Masterful MindsArtists to Watch in 2025
by Linda De Roche
Cover Artist Linda De Roche
Brushstrokes of the Soul: The Abstract Expressions of Linda De Roche
Linda De Roche’s paintings are vivid expressions of emotional complexity, created through a dynamic process that merges spontaneity with intention. What began as a deeply personal act of healing has evolved into a powerful visual language of color, texture, and rhythm. Working with multiple canvases laid flat, De Roche pours and manipulates paint in sweeping, fluid motions, allowing each composition to emerge organically while retaining a strong sense of deliberate form. The result is a compelling body of work that captures the visceral beauty of lived experience—raw, layered, and alive with intuitive energy.
Drawing inspiration from music, dreams, natural landscapes, and memory, De Roche crafts abstract paintings that are at once meditative and electrified. Her tactile brushwork and bold gestural swirls suggest a pulse beneath the surface, imbuing each canvas with movement and emotional charge. Though abstract, her pieces often suggest narrative moments—emotional peaks and inner dialogues rendered in color. There is a lyrical quality to her process, one that engages both heart and mind, inviting the viewer into a space where sensation and perception blur into one continuous flow.
The cover painting, “Masquerade”, exemplifies this approach. With its swirling violets, flashes of crimson, and sensuous layering, the work evokes the complexity of human emotion concealed behind external facades. Rich in texture and psychological depth, Masquerade beckons the viewer closer, revealing new dimensions upon each glance. It is a striking representation of De Roche’s ability to translate the inner landscape into a compelling visual encounter.
Through her immersive technique and intuitive command of pigment, Linda De Roche creates more than paintings—she constructs emotional environments. Her work invites us to slow down, to feel deeply, and to discover beauty in the unpredictable rhythms of the soul.
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Linda De Roche
- Acrylic on Canvas 12 x 12 in.
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Preface by the Curator
Art is a dynamic dialogue—one that evolves across cultures, mediums, and generations.
Masterful Minds: Artists to Watch in 2025, curated by Circle Foundation and co-published by CFA Press and World Wide Art, is a testament to this ongoing conversation. This collection brings together an exceptional array of fine artists, each offering a distinct yet complementary perspective on the possibilities of artistic expression. From traditional techniques to cuttingedge digital innovations, the works presented here reflect the mastery and vision that define today’s creative landscape.
Within these pages, diversity flourishes—not only in style and medium but in thought and execution. Each piece is a statement, a reflection, or a challenge, inviting the viewer to engage with the profound, the unexpected, and the beautifully executed. Whether through bold abstraction, meticulous realism, or experimental forms, these artists expand the boundaries of contemporary art with intelligence and skill. Their work stands as a testament to the power of creativity, offering a compelling glimpse into the future of artistic mastery.
Kathryn Bagwell
Balla
Marie-Claire Barsotti
Raffi Bashlian
Joke Bennis
Lee Britton
Precious Burger
Giora Carmi
Ken Crost
Linda De Roche
Bernette Derpaulian
Dr. Michael Durst
Judith Karr Eisinger
Lilian R Engel
Martine Enselme
Wendy Fee
Rui Ferreira
Zdene Flerin
Mikel Frank
Bernard Galane
Mercedes Grassi King
Gro Heining
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Index of Artists
Tina Hellblom-Thibblin (TinaH)
Mark Hellbusch
Kateland Henson
Isabel Herrera
Greg Holden
Kristin Holm Dybvig
Symona Colina
Jonathän Jouan
Mehrnosh Kaecker
Katya Kan
Oleg Kedria
Nataly Kenny
Hassiba Kessaci
Despina Kyriacou
Orna L. Brock
Tamara Lamber
Jill Lear
Michael Lee
Yicong Li
Qingzhu Lin
Melissa Lohr
Susan Mikutowski
Tahara Mio
Ignacio Montano
William T. Moore III
L. Scooter Morris
Amy Ning
Sushila Oliphant
Bernie Ornig
José Ángel Palao
Dimitra Papageorgiou
BPineau
Theresa Colleen Poalucci
Cher Pruys
Rasos Creativity Trips
Jalal Quinn
Amy Rattner
Natalia Rose
Sonia Indelicato Roseval
Rita Schoonmaker
Efi Seitanidou
Deborah Sfez
ZaHaVa Sherez
Angelė Šimoliūnienė
Claudia Claire Simpson-Jones
Neena Singh
Tricia Skoglund
Marius Starkey
Ingrid Steckelberg
Henry Beckham Stewart
Mary Taylor
Leigh Ann Thomas
Marion Tubiana
John van Brakel
Dorothea Van De Winkel
Volkvard
Alex Z. Wang
Hiromi Watanabe
Tom Watt
Carole Weitz
Shirley Werner
Max Werner
Marti White
Steven B. Wills
Ping Yin
Kathryn Bagwell
United States
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Eve - Oil on Canvas 40 x 40 in.
