Joanna Pilarczyk is a London-based painter known for her vibrant use of colour and layered compositions. Her internationally exhibited portraits explore identity, relationships, and acceptance, celebrating diversity through striking, expressive imagery.

Marleen De Waele- De Bock’s work celebrates the beauty of life through vibrant, immersive paintings inspired by nature and her experiences living around the world. Featured in the “Lightness of Being” exhibition, her art offers viewers a sense of peace, joy, and positivity, inviting a moment of serenity in everyday life.

Kateryna Reznichenko’s paintings invite viewers into a space between clarity and collapse, blending realism with expressive gestures. Featured in the Lightness of Being virtual exhibition, her work reflects themes of transformation, resistance, and the delicate interplay of intention and chance.

Emily Wingate’s work invites viewers into a world of calm and reflection, capturing the subtle beauty of nature and the interconnectedness of life. Featured in the Lightness of Being virtual exhibition, her paintings convey a sense of serenity and hope, offering a moment of quiet introspection.

Mary Davidson’s work captures serene landscapes and intimate scenes with a delicate mastery of light and color. Featured in the “Lightness of Being” virtual exhibition, her paintings invite viewers to pause, reflect, and experience the quiet beauty in everyday moments.

Renowned for his evocative paintings and dynamic presence in over 100 exhibitions, Jason John invites viewers to explore the subtleties of human emotion and perception. His work in the “Lightness of Being” virtual exhibition continues this journey, balancing technical mastery with emotional depth, offering a contemplative and immersive experience.

Portland-based abstract painter Chad Glazener presents his evocative, gesture-driven work in Create! Magazine’s Lightness of Being virtual exhibition. Each piece emerges from silence, offering a visual record of presence and inviting viewers to explore their own interior landscapes. Glazener’s paintings nurture contemplation, blending playfulness, embodiment, and spiritual awareness to reveal the subtle lightness that arises when we fully inhabit the moment.

Melbourne-based artist Khue Nguyen presents deeply personal and poetic works in the Lightness of Being virtual exhibition. Spanning lyrical abstraction and explorations of diaspora, his paintings investigate the human form, the emotional language of movement, and the layered narratives of identity and memory. Nguyen’s practice bridges personal experience with collective history, inviting viewers to engage with themes of belonging, transformation, and resilience.

Aidamaris Román’s work, showcased in Create! Magazine’s Lightness of Being exhibition, melds realism and surrealism through luminous oil portraits. Her evocative paintings, rich with neon glows and layered transparencies, explore themes of identity, memory, and the delicate space between reality and imagination.

Featured in Create! Magazine’s Lightness of Being exhibition, Canadian artist Vikki Drummond transforms nostalgia, whimsy, and philosophical inquiry into playful yet thought-provoking portraiture. Her work blends 1970s-inspired shapes, signature distortion, and layered narratives to explore the boundaries between seen and unseen, real and imagined, inviting viewers into a world where beauty and absurdity coexist.

Karen Chang, an expressive artist based in the Pacific Northwest, transforms personal resilience into vibrant, surreal compositions that balance chaos and calm. Combining palette knife techniques, luminous color, and emotive brushwork, her paintings invite viewers to uncover hidden magic and connect with the extraordinary within.

Morrison Lans’ art reveals intimate emotional journeys through layered colored pencil, encaustic, and underpainting techniques. Highlighting themes of motherhood, transformation, and identity, her work invites viewers into a space where anatomy meets soul. Currently featured in the “Lightness of Being” virtual exhibition, Lans’ unique blend of figurative realism and abstraction offers a poetic meditation on the emotional body.

Shawna Miller’s layered, emotionally resonant paintings focus on the quiet, intimate connections between mother and child. Featured in the Lightness of Being virtual exhibition, her work invites viewers to reflect on the psychological nuance and beauty of maternal experience. Through bold underpaintings and cropped compositions, Miller offers a poignant glimpse into the colorful mess beneath even the most composed surfaces.

With roots in children's book illustration and a passion for vibrant, observational painting, Wendy captures the quiet magic of northern New Jersey's scenery in her textured, light-filled works. Her dynamic compositions—featuring reflections, shadows, and glowing color—offer a sense of peace and presence that resonates with the theme of Create! Magazine's Lightness of Being virtual exhibition.

Nicolle Cure’s mixed-media abstract paintings delve into the delicate intersection of sound, emotion, and visual form, inspired by her personal journey with Ménière’s disease. Featured in the “Lightness of Being” exhibition, her work invites viewers into quiet moments of introspection and resilience, revealing beauty in stillness and transformation.

Eva Christensen’s watercolor paintings capture fleeting domestic moments and the deep connection between humans and their canine companions. Featured in AQ Volume VI, her Stay series uses narrative and light to explore love, loss, and the passage of time within Maritime settings.

Canadian artist Katie Rodgers creates dynamic acrylic paintings that blend abstract and representational styles. Featured in AQ Volume VI, her work captures the mood and memory of landscapes through bold colour, expressive texture, and imaginative interpretations of place.

Irina Forrester is a Russian-born British artist whose work spans still lifes, landscapes, and portraits. Featured in AQ Volume VI, she brings together oils and mixed media techniques, capturing life with sincerity while exploring new artistic possibilities through color, texture, and form.

Saskia Thurner’s recent work shines a spotlight on bodies often overlooked, portraying older and fuller-bodied figures in swimwear with tenderness and dignity. Her paintings invite viewers to reconsider conventional beauty and embrace the quiet strength found in everyday moments. In AQ Volume VI, discover an artist whose journey through adversity fuels a deeply honest and intimate creative expression.

Meet Maddie Dunn, a California-based artist whose expressive oil paintings merge historical portraiture with contemporary reflections on identity and self-perception. In AQ Volume VI, Maddie discusses how her practice evolved through personal transformation and how her work invites viewers to question societal expectations and internal narratives.