Swept Benjamin A Vierling followed by a Master’s of

followed by a Master’s of Fine Art in Painting at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco

Kennedy manipulates the expectations assigned to her childish and illustrative medium by fusing unconventional compositions with allusions to revered styles of painting and other universally revered high art

hoping to better understand and perhaps artistically fuse my two passions

swirling brew of colorful contradiction that is not easy to define or even understand

Swept Benjamin A Vierling followed by a Master’s ofDetails About Acrylic and gouache on panel 24 x 36 in. 2017 28 x 40 in. (f) Leilani Bustamante was born in Santa Rosa California and is a graduate of the Academy of Art University. She grew up between the suburban sprawl and rural Fort Bragg, where she draws inspiration from their simultaneous decay and growth. Her work often voices themes of mortality exploring elements of death, rebirth, beauty and spoil, the loveliness of the macabre and the