Katy Cowan

Katy launched Creative Boom in 2009 to support the creative community. Today, her platform reaches a million people worldwide every month. She especially loves to champion emerging talent and give a voice to the underrepresented.

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All artwork courtesy of Nicholas Metivier Gallery. Michael Smith Danger Waters #1, 2018 acrylic on canvas 48 x 60 in.
Inspiration Art & Culture

Eye of the Storm: Michael Smith's dramatic paintings of stormy seas during the Franklin expedition

All images courtesy of Bow Arts. Commercial Road, Whitsunday, 1989 © Doreen Fletcher
News Art & Culture

Doreen Fletcher's atmospheric paintings of London's East End reveal three decades of change

All images courtesy of Scott Listfield
Inspiration Art & Culture

Scott Listfield's paintings of a curious astronaut exploring franchises on an apocalyptic Earth

Venus of the Lower East Side, 2019. © Cristina BanBan
Inspiration Art & Culture

Cristina BanBan's beautifully plump figures inspired by the life and energy of New York

Inspiration Graphic Design

Paul Stafford & Ben Wright on 10 years of DesignStudio and the success of making your own rules

'Looking Over Shoulder’, Marilyn Monroe, Los Angeles, 1962, Bert Stern © The Bert Stern Trust. All images courtesy of Proud Central.
Inspiration Fashion

Photography of the legendary designs of Christian Dior and its enduring impact on fashion

Bare Essentials – near Knightsbridge, 1969 © Frank Habicht 2018. All photography courtesy of Hatje Cantz
Inspiration Photography

Frank Habicht‘s eye-opening photographs of the Swinging Sixties in London

Queen Street, Edinburgh, 2018. © Stephen McLaren
Inspiration Photography

Photography that explores the complex relationship between Scotland’s people, history and landscape

Wang Guangle 180716, 2018. © Wang Guangle, courtesy Pace Gallery
Inspiration Art & Culture

Duo Color: Wang Guangle's meditative paintings that draw upon spiritual exploration

GEORG BASELITZ Philip Guston 1944, 2018 Oil on canvas 65 x 39 3/8 in 164.9 x 100 cm © Georg Baselitz. Photo: Jochen Littkemann. Courtesy Gagosian
Inspiration Art & Culture

Devotion: Georg Baselitz's intense, emotionally charged portraits of famous artists

All photography courtesy of Central Saint Martins
Inspiration Crafts

Caroline Broadhead on 10 years at Central Saint Martins and her love of jewellery and collaboration

Inspiration Illustration

Sophie Melissa's rich textured illustrations with limited colours and simple shapes

Inspiration Art & Culture

Plants and flowers made entirely from non-recyclable trash illuminated in a dark forest in Berlin

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