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Emily Kepulis

Emily Kepulis’s artwork delves deep into the concepts of home and identity, exploring how these ideas are shaped by memory, experiences, and perception. Working with mixed media, her paintings layer paint, pencil, and found images, creating fluid landscapes that evoke both personal and ancestral connections. Learn how Emily's intuitive creative process informs her approach to art and how she weaves her passions for texture, fashion, and metaphor into her compelling visual narratives.

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Poonam Khanna

In her latest works, Poonam Khanna captures the blurred beauty of rainy landscapes viewed through glass, using soft edges and vibrant color grounds. Inspired by the intensifying storms of climate change, her paintings explore themes of resilience, adventure, and the unexpected beauty found in dreary weather. Through her unique approach, Khanna invites viewers to reconsider how rain reshapes our everyday scenes.

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Emeline Agnew

Painter Emeline Agnew crafts still lifes that delve into themes of life, death, and the uncanny. Drawing from Victorian symbolism, Pre-Raphaelite art, and the eerie stasis of 80s horror, her works explore the tension between the mundane and the monstrous. By incorporating human forms and everyday objects, Agnew invites viewers into a realm of haunting beauty and ambiguity. Learn more about her process and inspirations in our latest blog post.

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Kim Tateo

Kim Tateo's art invites viewers into a world of vibrant imagination and heartfelt reflection. Through intricate layers of color, glitter, and blacklight-responsive paint, her works explore themes of interconnectedness, impermanence, and inner light. With influences spanning nature, music, and mindfulness, Kim crafts immersive experiences that evoke dreaming, playfulness, and peace. Dive into her artistic journey, from collaborative projects to light-filled meditations, and discover the magic hidden within her creations.

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Bridget Enderle

Bridget Enderle is a painter and collage artist currently based in Reno, Nevada, where she is also an instructor of painting and drawing at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR). Enderle has exhibited her work nationally, including at the Athenaeum Museum in La Jolla, California, in 2020 and 2019, at the UNLV Donna Beam Gallery in 2024, and at the Reno-Tahoe International Airport in 2022.

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Raffi Bashlian

Raffi Bashlian is a photographer whose work explores resilience, transformation, and the beauty of everyday life. Inspired by contrasts from Lebanon's civil war, Raffi’s powerful visual narratives highlight the human experience. Through his lens, he transforms ordinary spaces into extraordinary stories, creating immersive experiences that connect and inspire viewers worldwide.

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Bree Smith

Bree Smith is a Dallas-based multidisciplinary artist specializing in mixed media paintings, sculptures, and murals. Her work blends futuristic abstraction and surrealism, exploring themes of imagination, reality, and human connection. Featured in Create! Magazine and Dallas Style & Design Magazine, Bree is known for her vibrant, finger-painted "Emergence" series and impactful curatorial projects.

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Rebecca Graves

Rebecca Graves has made a career of painting large-scale murals and decorative painting in New York City.

Since 2015, Graves has painted murals and graphics for exhibitions at the Museum of Art and Design (MAD) in New York. She recently added BRIC Arts Center in Brooklyn to her portfolio of exhibition-related murals. She is also the creative director at R Graves & Company, producing high-end faux finishes for private and corporate clients in Manhattan.

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Pamella Diegor | Heart Archive

Discover the vibrant world of Pamella Diegor, a Filipina painter and sculptor known for her heart-shaped motifs and textured artworks. Working with plaster, clay, and acrylics, Pamella’s creations transform challenges into sources of positivity, inspiring warmth and connection. Explore her dreamscape, the Heart Archive, where hearts and colors celebrate goodness amidst modern struggles. Visit heartarchiveph.wixsite.com/artist.

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Brittany R. Gilbert

Explore the work of Brittany R. Gilbert, a landscape painter and Assistant Professor of Fine Arts at Francis Marion University. Grounded in observational painting, her sequential series captures the shifting nuances of nature through perceptual engagement. Brittany’s work has been exhibited nationally, including at Prince Street Gallery, Susquehanna Museum of Art, and Manifest Gallery. Learn more at www.BrittanyRGilbert.com.

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Inga Insberga

Explore the surreal and nostalgic oil paintings of Inga Insberga, a Latvian artist blending classical aesthetics with modern digital themes. Known for her pink-toned palette and precise technique, Insberga's work explores femininity, identity, and the interplay between the physical and virtual realms. Discover more about her thought-provoking art at www.ingaart.com.

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Tali Rose Krupkin

Discover the innovative work of Tali Rose Krupkin, a Jersey City-based Israeli-American and Queer mixed-media artist. Specializing in analog collages and paper weavings made from upcycled materials, Krupkin’s art challenges conventions, explores identity, and bridges the past and present. Her work has been showcased in solo and group exhibitions across the U.S. and featured in publications like OyeDrum and Suboart Magazine. Learn more at www.talirosekrupkin.com.

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Lisa Alonzo

Discover the captivating work of Lisa Alonzo, a Maine-based artist who uses pastry tips and cake decorating tools to create vibrant, textured paintings that explore themes of consumption and the blurred line between truth and fiction. Her unique technique transforms unsavory topics into visually indulgent confections, blending symbolism, saturated color, and rich patterns. Learn more at www.lisaalonzo.net

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Whitney Lea Sage

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Explore the compelling work of Whitney Lea Sage, a multidisciplinary artist and educator whose Homesickness Seriescaptures the endangered neighborhoods of Detroit and Highland Park, Michigan. Through meticulous acrylic ink drawings, Sage documents the erasure of communal memory and history while inviting viewers to reflect on themes of identity, belonging, and loss in post-industrial America.

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Natalie Featherston

Explore the captivating trompe l’oeil paintings of Natalie Featherston, a contemporary realist painter based in Providence, RI. Renowned for her masterful craftsmanship, whimsical storytelling, and meticulous detail, Featherston’s work has been featured in Fine Art Connoisseur, American Art Collector, and more. Her paintings are sought after by notable collectors, including Toni Morrison and J.J. Abrams.

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Sunmyung Hann (Seonyoung Heo)

Discover the transformative art of Sunmyung Hann, a Newfoundland-based artist blending South Korean heritage, meditation, and the natural landscapes of Newfoundland to explore unseen energies. Through her Radiate series and other works, Hann creates visual representations of the invisible forces shaping our world, inviting viewers into a journey of self-discovery and spiritual connection.

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Steven Edson

Discover the compelling work of Steven Edson, a lens-based artist and documentary photographer specializing in capturing transient moments of land, light, and form. With decades of experience and upcoming exhibitions in Duxbury, MA, Hamilton, OH, and Cambridge, MA, Edson's work transforms the ordinary into striking visual narratives through abstraction and minimalism.

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Mimi Shapiro

Mimi Shapiro is a mid-career collage artist based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, known for her passion for creativity and innovative use of mixed media. Her work explores the “what if” possibilities of collage, incorporating themes of freedom, experimentation, and storytelling. Shapiro’s art has been showcased internationally, from New Zealand to Italy and New York to Mexico, earning accolades such as Best in Show at the 39th Annual Hortt Exhibition.

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Gail-Marie Boykewich

Explore the vibrant and imaginative world of Gail-Marie Boykewich, an artist blending traditional portrait painting, surrealism, and folk art to highlight the beauty of flora, fauna, and the human-animal bond. Her work emphasizes environmental conservation, celebrates diversity, and explores the symbolic connections between nature and human emotion.

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