Art

I am an emerging transcendental artist who specialises in surrealist oil paintings and I have spent the last few years studying and practising art as a painter, illustrator, and poet, in Florence, Italy. For the first four years of my life, I grew up in the countryside of Wilshire, so my earliest memories are of climbing trees and making dens in bushes, in communion with nature. I felt held and whole in the little Eden...

It has been a long journey until I came to accept that my personal input, my own sight, is relevant in this world. This realisation has surfaced repeatedly, especially when I am navigating self-doubt about my talent. To be honest it has always been there, manifesting in different ways, with different mediums… art has always been and will be through me. My fascination with colour started from a very early age, as a young student,...

Gary Samdaliri’s artistic prowess has been recognized on the prestigious stage of the American Arts Awards 2024. His evocative portrait “Chief Sitting Bull” captured the judges’ attention, securing the second-place position in the fiercely competitive “Famous Portrait” section. Additionally, his painting “Chief Running Antelope,” a testament to his skill in capturing the dynamism of the human form, earned a commendable fifth place in the “Figure” category. These accolades underscore Samdaliri’s growing reputation as an artist...

Growing up as the youngest of eight children in the suburbs of London, I often felt lost in the crowd, searching for a way to express my own unique voice and individuality. Life was busy and chaotic in our modest family home in Hainault, and I sometimes struggled to find my place amidst all the hustle and bustle. It was a constant challenge to stand out and be recognized, when I was just one of...

As a young child I used to pray every night. No-one taught me to pray, my parents did not attend any church or follow any spiritual path.  I remember asking my mother to buy me a bible that I saw when shopping one day. I loved the illustrations and still have it. Animals, nature and our wonderful garden were my solace in those early years. I spent many hours trying to draw, especially horses. I...

As a self-taught artist, my journey into art began in 2013, guided by intuition, meditation, and a profound connection with nature and the cosmos. In this lifetime, I have not followed the traditional path of formal art education, nor have I had role models to emulate. This absence of external influence has empowered me to cultivate my own unique style and technique—one that merges the ethereal with the tangible.  My creations are reflections of cosmic...

I am an illustrator, writer and fine artist, fascinated by the nature of reality - who and what we are and why we are here. I draw inspiration from remembered landscapes, intuition, and feelings carried within me. I want to make the invisible seen, felt, and known. As an analogue artist, my creations evolve at a personal, human speed with mistakes less readily erased but integrated. In our fast, digital world where disconnection, distraction, and...

Whispers from a silver tongue calling my name pierced by childhood with spirit song. At 8 years old, my sleep was awakened to the green life, leaving me somewhat bemused. A spirit voice called “Rosemary, Rosemary” and, frightened, I hid under the covers. I turned, thinking it was my sister but she lay asleep in the bed beside me. From then on, my hidden life has been a journey of spiritual awareness and a path...

Hi everyone, I'm Allie Joy, I'm an artist, entrepreneur, and creative producer. I'm going to share with you about how I ended up writing this article with you today. It began with two qualities that I have nurtured from the start of my career, which are following my curiosity and walking with courage. I remember sitting in my college library trying to write my university statement. I couldn’t refine what I wanted to do as...

William Blake (1757 to 1827) was a visionary poet, painter, engraver and musician. He had no formal education, but read widely in Greek philosophy and that of his contemporaries, and studied and challenged the psychological and philosophical theories propounded by Locke and Hume. He read the Bhagavad Gita, Jacob Boehme, the Jewish Kabbalah, the Swedish philosopher Swedenborg, and he knew the Bible intimately. Apprenticed in his youth to an engraver, Blake later used his engraving...

Degard is a pioneering British ‘Painter of Auras’. Degard is a visionary artist, writer, researcher, curator, and founder of the genre Contemporary Visionary. Degard sees auras, trace energy around people, animals, and places. She can intuit people who are long gone and through her art create spirit portraits. Spirit portraiture is a wonderful method to meet people who have passed. Degard’s latest paintings aim to capture the lives of lost family – family who were...

My connection with spiritual art has been a gradual journey of discovery, which began when I was a child growing up in West Yorkshire. I was an imaginative and creative child with an inclination to drift away into my own imaginary world. I recall drawing and painting from an early age, and credit my father for helping lay the foundations for my interest and abilities in art. He would encourage me to copy drawings from...