★★ Flow ★★
Yuliya is an abstract artist who was born in Kazakhstan. She spent her college years in Beijing, China. During her time in Beijing, she had the opportunity to explore Asia and was particularly fascinated by the spiritually charged places she visited, such as the Angkor Watt in Cambodia, temples of Siam Reap, Laos, Kuala Lumpur, monasteries and temples in China.
In 2013, Yuliya relocated to the United States where she started her own business running a personal shopping agency and launched a lingerie brand. At the same time, she pursued a Master’s degree in Expressive Arts Therapy. It was during this time that Yuliya discovered the power of colors and shapes in affecting the mood of the viewer, even having a healing effect. She incorporates these techniques in her art to create pieces that deeply connect with the viewer.
Yuliya’s art is a unique combination of kineticism and color therapy, abstraction, and spirituality. Her pieces are infused with a deep sense of spirituality, taking inspiration from philosophy, nature, music, sacred geometry, and quantum physics. Yuliya’s work has been recognized for its interdisciplinary nature, engaging various academic disciplines, including philosophy, mathematics, and the natural and social sciences.
Yuliya’s passion for art has taken her on a journey of self-discovery and personal growth, and she hopes that her artwork will inspire others to find their own path toward inner peace. Her pieces are infused with a deep sense of connection to the world around her, drawing inspiration from philosophy, nature, music, sacred geometry, and quantum physics. Yuliya’s work has been exhibited in various galleries across the United States and has received critical acclaim for its beauty, depth, and resonance with the human experience. Her art invites viewers to contemplate the mysteries of the universe and engage with something larger than themselves.
As a modern artist, I strive to create artwork that transcends the physical boundaries of the canvas and connects with the viewer on a deeper level. My artwork is a fusion of kineticism and color therapy, abstraction, and spirituality, where each element is intertwined, creating pieces that evoke emotions and stimulate the senses.
I believe that art has the power to heal and transform, and my work reflects this philosophy. Through the use of color and movement, I aim to create a harmonious balance between the visual and emotional elements, allowing the viewer to experience a sense of tranquility and inner peace.
My creative process involves allowing myself to be guided by intuition, allowing the colors and forms to take shape organically. Each piece is a unique expression of my innermost thoughts and emotions, as well as a reflection of the beauty and complexity of the world around us.
Ultimately, my goal as an artist is to create artwork that connects with the viewer, allowing them to experience the beauty and wonder of the world in a new and profound way.
★★ Folded Memory ★★
Yu Hsuan Hua is a young sculptor whose work spans ceramics, stone carving, and FRP, as well as public art design. Her creative practice centers on exploring the “essence of the soul,” often using marine creatures such as sea hares and jellyfish as metaphors for the unique, ever-changing nature of human beings. Through her sculptures, she invites viewers to reflect on themselves and reconnect with their inner truth.
Her works translate emotions into tangible forms, blending meticulous craftsmanship with expressive form and color to create pieces rich in narrative and vitality. Drawing inspiration from everyday life, nature, social phenomena, and personal experience, she distills these elements into a distinct artistic language that bridges introspection and imagination.
Yu Hsuan Hua has received numerous awards and recognition for her work, including:
2025 Fusion Art International Competition for Women Artists, 3D Category – First Place
2025 Taitung Art Exhibition, 3D & Traditional Craft Category – Second Place
2025 72nd Central Art Exhibition, Sculpture Category – First Place
2025 Taichung Chenggong Junior High School Public Art Installation Project – First Place
2025 Yushan Art Award, Craft Category – Finalist
2025 Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery “Animals” International Competition, 3D Category – 4th Place
2024 3rd XinTao Award – Ceramic Design Professional Award
My creative core revolves around the “essence of the soul.” I believe that throughout life, we often drift away from our truest selves, gradually covered by layers of social norms and personal experiences. I often express this through streamlined abstract works, using smooth curves and overlapping inner and outer layers to reveal that memory is not a flat surface, but something layered and intertwined. The exterior of my pieces is usually rough, while the interior is rich, colorful, and smooth—this contrast symbolizes the impact and pressure of reality, while also reflecting the kindness and positivity I maintain within. These collected experiences, at certain moments in life, quietly emerge like the colors revealed within my work, reminding us of the richness and complexity of our inner world.
For me, artistic creation is not merely a form of expression but also a translation of emotions and a flow of energy. Working with ceramics allows me to materialize my inner feelings, making my thoughts and emotions visible and tangible. My inspiration often comes from everyday experiences—whether from nature, social phenomena, or personal emotions—which I distill and transform into my artistic language. Each piece is meticulously crafted and thoughtfully composed, weaving form and color to reveal a unique narrative and vitality.
★★ Just Jump ★★
Rylee Breese (b. 2002) is an American contemporary painter from Covington, Georgia. Her work explores the tension between adulthood and childhood by depicting grown bodies interacting with nostalgic, childlike objects. Rendered in an intentionally oversaturated palette, her paintings blur the line between memory and reality through distorted forms and expressive compositions.
