The Call: Txai Jessica Violetta While investigating these ideas

While investigating these ideas

To cope with these emotions

Animal Battle is a visualization of the internal struggle to bring ideas and dreams to life against powerful enemies: Fear and Doubt

Pencil on paper

Her artwork has become her means of bridging that gap and reinterpreting these backgrounds in ways that resonate within a contemporary context

The Call: Txai Jessica Violetta While investigating these ideasDetails About oil on panel 16 in. 2022 17. 5 in. (f) Integrated frame included Lori Nelson is a Brooklyn and Catskills based painter whose narrative work incorporates aspects of traditional portraiture, Magic Realism, and vintage story book illustration. In her ongoing "Cryptotween" series she explores the vulnerability and essence of what it means to be young and monstrous. Nature and technology also play prominently in her paintings as do the homey