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Mi - Linocut 16.2 x 14 cm
Serbia Balla
Marie-Claire Barsotti
France / India
Parallel Worlds (Mondes Parallèles) - Acrylic on Handmade Paper 68 x 88 cm
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Grace in Motion - Mixed Media
Joke Bennis
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Sunny Day in the City Breda - Mixed Media Netherlands
United States
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Nature’s Display - Oil on Canvas 24 x 24 in.
Precious Burger
United States
Whispers of Me - Mixed Media 40 x 30 cm
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Giora Carmi
United States
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Power Coming - Watercolor, Gouache and Pencil 21.5 x 21.5 cm
United States Giora Carmi
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Here and Now - Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil, Pastel 21.5 x 21.5 cm
Ken Crost
United States
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Bernette Derpaulian
United States
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Lucia - Oil Pastel 30 x 25 in.
Bernette Derpaulian
United States
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Mesmerized - Oil Pastel 25 x 30 in.
Bernette Derpaulian
United States
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The Poet - Oil Pastel 30 x 25 in.
Dr. Michael Durst
South Africa
Forever Together - Fractal Impressionism, Acrylic on Canvas 80 x 100 cm
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Judith Karr Eisinger
United States
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Triptych Into the Woods - Acrylic Ink 36 x 12 in.
Lilian R Engel
United States
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Reach - Painted Wood on Marble 17 x 11 x 9 in.
Lilian R Engel
United States
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Interim - Marble on Alabaster 9.25 x 10.25 x 7.25 in.
Lilian R Engel
United States
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Harlequin - Marble on Marble 14 x 10 x 7 in.
Martine Enselme
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Clame Plat, Gris - Photography Fine Art Print 80 x 120 cm
Switzerland
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Champagne - Mixed Media
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Slovenia Zdene Flerin
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Mikel Frank
United States
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Weeping Medusa - Oil on Canvas 30 x 40 in.
Argentina Mercedes Grassi King
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Anfibia - Digital Self Portrait
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Norway
Walking in Beauty - Acrylic and Collage on Canvas 40 x 50 cm
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Norway Gro Heining
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Peace Weaver - Acrylic on Canvas 65 x 81 cm
Tina Hellblom-Thibblin (Tinah)
Sweden
Beyond the Day, 2025 - Oil on Linen Canvas 73 x 83 cm
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Tina Hellblom-Thibblin (Tinah)
Sweden
Veiled Emotions, 2024/2025 - Oil on Linen Canvas 74 x 85 cm
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Mark Hellbusch
Germany
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By the Campfire - Acrylics and Oils, Wall Sculpture 100 x 110 cm
Kateland Henson
United States
Reading Nook - Digital Photography 8 x 10 in.
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Isabel Herrera
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Spring Echoes in My Block - Polaroid Impression Diptych on Fine Art Paper 100 x 60 cm
Guatemala
Isabel Herrera
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A Serene Ripple at Dawn - Polaroid Impression Diptych on Metalized Fine Art Paper 200 x 100 cm
Guatemala
Greg Holden
United States
Motion One - Digital Media 11 x 17 in.
