Independent Visual Art and Artists

Houston artist Raven Ramirez Cantu on "Bipolar Women," her ongoing series of acrylic, pastel, and ink drawings that turns raw emotion into something haunting, eerie, and healing.

Ukrainian oil painter Mari Bloom on fleeing war with twenty dollars and a suitcase full of paints, the Between the Wars series, and why beauty is not decoration but an argument.

Canadian/American artist Naomi Fisher on a decade of environmental body art, building costumes from Spanish moss and chlorophyll, and why what we discard is still part of us.

Saint Petersburg-born artist Evgenia Smirnova on her ongoing watercolor series: imaginary nocturnal landscapes inhabited by whales, bulls, and black cats, painted from feeling rather than plan.

German artist Claudia Schmidt on Candy Decay: surreal paintings where skulls sit next to strawberries, and monthly postcards that travel without envelopes because they were never meant to arrive untouched.

Self-taught artist Sada Stavrum on intuitive painting, daily studio practice, and the Eastern traditions that brought him back to making art in the south of France.

Australian digital watercolour artist Phillip J Gordon on using mistakes as method, disrupting the grammar of a medium, and following the work past the point where it feels safe.

After 26 years boarding other people's stories, storyboard artist Anthony Sturmas launched Ninja Girl: a hand-drawn, street-level hero built for young girls, across Roblox, Webtoon, and beyond.

Graphic designer Stephen Willard lives in two creative worlds: strict design by day, and abstract digital art that maps the neurological chaos of epilepsy. On order, memory, and release.

Painter Ilya Black on "Love in Full Effect," an acrylic work about presence, love, and the quiet fear that everything beautiful can vanish in an instant.

Abstract oil painter Melissa Friendlich on flow, burnout, motherhood, and finding her way back to the canvas. Why abstraction became the language she'd been missing.

Queens-born, Detroit-based occupational therapist and abstract artist Samah Kthar found painting after grief, a museum visit, and a moment of seeing art that required only honesty. Her 10-year journey in her own words.

Australian digital watercolour artist Phillip J Gordon on his Bold Expressions series — where asymmetry, charged colour, and fluid unpredictability become a form of emotional honesty.

Since 2012 Andrii Averin, known as ShivaOm, has created UV-reactive installations and sacred geometry art for festivals worldwide. A conversation about Ayahuasca, optical illusions, and making art while Ukraine is at war.

Evan Greenberg spent six months building NewBohemia.art…a free, verification-first platform for human-made art only. Nearly 1,000 verified members and counting. This is why he built it.

A year ago J.E. made his first drawing during a difficult period. Twenty-five pieces later, the former elite athlete based in Spain has become a visual artist working in acrylic markers on cardboard.

Before the internet, museums did something radical: they loaded real Rembrandts and Picassos onto tractor-trailers and drove them to rural America. The story of the Artmobile.

Australian digital watercolour artist Phillip J Gordon transforms global architecture into layered, atmospheric impressions — where structure becomes sensation and buildings hold the feeling of a moment.

Dutch artist Margriet van Breevoort creates silicone creatures that blur the line between human, animal, and the unknown. An in-depth conversation about her process, the Totems series, and an accidental internet phenomenon.

Argentine writer and visual artist Marcelo Brandan explores the boundaries between graphic narrative, esoteric philosophy, and traditional art through his project Poeta Magus.

Lebanese tattoo artist and painter Houssam Mahmoud Gebara works between realism and surrealism, exploring how fine art and tattooing both emerge from the same inner movement.

Abstract artist Phillip J Gordon shares his creative evolution from traditional watercolor and oils to bridging the gap with contemporary digital mixed-media art.

Mixed-media artist Kayla shares how a life-altering health diagnosis shifted her creative process, leading her to build terrariums and upcycled art to find peace.

From prehistoric clay pots to Hokusai's Great Wave, Japanese art has always been about depth over spectacle. Here's why it still speaks to anyone who stops long enough to look.

Zodiac specialist Sajib explores how the astrological beliefs of great artists like Sandro Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Albrecht Dürer, and Salvador Dalí shaped their masterpieces.

Edinburgh-based psychedelic illustrator Magsta discusses her piece "Judgment Day," overcoming an essential tremor, and breaking the cycle of creative self-judgment.

You don't have to be a professional artist to live creatively. If you save inspiration, rearrange rooms, or just notice when something looks right, you already are. Here's your permission slip.

Canadian youth-led non-profit World in Focus announces their 2026 Creative Art Contest. Open internationally to youth ages 10-18 for writing and visual arts. Enter by April 4th, 2026.

Earth-based creator and visual artist omidynamics discusses exploring consciousness, and the dynamics of reality through introspective fractal art and symbolism.

From Tony Alva’s spray paint to $800,000 Sotheby’s auctions. Stanislav Arnautov breaks down how skateboard graphics evolved into museum-quality interior design.