Alan Brown’s artistic journey began in the hush of a darkroom. There, in the dim red light, he watched images surface out of nothing, pulled from silver grains suspended in emulsion. That quiet alchemy drew him in, and it has never let go. Photography was the doorway, but visual art became the path. Over the last forty years, Brown has followed that path with patience and determination. With a BS in Communications from Syracuse University, majoring in Advertising Photography and minoring in Art History, he built a foundation that balanced craft with critical perspective. The work that followed has been…
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Nicola Mastroserio does not chase trends. He does not cater to the art market’s hunger for commodification. Instead, he pursues something deeper—an exploration of reality that resists easy answers. His work is a meditation on existence, a quiet but persistent questioning of the nature of life, intelligence, and the unseen forces that shape our world. In his paintings there is no concern for spectacle, no gesture toward fashion. What matters is clarity of vision and an unwavering belief that art can hold values that transcend economics. He paints because he must, because he believes in art as a vessel for…
Sigrid Thaler, an Italian artist currently based in Milan, has carved out a life in art that is as layered as the landscapes she paints. Born in Italy and raised in a small mountain city, her early surroundings left a lasting imprint—one of stillness, vastness, and natural beauty. Yet her path never stayed confined to one geography. She has lived and worked in Austria, Paris, Singapore, and São Paulo, carrying with her influences from Nordic clarity to German expression, from the cosmopolitan pulse of Paris to the tropical textures of Brazil. Each city left a trace, adding a different inflection…
Martin Collier, who also works under the name Marcol from ArtistAffect, is an artist who digs deep into the roots of his craft. His practice doesn’t stop at painting—he takes it further by questioning the very materials that make his art possible. Paint, for Collier, isn’t just a tool; it’s a living element of the work. When a supplier failed to deliver clear answers about his pigment order, he decided to start from scratch and make his own oil paints. That bold step reflects more than frustration—it reveals a fundamental drive to connect with art at every level. To Collier,…
Francisco Merello’s piece Swinging Through Colors: The Art of Motion in Golf is a vivid meditation on movement. At first glance, it captures a golfer mid-swing, but what unfolds across the canvas is far more layered. Rather than freezing the figure in one instant, the painting translates time into overlapping rhythms of color. The work is not only about sport—it’s about the flow of energy, the cycles of effort, and the beauty of motion itself. The artwork greets the viewer with bold hues that vibrate against each other. Deep blues and warm reds mark the starting point of the swing. Yellows and…
Deborah K. Tash was born in 1949 and grew up in the Bay Area, a place that would shape her sensibilities as both a poet and a painter. She has always worked in two languages—the visual and the written—and both are stitched together by ancestry and spirit. Tash describes herself as a Mestiza, acknowledging the Mexican roots of her mother and the Celtic roots of her father. For her, this heritage is more than genealogy. It is about movement between worlds, about listening to myth, about respecting nature, and about finding the story that lingers in silence. Her art does…
Jacob Maendel does not fit neatly into any particular art movement. He is an abstractionist, but even that description feels incomplete. His art builds its own vocabulary, one rooted in philosophy, mythology, and the embodied awareness of martial arts. Yet his practice is not limited to ideas alone. Nature is his constant teacher—he studies the curve of a branch, the lift of a bird’s wing, the quiet posture of a flower. These observations do not dictate what he creates but guide the rhythm of his process. The result is work that feels alive and yet distant from imitation, abstract but…
Kiyomitsu Saito’s art has always been about searching for deeper truths. Born in Japan in 1948, he has spent decades unraveling the complexities of human existence through his work. From his early days exhibiting in Tokyo and Osaka to his bold leap to New York in 1990, Saito’s journey reflects an unwavering dedication to his craft. His signature piece, WORD-ROACH, embodies his fascination with how language and aesthetics shape our lives. Despite his move to the West, his Japanese heritage remains a vital part of his creative process, infusing his art with a rich interplay of Eastern philosophy and Western influences.…
Vincent van Gogh’s life was as turbulent as his art was vivid. Beneath the layers of swirling paint and brilliant color was a man who lived in constant tension with society, family, and himself. His story carries moments that could easily be called scandalous—episodes of poverty, obsession, rejection, and mental collapse that shocked those around him and later fed into the myth of the tortured artist. Early Conflicts Van Gogh was born in 1853 in the Netherlands, the son of a Protestant pastor. From the start, he clashed with authority. He failed as an art dealer, a teacher, and even…
Clint Imboden, born in 1953 in St. Louis, Missouri, has carved out a path in the Bay Area art world that feels both personal and universal. Now based in Oakland, California, he brings forward works that linger between nostalgia and social critique. Imboden’s practice takes shape in three-dimensional installations built from objects most people barely register in daily life—tools, toys, fragments of Americana. In his hands, they become vessels of layered meaning. His education did not come through conventional academic routes alone but through a lifetime of observing, collecting, and reimagining. A vintage toy car may become a statement on…