Artist Rich Simmons reflects on his lifelong admiration for Leonardo da Vinci — the original multidisciplinary creative — and how Da Vinci’s philosophy continues to inspire his own work, from engineered stencils to the founding of CreateScene and Art Is The Cure.

This year marks one of the most exciting milestones in my career as I officially join Castle Fine Art . For me, this isn’t just a new...

Not the creating part — that’s the joy, the escape, the thing that makes all the struggle worth it. The hard part is everything around it. Trying to find opportunities. Fighting algorithms that seem designed to bury you. Searching for collaborators who actually get you. Feeling like you’re shouting into the void, hoping someone out there is listening.