An artists' residence in a semi-abandoned village in the mountains in Central Bulgaria brought the micro-region back to life by connecting to local craft traditions. I co-edited this project's application for the New European Bauhaus Prizes, which are awarded to standout projects that weave together art, community and sustainability. We were shortlisted for the prize. This is the 4th year in a row that applications I work on for this prestigious awards scheme either win a prize or are shortlisted. The New European Bauhaus awards are given to the very best initiatives in the whole European Union (plus a few other countries) in a given year.

In the corners of Rome's ancient streets, watercolorist Massimiliano Iocco finds beauty in the messier sides of world-famous monuments. He offers his insider's view of the great city and shares what he personally finds worth seeing and painting. I did an in-depth profile of Iocco for the magazine Watercolor Artist, which comes out on paper and reaches practicing painters all over the world.

Olena Duchêne draws on her background as both engineer and artist to create still life florals that express her strength and resilience.

Amit Kapoor looks at the world's most celebrated cityscapes and discovers something new.

Jessica Anne Schwartz turns her experience of synesthesia into years-long series of artworks. Some of them are about bees.

For Ukrainian artist Vera Kavura, flowers stand for persistence even under the harshest of circumstances.

The artist Dina Brodsky captures magical landscapes in a pocket-sized format.

On British artist Paul Evans' idiosyncratic markmaking.

Painting is part of Giordano Gattolin's creative practice at his organic farm in Central Italy.

Eudes Correia paints captivating encounters on the streets and squares of Lisbon.

On Sally Muir's popular internet series of dog paintings, how it started, and how she has been keeping up the practice since 2013.

How did a sweater Sally Muir designed end up being worn by Princess Diana? How has she managed to keep up her series of dog-a-day paintings for over 7 years? Here's Muir's quirky and unusual story.

Simone Bingemer’s first (and only) self-portrait creates a web of gazes that crosses generations and tells a deeply personal story.

With brushes, sticks, fingers and cloth, Atanas Matsoureff creates haunting watercolors that show the past is so close, we can touch it.

Yes, Oxford does have a castle, and it is a wonderful mix-up of medieval bits, a scary 18th-century prison, and modern buildings. There are gardens, flowers, ivy growing on stone walls, and a cute café. Amid that nice scenery is the O3 gallery, housed in a round tower. Strother’s landscapes stand out against the dark wall like gems with their brilliant colours.

Brian O’Doherty shows that it is possible for one man to do everything. Early on in his career he realized that, if he built a reputation in any one profession, he would not be allowed to do much outside of it. He wanted an opportunity to carry out all of his ideas. So, whenever something did not fit with his current line of work, he invented a new personality for himself. O’Doherty started life as a doctor, after going to Cambridge University and doing research at Harvard. During his time at university, he says, he never stopped painting. Then, O’Doherty, a young Irishman with an M.D. and a passion for art, moved to New York. He exhibited in galleries throughout the city and befriended Marcel Duchamp.