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by Linda De Roche
Art has always been part of how we make sense of the world. It reflects who we are, what we value, and how we see the present moment. Across time and cultures, artists have translated ideas, emotions, and experiences into something we can share. In that sense, art is not separate from life. It is one of the ways we understand it.
Artists play a crucial role in keeping culture alive. They observe, question, and imagine, often showing us perspectives we might not have considered. Their work holds memory, challenges thinking, and opens space for new ideas. Without artists, culture risks becoming repetitive and fixed. With them, it stays active and evolving.
Collecting art today matters because it connects people directly to the creative process. It allows individuals to take part in shaping culture, not just observing it. Whether it is a first small purchase or a growing collection, each decision helps build a more sustainable environment for artists. It also brings something unique into everyday life, offering moments of reflection, curiosity, or even challenge.
Artstar exists to support this exchange. As a digital platform, it brings artists and audiences closer together, making discovery more accessible and more immediate. The goal is not only to present work, but to encourage engagement, support, and long-term connection. When artists are seen and supported, culture remains open, diverse, and alive.
Serhii Fadieiev Ferraro
Sascha Fidyka
Francis Moreau
Kiyoko Fueki
Gheorghe Gogescu
artStar
Lucie Gonella
Andrzej S. Grabowski
Christie Green
Hana Hájková/Grošová
Meng Xi Hauenstein
Gro Heining
Bert Hermans
Will Hernandez
Karen James
Symona Colina
Dr Natalia Jezova
Ulla Karttunen
Hiromi Kawano
Roheny Kumar
Yelena Lev-Navtikova
Tess Lewis
Maria Linares Freire
Rita Maia e Silva
Kathy McKnight
Michel Michaux
Agata Morawiec
Lynn S Movish
Mareke Müller
Elyane Natalicchi
Misha Nicholas
José Ángel Palao
Arides R. Pichardo
Jean Jacques Porret
Robert Ram
Connie Rogers
2026 v1. B
Natalia Rose
Joanna Rostanska
Gergana Popova
Gail Sarasohn
Jonel Scholtz
Rita Schoonmaker
Banajit Sharma
Rob Shiels
Belinha Silva
Katty Smith
Standa
Kathy Stanley
Julia Still
Marek Sutkowski
György Sütő
Leo Symon
Rhoda Taylor
Tudoran-Opanasenko
Hennie Van De Lande
Dorothea Van De Winkel
Karel Vereycken
Claire M Vines
iVision
Marti White
Christopher Whytal
Linn Wong (Wahlukis)
Terry Woodall WR
Sylvia Wuensche Wienands
X-Chel H
Maureen Zacharki
Linda De Roche
United States
Linda De Roche’s paintings feel deeply alive, shaped by an artist who approaches both life and art with openness, sensitivity, and quiet strength. Working in abstraction, she transforms personal experience into color, texture, and movement, allowing emotion to guide the surface rather than control it. There is an honesty in her work that is immediately felt, where each gesture carries a sense of presence, memory, and lived experience.
Her use of color is both generous and intuitive. Soft whites, vibrant greens, luminous blues, and warmer tones move across the canvas with a natural flow, creating compositions that feel balanced without ever appearing forced or overly structured. The richness of her impasto surfaces adds a physical dimension to the work, inviting the viewer to not only see but almost feel the layers of paint as they build and settle into harmony.
What gives De Roche’s work its distinct voice is a sensitivity that does not shy away from strength. There is a quiet confidence in the way she allows complexity, emotion, and beauty to coexist.
This perspective, often deeply present in the work of women artists, brings a nuanced understanding of balance, resilience, and openness. Her paintings hold space for both energy and reflection, offering something that is at once expressive, grounded, and deeply human.
Rooted in a life of observation, memory, and feeling, her work carries a sense of continuity between inner and outer worlds. Rather than depicting specific places or moments, she captures impressions, translating them into abstract forms that remain accessible and resonant. Each painting becomes a space where viewers can slow down, connect, and discover their own emotional responses within the work.
