Women & Food
Arguably, her most noteworthy paintings are found in her series, Women & Food. These very personal paintings are self-portraits. Arguably, her most noteworthy paintings are found in Women & Food. These very personal paintings are self-portraits. “Since I was very young I have struggled with issues related to food. I can remember being in grade school, very thin and tall, yet trying to lose weight,” she recalls.
From Athlete to Artist
Before 2005, oil painter Stina Aleah had never picked up a pencil or paintbrush. “I was not interested in art. I was an athlete and ran track & field,” Stina says. During Stina’s recruiting year, she broke her femur and was unable to continue her track season....
Undefined Boundaries
David Sprigs creates art that lies in the space between the second and third dimensions. He explains: “I explore phenomena, space-time and movement, color, visual systems and surveillance, the strategies and symbols of power, and the thresholds of form and...
The Art in Architecture
Mr. Underdott is an artist from Greece whose specialty is in digital art. He has worked as an architect for the last ten years, a field that requires precision and attention to detail, which is evident in his art. AD: When and how did your interest begin in art? MU:...
Realistically Surreal
Kerry Beall is a graphic designer and illustrator based in Manchester, England. Her love of visual communication and creativity are just some of her tools that she uses to create surreal portraits that tease the imagination. With an artistic process that’s always...
Artistic Communicator
Erin Fitzpatrick has been interested in making art for as long as she can remember. “When I was a kid, I would daydream about making books of drawings that catalogued people’s whole houses. It’s kind of weird; I don’t know where that one came...
PIXIE Won’t Play
Darta Kaleja and Ingrida Araja are a powerful mother-daughter duo and founders of PIXIE Won’t Play. Although they share a bond (as mothers and daughters do), their differing styles, experiences, personalities, and knowledge collide, which ultimately enhances their...
Image Maker & Story Teller
Heather Braden is an image maker, story teller, and adventure seeker. Her unconventional journey includes a modeling career that began after running away from home and assisting a director and photographer who she later discovered was a relative. A photographer who...
Honest Expression Through Dance
Belinda Adam grew up in Medan—a city in the Northern province of Sumatra in Indonesia. She describes it as "a place where multi-ethnicity (Malay, Indian, Chinese, and Batak) seems to happily co-exist among each other in the outside, yet pride and prejudice can still...
Oscillating Sound and Light
NONOTAK is the collaboration between illustrator Noemi Schipfer and architect/musician Takami Nakamoto, who design and construct audiovisual installations with a masterful display of light matched with sound. Takami remembers what it was like studying architecture. “I...