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Under the Summer Roses - Pastels on Paper 56 x 76 cm
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Norway
Kristin Holm Dybvig
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Sunlit Shorts, Shadowed Trails - Pastels on Paper 20 x 20 cm
Norway
Kristin Holm Dybvig
Find Me Between Hill and Sky - Pastels on Paper 76 x 112 cm
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Norway
Kristin Holm Dybvig
Colourful View - Pastels on Paper 40 x 60 cm
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Kristin Holm Dybvig
Italy Symona Colina
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Doors of Perception - Oil on Canvas 80 x 90 cm
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Mehrnosh Kaecker
Uber Driver in London - Mixed Media Germany
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I Don’t Belong Here IV - Oil on Canvas 122 x 152 cm
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I Don’t Belong Here I - Oil on Canvas 122 x 152 cm
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United States Oleg Kedria
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Astronomia - Mixed Media
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Stormy Sky - Oil on MDF
12 x 16 in.
United Kingdom
Universe - Acrylic on Canvas 14 x 18 in.
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Blossoming
United Kingdom
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Harmony in Chaos - Acrylics on Canvas 10 x 10 in.
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France Hassiba Kessaci
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Sweet Child - Blind Little Devil - Ink, Dip Pen and Mixed Media on Paper 50 x 40 cm
Despina Kyriacou
United Kingdom
Chipped Wood Pieces - Photographic Color Print 20 x 24 in.
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Despina Kyriacou
United Kingdom
Intricate Highlights of Nature - Photographic Color Print 20 x 24 in.
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Orna L. Brock
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Untitled (The Dead Sea Series), 2016 - Acrylic on Canvas 35 x 45 cm
Israel
Tamara Lamber
Belgium
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Amsterdam on My Mind - New Media
Jill Lear
United States
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30° 35’ 43” N 92° 04’ 13” W Seven Brothers Oak VII
Charcoal, Acrylic, Watercolor, Japanese Paper, Washi Tape on Paper 45 x 60 in.
Michael Lee
United States
Straight from the Pot - Photography 16 x 20 in.
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Vegetate - Wool, Mohair Dimensions Variable
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Exquisite and Nature - Oil on Panel 24 x 15.5 in.
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Dancer Image - Oil on Canvas 24 x 18 in.
Qingzhu Lin
United States
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Meditation - Oil on Canvas 24 x 18 in.
Qingzhu Lin
United States
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Old Man - Oil on Canvas 24 x 18 in.
Melissa Lohr
United States
Longing - Mixed Media
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Susan Mikutowski
United States
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Ponciana Pods - Mixed Media
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Yata Crow - Water and Mixed Media on Paper 54 x 39.3 cm
Japan
Tahara Mio
Ignacio Montano
United States
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Ignacio Montano
United States
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Ignacio Montano
United States
Vienna, Beethoven’s Funeral - Digital Print (Mars)
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Ignacio Montano
United States
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Newtzsche in Rome - Digital Print (Mars)
William T. Moore III
United States
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Avian Pearl - Soft Maple, Epoxy, Polywipe 16 x 24 x 10 in.
William T. Moore III
United States
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Avian Pearl - Ink Wash Drawing on Arches Paper 24 x 18 in.
William T. Moore III
United States
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Avian Samurai - Soft Maple, Epoxy, Polywipe 24 x 11 x 14 in.
William T. Moore III
United States
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Avian Samurai - Ink Wash Drawing on Arches Paper 18 x 24 in.
L. Scooter Morris
United States
Masterful Minds We Are the People - Acrylic and Mixed Media 60 x 48 in.
L. Scooter Morris
United States
I Really Live Here-3 - Acrylic and Mixed Media 14 x 14 in.
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Spark - Acrylic Inks on Paper 13 x 22 in.
Sushila Oliphant
United States
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The Overlook - Acrylic on Wood Panel 9 x 12 in.
