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Tonight, Dark Art & Craft will be featuring the first of a three-part interview with the dark visual artist, musician and, photographer Stephen Kasner(). This in-depth interview with Thomas Haywood and Dott von Schneider takes a look into the inspiration and foundations of Kasner's dark creative work.

Step into the unsettling, dreamlike worlds of Aleksandra Waliszewska, a contemporary Polish painter whose work explores the shadowy depths of the human psyche. Her haunting, surreal compositions blend grotesque figures, ethereal landscapes, and symbolic motifs to evoke feelings of unease, introspection, and raw emotion. 

Albert Pinkham Ryder (1847–1917) was a visionary American painter—a solitary figure of tonalist romanticism whose small, almost mystical canvases reveal worlds of quiet dread, mythic symbolism, and haunting chiaroscuro (Wikipedia, Wikipedia). Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts—a thriving whaling port—Ryder carried into adulthood a deep-seated fascination with the sea, moonlight, and the untold stories whispered by waves and wind (Smithsonian American Art Museum, Wikipedia).

Electricity isn’t just a force — in the hands of VOLT IN HOLT, it becomes a brush, a scalpel,
a searing signature of something primal. Based between Poland and the U.S., VOLT IN
HOLT forges original works using a singular technique: painting with electricity. By
channeling raw current through photosensitive paper, the artist captures moments where
chaos and control collide — like burn marks left by ghosts. We asked the artist eight
questions about their haunting, high-voltage practice.

Greetings, today we have a unique long format interview Part Three of a Three Part series with Portuguese Ink Artist Pedro De Kastro. In his relentless pursuit of detail, De Kastro wields pencil, China ink, and metal engraving like instruments of alchemy, transmuting light and shadow into haunting, hyper-detailed visions. Below is our conversation with the Artist.