Originally from the Mediterranean coast of Spain, I have had the good fortune to experience life in a few countries, before settling down in the US. First in Austin TX, and now in Seattle, WA.

I graduated in 2000 from the Facultad de Bellas Artes de San Carlos, in Valencia, with the equivalent of an MFA and moved to Brighton the UK, where I lived many adventures. But it was in Austin, in 2015, when I started painting full time.

My perspective as a foreigner has molded my painting style. Navigating a different language and constantly being the new person in the room, changes your gaze. The world moves faster around you and making meaningful connections is the only way not to be washed away with the current.

​You can find, in my paintings, through brush markings, textures and colors, the representation of moving environments and seemingly random connections that come together as abstract landscapes.​

www.AngelaNavarroArt.com

Originally from the Mediterranean coast of Spain, I have had the good fortune to experience life in a few countries, before settling down in the US. First in Austin TX, and now in Seattle, WA.

I graduated in 2000 from the Facultad de Bellas Artes de San Carlos, in Valencia, with the equivalent of an MFA and moved to Brighton the UK, where I lived many adventures. But it was in Austin, in 2015, when I started painting full time.

My perspective as a foreigner has molded my painting style. Navigating a different language and constantly being the new person in the room, changes your gaze. The world moves faster around you and making meaningful connections is the only way not to be washed away with the current.

​You can find, in my paintings, through brush markings, textures and colors, the representation of moving environments and seemingly random connections that come together as abstract landscapes.​

www.AngelaNavarroArt.com

Vita Cohen-Brown is an abstract oil painter and improvisation artist based in Seattle, where she has been creating vibrant, emotive works since 1997. Her unique approach to painting blends intuitive movement and color, capturing the raw energy of emotion and the dynamic flow of thought. With each brushstroke, Vita embraces the freedom of improvisation, allowing her work to evolve in real time, resulting in rich layers of texture, depth, and expression. Rooted in a deep connection to the canvas, her art is an exploration of motion—both seen and felt—where every piece is a visual symphony that invites viewers to experience a world of colorful, imaginative understanding. Through her work, Vita seeks to create a space where emotion and movement coexist, inviting personal reflection and a sense of timeless motion.

Website: www.ladolcevitagalleria.com

American Mixed Media painter in Seattle Wa

Instagram: @siege_americanpainter

Jesse Smith is a Seattle-based artist whose journey began during the pandemic and quickly evolved into a bod exploration of color, motion, and abstraction. His work is known for its fearless use of vivid hues and wildly expressive forms, constantly pushing the boundaries of what's possible on canvas.

"Each piece is an opportunity for me to make you feel something big when you look at the thing hanging on the wall. I want you to know where I was when I mad the thing hanging on the wall. I want you to live inside me for just a moment, or forever" - Jesse Smith

About the Exhibit:

"Foreign Territories" is a series about surrender - about embracing the things we can't control. At its core, it's about acceptance. 

While I made some deliberate choices in the works, much of the process is dictated by forces beyond me: gravity, surface tension, color theory, and motion. Physics becomes my collaborator, and I simply guide the conversation.

The inspiration came from painting with my son, Loni. He instinctively outlined the shapes that emerged on this canvas-recognizing forms and borders that weren't placed there consciously but rather revealed themselves. Watching him, I wondered: Could I do the same: Could I follow instead of lead, and still call it mine? That question became the genesis of this series.

The "Foreign Territories" comes from the sensation I get when viewing the work-like looking at topography, 2D landscapes on a multicolored map, or aerial views of faraway rice paddies in springs. Each piece feels like discovering a new land, unfamiliar yet somehow deeply resonant.

Artist Instagram: @justabowlofpaint

Jesse Smith is a Seattle-based artist whose journey began during the pandemic and quickly evolved into a bod exploration of color, motion, and abstraction. His work is known for its fearless use of vivid hues and wildly expressive forms, constantly pushing the boundaries of what's possible on canvas.