Sushila Oliphant
United States
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Pinnacles - Acrylic on Plywood 24 x 24 in.
Australia Bernie Ornig
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A Star is Born - Oil on Canvas 100 x 100 cm
José Ángel Palao
Spain
Rail 2 (Railways Series) - Photography and Digital Art 11.7 x 16.5 in.
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Dimitra Papageorgiou
Memory Boxes 1 - Mixed Media on Canvas 70 x 80 cm Greece
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France BPineau
Violence and the Living (Violences et Vivant) - Oil on Canvas 92 x 130 cm
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Life Is Beautiful (La Vie est Belle) - Oil on Canvas 92 x 130 cm
Theresa Colleen Poalucci
United States
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Curious Coyote - Mixed Media Digitized 30 x 40 in.
Theresa Colleen Poalucci
United States
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Canada Cher Pruys
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Sweet Oranges - Acrylic on 300LB Hot Press 7 x 9.75 in.
Rasos Creativity Trips
Lithuania
Jewelry Created “For Endangered Coral Reefs” - Aluminum, Silver 925 (Wearable or Interior Design Detail)
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United States
2 Quattro Weak Force & Electromagnetic Force - Mixed Media 50 x 25 in.
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Jalal Quinn
United States
4 Quattro Strong Force & Electromagnetic Force - Mixed Media
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Jalal Quinn
United States
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Zen Koi - Gold Leaf, Acrylic and Collage on Wood Panel 24 x 24 in.
Amy Rattner
United States
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The Dance - Gold Leaf, Acrylic and Collage on Wood Panel 24 x 24 in.
Amy Rattner
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Blue Blues, 2023 - Acrylic on Canvas 100 x 80 cm
Denmark
Natalia Rose
Sonia Indelicato Roseval
Samurai 1 - Freehand Ink Drawing on Acid-Free Watercolor Paper 71.12 x 55.88 cm
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Canada
Sonia Indelicato Roseval
Samurai 2 - Freehand Ink Drawing on Acid-Free Watercolor Paper 71.12 x 55.88 cm
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Canada
Rita Schoonmaker
United States
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Rita Schoonmaker
United States
NonConformity -
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Acrylic 18 x 14 x 1.5 in.
Rita Schoonmaker
United States
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Tempest - Acrylic 20 x 16 x 1.5 in.
Seitanidou
Entities - Engraving, Linoleum Printing on Handmade Paper 20 x 15 cm Greece
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Israel Deborah Sfez
Me
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and the Sea - Digital Photography of a Collage 80 x 107 cm
Deborah Sfez
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My Mother’s Bleu Dress - Digital Photography of a Collage 80 x 104 cm
Israel
Sherez
United States
We the Light 3 - Bronze, Resin, Mixed Media 71 x 43 x 37 in. / 180 x 110 x 95 cm
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Light Being 13 - Resin and Mixed Media 22 x 3 x 3 in. / 56 x 8 x 8 cm
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Light Being 9 - Resin and Mixed Media 20 x 3 x 3 in. / 51 x 8 x 8 cm
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Angelė Šimoliūnienė
Accompanied by Spirits - Acrylic on Paper 64 x 44 cm Lithuania
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Deities - Acrylic on Paper 64 x 44 cm
Claudia Claire Simpson-Jones
United States
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Bluebell Woodland - Watercolor 15 x 11 in.
India Neena Singh
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Tricia Skoglund
United States
Pathways to the Sea - Mixed Media
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States Marius Starkey
United
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Ocean Series - Mixed Media
Ingrid Steckelberg
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Ingrid Steckelberg
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Henry Beckham Stewart
United States
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Fun Sun - Acrylic on Canvas 80 x 58 in.
Henry Beckham Stewart
United States
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Gathering - Acrylic on Canvas 80 x 58 in.
United States Mary Taylor
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Bald Eagle - Stainless Steel 144 x 48 x 36 in.
