Check out a selection of visual art submissions for the month of September.

Badfuta is a self-taught trans artist residing in the United States. She is obsessed with Locra's conception of duende and strives to deliver work that feels organic. You can follow and contact her at https://twitter.com/badfuta_art

Bio

Emily Rankin was born in Riverside, California and attended university in Texas, where she received a BFA in 2011. Her body of work deals with the tangles of human emotion and understanding, the intuitive messages of dreaming and subconsious exploration. Her work has appeared in such publications as Gasher, Raw Art Review, Meat for Tea, Landlocked, and Rattle. She's based in New Mexico. eerankinart.com

Artist Statement

These pieces make up part of an ongoing series, Disintegral, which focuses on the alienating effects of dissociative disorders, in which the sufferer feels fragmented, solipsistic, and unreal. Disintegral seeks to capture these fragmentary feelings through a series of contour line self portraits, created with ink.

Bio

Scott Goldsteins first experiences as an artist was when he went to a painting class, and after that, dove right in and have been an avid painter since. Scott has used painting as a stress relief and mental break from the hectic life of a currently practicing Emergency Physician for the last 20 years. He has went on to study through practical hands-on experience, learning through trial and error and family/friend commissions. He has been published in and have been on the cover of numerous outlets. He primarily work with acrylics on canvas and experiment with coffee on paper.

Artist Statement

The medical themed pieces come from a life of working in the Emergency Department. Painting is a stress relief for me and the enjoyment others get from seeing them. It has taken me years to find an outlet and let my brain relax and deal with the stressors of life. When I paint, my brain “switches sides” and allows me to positively dissociate, leading me to relax while painting. It is therapeutic and relaxing in the moment and then later on, when others experience the finished piece, it's an added bolus of enjoyment.

Working to express sound, movement, and collective energy, Molly Klinger’s paintings often explore repetitive lines and distinct colors. A pervasive theme of her work is the exaggeration or alteration of colors as they would commonly appear. Molly is an 18-year old artist born and raised in Moscow, Idaho. instagram handle: @molly.roan

In 2008 Anton Amit graduated from college in Yenakiyevo (Ukraine) with a degree in design and worked as a sculptor and artist in a private company. In 2022 moved to Finland escaping from war in Ukraine. He had 4 exhibitions in Jyvaskyla region ( 2022) in collaboration with his wife, who is also an artist.