Volume IX takes you through the Seasons of the Ocean. Cyclical patterns of changing winds, waters, and temperatures interact in their own complex interconnected way. No matter where you find yourself, when you look towards the ocean, you experience it in one of its phases of change.
Read MoreVolume VIII is Apricity Magazine’s take on beauty: of the fragrant metaphors of awe around us and the tender compassion embedded within us. Taking inspiration from the “Beauty and the Beast” fairytale, we juxtapose external and internal beauty through roses and mirrors. A rose struts proudly under her glass cage, a haunting reminder that external allure is not without…
Read MoreVolume VI takes you on the journey of the phoenix, a legendary immortal bird from Greek mythology. According to legend, only one phoenix is alive at a time, living exactly 500 years before exploding into a pile of ash. Volume VI starts in the ashes, and the death of the old phoenix is represented through…
Read MoreVolume V takes you on a journey through three stages. You begin in a dreamland, surrounded by clouds and light pastels. Then, you take a sudden dip into reality. Bright greens, vines, and lily pads jostle you through a set of more challenging pieces. Finally, you’re thrown into your worst nightmare. The art within this…
Read More“It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.” – Pablo Picasso As we grow, we are expected to mature and overcome the whimsies of childhood. Great art defies such expectation – great art reveals the human spirit in its entirety and embraces the wisdom of adulthood, the…
Read MoreVolume III of Apricity explores the tender dichotomy of the heavens and the underworld.
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