Hung Viet Nguyen

Los Angeles-based artist Hung Viet Nguyen was born in Saigon, Vietnam, in 1957. After immigrating to the United States in 1982, he began working as an illustrator, graphic artist, and designer.

In 2022, Genie Davis wrote in “The Spiritualized Landscapes of Hung Viet Nguyen in Artillery Magazine “Nguyen’s meticulous, labor-intensive approach to oil paint reveals a methodical mastery of texture and form. Hung builds texture with thick layers of oil paint that are deeply furrowed with diverse brushstrokes. Sometimes it almost looks like he has combed the paint. His surfaces are “stitched” with cuts and grooves that weave through and animate it. Viewers may want to touch Hung’s canvases - his textures are irresistibly inviting”.

Wrona Gall

After relocating from Chicago to Ojai (via Albuquerque), Wrona Gall was immediately drawn to this region’s luminous range of atmospheric blues. Setting aside her brushes, she began working directly with her hands — grinding dry and liquid pigments into wooden panels — to create the delicate, feathered textures that bring movement and light to even her darkest, most dramatic compositions. 

Through her tactile process, Gall captures the shifting interplay of light, color, and atmosphere that defines her adopted landscape.  Critics have compared her layered glazes and scumbles to Turner’s luminous “glasses of light,” where color itself seems to radiate from within.