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February 12, 2021March 3, 2021

Curtain Room Still by Joas Nebe

‘It’s a never-ending game of disintegration. I challenge the viewer by not living up to their expectations. I am denying the satisfaction of solving the riddle, hidden within the depth of my artwork.’ By turning his filmic cabinet of curiosity into an intriguing jigsaw puzzle of hybrid geometric patterns, Joas Nebe teases the viewer into accessing his game.…

January 26, 2021

Artwork By Emily Stedman

Born in New York City, Emily Stedman’s family moved to France when she was in first grade. She currently lives in New York City and is represented at NOHO/M55 Gallery. Her colorful watercolor paintings explore imagined and actual narratives in the world around her. Links: emilystedman.com Instagram: @nepperhan_watercolors facebook.com/emily.stedman

January 22, 2021

Secret Garden By Karina Brzostowski

Born in Poland, Karina Brzostowski was raised in France where she studied Art at University (BA Arts). She also spent many years in the U.K before relocating in Dubai with her partner. Visit her instagram: @mademoiselle.karina

January 20, 2021

Art By Maddie Bartley

*Click on photo to enlarge Maddie Bartley was born in Louisville, KY and attended Murray State University for her BFA in printmaking. Earned her MFA at Syracuse University in 2016. Presently living in Buffalo, NY to focus on her freelance and studio practices. Visit madelinebartley.com or Instagram: @propagationprints

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021

Paintings By Smita Sonthalia

Smita Sonthalia lives in London and has been practising art for 18 years, a contemporary artist. She draws inspiration from nature, spiritualism and women. Most of her paintings are mixed media and acrylic on canvas. She experiments with textures, layers, inks, lines, patterns in her works to create something different. Her paintings have been exhibited…

January 5, 2021

Vanitas By Kim Dijkstra

December 11, 2020December 11, 2020

Where The Peacock Can Dance Free By Subhajit Naskar

November 18, 2020

Graphite on Paper by Huma Maqbool

November 11, 2020

First Hydrangea By Lisa D’Amico

It is hard to blame them for theirFear.They are of the generation they are,Credulous of broadcast media, despite its lies,Because the lies are familiar and comforting in that familiarity,Even as they portend doom that comes fromOther sources than those that offer it.They are the children of duck-and-cover,The daily looked-for end of the world,Habituated from an…

Katarina Balazsova, born in Czechoslovakia to a Hungarian family, moved to Canada in 2004, searching for identity. She now thrives on writing in her adopted language. Her poetry has been published in Ascent Aspirations Magazine, Crap Orgasm, Poetry Pacific and in Sustenance: Writers from BC and Beyond on the Subject of Food.

The painter sighed as he surveyed his newest project through the dusty windshield of his battered truck. This job, he thought, was going to take a lot longer than his original estimate. He reminded himself to never take another commission without first walking the ground. The area was mostly rolling hills etched with dry gullies.…

Surakshya Kiju, a.k.a. Coco, is passionate about writing. She is a blogger at Poems From Heart, where she pours her heart out, laying bare her emotions as she portrays the world through her eyes. Her poems—which range from rhymes to sonnets—have been published in literary magazines.

One summer night on the family farm, in 1975, a lightning bug followed us inside. My mother switched off the overhead light so my two brothers and I could see the firefly better. Mesmerized, we crouched to watch the insect walk across the brown carpet as the tip of its body blinked a random sequence.…