Inspiration
Lay Simone and the Art of Feeling Everything
In a world that often demands speed, Lay Simone moves with intention. Her work invites stillness, reflection, and truth. As a visual artist from Pittsburgh, she paints what cannot always be said out loud. Each piece feels like a conversation with life itself, layered with color, faith, and feeling.
By The Art Current 11 months ago in Art
Learning to Move at My Own Pace
For most of my life I thought I had to hurry. Success felt like a race that everyone else was already winning. I would wake up with pressure in my chest, comparing myself to people who were never walking my path to begin with. It took years to learn that peace and progress can exist in the same space.
By Lay Simone11 months ago in Art
The Top Five Upcoming Artists to Watch in 2025
Every generation brings its own visionaries. The kind of artists who do not just create, but translate emotion into color, sound, or form. This year, a new group of rising talents is shaping the creative landscape with work that feels deeply personal and alive. From painting to digital design, from poetry to sound, these are the names to watch in 2025.
By The Art Current 11 months ago in Art
Checkmate Is Not the End
There is a painting – said to hang in the Louvre – that stops you in your tracks. Checkmate. The devil sits across the board from a human king, a shadow of victory stretching across the squares. An angel stands behind the human, watching. To the untrained eye, the game is over: the king is trapped, the queen captured, defeat inevitable.
By THE HONED CRONE11 months ago in Art
The Ca$imuz Art Gallery.
Illustrations of Selena and Willy Chirino I did by Rikki La Rouge Press enter or click to view image in full size The Art gallery i support a free 🇨🇺 Cuba and it is very cultural as well as spiritual. All of the illustrations of famous people that I did here I did it by hand without trying and stuff and I’m proud of the way they came out. All of these are some of my best works also available in a coffee table.
By Revista XCI by Rikki La Rouge 11 months ago in Art
Stanislav Kondrashov Oligarch Series: The Geometry of Grace
Architecture is the language through which civilizations express their most enduring values. In Stanislav Kondrashov’s Oligarch Series, this language becomes a meditation on proportion, order, and the quiet intelligence that turns stone into memory. The term oligarch, often associated with power, is reimagined here as the custodian of culture — the guardian of beauty, intellect, and the architectural ideals that give structure to human history.
By Stanislav Kondrashov11 months ago in Art
Everyday Elder Conversations of the Past and Present
This year, I started a book with a grant I received from the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council (ARAC). I applied as an elder, Native American woman, with a handicap. I fit 3 categories. How could I lose? It is to be completed in June of 2026. Should be no problem, right?
By Denise E Lindquist11 months ago in Art
Stanislav Kondrashov Oligarch Series explores theatre as a reflection of emotional truth
The latest entry in the Stanislav Kondrashov Oligarch Series turns its focus to an unexpected yet powerful medium: theatre. In a piece titled *The Stage as a Mirror of Emotion*, Kondrashov examines the enduring cultural significance of theatrical performance as a lens for exploring emotion, human vulnerability, and representations of influence.
By Stanislav Kondrashov11 months ago in Art