"Each piece is an opportunity for me to make you feel something big when you look at the thing hanging on the wall. I want you to know where I was when I mad the thing hanging on the wall. I want you to live inside me for just a moment, or forever" - Jesse Smith

About the Exhibit:

"Foreign Territories" is a series about surrender - about embracing the things we can't control. At its core, it's about acceptance. 

While I made some deliberate choices in the works, much of the process is dictated by forces beyond me: gravity, surface tension, color theory, and motion. Physics becomes my collaborator, and I simply guide the conversation.

The inspiration came from painting with my son, Loni. He instinctively outlined the shapes that emerged on this canvas-recognizing forms and borders that weren't placed there consciously but rather revealed themselves. Watching him, I wondered: Could I do the same: Could I follow instead of lead, and still call it mine? That question became the genesis of this series.

The "Foreign Territories" comes from the sensation I get when viewing the work-like looking at topography, 2D landscapes on a multicolored map, or aerial views of faraway rice paddies in springs. Each piece feels like discovering a new land, unfamiliar yet somehow deeply resonant.

Artist Instagram: @justabowlofpaint

 Ross Boa Collado is a self-taught abstract expressionism painter based in Seattle. 

Currently, his art showcases a minimalist style playing with the stark contrasts of depth and color. His distinctly unique earlier paintings consist of visceral creations portraying utopian and dystopian landscapes wrought with intense emotions and psychological solitude. 

In every piece, the appeal is universal while having a connection that is contemplative and highly personal. His art evokes feelings and experiences of a surreal world in the artist's mind. 

Over the years his works are intuitive and emotive expressions of acrylic on canvas. Making art for Ross is not therapeutic but rather a series of intense moments. 

"It's like I am walking through a creative tunnel of exploding colors and ideas waiting to come to life through a brush stroke." 

His passion for acrylic painting took off in the midst of COVID19 and at the heart of BLM protests in Capitol Hill in Seattle. “Nightfall”, his first commissioned piece was created in 2020 as cries of "Justice for George Floyd" echoed and a tear gas smell filled the area where Ross lives. Several months later, the same client that commissioned the work gifted him back "Nightfall" "He told me that my soul seems to be trapped in that painting and it's befitting for me to have it back. I created another commissioned piece for him that evokes a more peaceful setting." 

Firmly holding on to Leonardo Da Vinci's famous quote; "Art is never finished, only abandoned.", Ross fuels his passion with equal fervor for travel and exploration of hiking trails leading to grand vistas and waterscapes. His never ending quest of finding beauty in everything and everywhere go hand in hand with his mission to represent beauty that moves the heart, mind and soul. 

WWW.ROSSCOLLADO.COM 

Ross Boa Collado is a self-taught abstract expressionism painter based in Seattle. 

Currently, his art showcases a minimalist style playing with the stark contrasts of depth and color. His distinctly unique earlier paintings consist of visceral creations portraying utopian and dystopian landscapes wrought with intense emotions and psychological solitude. 

In every piece, the appeal is universal while having a connection that is contemplative and highly personal. His art evokes feelings and experiences of a surreal world in the artist's mind. 

Over the years his works are intuitive and emotive expressions of acrylic on canvas. Making art for Ross is not therapeutic but rather a series of intense moments. 

"It's like I am walking through a creative tunnel of exploding colors and ideas waiting to come to life through a brush stroke." 

His passion for acrylic painting took off in the midst of COVID19 and at the heart of BLM protests in Capitol Hill in Seattle. “Nightfall”, his first commissioned piece was created in 2020 as cries of "Justice for George Floyd" echoed and a tear gas smell filled the area where Ross lives. Several months later, the same client that commissioned the work gifted him back "Nightfall" "He told me that my soul seems to be trapped in that painting and it's befitting for me to have it back. I created another commissioned piece for him that evokes a more peaceful setting." 

Firmly holding on to Leonardo Da Vinci's famous quote; "Art is never finished, only abandoned.", Ross fuels his passion with equal fervor for travel and exploration of hiking trails leading to grand vistas and waterscapes. His never ending quest of finding beauty in everything and everywhere go hand in hand with his mission to represent beauty that moves the heart, mind and soul. 

WWW.ROSSCOLLADO.COM