As her practice continues to grow, Linda De Roche stands out for her ability to bring together vitality and sensitivity in a way that feels genuine and lasting. Her work reflects not only a personal journey but also a broader contribution to contemporary abstraction, where emotional depth, intuition, and a refined sense of balance are given equal importance.
Linda De Roche
United States
Verano Junta al Mar (Pablo Landscapes Collection)
Acrylic on Canvas 24 x 30 in.
Italy Elisabetta Accoto
C’era una Volta l’America
Mixed Media on Metal Plate 100 x 40 x 0.3 cm
Kenjiro Asaki
Summer Fairy #02
Digital Photograph 80 x 53 cm
Japan
Kenjiro Asaki
Summer Fairy #27
Digital Photograph 80 x 53 cm
Japan
Henrik Bakmann
Denmark
A Little Playful Tiger Cub No. 2
Georgia Bochi
The Flower Digital Art 100 x 100 cm
Montse Barberà Pujol
Spain
Colour World 2
Acrylic on Cotton Canvas 50 x 50 cm
Canada Mario J.A. Bartolini
Emperor Honorius
Porcelain Micro Mosaic 35 x 46 cm
Judith Dupree Beale
United States
Acrylic Monotype No. 4369
Acrylic on Paper 20 x 16 in.
Terry Beard
United Kingdom
Across the Bay II
Mixed Media 40 x 40 cm
Eskild Beck
Hello
Hand Colored Poster 70 x 100 cm Denmark
JBennisArt
Netherlands
Horse and Cowboy
Acrylic on Canvas 100 x 100 cm
Germany Grit Boss
Der Goldene Wolf
Acrylic on Canvas 40 x 50 cm
Nira Chorev
United States
Oaxaca 3
Mixed Media on Paper 22 x 30 in.
Nira Chorev
United States
Seacap
Mixed Media on Paper 22 x 30 in.
Germany Claracarat
A Lady’s Shadow Fading Was It an Illusion
Acrylic on Canvas 100 x 70 cm
Claracarat
Germany
Passage Through Reality
Acrylic on Canvas 50 x 70 cm
Claracarat
Germany
Pentimento with Solar Particles
Acrylic on Canvas 100 x 70 cm
Germany Claracarat
The Visible Invisible Acrylic on Canvas 70 x 100 cm
Australia Wendy Cohen
Honey Honeycombe Acrylic on Canvas 92 x 106 cm
Catherine Conway
Ireland
Conference Centre Dublin Port Oil on Canvas Board 58 x 48 cm
Phil M Davis
United Kingdom
Taxi Driver: Second Study
Acrylic on Paper 59 x 84 cm
Linda De Roche
United States
My Caribbean Soul (Beaches Collection), 2025
Acrylic on Canvas 36 x 48 in.
Linda De Roche
United States
Carnaval de Nice (GK Fashion House Collection), 2026
Acrylic on Canvas 36 x 36 in.
Linda De Roche
United States
The Heart Is a Bloom (Bono Collection), 2025 Acrylic on Canvas 24 x 30 in.
Linda De Roche
United States
Porto Roca (Hotel Collection), 2026
Acrylic on Canvas 36 x 48 cm
Canada Olivia De Rossi
The Prophecy
Mixed Media 100 x 120 cm
Sweden Paul Dettwiler
Untold Stories of Zurich: Graue Gasse Niederdorf Strasse Glaze on Surface 60 x 75 cm
Donelli J. DiMaria
United States
Dances with Death #3 30 x 40 in.
