Johanne Bossmann paints without brushes. Working exclusively with her hands, she spreads highly diluted acrylics across raw canvas until the pigment merges with the textile fibers in a process that is, as she puts it, irreversible and honest. The result is a series of ethereal, flowing horizons that function less as landscapes and more as invitations to breathe.

Marketa Hopkins paints movement, patience, and the gradual passage of time into every brushstroke. In her studio she developed a signature technique that gives her large-scale acrylic works their distinctive visual rhythm, balancing the elegance of darker tones with the warmth and energy of her more luminous pieces.

When motherhood fragmented her studio time, Rachel Kate Darling found a new way in. Walking the pram along her local coastline, she turned to her iPad and discovered that two spare minutes between nappy changes was enough to capture an atmosphere. The result was the Peninsula collection, and a practice that now holds both digital and canvas work side by side.

Rebecca Santry paints the Pacific Northwest the way it feels from the inside. In her Soft Fascination series, layered brushstrokes and an earthy palette translate nature's quiet rhythms into a visual meditation, an invitation to slow down, breathe, and reconnect.

Jennye Stubblefield’s aerial landscape paintings explore the intersection of abstraction and realism through sweeping perspectives of nature. Working in oil, her practice reflects on the sublime, memory, and the emotional experience of viewing the earth from above.

Allison McClay’s paintings explore solitude, memory, and the fragile balance between humanity and the natural world. Working in layered acrylic on wood, her practice reflects on meditative states and landscapes shaped by beauty, crisis, and reflection.

Anouk Wolse’s paintings inhabit a space between landscape and psychology, where natural environments reflect emotional states and human presence. Through subtle color, composition, and ambiguous narratives, her work explores memory, tension, and our shifting relationship to nature.

Emi Avora’s practice bridges Greek heritage and life in Asia, weaving together interior spaces, still life, and landscape into layered compositions. Her paintings explore identity, mythology, and perception through color, scale, and symbolic encounters between objects and forms.

Emma Mclaughlin, a contemporary painter based in Miami, transforms her weekly walks into a vibrant exploration of emotion, memory, and introspection. Her Neon Nature Trail series uses square canvases and dynamic color shifts to create modular, reflective landscapes that invite viewers to trace their own inner journeys.

Bay Area artist Ali Hall paints landscapes that feel remembered rather than observed. Working in acrylic, her atmospheric compositions draw from California’s coastline to explore emotional healing, inner reflection, and the way place shapes memory. Through softened forms, intuitive mark-making, and gentle color transitions, Hall invites viewers into intimate moments of stillness and connection.

Sandra Attales’ botanical and landscape paintings capture the beauty of place and memory. Drawing from her childhood in the Florida Keys, her work explores identity, narrative, and the enduring romance of the natural world.

Paige DeVries turns everyday walks through her New Orleans neighborhood into vibrant paintings that highlight the relationship between humans and their environment. Her work observes how choices shape landscapes, blending humor, quiet beauty, and reflection on suburban life

Vancouver Island-based photographer Bri Vandyke presents her atmospheric, abstract seascapes in the Lightness of Being virtual exhibition. Using Intentional Camera Movement (ICM), she translates the rhythm, light, and emotion of the coast into evocative imagery that invites quiet reflection. Vandyke’s work transforms landscapes into experiences, capturing both the seen and the felt in a meditative exploration of nature’s quiet power.

With roots in children's book illustration and a passion for vibrant, observational painting, Wendy captures the quiet magic of northern New Jersey's scenery in her textured, light-filled works. Her dynamic compositions—featuring reflections, shadows, and glowing color—offer a sense of peace and presence that resonates with the theme of Create! Magazine's Lightness of Being virtual exhibition.

Canadian artist Katie Rodgers creates dynamic acrylic paintings that blend abstract and representational styles. Featured in AQ Volume VI, her work captures the mood and memory of landscapes through bold colour, expressive texture, and imaginative interpretations of place.

Los Angeles-based painter Holly Boruck shares her Landscape Series in AQ Volume VI, where abstraction, rhythm, and color create dreamy, introspective worlds. Through her paintings, Boruck invites viewers into imagined environments that reflect on the human psyche, balance, and beauty found in imperfection.

Chloe Saron’s ethereal oil paintings use abstraction and blurred forms to evoke nostalgia and quiet introspection. Drawing from memories and emotion rather than reference images, her work reflects a bold rebellion against realism and offers a peaceful antidote to the pace of modern life.

Pamela Trail starts every painting without a plan. A line, a wash of color, a simple shape, and then the canvas takes over. Her layered acrylic works sit between abstraction and landscape, pulling in geometric forms alongside fluid, exploratory marks shaped by years of living near Colorado mountains, the ocean, and the expansive skies of Idaho.

Born in Belgium, raised in Canada, and now based in Australia, Isabelle Devos paints the threshold between wilderness and human habitation. Her atmospheric landscapes, shaped by exploration and sensitivity to light, invite viewers to pause and reconnect with a sense of wonder in the ordinary.

Jennifer L Mohr (she/her) is an artist investigating introspection, belonging, and nature in her acrylic paintings. Pushing beyond personal and found photographic reference, Jennifer creates imagined meadow scenes as a response to memory and feeling. Her paintings explore themes of self-reflection and introspection through grounding and intimate images of her beloved Prairie landscape. Jennifer holds a B.F.A. in painting from the University of Saskatchewan and her paintings have been acquired by collectors across Canada, the United States, and beyond.

She lives and works in Airdrie, Alberta.