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Interview with Leila Ataya by Galya Mladenova

Leila Ataya was born in Russia, Moscow in 1979. From a very young age her life was strongly influenced by art. In 1995 she was accepted into Arts College in Russia, Moscow and continued her studies in watercolour and drawing.
In 1996 she moved with her family to New Zealand [...]

Interview with Sue Nichol by Galya Mladenova

Sue Nichol is a British artist who paints places with which she has strong associations and knows very well. She’s attracted to the ‘edges of the land’ – fabulous and varied coastlines or the rocky edges found throughout the British landscape. She paints using oils, acrylics and ink [...]

A Vanya Nikolaeva’s interview with the artist Mona Youssef
I am happy to present you Mona Youssef – an inspiring person and a wonderful artist, whose art lifts the spirit like a feather in spring.
Mona Youssef is a jury member of the international contest for visual arts “Light as Inspiration” (15 March 2010-15 April 2010), [...]

An interview with artist Sophie Holstein by Maya Kolarova

Photo: Personal archive

Sophie Holstein – biography notes and artist statement
I was born in 1983 in North of Germany. After I graduated from high school in 2003, I moved to Madrid for half a year to learn Spanish. I was curious to discover new places. Afterwards i [...]

An interview with artist Tiphaine de Bodman by Maya Kolarova

Photo: Personal archive

Tiphaine has been trained in illustration and graphics, with an ongoing passion for drawing, and obtained an MA in Communication Design from Central Saint Martins in 2007.
Tiphaine’s approach to drawing is unique in its meticulousness and compulsiveness.
The laborious hours spent on sketching, as [...]

An interview with painter Jill Mulleady by Maya Kolarova
Jill Mulleady – “a whirlpool of complex emotions”

Photo: Personal archive

Jill Mulleady (born 1980 in Uruguay) is a painter based in London. She studied theatre at Jacques Lecoq School (2002-03), Paris and MA Fine Arts at Chelsea College of Arts, London (2007–09).
Jill Mulleady’s paintings combine figuration and [...]

Mariana Velichkova’s interview with the artist Anna Doherty

When and how did you realize that painting is your vocation?
Basically most people know within themselves what they are good at. The same goes for me. I’ve always been artistic, but I did not pursue an artistic career until later in my life. I did not know what [...]

Vanya Nikolaeva’s interview with the artist Christo Kuzmanov

Christo Kuzmanov was born in Sofia, but has been living and creating art for 18 years in Sweden. His paintings have been exhibited in galleries in the USA, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Bulgaria. He has taken part in charitable exhibitions and many connoisseurs own pieces of his art.
Christo [...]

Natalia Nikolaeva’s interview with Albena Popova

“She indeed was not She
She could talk with clouds
She played at hide-and-seek and
Fumbled the pockets of moods…”
Albena Popova
Our readers are familiar with Albena Popova’s original and unexpected whims, with her artistic surprises, with her collages, the colourful things she creates. Her experiments with words and plastic arts play with fantasy—when [...]

Interview with Christine Kuhn by Katerina Stoykova-Klemer and Vanya Nikolaeva

Christine Kuhn is a visual artist, activist and art instructor based in Lexington, KY. As an artist, Christine is interested in exploring topics which (outside of the realm of examinations of pathological states) are “swept under the rug” of modern western civilization. She investigates violence, [...]

Vanya Nikolaeva

Paul Biddle is an English Fine Art Photographer, whose work is beyond the limits of imagination. It opens the gates of an extraordinary world where everything you see could hardly be forgotten.

“My inspiration and influences range from Renaissance art to Dadaism and Surrealism, from Picasso to the flotsam and jetsam that I pick [...]

Jerry Ratch

Photo: chefranden
A canister of unused laughter taken from the mouth of a baby not yet born
A splinter of wood from a cross, perfectly preserved in dark tea
taken from the belly of a dead Irishman
A milky vial of smog taken from the air of Los Angeles circa 1965
A lock of hair [...]

Alan Rosin

Photo: daquellamanera
Nanci was a force of nature. She had thick chestnut brown hair, green eyes and was nearly 5′ 10″ tall. She exuded confidence and style. When we were together, people’s attention was always focused on her, which was just fine with me.
Her father designed and manufactured fine jewelry, and was very wealthy. His [...]

Vanya Nikolaeva

Andre Demers is a 36 years old painter from Montreal, whose paintings are associated with Pop Art and Optical art, but he is inspired by constructivism and surrealism. He has given his work the name of Pop-Op art.
Andre Demers has been painting for more than 14 years now. He has completed his studies in [...]

Interview with Artist Iliana Ivanova by Natalia Nikolaeva

After having presented a small virtual exhibition with paintings of the young artist Iliana Ivanova, I suggest that we try to see in my interview with her, her point of view about art and the meaning painting has in her life.