Author: Seraphina Calder

Ruth Poniarski’s journey into art began in the discipline of architecture. After completing her Bachelor of Architecture at Pratt Institute in 1982, she spent ten years working in construction, mastering the logic of design and the rigor of structure. But in 1988, she made a decisive shift. Turning to painting, she traded the measured certainty of blueprints for a world built on imagination, symbolism, and introspection. Her paintings weave together surreal forms with strands of mythology, philosophy, and literature. What emerges are visual spaces where archetypes and dreamscapes intersect. Instead of documenting the visible world, Poniarski uses paint to reveal…

Maria Husarska’s path as an artist began in Krakow, a city steeped in centuries of cultural heritage. She first trained at the High School of Fine Arts, where she earned a diploma in exhibition art. From there, she moved on to the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, studying painting under Professor Adam Brincken. Her early studies gave her a strong foundation in traditional technique, but her interests soon pushed her toward experimentation. In 2006, she completed her degree in the interdisciplinary studio of Professor Zbigniew Bajek with a project titled Horizont inside – outside. Alongside this, she created a photography…

BYDORAPAL is not simply a painter. She is a storyteller who gives form to emotions that often escape language. Her work carries traces of classical fashion and elegance, but what sets her apart is the way she uses paint to reach inward. In her hands, an oil painting is more than color and surface—it is a vessel for memory, balance, and quiet reflection. Every detail, from a soft brushstroke to a bold hue, becomes part of a narrative. Her compositions hold a sense of calm and grace, but they also touch deeper layers of human experience. She paints as if…

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. To encounter his art is to step into a space where symbols and forms transcend decoration. It is philosophy translated into image, gesture, and installation. Mastroserio searches not for novelty, but for essence—for what remains when distraction and superficiality are stripped away. He invites us…

Michel Marant, born August 4, 1945, in Saint-Junien, France, has shaped a career defined by his closeness to nature and the daily rhythm of life. He trained at the National School of Decorative Arts in Limoges and is registered with the Maison des Artistes. Over the decades, his practice has shifted toward a personal contemporary art nouveau style, blending pencil, acrylic, oil, and collage on canvas, paper, or cardboard. Marant is connected internationally—he is part of the “Academy Atlanta” in the United States and is referenced in art market listings such as AKOUN and ART PRICE. His certification as an…

David R.L. is a 29-year-old autistic artist, poet, and musician from Marshalltown, Iowa. With 17 years of fine arts experience, his creative journey is one of persistence, imagination, and deep reflection. He began drawing at the age of seven, fascinated by ancient Egyptian artifacts and still life studies. What started as pencil sketches soon grew into a practice that spans painting, drawing, poetry, and music. For David, art has always been more than expression—it is survival, communication, and connection. His practice moves between visual and written language, between rhythm and silence, between the external world and his inner landscapes. David’s…

Cheryl Crane-Hunter is a multifaceted artist whose work moves beyond visual beauty and into something deeper. With a foundation in art education and a lifelong reverence for the natural world, she creates works that are at once meditative and symbolic. Her pieces are not simply images of trees, oceans, or landscapes. They are invitations to slow down and reconnect with what grounds us. For Cheryl, nature is more than subject matter. It is a partner in the creative process. Whether it is the gentle sweep of a tree branch or the layered blues of water, her paintings embody calm, healing,…

José Brito doesn’t paint to decorate a wall. He paints to wrestle with the world. His canvases don’t whisper or sit politely in the background—they demand attention. With heavy black ink, glued fragments of newspaper, and restless energy, his paintings carry the feeling of urgency, as though they’ve been waiting decades to break through the surface. His work is less about calm contemplation and more about confrontation—about facing the chaos of modern life head-on. Standing before a Brito canvas isn’t like admiring an object of beauty; it’s closer to being pulled into a vortex of ideas, fragments, and histories all…

Deborah K. Tash was born in 1949 and grew up in California’s Bay Area. From an early age, she saw no need to separate poetry from painting. Words and images carried the same weight for her, each a way of telling story. She calls herself a Mestiza, rooted in the Mexican heritage of her mother and the Celtic lineage of her father. This mixture is not just a genealogical fact—it is the lens through which she sees the world. For Tash, culture and ancestry are more than memory. They are ongoing, living presences. Her work is a place where they…

David Burch’s artistic journey is layered with the unexpected. Born in Alberta, Canada, he did not begin his adult life with a paintbrush in hand. In 1967, at the age of 23, he completed a second degree with First Class Honours in Sociology at the University of Calgary. Shortly after, he moved east to Toronto, where he spent nearly three decades. Those years opened doors not only to a career and a new city, but also to art itself. What began as collecting grew into a calling, and Burch shifted from sociology toward the canvas. His eventual embrace of abstract…