Your art is the heart of your visual identity, but it's not the whole story. Here's what else goes into building a cohesive, polished visual brand as an artist.

This month's Artist Spotlight shines on Cath Crowther, a West Yorkshire painter whose bold, colourful abstracts carry the emotion of every chapter she's lived through. From leaving a co-owned business behind to painting her way through starting over, Cath shares her process, her studio, and the honest advice she'd give any artist ready to share their work with the world.

A new season for Kindred Calling, and for me. After a 20-year pause, I picked up painting again, and it changed everything: how I create, how I show up, and why I started building tools to help other artists do the same.