J L King was raised in a large family with a strong reverence for the arts. Watching her father’s performances on stage, and accompanying her mother to her art classes at San Francisco’s City College are some of J L’s earliest exposures to the art world which left long lasting impressions. As J L pursued a career in health and science while raising a family, she maintained her creative practice in different mediums before committing her focus to oil painting. Primarily self-taught, sharp-focus detail is a lifelong endeavor that she pursue to this day. J L King currently practises art from her studio in the SOMA neighbourhood of San Francisco, California.
Nicomi Nix Turner is an artist living and working in Northern California. Working in both 2d and 3d sculptural forms, their work has been exhibited internationally along with permanent museum collections. Nicomi Nix Turner's works attempt to layer the perfection of nature into the folds of the imperfections of the self. Through drawing and sculpture, Turner’s works wade into themes of life, ritual, decay, birth– and the crumbling stage in which these events take place.
Sharon Covert is a conceptual self-portrait artist and photography teacher/mentor. She teaches photographers to explore and process their emotions and life experiences through self-portraiture and self-expression. Sharon's goal is for artists to have a creative healing outlet and voice through art and self-exploration. She creates art inspired by Fairytales, Mythology, the Tarot, nature, and all things in the magical realm. You will find hints of these elements threaded throughout her artwork.
Jill Feenstra is a self taught American artist from the Pacific Northwest, who works primarily in acrylic and gold leaf on wood panels. A lifelong artist who completed her Bachelor's degree in archaeology, she spent time working in a local museum, and Art Center. Nestled in the countryside, on a little farm, Jill spends time perfecting her skills and artistic process. Jill recently left her position as a microbiology technician in order to pursue her professional art career full time.
Haley Manchon works as a drawing artist and graphic designer based outside of Philadelphia. She is represented by MK Apothecary Gallery in Collingswood, NJ, and has her work displayed on the 2nd floor of The People’s Store in Lambertville, NJ. Haley's work considers the kinds of thoughts that pull her from the present moment into another state of mind. Her recent pieces use superimposed imagery of compounded features and patterns to present a visual, literal cycling of these moments.
Barrett Biggers finds therapy in creation. It is the only effective way for him to truly express his desires, dreams and emotions. He have been drawing and painting for fun as a hobby for most of his life but never seriously. Barrett's love of design, art and digital came from his father who worked in graphic design and publishing while his love of wildlife, ecology and plants stem came from his mother who was a Biology teacher. After college he began his career as a Wildlife Biologist but various circumstances led Barrett to really reflect on what he ‘‘loved” to do. That turned out to be a graphic artist.
Farzad Golpayegani is a US based visual art artist and musician. He has produced and released over nine solo music albums, has exhibited his painting and drawings since 1999, and simultaneously has built a career as an art director. The style of Farzad’s drawings and paintings are close to Surrealism and Expressionism. His subjects are dreamlike, whimsical, and psychological. While influenced by historical events, politics, beliefs and religions, and everyday life, his concepts push the logical boundaries.
Farzad Golpayegani is a US based visual art artist and musician. He has produced and released over nine solo music albums, has exhibited his painting and drawings since 1999, and simultaneously has built a career as an art director. The style of Farzad’s drawings and paintings are close to Surrealism and Expressionism. His subjects are dreamlike, whimsical, and psychological. While influenced by historical events, politics, beliefs and religions, and everyday life, his concepts push the logical boundaries.
Noah Norrid is a self-taught artist based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Having been an English and Design teacher for more than 20 years, ton-Emil? (Do You Dare, Anton-Emil?) His current body of work is the culmination of both his extensive interests in natural history, literature, mythological and religious symbolism as well as his near pathological interest in painting with watercolor and obsessing about details. Particularly the details that bring his subjects to life.
An award-winning artist known for her colorful and whimsical portraits of animals, Gina Matarazzo aims to show the viewer a magical way of looking at ordinary things. Through their point of view, she tries to reveal truths on how to be more genuine like animals are and be in tune with the things that matter the most in life. Her work is meant to distract the beholder from the difficulties that the world presents to them, promote peace and joy, and to remind the viewer how there is beauty available to them if only they stop for a moment and take notice.
E. E. Kono is a Los Angeles and Iowa-based artist. In her work, she explores the fluidity of culture and time. She employs a visual language that reflects her investigation into the connections between stories, symbols, and archetypes; across cultures and to the natural world. Her practice favours a slow, meditative process using natural materials chosen for their layered significance.
As an artist trained in the Old Master tradition, Gabrielle melds classical technique and historical inspiration with fashion and artistic expression of the moment. Stories are written between the seams of history. There is nothing that holds a secret or a good story like a well worn dress! These are the stories she paints.