New Zealand artist Emma Bass transforms the tradition of still-life into a powerful meditation on healing, impermanence, and beauty. In this interview, she shares how her background in nursing, her passion for flowers, and her exploration of decay and collaboration continue to shape her evolving practice.

Lisa Alonzo’s unique painting technique blends beauty with difficult truths, using frosting-like textures to explore themes of consumption, deception, and the evolving role of AI in art.