Clara Wells is drawn to moments when a landscape seems to soften: mist settling over water, distant hills fading into cloud, or a pale band of light appearing along the horizon.
She works with gentle transitions of color and loosely defined forms, allowing sky, land, and water to meet gradually. Open areas give her compositions a sense of distance and breathing room. Her paintings hold onto the atmosphere of a place—the stillness, the muted light, and the feeling of standing quietly before an expansive view.

Elliot Reed finds inspiration in the structures of everyday life: window grids, tiled floors, architectural details, and the silhouettes of familiar objects.

His compositions bring simple shapes into carefully considered relationships. Repeated arches, rounded blocks, and curved lines establish a rhythm, while variations in spacing and color keep the eye moving. Hand-painted edges retain small irregularities, giving each arrangement a sense of warmth. Through these details, Elliot explores how structure can feel both balanced and alive.

Iris Bennett takes her starting point from the gestures of living things: a branch leaning toward light, the curve of a flower stem, or birds gathering at the water’s edge.

Her paintings combine recognizable natural forms with layered, atmospheric backgrounds. Pale feathers and delicate petals emerge against earthy colors, while the spacing between forms gives each composition its own movement. She is particularly interested in how a small change of posture or direction can bring a scene to life, creating works that reward close observation.

Nora Ellis finds her subjects in the pauses of everyday life: someone reading by a window, the silhouettes of people gathered around a table, or afternoon light stretching across a wall.

She uses warm color, simplified figures, and strong areas of light and shadow to give these scenes their emotional character. Details remain selective, leaving room for viewers to bring their own memories to the painting. Her work pays attention to familiar spaces and fleeting moments, holding onto the warmth and quiet presence they can carry.

Owen Hayes explores the character of surfaces shaped by time. Weathered stone, worn plaster, and the contours of dry earth inform his approach to texture and composition.

Working through layers of paint and textured material, he builds surfaces with subtle ridges, irregular edges, and quiet variations in tone. A restrained palette of chalk, sand, and warm brown allows these details to emerge gradually. As the light shifts, different parts of the surface come into view, inviting a slower and more attentive way of looking.