Flowers have followed humanity through every chapter of its visual history. They have been painted as offerings and symbols, studied as scientific specimens, woven into myth, politics, grief, devotion, and desire. In art, the floral form has never been merely decorative; it has carried coded meanings, emotional weight, and cultural memory. In Volume 96 of Collect Art, dedicated to the theme Floral, we return to this enduring subject not as a genre of the past, but as a living

Natalie established her professional painting career upon relocating to Shropshire in 2003, following comprehensive studies in Fine Art and postgraduate work in Stage and Set Design. Originally from Cheshire, she cultivated a passion for drawing from an early age. The floral shop opened by her parents provided further artistic inspiration; unsold flowers brought home became her frequent subjects, often rendered life-sized with colored pencils, a formative stage in her develop

Wurm is an artist, educator, and curator engaged in expanding the community forum for contemporary art dialogue. Having lived in California, where she received a B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles, and Europe, where she received an M.A.R.C.A. from the Royal College of Art in London, Jan Wurm has honed an eye for social patterns and conventions. She currently divides her time between Berkeley and L.A. and her hand between drawing and painting. As an artist, Wu

The Floral series operates as an investigation into colour and pictorial structure through the motif of flowers. Rather than functioning as descriptive representations, floral forms become vehicles for the negotiation of large chromatic fields, occupying a liminal position between figuration and abstraction. The genre’s renewed institutional visibility, evidenced by recent exhibitions such as those at the Saatchi Gallery in London, situates this work within a broader contempo

Richard Heley is a Painter, live performance painter, interactive painter with children, International performance poet, and storyteller: a wild surrealist, philosophical dreamer, beautiful colourist, and wacky storyteller with universal poetry.

Lewis Andrews moved to Leeds in 2016 to study a BA(Hons) in Fine Art at Leeds Arts University. After graduating in 2019, Lewis continued to work in Leeds. In 2022, Lewis completed his Postgraduate Fine Arts Degree also at Leeds Arts University, graduating with a Master's Degree in the Creative Arts. During his Master’s Degree, Lewis’s practice became deeply focused on the methodology of translating information and data from sources within science into artworks. Lewis has cont

Born in 1999 and raised in Bacau, Romania, Laura Candet is currently exploring the alarming increase in femicide in Romania and around the world. Experiencing the gender gap firsthand, her visual art conveys the frustration and powerful emotions felt during these turbulent times. With significant achievements in the artistic and academic fields, Laura Candet combines theoretical and practical study for a good artistic representation of her subjects. The artist has won multipl

Thomas is a photographer based in North West London. He graduated from the University for the Creative Arts with an Honours degree in Photography & Video in 2012 and specialises in horticultural & abstract photography.

Paola Bertoncini is a visual artist working primarily with digital collage. Her practice focuses on the fragmented body as a narrative space where identity, memory, and transformation intersect. Through the use of photographic fragments, geometric interventions, and organic elements, her work investigates themes of healing, visibility, and reconfiguration after trauma. Her ongoing series Body Fragments explores the body not as a unified form, but as an evolving structure shaped

Abibat Adedayo is a Nigerian artist, known for her expressive landscape paintings that capture nature’s beauty through color, light, and movement. Her work explores themes of transformation, serenity, and self-discovery, using landscapes as metaphors for personal and universal journeys. Her ongoing project, The Traveler’s Path to Serenity, documents moments of transition through bold compositions and rich hues. Abibat’s work has been exhibited internationally, including at th

Bahar Talebi Najafabadi is a visual artist from Isfahan, Iran, now based in London since 2023. She uses different methods to create her artwork, including charcoal, chalk, and oil painting. Bahar's artistic practice is defined by exploration; she embraces a diverse approach to express her emotions through oil paint. Her work reflects the transmission of human feeling, using colour, style, and pattern as essential means of communication with viewers. Currently, Bahar focuses on t

‘’My practice examines hidden emotional states, derealisation, and self-discovery. Through collage, digital media, and mixed-media techniques, I explore fragmented inner worlds where textures function as emotional material rather than representation. Rooted in an early inability to express inner experience, the work gives form to what once remained unspoken. Fragmentation and distortion reflect states of disconnection and quiet searching.’’

Lu Jin is a London-based independent fashion designer with an MA in Fashion Futures from the London College of Fashion. Her work focuses on sustainable practices and experimental material exploration, examining the relationships between fashion, materials, and socio-environmental contexts. Through a material-led approach, she treats fashion as a narrative medium that goes beyond aesthetics to question consumption, value, and sustainability.

Sacred Geometry exists at the intersection of art, mathematics, philosophy, and spirituality. It is both ancient and contemporary, rational and intuitive—a visual language that has travelled across civilizations, belief systems, and epochs, continuously re-emerging in new forms. In Collect Art Magazine, Special Edition Volume 95, we dedicate this issue to Sacred Geometry as a living artistic practice: one that investigates structure, harmony, and the invisible systems that sh

Josh Rendell is a local artist with a passion for nature, often seen walking through the countryside admiring the birds and animals on their travels. They have chosen photography as a medium due to its ease of accessibility; there are numerous creative options and different tools to experiment with. Photography is a great way of communicating creative visions with a technical mind.

Sam Scoggins is a multidisciplinary artist whose career spans fine art, photography, film, education, design, and technology. Born in 1958 in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, he has followed a diverse professional path shaped by both creative and academic pursuits. Scoggins began his formal art education with a Foundation Course at Filton Art College in Bristol in 1977, before earning a BA (Hons) in Photography, Film & TV from the London College of Printing (1977–1980). He went on

Alice Lenkiewicz is an artist working across visual media whose practice includes a series of geometric digital artworks exploring structure, rhythm, and symbolic form. These works developed from an interest in geometry as a visual language—one that reflects natural order, spiritual archetypes, and the underlying patterns that shape human experience. Working digitally enabled her to experiment with precision, symmetry, and repetition, while maintaining an intuitive rather tha

Eleni is an interdisciplinary artist and university student studying informatics in Greece. She has several years of training in traditional techniques, primarily still life, and has recently begun producing original conceptual works. Her practice spans diverse media, including pencil, charcoal, gouache, watercolor, and acrylics, and embraces multiple approaches, from personal and expressive pieces inspired by nature, such as landscapes and wildlife studies, to contemporary w