Clare Kim’s work celebrates curiosity, wonder, and the small moments that weave us together. Working across drawing, painting, and ceramics, she brings intuition, memory, and playful exploration into her layered pieces. From solo exhibitions at Chinatown Soup to group shows across Brooklyn and beyond, her art invites viewers to slow down, reflect, and connect with the subtle magic around us.

Nikki Painter’s mixed-media Garden works on paper transform observation and pattern into meditative, vibrant compositions. Combining drawing and collage, her Night Gardens explore depth, energy, and the quiet edge of beauty in nature. Through her work, she invites viewers to reflect on the fragility and astonishing richness of life.

Michael Aakhus is a contemporary artist whose practice spans painting, printmaking, and digital experimentation. Born in Minnesota near the Canadian border, Aakhus studied art and art history at Bemidji State University before earning his MFA in printmaking, painting, and drawing from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. A recipient of a Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program grant in 1976–77, he spent a formative year creating work in New Mexico. After a long academic career, including serving as Professor of Art and Dean for the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Southern Indiana, Aakhus returned to Roswell, where he continues his studio practice. His work has been widely exhibited and is included in public and private collections across the United States and internationally.

Seoul-based contemporary painter Hyun Jung Ji creates evocative works that explore the invisible emotional threads shaping memory and human connection. Through braided forms, flowing hair, and recurring motifs such as cranes, serpents, and flowers, her Threadscape series weaves together inner landscapes that feel both dreamlike and deeply personal. Her paintings invite viewers to reflect on quiet emotional bonds and the delicate truths that exist beneath the surface of everyday life.

Shelly Thanner creates layered, atmospheric paintings that explore the thresholds between light and shadow, stillness and motion. Working primarily with acrylics and natural pigments, her meditative approach transforms forests, seasonal cycles, and inner emotional landscapes into visual portals, inviting viewers to pause, reflect, and reconnect with the quiet magic of life’s in-between moments.

Mexican-born, Lisbon-based artist Nayeli Lavanderos creates detailed drawings that bridge ancestral cosmology and contemporary minimalism. Through precise linework and sacred geometry, her work reflects the spiritual presence of animals and the Mesoamerican concept of the nahual, the belief that each person carries an animal spirit connected to their inner life. Her intuitive process transforms drawing into a quiet, meditative practice where observation, spirit, and form come together.

Bay Area artist Jessica Snow draws inspiration from the moon, shifting tides, and the vast night sky. Her Tides and Starlight series reflects the rhythms of nature, exploring celestial light and mythology through atmospheric paintings influenced by her time along the San Francisco Bay and residencies on the Aegean Sea. Through works like Nyx, Snow connects ancient stories of the cosmos with contemporary observations of the natural world.

Inspired by life and layers, Cara Jane Murray creates vibrant, multidisciplinary works that explore joy, struggle, and human resilience. From her roots in Southeast Alaska to her current home in Montana, Cara’s art blends graphic design, contemporary folk influences, and expansive landscapes. Her expressive acrylics, oils, and watercolors invite viewers to reflect, heal, and connect with the beauty of the human experience.

Synthetic’s digital artworks invite viewers into fractured, otherworldly landscapes where emotion and energy take visual form. With layered textures, luminous highlights, and subtle distortions, their pieces capture fleeting moments of transformation, perception, and ritualistic intensity. Discover how Synthetic blends digital and mixed-media techniques to craft contemplative, charged spaces that feel both intimate and expansive.

For over four decades, Beamie Young has captured the visual world through photography, blending black-and-white film techniques with modern digital processes. From textures and reflections to double exposures and compositing, Beamie’s work invites viewers to explore light, pattern, and time in unexpected ways. Discover a career dedicated to the art of seeing and storytelling through the lens.

Robin Crofut-Brittingham creates evocative, nature-inspired worlds that merge mythology, folklore, and personal history. Her multidisciplinary paintings explore the interplay of humans, animals, and the natural environment, often using the triptych format to reimagine historical and devotional art in a contemporary voice. From the ominous to the whimsical, her work invites viewers to reflect on transformation, boundaries, and the stories that connect us to the world around us.

Born and based in New Delhi, Trishna has been painting since 1998. Her work combines representational skill with touches of magic, drawing on nature, the cosmos, and her own dreams. Using oil paints as her primary medium, she creates luminous, positive compositions that invite viewers to pause, reflect, and connect with the beauty of the world around them.

Texas-based artist Dawn Howell creates luminous paintings that feel like a quiet moment of reflection. Inspired by nature, nostalgia, and emotional memory, her pastel-toned works weave together delicate textures, soft light, and symbolic motifs such as butterflies, moons, and wildflowers. After returning to painting following a life-changing spinal injury, Howell embraced an intuitive process guided by color, meditation, and spiritual connection. The result is a body of work that offers calm, hope, and a gentle reminder that beauty can still be found in life’s most tender moments.

Chad Lubertowicz, MFA, creates oil paintings that explore the quiet rituals of everyday life. Airports, subways, and train stations become stages for private reflection, rendered with vivid color and abstracted realism. Each piece invites viewers to pause and consider the beauty and isolation of human experience.

Kirsti Smith transforms personal emotion into tactile ceramic works that invite both touch and reflection. Inspired by family, spirituality, and the cycles of life, her pieces blur the line between fine art and functional objects, creating an intimate experience for the viewer.

Yana Tymoshenko’s work blends realism and imagination, using vivid colors and photorealistic subjects with a unique abstract twist. Drawing from her experiences across multiple cities and her fascination with the human mind, her art explores emotion, thought, and the eccentricities of life in ways that are both playful and profound.

Raoul Korzuschek’s paintings blur the line between abstraction and the human form, capturing the impermanence of life through textured layers, overpainting, and subtle erasure. In his series Pentiment, he elevates hidden traces beneath the surface, creating “anti-monuments” that celebrate transience, reflection, and the depth of fleeting moments.

Emma Mclaughlin, a contemporary painter based in Miami, transforms her weekly walks into a vibrant exploration of emotion, memory, and introspection. Her Neon Nature Trail series uses square canvases and dynamic color shifts to create modular, reflective landscapes that invite viewers to trace their own inner journeys.

Jenny Carrillo’s ongoing series, Reflections, invites viewers into a journey of healing and self-discovery. Through still life photography, traditional in-camera methods, and carefully crafted compositions, she captures the rawness of trauma, the beauty of transformation, and the quiet power of stillness. Each limited edition print serves as both art and reflection, connecting deeply to personal and universal experiences of resilience.

Kuan-Hsuan Lu’s digital illustrations blend personal storytelling with symbolic imagery. Using flowers, hands, and containers, she reflects on resilience, growth, and hope in challenging times. Her work invites viewers to connect with their own journeys while witnessing the delicate balance between fragility and strength.