Diana Păunescu is a Romanian visual artist, curator, and PhD candidate in Painting at the "George Enescu" National University of Arts in Iași. Combining painting, graphics, and academic research, Păunescu has exhibited widely in Romania and internationally, including in Italy, with recent solo exhibitions centred on themes of perception and memory. Alongside an active exhibition practice, Păunescu teaches painting at the "Dunărea de Jos" University of Galați, curates contempo

Anano Gogaladze is a Georgian artist and photographer whose work explores a visual exploration of identity, emotional transformation, and the search for inner light. Combining ethereal visual aesthetics with symbolic and introspective themes, her practice often focuses on the tension between reality and inner perception. Alongside digital art, her photography captures natural environments in ways that resemble painted landscapes, reflecting a deeply personal and immersive way

Hanne is an American-British contemporary painter (b. 1984, Pittsburgh, PA, USA) based in London, England. Working primarily with acrylics, she creates abstract paintings shaped by memory, atmosphere, and a sustained engagement with the natural world. With formal training in Graphic Design (BFA, MA) and a background in creative direction, she brings a refined sensitivity to form, colour, and composition to her painterly language. Rooted in memories of the northern Appalachian

Emma Holmes is a multidisciplinary painter working across oils, gouache, watercolour, and acrylic. Inspired by the world around her, Holmes explores the idea of place through cultural artefacts, architecture, and the natural landscape. Alongside a career in set design and art departments, the practice is shaped by storytelling, atmosphere, and world-building, with careful attention given to colour, composition, and detail. By translating real environments into imagined spaces

Since moving to the North East of England in 2014, Heather has built a vibrant creative practice rooted in her passion for lino printmaking, colour, and storytelling. Her journey into printmaking began as a deeply personal one: what started as a therapeutic exploration quickly became a life-changing passion. By 2022, she made the bold decision to leave behind a career in teaching and commit fully to life as a self-employed artist. Heather Moore has been a practising artist si

Krystyna Vinogorodska is a multidisciplinary artist, researcher, and psychologist whose practice explores the intersection of visual art, philosophy, and human emotion. Working within the fields of Quantum Surrealism and Metaphysical Realism, Vinogorodska creates conceptual oil paintings that investigate consciousness, cosmology, and emotional transformation. Internationally recognised, Vinogorodska has received awards including the Caravaggio International Prize and the Reno

'I was born on 19th February 1999, in Braniștea, Galați, Romania, as a single child. I lived my life getting to know and understand art by myself, without specialized mentoring or guidance. I didn’t even go to a vocational high school (to better study visual arts) because I was told art is not a realistic future. But getting to college, I chose to study not just letters, which I really liked, but also visual arts – painting, getting a Bachelor’s Degree in both. After a Master

Nino is a contemporary self-taught multimedia artist whose creative practice investigates internal psychology, existential thresholds, and structural disconnection. Deeply engaged with academic perspectives and philosophical concepts of transformation, she translates complex conceptual ideas into highly visceral visual expressions. Her work focuses on the raw, unshielded realities of environments and human absence, utilizing stark black-and-white photography to capture the flu

Ivelina Ivanova is a documentary photographer based in Bulgaria. Her work is dedicated to the intersection of mental health, social and civic engagement, and visual storytelling. Her practice focuses on the therapeutic potential of photography, utilizing creative expression to navigate difficult emotions and catalyze social change. She is dedicated to documenting the processes of resilience, social trends and personal transformation. “Anatomy of Strength” is a photographic pr

Kerrigan is a Texas-born artist living in California. She has two cats, Nytrogen Promethium and Cosima Adenine. She hopes to bring awareness to mental health, addiction, abuse, and familiarity with the human experience. She is studying Art Therapy at Lindenwood University. She has loved art since she even knew what to call the process. She attended art studio classes in high school and eventually switched to an art degree in college. She works with wood sculptures, analog and

Drawing remains one of the most immediate and enduring forms of artistic expression. Long before ideas become paintings, sculptures, installations, or digital works, they often begin as a line on paper—a gesture that records observation, imagination, curiosity, or emotion. Yet drawing is far more than a preparatory process. It is an independent artistic language capable of communicating complexity through the simplest of marks. This Special Edition of Collect Art Magazine is

Collect Art is pleased to present the latest Seasonal Edition of the magazine. Bringing together a fresh selection of artists, interviews, features, and creative perspectives, this issue celebrates the breadth of contemporary artistic practice without being bound by a single theme. Instead, the Summer Issue offers space for discovery, inviting readers to explore diverse voices, ideas, and approaches from across the creative community.

The ‘Breathing Beings’ & ‘Story of Elapsed Time & Absorption’ drawings offer a visual investigation into the multiple breathing organisms populating our planet. Stemming from investigations into carbon-based life on our planet, these drawings often depict the Earth as a complex breathing machine of nature, with multiple carbon-based components regulating the gases in our atmosphere. Alongside investigations into the carbon-based building blocks of these organisms, the drawing

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

Katie Lee is a Leeds-born, Liverpool-based multidisciplinary artist and creative with a BA in Fine Art: Painting from the University of the Arts London. Her practice spans painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, and installation, and explores fragmented, assemblage-based, and layered approaches to image-making. Drawing on psychogeography, her work considers how experiences of space are constructed, navigated and understood. Series of ‘States of Light’ This body of work

Natalie Jane is a queer artist living and working in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Working primarily with oil pastels and wax pastels, the practice centres on illustrations of natural forms inspired by the surrounding landscape. Experimentation with colour offers a way of appreciating the natural world while acknowledging that its beauty can never be fully replicated. Bold, expressive mark-making and the freedom to use any colour create space for an intuitive interpretation

The works in this series are a visual diary of my daily walks along Diani Beach in Kenya. The Indian Ocean is never the same; it is in a constant state of transformation, changing its colours, moods, and rhythms with the shifting light and tides. Alongside these coastal observations, I have included paintings inspired by the visit to Tsavo National Park. The spectacular sunrises and sunsets, together with the richness of the landscape, create an ever-changing palette of extra

Caroline Perkins is a contemporary artist based in Hampshire. She studied Fine Art at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, and is a Royal College of Art graduate, QEST scholar and Chapel Arts Studios associate. She is the founder of Unity Art Studio in Andover, an artist-led studio and gallery space supporting contemporary artists in the region.