Exquisitely detailed and painstakingly produced, Victoria Gitman's paintings of embellished accessories and Old Master portraits of women explore the constraints and conventions of beauty.
With technical finesse and painterly interludes, Kristin Calabrese transforms everyday scenes and enlarged objects into portraits of psychological states.
Rosha Yaghmai's "Afterimages" evoke the optical effects of California's Light and Space movement, while emphasizing the lived impact of time and migration.
Naotaka Hiro's emblemlike painting of an abstract demon continues his interest in visualizing bodily phenomena, while charting a darker psychological period.