JULY 2026
ARTISTS OF THE MONTH
SAPPHIRE ARTIST OF JULY
JOHN DIEPHOUSE
**RUBY ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2024**
**CRYSTAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2023**
* Locomotion *
Photography
“I am a self-taught photographer and digital collage artist and am attracted to a wide variety of subjects ranging from natural landscapes, botanicals and wildlife to images that provide either abstract expression or social commentary. I am interested in sharing images that evoke a story of some kind. Images may be simply documentary, reflect a sense of time and place or resonate on a more abstract level of color, shape or form. Others provoke an indefinable question that does not readily yield answers without further study and reflection.”
— JOHN DIEPHOUSE
CRYSTAL ARTIST OF JULY
MARK KAUFMAN
* Jazz Club *
Watercolour
“I paint the female figure in sometimes absurd, sometimes haunting locations. Far from creating emotionless family portraits, I blend color and imagery to explore themes of mythology, literature and philosophy and emotion.”
— MARK KAUFMAN
EMERALD ARTIST OF JULY
ANNITA APOSTOLIDOU PLATIS
**EMERALD ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2025**
* The Sleeping Orchard *
Mixed media digital collage
“My work explores the symbolic relationship between color, memory and transformation. I create visual narratives where reality and imagination merge, allowing familiar objects, natural elements and human presence to become metaphors for inner experience. Rather than illustrating a story, I seek to create spaces that invite contemplation and personal interpretation. In The Sleeping Orchard, the quiet dialogue between water, fruit and the resting figure reflects my fascination with dreams as places of renewal, where emotion and memory unfold beyond the limits of conscious thought. Through layered symbolism and chromatic harmony, I invite viewers to pause, reflect and discover their own meanings within the stillness of the image.” — ANNITA APOSTOLIDOU PLATIS
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