Guided early on by her grandmother, a painter and photographer, Rylee developed a deep appreciation for experimentation and material play. Nostalgia serves as a driving force in her practice, allowing her to revisit personal history while questioning its permanence.
Experience is a virtue, but our childhood daydreams never really leave us. They quietly tag along, shaping who we are, how we see the world, and even the choices we make as adults. My work exists at the intersection of memory, movement, and identity, where the adult body interacts sometimes awkwardly, sometimes playfully, with the nostalgic objects and sensory triggers of its past.
Using vibrant colors and dreamlike palettes, I create sculptural and mixed-media pieces that investigate how childhood nostalgia transforms the way we inhabit our adult selves. My practice has expanded to include food, household items, and other sensory cues from youth, such as candy wrappers, cereal, pool floats, and stuffed animals. These details are more than just visual; they carry stories, comfort, and emotional weight.
I’m drawn to the strange, often surreal relationship between physical form and emotional memory, how a cartoon-branded snack or brightly colored toy can become a portal to a different time. My art plays with scale, distortion, and setting to evoke a world where these familiar artifacts aren’t just relics, they’re part of an ongoing, lived experience. In some pieces, the body becomes exaggerated or fragmented, echoing the disjointed way memories morph over time. In others, the interaction between figure and object becomes almost performative, reenacting moments we didn’t even know shaped us.
At its core, my practice is about the emotional residue of play and comfort, how simple things from our past continue to ripple through our present. I explore how nostalgia can soothe, confront, and even reshape our sense of self. Through it all, I aim to hold space for reflection and joy and to remind myself (and others) to enjoy the now. Even as we revisit the past, there’s magic in being fully present in the moment.
★★ Living Waters ★★
The extensive breadth and excellence of the work of multitalented, multi-degreed, modern Renaissance man, Dan Terry of Austin, TX, is almost unfathomable. <br>While his mural and art in exhibitions are seen annually by millions, he’s also known for his extensive work in film, television production, digital 3D, music performance, guitar design and restoration; set, film, toy, product and graphic design, writing (author of four books on human sexual chemistry on Amazon, a biography of Lord Byron, and another on David Ogilvy, legendary ad man, plus several screenplays), and teaching. His work has won national and regional awards and acclaim in Computer Animation (Siggraph Aurora Animation 1985), fine art painting (many in juried and museum exhibitions, including full election to the Pastel Society of America), Teaching (first place National Student Advertising Competition faculty advisor 1990, and others), acting, and graphic design.
“Lucky that Way” author Brad Fregger wrote that Terry is “one of the finest 3D artists in the world today.” One of the pioneers in CGI 3D modeling and rendering, in recent times he’s returned to traditional media with a modern twist, with over 250 murals across the state of Texas, some incorporating theatrical lighting and sculptural elements. His work has recently been included in the Collectible and Investment Art Guide 2025.
His work is in the permanent collections of the Witte Museum and the historic Alamo in San Antonio, and collections around the USA. His work is represented by the Global Vision Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery in Houston.
Education: BAAS: interdisciplinary management with art direction focus, Texas State University, 1984
MA photojournalism, University of Texas, 1990
ABD PhD mass communication/advertising, University of Texas, 1996
I’m a painter and muralist whose work explores the beauty and vitality of nature—especially through koi ponds, water lilies, and expressive landscapes. My style blends classical influences with contemporary color and movement, drawing on my background in both fine art and large-scale public commissions. I aim to create immersive scenes that invite viewers to slow down and reconnect with the natural world, whether it’s in a gallery or a public space. My recent work has been featured in national exhibitions and public collections, and I’m always looking for new ways to bring that sense of wonder and tranquility to a wider audience.
★★ Look For The Rainbow ★★
Natalia was born in Europe and drew pictures from her childhood. She has started to paint in oil on canvas since 1990. In 2005 she moved to the USA for a better life and has started to display her Art in local Art Galleries in North Carolina since 2016.
Natalia’s artwork has been shown in her solo exhibition at Mooresville Art Gallery, Yadkinville, and Morganton North Carolina. She is the award winner of several local art contests and shows. In December 2018 Natalia Leigh received President’s Choice award for outstanding work in the visual arts from Rowan-Cabarrus Community College. Presently Natalia works as a nurse and paints pictures in her spare time in her own studio in Kannapolis NC.
My paintings are oil on black canvas, sizes 18×24, 22×28, 24×36, 24×30, and 36×48. The black canvas is like a beginning in life: plant a seed in the soil where it is dark and black. The seed will grow out turning into colors with sunshine, as goes the painting when I begin on the black canvas. The colors on the canvas begin to emerge and grow into the picture of whatever is in my heart. I am studying the symbols of nature, and symbols of subjects that surround us. I use those symbols to tell the story of everyday life.
