Cindy Ruskin’s work transforms anxiety into tranquil, life-affirming paintings and drawings. Her inner landscapes—meadows, big skies, and safe spaces—invite viewers to reflect, dream, and find humor, hope, and beauty, even in uncertain times.

M. Hyatt’s acrylic paintings explore the playful nature of foxes through bold color and simplified forms. His storybook-inspired works invite viewers into imaginative worlds where wildlife embodies peace, charm, and the magic of childhood.

Margot Dermody’s abstract paintings and sculptures investigate the connections between human emotion and the natural world. Through layered opacity, translucency, and material transformation, her work explores memory, light, and the tension between minimal and overworked forms.

Hagar Vardimon’s Which Way the Wind Blows series transforms found photographs through hand-sewn embroidery, creating layered images that obscure and reveal memories. Her work explores time, perception, and the beauty in everyday life, both nationally and internationally.

Sandra Attales’ botanical and landscape paintings capture the beauty of place and memory. Drawing from her childhood in the Florida Keys, her work explores identity, narrative, and the enduring romance of the natural world.

Kim West’s multidisciplinary practice spans painting, sculpture, and performance-activated installations. Using gestural marks and layered translucence, her work explores memory, natural forms, and historical artifacts, from intimate canvases to California’s largest hand-painted murals.

Denise Brook blends narrative, color, and layered acrylic techniques to explore complex contemporary issues. Her paintings bend reality, balancing clarity and ambiguity, inviting viewers to engage with questions of gender, identity, politics, and culture.

Los Angeles-based artist and chef Andrew Traub creates bold acrylic paintings that merge geometric forms, surreal landscapes, and food-inspired imagery. Through playful yet thought-provoking compositions, Traub explores how objects, symbols, and shared experiences shape cultural identity.

Pierce Scantlin’s figurative paintings draw from shared mythologies, archetypal forms, and a deep longing for historical connection, creating works that speak across time through memory, line, and color.

Brenda Kay Welty is a fine art photographer whose layered photographic compositions explore memory, transformation, architecture, and emotional experience. Through double exposure, digital collage, and painterly techniques, Welty creates immersive images that exist between photography and imagination.

Cecelia Wilken transforms personal trauma, chronic illness, and fascination with the macabre into evocative traditional artwork. Featured in AQ Volume 7, her pieces explore death, decay, and the fragile beauty of human vulnerability, offering viewers a tender yet striking reflection on life and resilience.

Morgan Humphrey blends oil paint and pastel to explore memory, identity, and the ripple of girlhood into adulthood. Featured in AQ Volume 7, her work transforms cowboy archetypes, self-portraits, and intimate vignettes into layered, expressive paintings that balance humor, nostalgia, and emotional depth.

Kate Hendrickson’s art intertwines faith, movement, and personal expression. Featured in AQ Volume 7, her recent series blends colored pencil drawings and pastel backgrounds to explore spirituality, joy, and the freedom to be fully seen, creating works that are both intimate and universally resonant.

Meghan Murray turns found family snapshots into evocative oil paintings, exploring mid-century American suburbia, memory, and cultural clichés. Featured in AQ Volume 7, her work examines the tension between personal storytelling and collective identity, transforming ephemeral photographs into enduring, thought-provoking art.

Alexis McKeown’s studio photography challenges viewers to confront the intimate conflicts behind everyday experiences. Featured in AQ Volume 7, her FIGURING series combines self-portraiture, still life, and classical lighting techniques with humor and vulnerability, inviting dialogue around food, identity, and personal reflection.

Kristin M. Steinke creates mixed media art rooted in joy, color, and allyship. Featured in AQ Volume 7, her work blends vibrant aesthetics with intentional messaging, exploring inclusivity, empowerment, and emotional resilience while inviting viewers to experience beauty and justice side by side.

Christina Klein reimagines quilts as immersive, light-filled structures in her series The Quiet Hours. Featured in AQ Volume 7, her work blends patterns in nature with traditional textiles, inviting viewers to experience color, texture, and space in a wholly unique, interactive way.

Trish Mitchell’s oil paintings transform overlooked moments in nature into meditative still lifes. Featured in AQ Volume 7, her work celebrates the hush of shadow, the curve of a petal, and the interplay of light and presence, offering viewers a space for reflection and soulful connection.

Lois Pluskey’s art blends realism and painterly techniques to capture moments full of emotion, narrative, and whimsy. Featured in AQ Volume 7, her work ranges from playful depictions of toys to reflections on everyday life, offering viewers a personal and evocative visual experience.

Anja WŸlfing’s portraits focus on presence over identity, using muted tones and soft abstractions to evoke quiet introspection. Featured in AQ Volume 7, her work offers viewers a space to pause, reflect, and experience emotion through stillness, restraint, and subtle detail.