Ronald Price - The Angel Always Watching

Awakening, a concept of a renaissance or a rebirth of a season or change. In my opinion, I have been painting such meaning and such concept throughout my entire artistic career. My work which is being submitted for this particular project is included in this concept. My art includes Life, Science, …

Sonomi Kobayashi - Infinity Bubbles

I strive to express our lives by painting abstract bubbles that change  shapes every moment.   We are experiencing an interesting time of change and it seems a big  change but nothing is the same ever.   Let go of fears of changing.   

Kim Sandara - Don't Whistle, You'll Wake up the Spirits

This series of paintings explores my identity with Lao music vs. American music. I  always related my synesthesia to queer escapism, creating a space for myself that didn’t exist  when I was growing up. It’s through that acknowledgment of queerness as self, that I began to  wonder more about other …

Xian Eley - Emergence

Born in Nanjing, China, but raised in New York City, I have always felt like a hybrid. While I identify with my adoptive family, I am still intrinsically drawn to Asian culture. Perhaps it's a search for my true identity. The process of creating art thrusts me into a world without  boundaries. My w…

Taeesha Muhammad - We The People

Awakening, in terms of my art practice, has always been a word I would use to describe my journey thus far. As an African American, the discovery of self is a deep awakening. We as a population have to learn who we are as we go along, because it is not something that is always known, and in most ca…

Sofia Brunetti - Among Flowers

“Renaissance and Rebirth.” The two things I, for the most part, thought about when bringing this piece to life. The Italian Renaissance was a period of cultural, political, and so-called artistic “rebirth.” During this time, classical philosophy, art, and literature were rediscovered and used as an…

Ryoko Endo - Good News From The South

Most of my paintings are reflective of and are inspired by the rhythms and continual rebirth of the universe. My art begins when I experience emotions, seasonal changes, and the surrounding environmental consciousness. Awareness of such emotions as happiness, beauty, amazement, sadness, anger, etc.…

Patricia Gordon - The City In My Dreams

As a writer and artist, I’ve discovered the beauty of the fact that there are times when art offers a meaningful, visual interpretation of thoughts and emotions that words simply cannot express. My art is an adventurous exploration in which color can be a feeling, the curve of a line can capture an…

Paola Bermudez - FEARLESS

Fearless represents to me the way I want to live my life. It came to me almost as a gift to myself, at a moment when I needed it the most. And when I say “came to me,” it is because when I start painting, I don’t know what is going to happen. I just open that space of expression and let the rhythm …

Michael Anthony Pegues - Sit Down and Look at Ancestor II

I began to express myself by putting all of my emotions on paper at the young age of six; even at this age I was best to communicate my feelings with crayons in my hand. I also gained an early appreciation for volunteering my time to better the lives of children; at the age of fifteen, I started do…