Art Gallery

Cluster of small yellow mushrooms growing on the forest floor.

Mushroom 20 by AV Rasmussen

AV Rasmussen is an avid teacher, writer, backpacker and photographer. Their photography has previously appeared in Lifting the Sky: Southwestern Haiku and Haiga, Unearthed, and Analogies and Allegories Literary Magazine, among others. They were the featured photographer for the Winter 2022 issue of Susurrus, where their work was nominated for Best of the Web.

A watercolor painting depicting a bouquet of pink and green flowers in a glass vase, set against a textured, monochromatic background.

Flowers in a Vase and Their Shadows, charcoal, fumage technique, ash and acrylic paint on paper, 27.5 x 37.7cm, 2025 Everlasting Flowers Series.

Georgios Merianos studied Fine Arts at the University of Western Macedonia, Greece, and holds postgraduate degrees in Museology and Special Education. Since 2017, he has been teaching in Primary, Secondary Special Education, and adult education programs. His works are included in both Greek and international collections. In 2025, he was awarded 3rd Prize in a national painting competition.

Beautiful desert landscape at sunset with tall cacti silhouetted against a colorful sky.

Saguaro Sunset by Abbie Doll

Abbie Doll is a Columbus, OH artist with an MFA from Lindenwood University. Her photography has been featured in places such as 3:AM Magazine, Gone Lawn, and Oddball Magazine. She serves as a Fiction Editor at Identity Theory. Connect on socials @AbbieDollWrites.

Abstract art composition featuring wavy lines in various colors with textured circular shapes overlapping the background.

Systems by Loralee Clark

Loralee Clark’s artwork is featured on the cover of three of her chapbooks: Solemnity Rites, (Prolific Pulse Press, 2025), Delighting in “To Be”: Poems for Writers (Bottlecap Press, 2025), and A Harmony in the Key of Trees: A Healing Myth (Dancing Girl Press, 2025). Her art will also be featured in Pictura Journal, Fine Lines and Neon & Smoke in 2026. Clark resides in Virginia; her website is sites.google.com/view/loraleeclark. Her Substack, which focuses on the process of creativity, is nosuchthingasfailure.substack.com.

A colorful, intricately designed teapot featuring patterns of birds and floral motifs, placed on a decorative tablecloth with bold black and red designs.

Cha! by Tamizh Ponni VP. Medium: Digital Painting done on Procreate App. The artwork is inspired by traditional Patachitra painting style that originated from the state of Odisha in India. 

Tamizh Ponni VP is an ambivert and a stoic art buff who loves to express her skills through literature, visual arts and music. She is an IB educator and sees learning as a life-long process. Her stories were featured in 2 anthology books, “Mia” and “Varna”. Tamizh’s articles, poems and paintings have also been published in many digital journals and educational blogs. Tamizh spends most of her free time painting, reading, writing articles, stories and poems, playing piano and watching documentaries/movies.

A painted illustration of a vibrant blue iris flower with yellow accents, surrounded by abstract background colors in soft hues.

First Iris by Marjorie Gowdy

A colorful watercolor painting of a flower with yellow petals and green foliage in the background.

Inflorescence by Marjorie Gowdy

A colorful watercolor illustration of a rooster with a red comb and vibrant plumage, standing on grass.

Dumpster Buddy by Marjorie Gowdy

Marjorie Gowdy is a published poet, essayist, and illustrator whose works have been featured in a number of regional journals – including a previous issue of “Barely South Review.” She lives and works on a farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.