Kate Vorona Presented BY Duran | Mashaal
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“I will always be challenged by human nature and all of its complexities and nuances as a main source of inspiration, and how I can translate that onto canvas.”

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Chrissy Angliker presented by Massey Klein

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“Being a perfectionist my process of painting is constantly challenging me. By working with an element of chaos in my practice and being true to the process of honoring paint and not dictating to it what to do, the journey can take me anywhere. Not knowing how and especially when a painting will come through can be unnerving. Some can slip right off the tongue in a day or so, but others are a way longer conversation. It can be hard, but I love this challenge.”

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Laura Berger presented by Mama Projects
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“Probably limits on time, as well as self-doubt, are the most frustrating things to me. I have so many ideas and directions I would like to explore. I feel like I'm only just starting to really learn my medium so I know there is a lot of growth ahead of me and there are definitely times that you wish that process could go faster! But I think any creative practice is really an infinite journey with no endpoint, which is also what's wonderful about it. So I'm trying to embrace any things I'm struggling with and know that there will always be struggles.

‍Pace Taylor presented by La Loma Projects

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“My biggest challenge with my practice is the medium itself. Pastel is messy and unforgiving. Once you apply color to the paper, even after erasing, a ghost of the pigment remains and you have to live around it. It’s also a highly physical medium. There’s this great quote about pastel from the artist Chantal Joffe where she says, “You can get a kind of brutality with pastel that you can’t get with paint [...] You can’t draw hard enough.””

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Guðmundur Thoroddsen presented by Asya Geisberg Gallery

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“I think what challenges me the most in my practice is my lifelong battle with the balance between figuration and abstraction and my fluctuating preference of one or the other.”

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Arielle Zamora presented by Kathryn Markel Fine Arts

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“I am continually challenged by my innate desire for perfection in my work and how that butts up against the inevitable human hand and chance imperfections that elevate the pieces. The acceptance of the accidents is an ongoing practice, as I am simultaneously torn apart by them as well as engrossed by them.”

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