Blue Dream - Watercolor, Pencil, and Pastel 42.5'' x 23'' Férial was born and raised in Algiers and has lived in France since the age of 15. Her iconic works in watercolor, pencil and pastel owe much to the years she spent working as a graphic designer and to the American culture she’s revered since her youth. Each piece evokes the elegant, sweeping compositions of meticulous movie poster designs. However, where our eyes expect to find titles or actors’ names, Férial deploys verses by Beat poets and rock musicians from the 60’s and 70’s.

The resulting aesthetic is tinged with the warm, worn hues of nostalgia, yet always features a character (exquisitely portrayed in a style reminiscent of comic books) looking defiantly into the future. Férial’s charming, rich and fascinating works balance these opposite tendencies by offering the romantic Beat imagery of the open road.

With bold colors, graphic imagery, and a pop sensibility, the works of digital artist Nobuyuki Matsubara seamlessly blend the realms of art and fashion into energetic images of visual synergy. Citing a far ranging selection of influences from Japanese manga to Surrealism, Matsubara’s powerful works present new computerized interpretations of the styles of screen printing and collage made famous by iconic Pop artists like Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg to bring the movement squarely into the 21st century. With work that is both culturally relevant yet self-consciously retro, Matsubara’s works are, at times, like a wink to the viewer.

Remembrance of Things Past - Oil on Canvas 36'' x 24'' Albert Barcilon is an artist of immense poise and creativity. His paintings are careful composites, built up in oils through many layers. Barcilon employs a palette of rich earth tones, bringing out vibrant brick reds and ochre. In some works these play against halcyon blue or a shock of cadmium yellow, but there is usually a cohesive patina to the works which lends them a sense both of confidence and a masterly quality. Strong blended brushstrokes give an impression of contained movement and make the canvas’ surface vibrate with energy. This dynamism unites the various disparate elements that inhabit the landscapes Barcilon conjures, resulting in strongly emotive works with solid visual grounding.
Although many of his compositions are abstract, Barcilon draws much inspiration from the natural world around him. One can see the influences of the breathtaking countryside of both Florida and Colorado, which he divides his time between, but his practical approach draws on his knowledge as a scientist, a career he traded to practice and teach art.