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Wendy A. Born

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.

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Nicolle Cure

Nicolle Cure’s mixed-media abstract paintings delve into the delicate intersection of sound, emotion, and visual form, inspired by her personal journey with Ménière’s disease. Featured in the “Lightness of Being” exhibition, her work invites viewers into quiet moments of introspection and resilience, revealing beauty in stillness and transformation.

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Chen Gao

Chen Gao is a Chinese interdisciplinary artist whose work embraces ambiguity, sensory memory, and emotional presence. Featured in the Lightness of Being virtual exhibition, Gao’s practice spans photography, sound, performance, and tactile materials—inviting viewers into contemplative spaces where personal discovery and collective resonance quietly unfold.

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IsaC

Featured in Create! Magazine’s Lightness of Being exhibition, this artist merges feminine forms with rich natural elements to explore themes of vulnerability, ecology, and transformation. Her work invites viewers into a contemplative space where the human and natural worlds seamlessly intertwine, reminding us of our shared responsibility to care for the Earth.

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Eva Christensen

Eva Christensen’s watercolor paintings capture fleeting domestic moments and the deep connection between humans and their canine companions. Featured in AQ Volume VI, her Stay series uses narrative and light to explore love, loss, and the passage of time within Maritime settings.

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Katie Rodgers

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.

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Irina Forrester

Irina Forrester is a Russian-born British artist whose work spans still lifes, landscapes, and portraits. Featured in AQ Volume VI, she brings together oils and mixed media techniques, capturing life with sincerity while exploring new artistic possibilities through color, texture, and form.

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Ghia Haddad

Ghia Haddad bridges fine art, fiber traditions, and cultural research in her dynamic practice. Featured as an AQ Volume VI artist, her work reclaims marginalized histories and voices through embroidery, paint, and textile-based narratives that confront identity and social justice.

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Saskia Thurner

Saskia Thurner’s recent work shines a spotlight on bodies often overlooked, portraying older and fuller-bodied figures in swimwear with tenderness and dignity. Her paintings invite viewers to reconsider conventional beauty and embrace the quiet strength found in everyday moments. In AQ Volume VI, discover an artist whose journey through adversity fuels a deeply honest and intimate creative expression.

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Maddie Dunn

Meet Maddie Dunn, a California-based artist whose expressive oil paintings merge historical portraiture with contemporary reflections on identity and self-perception. In AQ Volume VI, Maddie discusses how her practice evolved through personal transformation and how her work invites viewers to question societal expectations and internal narratives.

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Jin Liu

Jin Liu’s paintings balance realism and the surreal, capturing in-between states inspired by dreams and hypnagogic visuals. In AQ Volume VI, she shares her creative process, influences, and the quiet persistence that fuels her distinctive work.

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Debbie Lawson

Debbie Lawson’s art reveals quiet magic through surreal sculptures that intertwine animals with historic textiles. Drawing from her Scottish heritage and fascination with domestic objects, her work invites viewers into theatrical narratives that challenge perception and celebrate material history. Explore her journey and recent projects featured in AQ Volume VI.

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M.E. Leaver

Discover the vibrant mixed media paintings of M.E. Leaver, a Davidson, North Carolina artist featured in AQ Volume VI. Her work explores the beauty that emerges from life’s chaos, using oil, ink, watercolor, and acrylic to create contemporary and abstract pieces meant to uplift and inspire viewers.

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Alicia Staley Johnson

Alicia Staley Johnson’s work blends classical still life influence with modern photographic storytelling. Featured in AQ Volume VI, her richly textured images celebrate the quiet wonder in ordinary moments—highlighting the interplay of light, florals, and heirlooms crafted in her Midwest studio.

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Isabel Paget

Isabel Paget’s multidisciplinary work examines the fragile boundaries between permanence and impermanence, inviting viewers to engage with the elasticity of reality. Her interactive sculptures, including the acclaimed Sands of Time, merge philosophy and science to explore how time and identity warp under pressure. Discover how Paget’s art opens new pathways for reflection on contemporary life’s unseen forces.

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Silvana A. Manoliu

Romanian artist Silvana A. Manoliu channels the quiet magic of everyday nature through bold, modern impressionist paintings. Her handmade wooden panels and vibrant colorwork capture fleeting moments—like watering a garden or fresh snowfall—inviting viewers to slow down and reconnect with the beauty of transience.

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Kirsten Geyer (aka KSTAN)

Kirsten Geyer, known as KSTAN, creates oil paintings that blend precise realism with expressive abstraction, inspired by vintage photographs from the 1960s and 70s. Her work invites viewers to rediscover everyday beauty through color, atmosphere, and memory.

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Greer Wilkins

Greer Wilkins’ evocative Still Life Series reflects her journey from Nashville to Maine, using detailed realism and emotional tension to explore themes of home, memory, and belonging. Her work invites viewers into intimate, often uneasy conversations about identity and connection through richly layered compositions.

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Allison Clements

Meet Allison Clements, a painter whose colorful floral works are inspired by cherished personal moments and a deep-rooted belief in trusting the creative process. Featured in AQ Volume VI, her art invites viewers into joyful, light-filled spaces that celebrate beauty, memory, and experimentation.

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Lisa River Schenkelberg

Lisa River Schenkelberg’s ceramic work embodies a tactile dialogue between artist and material, weaving together motifs like spirals, root systems, and mycelial networks to symbolize life’s interdependent cycles. Featured in AQ Volume VI, her practice invites viewers to reflect on our deep connection with nature and each other.