Create! Magazine Issue #41 features Mary Lacy, a New England-based artist whose work transcends public murals and enters the intimate realms of anatomy and somatic memory. Her recent mixed media mosaics explore the wonders and limitations of the human body, blending the emotional and corporeal. Read more to discover how Mary brings these themes to life in her artwork.

Vancouver-based artist Kirk Gower, a graduate of Emily Carr University of Art and Design, examines themes of masculinity, gender constructs, and queer identity in his contemporary paintings, utilizing a dynamic interplay of sumptuous portraits and graffiti-like elements to challenge and subvert viewer perceptions of beauty and authenticity.