MEMBER STORIES
Painter
Dee Van Houten
Virginia, United States
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Painter
HARSHITA NANDWANI
Mumbai, India
PAINTER Tell us about a workflow quirk you have picked up over your artistic career? Accepting my vulnerabilities, I guess. I am most vulnerable in front of canvas, as every painting creates itself and I am a tool, following the interaction between canvas and my feelings. Do you have a particular story that you would…
Painter & Digital Artist
PAYAM YASINI
Tehran, Iran
PAINTER AND DIGITAL ARTIST When did you realize that you were an artist? I began drawing at the age of 12. When I started to be trained in this field, I copied almost all of Rembrandt and Raphael's drawings at the age of 15. After finishing military service. I went to the Faculty of Art…
Painter
ESTHER GLINA-MONTAGNER
San Clemente (CA), USA
PAINTER What motivates you to create? The happenings of our times is my deepest motivation. For instance when the earthquake struck Japan and to see that wave take everything away, it struck me deeply and I couldn't stop painting for days until the series was finished. It was done quickly as well, just as what…
Artist
NINA TOKHTAMAN VALETOVA
New York City, USA
MIXED MEDIA ARTIST If you feel comfortable, tell us about the struggles you have had either as an artist, or in the process of creating your work, and how you overcame them. I have a lot of experience with struggling, both in my life and in the process of creativity. After graduating from university, I…
Photographer
ERIC CHRISTOPHER JACKSON
Jacksonvill (FL), USA
PHOTOGRAPHER Tell us about your artistic style? I think of the camera as a paintbrush. I visit local galleries to be inspired by fine art in various mediums. In some ways, the camera is limited to capturing reality. Oftentimes, people tell me the finished piece looks better than it does in real life. With this…