France Jacqueline Domin
Danza degli Atomi Analog Photograph
France Jacqueline Domin
Mondi Lontani Analog Photograph
France Jacqueline Domin
Primordia Analog Photograph
France Jacqueline Domin
Rivelazione Analog Photograph
Dr. Michael Durst
South Africa
The Embrace
Acrylic on Canvas 80 x 100 cm
Christelle Duval
France
Singularité Céleste
Digital Photograph 83 x 105 cm
United Kingdom
Winter Boy
Colored Pencil on Paper Mounted on Canvas 42 x 59.4 cm
France Fabienne Blanc
Aigues-Mortes les Remparts
Watercolor 32.8 x 41.3 cm
Ukraine Serhii Fadieiev
Life Is Beautiful Oil on Canvas 80 x 120 cm
Ferraro
United States
I Am the Mother of It All Acrylic on Canvas 30 x 30 cm
Germany Sascha Fidyka
Akt Silhouette – Akt Liegend Hand Carved Stone 57 x 32 x 3 cm
France Francis Moreau
Danse Nuptiale Oil on Canvas 41 x 33 cm
France Francis Moreau
Emprise Oil on Canvas 41 x 33 cm
Kiyoko Fueki
Heaven’s Light
Digital Photograph
Japan
Gheorghe Gogescu
Garden
Tapestry Wool on Cotton Warp 300 x 200 cm
Romania
Gheorghe Gogescu
Garden IV
Tapestry 130 x 180 cm
Romania
Gheorghe Gogescu
Garden VI
Tapestry 130 x 180 cm
Romania
Gheorghe Gogescu
Romania
Garden VIII
Tapestry Wool on Cotton Warp
Canada Lucie Gonella
J’entends Chanter 7999
Digital Artwork 36 x 24 in.
Andrzej S. Grabowski
Poland / United States
Bacteria
Mixed Media on Canvas 100 x 100 cm
Andrzej S. Grabowski
Poland / United States
Birds
Mixed Media on Canvas 100 x 100 cm
Andrzej S. Grabowski
Poland / United States
Cassiopeia
Acrylic and Oil on Canvas 90 x 90 cm
Andrzej S. Grabowski
Poland / United States
Morning on Mars
Acrylic on Canvas 90 x 90 cm
Christie Green
United States
Moonlight Elk Dress
Wool Silk Blend with Elk Bone Buttons
Christie Green
United States
Pheasant Tail Blouse
Silk Garment
Christie Green
United States
Sockeye Salmon Dress
Silk Garment
Christie Green
United States
Wild Turkey Dress
Silk Garment
Hana Hájková/Gro š ová
Czech Republic
Holy Family in the Landscape Oil on Canvas 80 x 90 cm
Hana Hájková/Gro š ová
Czech Republic
Madonna Pencil on Paper 21 x 29.7 cm
Germany Meng Xi Hauenstein
Fantasieinsel
Acrylic and Oil on Canvas 80 x 100 cm
Gro Heining
Cosmic Symphony
Acrylic on Canvas 60 x 80 cm
Norway
Gro Heining
Norway
Pilgrimage
Acrylic on Canvas 40 x 50 cm
Gro Heining
Norway
Rebirth II
Acrylic on Canvas 30 x 80 cm
Bert Hermans
Netherlands
La Piscine Oil on Canvas 80 x 60 cm
Bert Hermans
Netherlands
Ode to Berlage Oil on Canvas 120 x 80 cm
Bert Hermans
Passage Oil on Canvas 80 x 80 cm Netherlands
Bert Hermans
Netherlands
Selene’s Choice Oil on Canvas 100 x 70 cm
Will Hernandez
United States
Mona Lisa 2001 Oil on Wood Panel 48.5 x 29.5 in.
Canada Karen James
Canada Karen James
Italy Symona Colina
The Wall Oil on Canvas 80 x 90 cm
Dr Natalia Jezova
United Kingdom
Fig. 16, Dialogue Series Mixed Media on Canvas 110 x 140 cm
Ulla Karttunen
Finland
Heavenly Leopards
Pigment Print on Aluminium and Acrylic 75 x 120 cm
Ulla Karttunen
Finland
Leopard Woman on the Balcony of Infinity
Pigment Print on Aluminium and Acrylic 75 x 120 cm
Hiromi Kawano
Morning Melody
Photograph 6048 x 8064 pixels
Japan
Roheny Kumar
India
As Within So Without Acrylic on Canvas 21 x 15 in.
Yelena Lev-Navtikova
United States
Ylev Intuitive Passage Oil on Canvas 36 x 48 in.
Yelena Lev-Navtikova
United States
Ylev Time Keeper Oil on Canvas 36 x 48 in.
Canada Tess Lewis
The Roaring Lion Charcoal on Paper 16 x 20 in.
