Armed with an AK-47, a fierce-looking Karo tribesman sits next to his son on an Omo Valley riverbank in Ethiopia. Their eyes are intense, vigilant, and each of them is sheathed in white body paint, adding to their aura of…
Russian Magic
The fantasies are endless, the eternal, sensual sparkle fascinating women. These enticements come in all shapes, colors, and sizes. The common thread is their illumination, how diamonds, rare pearls, earrings, and rings excite the imagination.Particularly Maxim V’s hand-crafted works. A…
Living on the Edge
Engaging with an ominous, wide-eyed Hanuman Monkey performer in Assam, India, the “mighty ape” that clashes against evil forces.Ascending the Himalayas, braving its crevasses, sudden, whipsawing winds, and threats of whiteout snows. Or securing safe passage from a band of…
Luxury Splash of Art Magazine – May/June Issue 6
Seeking Wonderland
Clinging to hope, the defiant belief Paradise can be found, the intrepid Finder of Lost Souls treks through the rugged Mexican wilds. Toting her cameras, she skirts a perilous ravine edging the mountainous Cerro de Chipinque. It is late afternoon,…
Dancing with the Lights
Piotr Leczkowski – Photography is my love, my passion, my basic form of self-expression. I still can not boast about what others most often boast – it has not been in me ever since, nor did I get the first…
The Doll House
An inspirational “idol,” a fanciful spirit to lift our emotions during these chaotic times?A fashion statement we should check out before heading out to a late-night romantic get-together? Or are the Popovy Sisters, human-like dolls out of Russia swirling through…
A Lightness of Being
Fearlessly and provocatively, they plunge deeper and deeper into a black and white world of juxtaposition, mysterious shadow and seduction. Nothing restrains their visual poetry, their penetrating the soul. No inhibition. No dread-inspiring traditions in male-dominated, ultra-conservative Ukraine. No artificial…
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September 2020 Issue 1
Speaking Through Windows By Hieronymus and Rose Hartman
It is a city of glass, an ever-changing kaleidoscope of vanities, fragments, and brilliant reflections. From haute couture’s shifting sensations, to those caught in its fluctuating trends and movements, photographer Rose Hartman has immersed herself in New York’s vibrant fashion…
Love Underground By Marjan Samie
Deep in the darkness of the Katale Khor cave, the spirits hovered over me, sharing their secrets. Was I ready to open my heart, look into myself, and allow these phantoms to lead me to what I greatly desired? A…
Frida Kahlo Lives By Ceasar
One woman is wounded, roiled by pain, and limited by male-dominated traditions. Another is bursting free, hoping to live life like Frida Kahlo, and to pursue her art without boundaries. She wanders, the rebel “sending a lesson to women everywhere,…
Illuminating Life With Copper By Aaron Ross
Before the etching of the copper alloy begins, there’s a transfer of energy, a spiritual reckoning. Whatever its mystical, metaphysical or psychic source, sculptor Jeffrey Maron becomes the “intermediary,” connecting with a transformative energy that allows him to generate profoundly-evocative…
Spheres of Influence
Before escaping to Barcelona, Istanbul’s Blue Mosque, and the Acropolis, the 13-year-old was bullied daily by rock-throwing schoolmates. She tried to find refuge in her art books, and fantasies. But as she recalls, life in the icy oil fields of…
Beekeeping By Tafadzwa Tigere Tandi
Bees hover next to her, seduced by her life-giving charms. They know this Shona goddess will honor her promises, protect them, so they reward her with the gift of nourishment, their sweetest huchi. Whispering to bees, encouraging them to create,…
Dancing to Be Free
Life is a struggle these days. Cloistered in her Brazil apartment, unable to dance before live audiences, ballerina Juliana Rodrigues is facing the pain and frustrations of living in a nation grievously impacted by the Pandemic. She usually lives free. Her…
The Great Illusion
It was a charmed life. Animated dinners with Marc Chagall and Georges Braque, hopscotching from Paris’ Left Bank to the Meditteranean, and driving along the glittering Côte d’Azur. During these evening get-togethers, those art world luminaries would discuss their latest…
LOVE IN BEAR COUNTRY By Kasia Kay
Expanding the reach of the Exquisite Corpse had taken a toll. It was stressful to convince artists to play this hide-n-seek game with me. They had to be convinced to activate their subconscious, and to draw torsos, legs, and other…