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Kevin Kopacka’s ‘The One You Feed’

Ethereal and luminous, Kevin Kopacka’s oil paintings capture a fantasy world in which shadowy forms melt into color. Kopacka finds inspiration for this surreal imagery from the literature and poetry of the Viennese Modern Age at the turn of the 20th century. He says elements of the paranormal—“ the notion of things existing that go beyond our perception”—also influence his…

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Amy Boone-McCreesh’s ‘Untitled’

Vibrant colors and patterns characterize Amy Boone-McCreesh’s 3-D installations, mixed media and paintings. A reverence for culture and rituals mark her work, which derives inspiration from “decorations, holiday celebrations and even funerary displays from around the world,” she says. According to Boone-McCreesh, “I love the idea of non-artists expressing themselves visually to mark an important moment in time.” The artist…

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Tomomi Morishima’s ‘Puddle’

Playing with positive and negative forms, Tomomi Morishima creates oil impressions of space, figures and architecture before dissolving into the abstract. Vibrant colors bring a playful touch to the final canvas. “I begin to paint at first without a plan and see what happens,” he says. “At that time, it looks like a pure abstract painting, and that inspires me.”…

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