In the end, here are the entries that best fit what I was looking for:
Honorable mentions (in no particular order):





In third place is Szczepan with the very moody, isolated vision of an artist lost in their own world:

For second place, I chose Arnie's image that suggests the innocent onset of someone's artistic journey:

Above all others, I loved the lighting and mood of Walter's image of this apparently experienced, comfortable gentleman very much at home in his element... creating.

Congrats, Walter. Show & Tell #605 is yours.