Adelacreative
Figurative Artist & Illustrator
Valencia, Spain
Adelacreative is a visual artist and illustrator who is an avid explorer of realism. These explorations translate into realistic oil portraits with a strong focus on people’s expressions, adding a hint of the feelings, and perhaps even the soul lying behind the mask that is our face. Through each painting she is trying to convey a feeling beyond our basic existence, a feeling she hopes will transform into a lasting connection with the viewer.
Adela was born in Romania but later moved to Canada to study and work, after which she traveled intenstively before choosing Spain as her current home.
Barbara Pastorino
Contemporary Italian Artist
Milan, Italy
Italian artist Barbara Pastorino uses acrylic paints, pigments and enamel to create strong and bold abstract paintings, inspired by nature and travel. To her, the concept of travel includes physical space as well as inner reality, tapping from the subconscious, remote or underwater landscapes and mythology. Her art challenges the viewers to use their own imagination to travel with her, to go beyond the physical boundaries of the painting itself.
Born in the artistic Alpine town of Varallo, she now lives and works in Milan.
Caroline Karp
Expressionist Painter & Mixed Media Artist
Safety Harbor, Florida, USA
Caroline Karp is a romantic expressionist and live event painter living in Safety Harbor, Florida (USA). Caroline’s bold yet serene artwork focuses on connections with nature, created around recurring themes like sailboats, sunflowers and cityscapes. In Caroline’s own words: “When you bring a work of art into your space, you feed your own creativity—which opens the door for an endless source of inspiration. My work is the conduit for that kind of magic.” Caroline also hosts her own “Behind the Art Inspiration” podcast, a series in which she engages in intuitive conversations with other artists and makers.
Cheryl Barill is a passionate artist who expresses herself in oil paints on canvas, often intertwined with passages of metal leafing. Her art celebrates the constant movement and energy of life. The result is a style of painting which is both intuitive and representational and is often described as ethereal with surrealist or fantasy elements. An ardent plein-air painter and figure artist, her work is widely displayed in both public and private collections. Cheryl works and lives in Michigan.
Christy de Witt
Visual Artist & Art Poet
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Christy de Witt is a visual artist and art poet. Her Witty Art is where cartoon & pop art meet surrealism and expressionism. In her work she explores universal human themes, using anthropomorphic, fable-like creatures to visualize them. When combining the visual image with (fragments of) her own poetic texts, Christy creates what she calls Modern Fables. Her work shows pathos and understanding of human fragility while at other times bringing big smiles to one’s face with her humor and wit. Christy lives and works in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Gerda Smith
Fused Glass & Painting Artist
George, South Africa
Gerda Smith is a mixed media artist, living in a beautiful area in South Africa called the Garden Route. At this point in time, her focus is on creating portraits. Enjoying experimental work, she uses a wide variety of techniques and media. Charcoal is an all time favorite! To Gerda a portrait is not complete until there is a live “soul” connection with the viewer. The windows of the soul, the eyes, therefore play an important part in her art. “I keep on working until the eyes are talking to the viewer. Only then do I consider it complete,” she explains.
Greta Olivas
Acrylic & Mixed media Abstract Artist
Florence, Oregon, USA
Greta Olivas is a an abstract artist working in acrylic and mixed media based in Florence, Oregon. She describes her work as stories, energy or emotions that come through to the canvas. Some may resemble celestial bodies, but to her, they are a bigger understanding of the universe and our place within it.
Born in New York City and then growing up in Argentina, Greta has lived the majority of her life in Austin, Texas but has recently moved to Florence, Oregon.
Guillermo Bublik
Abstract Artist
Chicago, Illinois, USA
After retiring from a long technical career in late 2018, Guillermo Bublik started painting right away, combining his two loves: art and science. In his artworks, he explores how geometry and color elicit a myriad of emotions in both himself and the viewers of his work. He strongly believes that there is a deep connection between scientific/technical ingenuity and artistic creativity: our natural thirst to find underlying patterns, form, structure, and beauty in the world we inhabit.
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Guillermo now lives and works in New Jersey.
Inna Malostovker
Nature & Fine Art Photographer
Miami, Florida, USA
Inna Malovstoker is a nature and fine art photographer and a digital artist from Miami, Florida. She got her first camera at the age of 12 and it invoked a lifelong passion for photography. As much as Inna loves to explore all technical aspects of photography as a craft, her true satisfaction comes from clambering through the mud or perching on a narrow ledge to capture that perfect shot. A joy matched only by the ability to share these unique perspectives with others, whether it is through the capture of landscapes or macro shots, wildlife images or abstract compositions.
Karin McCombe Jones
Award Winning Artist
Wellington, New Zealand
Karin is a multi-disciplinary Welsh-New Zealander artist living in Wellington, New Zealand. Her acrylic paintings are colorful, daringly bold, and a suggestive observation of a moment captured. In her own words: “Color is pivotal to my work” Karin’s art shows her love of the ‘whimsical’, yet they often contain hidden messages and symbolism. Conservation is close to her heart. While some of her paintings may look humorous at first sight, underneath that lighthearted exterior lies a deeper message: to help protect animals from extinction.
Morrison Polkinghorne
Artist
Sydney, Australia
Australian artist Morrison Polkinghorne spent nearly a decade in Cambodia. His gray and black artworks are made with lotus stems while his artisanal ink is painstakingly distilled from the petals collected during Khmer religious celebrations. A tassel maker and weaver by trade, Morrison began his artistic career designing intricate 18th and 19th century reproduction decorative arts. Now comes his unique concept of Pointillism, using lotus as both theme and application. This is the perfect imagery for Southeast Asia, as the flower symbolizes Buddha’s spiritual awakening, emerging from the muddy dark depths into light and becoming a flash of beauty.
Dorset, England
Following her formal career as an architect, Ruth Christensen, a self-taught artist, now paints from her winter studio in Dorset and her summer floating studio in the Mediterranean. Favoring acrylics and mixed media, she tailors her practice to attune with her environment—according to her available space and materials. An avid sailor and enthusiastic traveller, Ruth draws her inspiration from the places she visits and her experiences along the way, aiming to capture moments on canvas. And wherever she is it’s always about the color and the light. Most recently her most exhilarating creative moments have been experienced through collaboration with other artists of the Collective.
Susan Detroy is a Eugene, Oregon based artist examining the spiritual and transformative through digital expression. In her earlier “Portrait of a Woman” series she digs deep into themes of ageing and female self-acceptance, producing multi-layered iconic spiritual personae interwoven with earth love.
In 2021, Susan made the choice to become a digital artist. Using her mobile devices, such as smartphone and tablet, Susan blends self-portraiture and environment, creating soul-inspired and self-reflecting imagery. Recently, she also expanded her art to include NFT’s.
Wendy Bale
Cut Paper & Charcoal Artist
Jamestown, New York, USA
Wendy Bale is an artist and environmentalist in Jamestown, NY., known for hand-cut paper sculptures and charcoal drawings of wildlife. Her joy lies in making meaningful connections through the common language of art and nature. Her biggest inspirations are the local waterways and regions of Western New York and the flora and fauna that live there. After leaving behind her career as a creative director and designer for fashion catalogs, she rekindled her personal art career in 2019. Now, with the freedom of ample studio time and abundant inspiration, her full-time art career has flourished.