United States Mary Taylor
Imminence - Stainless Steel, Paint 34 x 64 x 27 in.
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Leigh Ann Thomas
United States
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Rose Colored Glasses - Mixed Media
Leigh Ann Thomas
United States
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Flag - Mixed Media
Marion Tubiana
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The Fisherman (Le Pêcheur) - Oil on Canvas 50 x 100 cm
France
John Van Brakel
Netherlands
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Blue Heart - Mixed Media
Dorothea Van De Winkel
Belgium
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Blue Landscape I, 2018 - Mixed Media
Dorothea Van De Winkel
Belgium
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Blue Landscape II, 2018 - Mixed Media
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Standing Woman - Acrylic on Canvas 120 x 90 cm
Devotional Love - Acrylic on Canvas 90 x 77 cm
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Girl in Red Dress - Acrylics on Canvas 80 x 60 cm
United States Alex Z. Wang
Threshold of Silence - Mixed Media
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Watanabe
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Croquis Nude-1 - Watercolor 27 x 38 cm
Japan
Hiromi
United States
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Forest Road - Oil 16 x 20 in.
Carole Weitz
United States
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Rebirth - Collage Mixed Media on Paper 25 x 25 in.
Carole Weitz
United States
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Revival - Collage Mixed Media 22 x 30 in.
Shirley Werner
Canada
Appesring - Mixed Media on Canvas 24 x 36 in.
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Max Werner
United States
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The Secret Door - Acrylic on Canvas 27 x 32.5 in.
Max Werner
United States
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Hole in the Clouds - Acrylic on Canvas 40.5 x 32 in.
United States
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American Chaos - Acrylic 8 x 8 in.
Steven B. Wills
United States
Masterful Minds The Coast - Mixed Media
United States
Fight Number 12 - Mixed Media
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Stillness and Significance: Art and the Quiet Moment
by the Editors
In a world increasingly defined by speed, noise, and digital saturation, art offers a rare sanctuary—a place where time slows, attention deepens, and presence becomes possible. For both creators and viewers, the act of engaging with art represents more than aesthetic pleasure; it becomes a meaningful counterbalance to the fragmented pace of modern life. Art holds space for silence and reflection, and within that space, something essential is restored.
For artists, the studio is not only a site of production—it is a refuge. It is where the outside world falls away, and intuition is allowed to guide the hand. In these quiet hours, far from scrolling feeds or instant feedback, the work unfolds with honesty and integrity. There is a deep value in this kind of solitude: a space where ideas can be cultivated without pressure, where emotional truths can emerge without interruption. The physical act of making—shaping clay, moving pigment, carving wood—returns the body to rhythm, breath, and touch. In this return to the senses, artists reconnect with themselves.
Viewers, too, benefit from the invitation to step out of the digital current and into the contemplative presence that art requires. Standing before a painting, wandering through a gallery, or even pausing to consider a piece in a quiet corner of a home, we are asked to be still.
In these moments, art becomes not a distraction but a mirror— offering insight, stirring memory, or simply allowing the mind to rest. The experience is intimate and interior, often wordless, yet deeply resonant. It is in these pauses that we often feel most human.
At the societal level, the presence of art serves a larger purpose. It reminds us that nuance matters, that beauty has value, and that not everything must be explained or optimized. Art resists simplification. It welcomes ambiguity, cultivates empathy, and allows us to consider different perspectives without needing to resolve them. In a culture of rapid opinion and constant reaction, the slow gaze of art is a radical gesture—a way to reclaim depth in an age of brevity.
The enduring gift of art lies in its capacity to carve out quiet, meaningful moments in a noisy world. Whether through creation or contemplation, art allows for connection that runs beneath the surface—connection to self, to others, and to something larger than either. In the stillness it offers, we find space to feel, to reflect, and to simply be. And in that quiet, we remember not just who we are, but who we might yet become.
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“Art is where beauty and truth meet—not to escape life, but to reveal it more clearly.”
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by Leigh Ann Thomas