Maria Linares Freire
United Kingdom
Subtle Connections
Acrylic on Canvas Board 40 x 40 cm
Rita Maia e Silva
Portugal
Inner Collision
Acrylic on Canvas 277 x 150 cm
Canada Kathy McKnight
Forest Land Oil and Cold Wax on Canvas 48 x 24 in.
Canada Kathy McKnight
Frances Forest Oil and Cold Wax on Canvas 20 x 16 in.
Canada Kathy McKnight
Ochre Forest Oil and Cold Wax on Canvas 24 x 24 in.
Belgium Michel Michaux
La Traction 1810
Gouache on Paper 36 x 46 cm
Belgium Michel Michaux
Le Maraicher
Pastel on Paper 35 x 50 cm
Agata Morawiec
Belgium / Poland
Tree Life Oil on Canvas 50 x 60 cm
Lynn S. Movish
United States
Un Brilliant Elephant de Paris
Crystal Sculpture 7 x 7 x 3.75 in.
Germany Mareke Müller
Kulturelle Aneignung (Cultural Appropriation) Oil on Canvas 80 x 80 cm
France Elyane Natalicchi
Setting Light #3
Photo Painting 220 x 70 cm
Misha Nicholas
United States
A Blind Dive Into Another World
Digital Image 1920 x 1185 px
Spain José Ángel Palao
Dream 9 (Photospheres Series)
Photograph and Digital Art 11.7 x 16.5 in.
Arides R. Pichardo
Dominican Republic / United States
Limping Devil III, 2025
Acrylic on Paper 8.5 x 11.6 in.
Arides R. Pichardo
Dominican Republic / United States
Limping Devil King II, 2025
Acrylic on Paper 8.5 x 11.6 in.
Arides R. Pichardo
Dominican Republic / United States
Limping Devil V, 2025
Acrylic on Paper 8.5 x 11.6 in.
Arides R. Pichardo
Dominican Republic / United States
Steal the Chicken Character, 2025
Acrylic on Paper 8.5 x 11.6 in.
Jean Jacques Porret
United States
Belle du Soir
Cast Bronze 20.25 in.
Jean Jacques Porret
United States
Illusion Intime Bronze Sculpture 20.5 in.
Jean Jacques Porret
United States
Lady of the Night
Bronze Sculpture 21 in.
Jean Jacques Porret
United States
Vagabonde Bronze Sculpture 19.5 in.
Robert Ram
The Fight Oil on Panel 150 x 80 cm Netherlands
Connie Rogers
United States
The Best Is Yet to Be Digital Photograph 2528 x 3788 pixels
Natalia Rose
Denmark
Rose’s Garden, 2025
Joanna Rostanska
Poland
Expansion of Red Pastel on Paper 42 x 56 cm
Austria Gergana Popova
From Another Star Mixed Media on Paper 42 x 29.7 cm
Austria Gergana Popova
Shikasta or Waiting for the Second Chance Mixed Media A3
Gail Sarasohn
United States
One Way Out
Acrylic on Canvas 24 x 24 in.
Jonel Scholtz
South Africa
Closer in My Distance Oil on Canvas 120 x 84 cm
Rita Schoonmaker
United States
Boundless
Acrylic on Canvas 22 x 18 x 1.25 in.
Rita Schoonmaker
United States
Reframed
Acrylic on Canvas 20 x 16 x 1.25 in.
Banajit Sharma
India
Broken Edge in Chaotic Life Oil on Canvas 150 x 90 cm
Banajit Sharma
India
Trying to Remove All the Mayhem from the Universe (Princess of Peace) Oil on Canvas 150 x 90 cm
Rob Shiels
Australia
Blue Floating Umbrella
Digital Photograph 36 x 54 cm
Rob Shiels
Australia
The Written Word
Digital Photograph 36 x 54 cm
Portugal Belinha Silva
Modern Rush
Porcelain Fusion on Canvas 60 x 100 cm
Katty Smith
United States
What the Surface Remembers
Mixed Media 30 x 24 x 1.5 in.