★★ Negative 01 ★★
A dedicated photographer, inspired by the masters of painting, is committed to creating extensive series documenting American life and abstract work. Diverse landscapes and intricate cityscapes are captured on film and with pixels. Inanimate objects are personified. Human presence may be absent, but natural marks and human traces provide a backdrop. Overcast light is optimal, as it enhances color richness. Minimalistic abstractions are created through the lens and without a camera, filling the frame with balance, color, and asymmetrical and symmetrical energy.
Film as a medium deserves a new birth. Its aesthetic qualities and characteristics have been neglected. Its authenticity inspired this series, where the camera was abandoned, creating nonrepresentational paintings of light in photographic color. It is a study that uses varying temperatures of light, exploring its sensitivity and unpredictability. It’s a series of candor.
★★ Penumbra ★★
Milwaukee-based artist Dennis Felber has created indoor and outdoor sculptures since 2015. Inspired by nature’s unique shapes and textures, his sculptures incorporate a combination of stone, steel, and copper that mimic the organic forms observed around him. Utilizing specific welding techniques he creates sculptures that reveal a sense of movement and flow yet show a balance between the materials of metal and stone giving the sense they are alive and growing. From large-scale commissions to smaller wall pieces, his art elicits a want to touch it and experience the texture created. His work has won numerous awards and has been shown in galleries across the US.
I find myself inspired by nature’s unique patterns and distinctive shapes. Metal originates from rock and I play with the juxtaposition and balance of their connection.
Through my art, I demonstrate a common bond between the two, whether it be mimicking an organic shape, implied movement, or merging the two elements back into one. I want to reveal an alternative perspective of the natural world as I see it showing something familiar and common yet providing the viewer with a diverse and unique visual experience.
★★ Reverie ★★
Rachael is a self-taught stippling and impressionistic painter. A small-town “mountain girl” at heart, after living in the Midwest and the San Francisco Bay Area, she proudly makes her home in the foothills of Colorado. Rachael combines her love for this beautiful world, the outdoors, and organic textures with her vibrant use of color and meticulous mark-making with “dots” to create her artworks.
Rachael had many inspirations for art and creativity in her family and life. She earned a B.S. in Business from the University of Colorado and a Master of Science in Information Systems from the University of San Francisco. After fifteen years in the corporate and higher education sectors as an HR and Information Systems specialist, Rachael began to focus on her passion for creating impressionistic, detailed, month-spanning artworks in themes of nature, texture, and the bold use of color. Rachael’s artwork has been shown in a number of exhibitions in the Rocky Mountain Foothills (and once on a Jumbotron in Times Square).
I’ve consistently integrated art and creativity into everything I do. I’m attracted to opportunities to express these qualities, and when they do not exist, I create my own. Using fine-line pens and acrylic paint, I find joy and calm in capturing the intricate details of nature. My art practice allows me to channel, express, and celebrate my neurodiversity.
Nature, with its mesmerizing patterns—from ordinary trees to breathtaking rock formations—inspires me. I love translating these elements into my art using acrylic dots, bold colors, and intriguing contrasts. Why landscapes and nature? They are soothing, accepting, and rich with beauty and intricacy. In nature, I can be my true self, free from judgment. The moments I experience there resonate with me and inform my artwork, allowing me to share those feelings and experiences with others.
My art celebrates the beauty in details, revealing that a million tiny components create a complete picture. I aim to delight viewers through the intricacies of my work and the emotional impact of vibrant scenes.
★★ Serenity And Feline Companions ★★
Leigh Witherell has carved a unique and profound niche for herself in the world of art. Her use of unconventional technologies combined with an ear for hearing emotions as she listens to people has provided her with an opportunity to give voice to her art.
She believes in art’s power to reveal the raw, unfiltered emotions and difficult truths of society. Her journey in figurative art has only just begun and she feels that as an artist, it is her goal to master her style and create art that resonates deeply with human emotions and experiences. What sets her apart is her introspection, humility, and a deeply ingrained desire to communicate on a more profound plane through her art. Her canvas is not merely a piece of art; it is a window into the human soul, mirroring the melancholic beauty of truth and life.
I am an emerging artist I’ve always had a love of art. My art is strongly influenced by the Melancholic style which allows people to connect and interpret personally. My inspiration comes from a very personal place of loss and by sharing my story and connecting with other grieving parents to share their stories in my project, “The Invisibility Project” I hope to create what I hope are visions not only of pain but also of hope.
My focus has been to let loose any boundaries I have placed on my creativity and to just create. A famous quote from a favorite artist, Edgar Degas has become my guiding mantra. “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see”. I hope that through my creations I can start a conversation and inspire others to share their grief and their journey so that the veil of invisibility surrounding grieving parents will be lifted and society can better understand how to help parents who have lost part of their hearts to heal.