Jade van der Mark watches how people occupy a room, and then paints it at scale. Drawing from direct observation of urban life in Paris and London, her large-scale oil paintings place women at the center of layered social scenes where clothing, posture, and gesture tell the story of who gets seen and how.

Sarah Valinezhad paints what cannot be resolved quickly. Her work centers on Iranian women's experiences of endurance, vigilance, and quiet resistance, building surfaces slowly through layering and revision until the hand remains visible in every decision. For her, continuing to paint is itself an act of commitment.

When motherhood fragmented her studio time, Rachel Kate Darling found a new way in. Walking the pram along her local coastline, she turned to her iPad and discovered that two spare minutes between nappy changes was enough to capture an atmosphere. The result was the Peninsula collection, and a practice that now holds both digital and canvas work side by side.

Rebecca Santry paints the Pacific Northwest the way it feels from the inside. In her Soft Fascination series, layered brushstrokes and an earthy palette translate nature's quiet rhythms into a visual meditation, an invitation to slow down, breathe, and reconnect.

Marfa-based artist Melissa Ellis transforms observation into immersive visual systems through sculptural oil painting and precise line work. Her practice explores natural patterns, connection, and the quiet intelligence found in the details of the world around us.

Award-winning artist and author Carolyn Schlam creates figurative works that balance representation with emotional depth and compassion. Working across painting, sculpture, and mixed media, her practice explores storytelling, spirituality, and the expressive possibilities of form and pattern.

Atlanta-based artist Lauren Lane creates luminous oil paintings that reflect themes of faith, identity, and emotional resilience. Through vibrant color and expressive portraiture, her work celebrates hope, transformation, and the quiet beauty of becoming.

Beatrice Findlay’s paintings merge abstraction, figuration, and landscape into dynamic explorations of movement and life energy. Her work uses color and gesture to evoke emotional resonance, drawing from decades of artistic practice and a continuing series of running figures.

Robin Lazarus-Berlin’s oil paintings capture nostalgic, dreamlike moments that blur the line between personal memory and universal experience. Her muted compositions evoke calm reflection, inviting viewers into emotional landscapes shaped by memory and introspection.

Winibey López’s expressive figurative paintings center on feminine identity, emotion, and vulnerability through bold color and layered compositions. Her work transforms portraiture into a vivid exploration of resilience, presence, and emotional truth in contemporary life.

Alexandra Niculescu’s large-scale paintings merge abstract expressionism with Rococo influences to explore the body as a site of memory and transformation. Her work channels gesture, emotion, and lived experience into a visual language of resilience, healing, and feminine strength.

Rachel Romano’s surrealist figurative paintings weave together myth, memory, and human experience through expressive storytelling. Working in oil, her practice explores resilience, absurdity, and the emotional complexity of contemporary life through narrative-driven imagery.

Jennye Stubblefield’s aerial landscape paintings explore the intersection of abstraction and realism through sweeping perspectives of nature. Working in oil, her practice reflects on the sublime, memory, and the emotional experience of viewing the earth from above.

Juana González’s paintings unfold as theatrical, baroque compositions where narrative, color, and gesture exist in constant tension. Blending surrealism and expressionism, her work explores uncertainty, storytelling, and the emotional power of figurative painting.

Catarina Diaz’s work unfolds through richly layered compositions that merge memory, dream, and inherited history. Working in collage, oil painting, and mixed media, she explores feminine identity, transformation, and cultural displacement through a visually opulent and emotionally resonant practice.

Sofía Cristina Jiménez’s work blends magical realism and surrealism to explore emotion, nature, and the relationship between humans and the animal world. Through painting and poetic visual language, her practice invites reflection on perception, tenderness, and contemporary existence.

Allison McClay’s paintings explore solitude, memory, and the fragile balance between humanity and the natural world. Working in layered acrylic on wood, her practice reflects on meditative states and landscapes shaped by beauty, crisis, and reflection.

Cassie Rae Bledsoe’s work examines the fragile boundary between body and mind through raw, expressive imagery shaped by lived experience of chronic pain. Influenced by Francis Bacon and Frida Kahlo, the artist transforms internal states into visceral visual language that confronts vulnerability and perception.

Maiko Kobayashi’s “Liminal Creatures” inhabit a space between human and animal, offering quiet reflections on emotion, resilience, and existence. Through layered mixed media on washi paper, her work invites viewers into a contemplative encounter with inner life and shared vulnerability.

Anouk Wolse’s paintings inhabit a space between landscape and psychology, where natural environments reflect emotional states and human presence. Through subtle color, composition, and ambiguous narratives, her work explores memory, tension, and our shifting relationship to nature.