Our favourite
Independent Artists
of 2026
We love to feature independent artists who inspire us to think outside the box.
Dear Diary Letter Club - Handwritten Letters Just for You
by Stephannie Rowe
"Remember the thrill of opening the mailbox and finding a real letter waiting just for you? That’s the magic I want to bring back with the Dear Diary Letter Club.
This project is inspired by my beautiful nanna, who wrote me letters my entire life until she passed. Inside those envelopes were little pieces of love—her words, her wisdom, and even the small keepsakes of her world. I would write back with art, photos, and stories from my life. That exchange was one of the most meaningful connections I’ve ever had, and I want to share that joy with you."
Stephannie Rowe is a poet, author and leader passionate about empowering others through words and wisdom. A self-published author of Fiercely ME and The World In Our Words, she returns as both contributor and publisher of The World In Our Words II. She is also publishing Voices for the Future and running the Dear Diary Letter Club creating spaces for authentic expression and growth. With over twenty years of experience in Procurement, Steph brings heart-centered leadership to her professional world while championing personal transformation through her creative work.
Website: https://www.mrsrowe.org/
Facebook: Mrs_Rowe_Author
Instagram: Steph_Rowe_Author
TikTok: Steph Rowe Author & Poet
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The Beautiful Darkness - Music, Poetry, and Paintings United as One
by Scott D. Davis
Thirteen paintings.
Thirteen poems.
Thirteen songs.
Scott has accumulated over 15 million YouTube views and now, with The Beautiful Darkness (2026), Scott ventures into his most ambitious work yet: a multimedia exploration of shadow, transformation, and self-acceptance, pairing thirteen original piano compositions with poetry and hand-painted watercolors. It's the culmination of a journey that began with Lego guitars and became something he never could have imagined, a rock star at the piano, finally exactly where he belongs.
Website: https://scottddavis.com/
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Agnes Art - Handcrafted Jewellery Inspired by Nature
by Agnes Makuch
Agnieszka “Agnes” Makuch is a creative soul born in Poland. She holds a degree in Architecture and Urban Design from the Technical University of Łódź, where her innate affinity for space, form, and structure first took shape.
Her life journey led her from Poland to Dublin, Ireland, where she spent five years balancing work and art, words and buildings, colour and thought, listening for what might come next. Curiosity and a longing for new horizons eventually carried her even farther from home, to Yellowknife, a small northern capital on the edge of Canada’s Northwest Territories.
Yellowknife became her anchor. A place of extremes — winters carved from ice and darkness, skies alive with northern lights; brief, intense summers stretched across lakes and rivers. It is a place people either love or leave. Agnes stayed.
Here, in the cold and the quiet, she creates. She writes. She paints in oil and watercolour. She crafts jewellery under the brand Agnes Art, drawing inspiration from auroras, bonfires, frozen roads, and the raw poetry of snow and fire coexisting in a land of ice and snow.
In the far North, Agnes found more than inspiration — she found home, for now, until the next adventure calls.
Website: www.agnes-art.ca
Blog: https://agnesart.ca/
Facebook: Agnes Makuch
Instagram: Agnes Makuch
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S.E.Linn's Stock Photos
Use these stock photos in your next book!
Welcome to the online travel photo store of S.E. Linn, travel writer, storyteller, and camera-toting adventurer.
Linn captures the spirit of the places she writes about, transforming real-world journeys into vivid, soul-stirring visuals.
