Author: Iris

Born in 1967 in Lancashire, UK, Stuart Beck grew up with painting close at hand. His father was his first teacher—introducing him not just to brushes and pigment, but to the idea that art could be part of daily life. That early connection stayed with him. Over time, Beck carved out his own direction, leaning into abstraction while keeping one foot firmly planted in observation. His work doesn’t look like the world, but it’s shaped by it—by nature, by buildings, by culture picked up across time and travel. He paints what lingers in the background: the weathered edge of a…

Tucked inside Germantown, Philadelphia, Oronde Kairi paints the pulse of the world around him. His canvases are alive with color, sound, and rhythm, pulling from the everyday scenes of city life. Music, sports, family, memory—they all show up, not as distant references, but as lived experience. His work doesn’t just look back. It carries those moments forward. Kairi paints with clarity and emotional weight. His colors are loud, his lines are confident, and his scenes are full of warmth and humanity. A glance across his work reveals a kind of visual storytelling that feels familiar—even intimate. He doesn’t just paint…

Carolin Rechberg moves through art like a traveler collecting textures, sounds, and sensations. Born in Starnberg, Germany, she doesn’t stay still—not in her practice, not in her ideas. She moves between ceramics, sculpture, painting, performance, poetry, photography, textiles, sound art, and installation as naturally as breathing. But this isn’t about having range for its own sake. It’s about presence. For Rechberg, the process—the movement of hands, the act of listening, the gesture of layering materials—is the work. Her art isn’t just something to look at. It’s something to feel through. She brings her body into conversation with space, letting the…

Cheryl Crane-Hunter is a multifaceted artist whose work not only captivates the eye but also speaks to something deeper. Her background in art education and her enduring connection to nature have shaped a creative practice that’s both expressive and reflective. She doesn’t just paint scenes—she paints moments of stillness, transition, and spirit. Her work feels like a conversation with the invisible threads that hold our world together. Rooted in a belief that creation is guided by something beyond the self, Cheryl’s approach is meditative and intuitive. The brush becomes a tool for listening. Color, composition, and symbolism come together in…

Doug Caplan was born in 1965 in Montreal, Quebec. His story with photography starts quietly. In his early teens, he got a black-and-white Polaroid camera—a gift from his parents. It wasn’t much, just a plastic body with a disposable flash and a signature smell from the film chemicals. But it stuck with him. Not as a job, not even as a deep passion at first—just a feeling that photography had something to offer. Years passed. Life happened. It wasn’t until the early ’90s, after getting married, that Caplan picked up a camera again. This time, it stayed with him. He’s…

Born in 1959 in Moscow, Idaho, Linda Cancel’s earliest memory is etched with light—watching fireworks burst over the Snake River at just fifteen months old. That brief, dazzling moment set something in motion. From a young age, Linda was attuned to atmosphere, to shadow and glow, to the way light can press into memory. Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, she absorbed its quiet drama: misted mountains, cool rivers, the hush of snowfall. At twelve, she began private oil painting lessons with William F. Pogue, who introduced her to the deep well of narrative art rooted in the Golden Age…

Albert Deak creates art that maps experiences beyond the surface of things. Trained in ceramics at a respected University of Art and Design in Eastern Europe in 1989, he began with a strong foundation in form and material. Over time, his work expanded into graphics, painting, and digital media, each step opening new ways to explore and express. Rather than relying on set formulas, Deak builds each piece as a search—an act of visual translation shaped by science, philosophy, and imagination. Influenced by Pollock’s freedom, Richter’s ambiguity, and Kandinsky’s spiritual use of color and form, Deak has carved out a…

Alexandra Jicol makes art that reaches beyond surface beauty, drawing from a life shaped by contrast and complexity. Born and raised in Bucharest, Romania, during a period of political tension, she grew up between the quiet strength of the Carpathian Mountains and the dense atmosphere of the city. That early duality continues to inform her work, where emotion and observation meet in thoughtful, layered compositions. For Jicol, art is a kind of excavation. She works to uncover what lies underneath the surface of human experience—emotion, vulnerability, contradiction. Her paintings aren’t just compositions of color and form; they are quiet meditations…

Vicky Tsalamata lives and works in Athens, but her practice stretches far beyond borders—geographical, historical, and emotional. A Professor Emeritus in Printmaking at the Athens School of Fine Arts, she works in mixed media with precision and insight, using archival prints on Hahnemühle cotton paper to deliver sharp, at times sarcastic, reflections on the human condition. Tsalamata’s art doesn’t aim to soothe; it cuts. It questions. It demands that we consider how much, or how little, we matter in the grand machinery of history. Her ongoing series, La Comédie Humaine, nods to Balzac and, through that, to Dante, reminding us that…

Caroline Kampfraath creates art that holds presence—works that contain memory, emotion, and fragments of lived experience. Based in the Netherlands, she builds 3D pieces using found materials like metal cans, glass bottles, and cast elements of the human body. Each object becomes part of a broader story—one shaped by personal history, curiosity about the world, and the ways we connect to our surroundings. Her sculptures feel like quiet exchanges between what’s tangible and what’s felt, between what’s been used up and what still holds meaning. Through this layering of form and feeling, Kampfraath creates something that stays with you. At…