Author: Visionary Artistry Magazine

Jane Hammond: A Verbal and Visual Artist

All artists have different ways of interpreting the spaces around them. Often, there is a dichotomy between visual and verbal artists, with visual artists relying on the abstract and composition of objects to translate their thoughts to a medium. Verbal artists, authors, composers, and poets are more focused on an expository approach to their translations. However, there are those unique people that are able to cohesively blend both sides, and Artist Jane Hammond is one of them. Her paintings, prints, and photographs successfully borrow from the works of verbal artists to create a fusion of the abstract and analytical.

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Steven Victor: Discovering Breakout Artists

Steven Victor sees the music industry as more than just a numbers game. In the world of Spotify streams and YouTube views, he needs to see the artist as more than just their statistics. 

As Def Jam’s executive vice president and head of A&R (Artists and Repertoire), Victor is always on the lookout for new talent. He oversees a staff of 20 people responsible for A&R.  Together, they’re in charge of the task of finding each new breakout artist the label signs. 

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Pitti Uomo: Menswear Mecca

Flocks of men in freshly tailored suits and their best streetwear gather in Florence, Italy to attend the tradeshow, Pitti Uomo. Pitti is a biannual four-day event featuring the best menswear brands showing off their latest collections to thousands of style enthusiasts. The fashion industry's most significant tradeshow made its official return since the Coronavirus pandemic, this past January for its 101st edition. 

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Robin Damore: A Leap of Faith

It’s never too late to take a leap of faith, change your mind and pursue a different hobby, start a new career and embrace a fresh start in life. Our greatest blessings often lie on the other side of fear, and Artist Robin Damore can firmly attest to this aphorism. She has lept, landed, and conquered, but her success would still be just a figment of her imagination without that first, faithful decision. "I held my nose, jumped into the deep end of the pool, found out I could swim well enough not to drown, and I’ve never looked back," she wrote on her website.

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Sophie De Oliveira Barata: The Alternative Limb Project

When I first saw the prosthetic limbs created by Sophie De Oliveira Barata, I was taken aback by arms and legs that looked far different from the standard, mechanical look of artificial body parts. However, my shock instantly morphed into a fascination for her out-of-the-ordinary designs, one being of an arm that was made into a vibrant, blooming flower vine and a leg made of cherry wood with a fully-functional cuckoo clock in the knee. Barata beautifully illustrates a side of prosthetic limbs many of us didn't even know existed, a side that is artistic and completely expressive of the individual wearing it.

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