By Abby ’26

Agnes Pelton (pictured above) – She died in 1961 though only few outside of Cathedral City, California had noticed. She painted works that reflected studies of esoteric beliefs. Her works of art were largely ignored by the art world. Those who did remember her art were only knowledgeable about her more controversial desert landscapes that she used to support herself. Now, her abstractions are finally getting the recognition she lacked during her lifetime.

Rossana Dean – She creates geometric paintings inspired by Eastern Philosophy and Tantric Traditions. She is an abstract painter and collagist. Her works explore the divergent and unique representations of the divine. She brings parts of Western philosophy into her art too. Rosanne develops a modern painterly vernacular in which East meets West and divinity meets.

Harland Viney – She is an Australian artist interested in the abject, the uncontainable, and human psychology. She is also a photographer, film maker and printmaker. She uses complex portraits and uses abstract expressionist landscapes to explore the states of consciousness, nature and the unknown. She is filled with mystery and her works awaken imagination. Her work is in collections in the USA and UK. She has also exhibited work internationally.

Georgina Clapham – With parts of surrealism, she creates detailed figurative paintings. She invites viewers to participate in “modern” mythologies inspired by archetypal narratives of Greek Mythology, Folklore, and Early Modern Europe compositions. She also draws together Renaissance portraiture, mysticism, animals, nature, the artificial, high fashion, subculture, gender, identity, and sexuality in her detailed life size figurative paintings. Her amazing skills of layering old imagery and modern culture references lights and entirely original and captivating visual experiences.