Author: Seraphina Calder

Sigrid Thaler is an Italian artist whose life has unfolded across continents and cultures. Now based in Milan, her path began in a small mountain town in northern Italy. That environment — quiet, raw, and grounded in nature — left an early mark on her creative approach. Over time, her work has taken on new layers through years spent living in Austria, Paris, Singapore, and São Paulo. Each city added its own rhythm to her visual language. Along the way, she absorbed influences from Nordic simplicity to Southeast Asian vibrancy. These varied perspectives now coexist in her art, forming a…

Federica Masini is an Italian artist whose creative path has taken shape through the cultures and colors of several countries. Though born and educated in Italy, she has lived and worked in Germany, Spain, and France—each place leaving its mark on her sensibility and style. Her Italian upbringing gave her a deep-rooted appreciation for art history and aesthetics, but it was Berlin that unlocked her own voice. The city’s rawness, contradictions, and energy gave her the freedom to explore. Masini’s work today reflects a life spent observing and absorbing. Her palette is bold, her themes direct, and her approach honest.…

Miguel Barros is a Lisbon-born artist whose work invites quiet reflection on the planet, memory, and our fragile place within it. Born in 1962, Barros holds citizenship in Portugal, Canada, and Angola—each country leaving a distinct mark on his life and creative direction. He studied Architecture and Design at IADE in Lisbon, graduating in 1984. That background shaped how he sees space and structure, but it’s through painting that he has found the freedom to explore inner landscapes. In 2014, he moved from Angola to Calgary, Alberta, shifting his base from one kind of horizon to another. The geographical transitions…

Ruth Poniarski didn’t begin her creative life with a paintbrush. She started with blueprints and drafting tools, earning her Bachelor of Architecture from Pratt Institute in 1982. For the next ten years, she worked in construction—building structures with logic, measurements, and hard edges. But in 1988, she turned to painting, a medium that allowed for less rigidity and more emotional and intellectual freedom. Painting gave her a way to channel her thoughts, questions, and stories onto canvas in ways that architecture could not. Her work draws from myth, literature, culture, and philosophy. Each painting carries a surreal quality, often dreamlike…

L. Scooter Morris doesn’t just paint — she crafts experiences. A self-described sensory illusionist, Morris uses her art to hold onto fleeting impressions and turn them into something lasting. Her work doesn’t simply replicate what’s visible; it reflects what’s felt. Every texture, every flicker of light or burst of color is intentional — designed to pull the viewer into something deeper, something a little beyond the edge of perception. Her signature approach, which she calls “Sculpted Paintings,” combines acrylic, mixed media, and varied surface structures to create a tactile, almost three-dimensional experience. These are not flat images. They’re layered, physical,…

Garda Alexander is a German-born artist who now lives and works in Switzerland. Her art isn’t showy, loud, or overly conceptual—it’s rooted in something older and quieter: the natural world. With a background in both painting and sculpture, her work crosses disciplines but stays focused on one thing—our connection to life through color, space, and form. Whether she’s working on a spatial installation, a canvas, or a sculptural piece, there’s a steady hum of presence in what she creates. Nature has always been her point of return. From early on, it became a personal refuge and a creative source. That…

Jessie Shrieves is a painter who approaches her work with clarity and purpose. She began her formal training at Parsons School of Design, where she developed a strong foundation in composition, technique, and style. That early education didn’t just give her skills—it gave her a lasting curiosity about form, color, and balance. Over the years, she’s returned to the fundamentals again and again, not out of habit, but because they continue to offer something new. Shrieves isn’t interested in chasing trends or making loud statements. Her focus is on quiet work that feels timeless—work that holds up to repeated looking…

Sabrina Puppin is a visual artist whose work doesn’t settle into neat definitions. Her practice is rooted in abstraction, but it’s not distant or cold. Instead, it’s loud, saturated, and emotional. Born in Italy and now working internationally, Puppin’s art has appeared in venues across the globe. Her paintings are bold in color and form—filled with shine, movement, and a kind of overwhelming beauty that feels more like an experience than a static image. At the center of Puppin’s approach is a fascination with perception. She isn’t trying to mirror reality but rather break it apart, distort it, and reconstruct…

Sue Nicholas’ work In-depth is a compact painting, sized A3, rendered in acrylic on canvas board and framed in wood. But despite its modest scale, the work holds surprising depth, both visually and conceptually. It resists surface interpretation, instead opening itself slowly, like layers of fog lifting in uneven light. Nicholas calls the work an exploration of “non-digital pictorial space.” That phrase may sound technical at first, but it refers to something quite grounded—painting that’s built by hand, in physical space, without screen or pixel. The medium matters. Acrylic on canvas board allows her to build translucent and opaque layers that interact…

Oronde Kairi works out of Germantown, Philadelphia, but his art reaches far beyond the walls of his studio. In that space—filled with rhythm, color, and memory—he brings stories to life with every brushstroke. Kairi doesn’t just paint what he sees; he paints what he hears, feels, and remembers. His work is rooted in the heartbeat of Black culture—street corners, jazz clubs, hair salons, record shops, and stoops. He turns everyday scenes into something weighty, layered, and deeply expressive. There’s music in his lines and movement in his colors. From portraits of iconic soul singers to quiet moments in Black neighborhoods,…