewers to measure their worth within the currents of history. Beyond her artistic practice, Tsalamata is also a Professor Emeritus in Printmaking at the Athens School of Fine Arts, a role that underscores her technical knowledge and intellectual rigor. Her works often emerge from complex processes…
Bea Last, a Scottish artist, weaves a narrative of raw beauty and profound meaning through her unique creative practice. Currently based in the picturesque landscapes of Scotland, Last’s work is a testament to her dedication to process and her ability to transform recycled, repurposed, found, salvaged, or gifted materials into what she eloquently calls “sculptural drawing.” Her work is not just about form but about resonance. Objects that might otherwise be discarded or overlooked find a new life in her hands, gaining both texture and significance. Through this method, she gives shape to memory, fragility, and resilience. Her art moves…
Julian Jollon, an American artist, stands as one of those rare creators whose life story is inseparable from the work he produces. His art is a reflection of both survival and transcendence, tied closely to themes of mythology, spirituality, and the fragile resilience of the human spirit. Formally trained in Fine Arts, Photography, and Painting, Jollon’s career took a sharp detour for fifteen years. Personal trials, including a liver transplant and a long stretch working in Hospital Epidemiology, forced him into a different rhythm of life. Yet these challenges became a crucible, reshaping his view of existence. When he returned…
Natali Antonovich, an artist whose work acts as a portal into her inner world, ponders the difficulty of self-expression. Her art is not about polished declarations but about the fragile in-between states where thought, memory, and observation intersect. She has always been a perceptive observer, paying close attention to the overlooked details that others might dismiss. This habit of careful watching and reflecting has followed her throughout her life, shaping her approach to both art and living. Antonovich’s pursuit of individualism is not loud or declarative; it is subtle, persistent, and deeply personal. Through her practice, she draws viewers into…
Bernard C. Meyers is an American abstract contemporary artist and master printer whose work stands at the crossroads of photographic realism and abstract expressionism. With an MFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology, he brings the discipline of printmaking together with a modern eye for abstraction. Meyers is known for building bridges between two worlds that are often kept apart: the precise detail of photographic surfaces and the restless energy of expressionist gesture. His practice is grounded in process, craft, and an urge to make old forms speak in new ways. By exploring textures, contrasts, and the tension between clarity…
Caroline Kampfraath is a Dutch artist who works in three dimensions. Her sculptures are built from objects most of us overlook—metal cans, bottles, ceramic shards, bones, and fragments of the human body cast in clay or resin. She turns these materials into narratives, binding her personal experiences with wider questions about how we live, what we consume, and what we value. Her work sits in that tension between the tangible and the symbolic, asking us to pause in a world where speed often takes priority over depth. Kampfraath does not try to make her work neat or polished. Instead, she…
Ada Da Silva stands in a tradition of artists who treat sculpture not as an object to be observed but as a living dialogue between form, space, and feeling. A modernist sculptor with Cuban roots, she has built her practice around an elemental pursuit: to capture life’s movement in bronze, and in doing so, to touch the emotions of those who encounter her work. Her philosophy, simple and precise, guides every creation: “to invoke emotions through the expression of elegance and beauty.” Da Silva’s work is not about realism. She avoids the literal, choosing instead to distill the human form…
Aliza Thomas lives between art and practice, between teaching and making, between her roots in Israel and her current life in the Netherlands. Her life cannot be pulled apart from her art—it is all connected. She is an artist and papermaker, yes, but also an art teacher, a practitioner of Qigong and Taijiquan, a mother, and a grandmother. Each of these roles feeds the others. They fold together into a way of living where creativity is not separate from daily life. For Thomas, art is not something she merely produces—it is something she inhabits. Raised in Israel, Thomas brings with…
Alexandra Jicol is an artist who resists easy categorization. She works with a sharp intensity, driven by her need to translate the human condition into visual language. Her art is not an escape but a confrontation—an invitation to face the pulse of existence itself. Throughout her career, Jicol has pursued what she calls pictorial independence, a refusal to be boxed in by trend or style. She treats color and form as physical companions, alive and tactile, each stroke tied to her own carnal relationship with the canvas. Her work pushes beyond appearances, attempting to trace the edges of states of…