Canada Standa
Breaking a Gloomy Mood
Mixed Media 61 x 41 cm
Canada Standa
Decommissioned Wall
Mixed Media 43 x 46 cm
Kathy Stanley
United States
Magdalenes
Acrylic on Canvas 24 x 30 in.
Kathy Stanley
United States
Queendom Come Acrylic on Canvas 24 x 30 in.
France Julia Still
From What Paradise Were You Stolen?
Mixed Media 8 x 10 in.
Poland Marek Sutkowski
Sancho Pansa and Don Quixote Washing His Hands
Liquid Crystal Photopainting Archival Print 90 x 60 cm
Poland Marek Sutkowski
Tropicae Florae
Liquid Crystal Photopainting Archival Print 90 x 60 cm
Untold Stories
Acrylic on Fiberboard 100 x 70 cm
Leo Symon
Slovakia
A Rusty Pearl at the Bottom of Memories
Digital Painting 65 x 85 cm
Leo Symon
Slovakia
Apple Game
Digital Painting 60 x 80 cm
Rhoda Taylor
Tudoran-Opanasenko
Poland
Five Senses: Touch
Hennie Van De Lande
Powerful Field Netherlands
Dorothea Van De Winkel
Belgium
Moving Line I, 2025
Tapestry 120 x 120 cm
Dorothea Van De Winkel
Belgium
Moving Line II, 2025
Tapestry 120 x 120 cm
France Karel Vereycken
Garden of Argenteuil
Intaglio Etching on Zinc 40 x 23 cm
iVision
United States
Getaway (Take Me Away)
Photograph 8.5 x 11 in.
Marti White
United States
American Crisis
Collage 10 x 10 in.
Marti White
United States
American Cruelty Collage on Paper 12 x 12 in.
Christopher Whytal
United States
A Lonely Walk
Film Photograph 12 x 12 in.
Linn Wong (Wahlukis)
Gold
Watercolor on Paper 31 x 41 cm
Malaysia
Terry Woodall
United States
Baikal Curl
Bronze 17 x 15 x 10 in.
Bee Busy Pollinator
Photograph
United States
Black Swallow Tail Butterfly Photograph
United States
Eastern Tiger Swallow Tail Butterfly
Photograph
Sylvia Wuensche Wienands
United States
Lake Superior
Digital Photograph 8 x 12 in.
X-Chel H
McWorld
Anaïs
Watercolor and Gouache on Paper 33 x 24 cm
Maureen Zacharki
Canada
Vampire (Self-Portrait)
Photograph
On Color: The First Language of Art
E D I T O R I A L
Before we recognize an image, we register its color. It sets the tone before we understand the subject, shaping how we feel before we know why. A painting can draw us in or push us away in a matter of seconds, often through color alone. It is immediate, instinctive, and yet far from simple. Color is not just what we see, it is how we experience what we see.
Across art history, color has shifted from symbol to sensation to subject in its own right. In medieval painting, it carried spiritual meaning. In Impressionism, it captured light and atmosphere. By the time we reach artists like Rothko or Yves Klein, color no longer describes the world, it becomes the world. These changes reflect something larger than style. They show how artists continuously redefine perception, using color not just to depict reality, but to reshape it.
Today, color exists in a more unstable space than ever. Screens dominate how we encounter images, and with them come filters, brightness shifts, and endless reproduction. A color is no longer fixed. It depends on the device, the lighting, even the platform.
What we see is often a version rather than an original. This raises a simple but important question: are we still experiencing color, or are we experiencing its translation?
Many artists respond to this by returning to the physical, to pigment, texture, and surface, where color has weight and presence. Others embrace its fluid nature, working digitally where color can shift endlessly. Both approaches reveal the same understanding: color is never neutral. It directs attention, builds tension, creates harmony, and leaves a lasting impression long after the image itself fades.
To really look at color is to slow down. A single shade can carry contradiction, warmth and distance, calm and unease. It can remind us of something personal or place us somewhere entirely unfamiliar. This is what makes color so powerful. It does not need explanation to be understood, yet it continues to unfold the longer we stay with it. In a world that moves quickly, color asks us, quietly but persistently, to look again.
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