Hayley Cranberry: Platonic Intimacy

Hayley Cranberry: Platonic Intimacy

Hayley Cranberry Small is an urban planner, ceramicist, and disability justice advocate. She is the founder of Lutte Collective, a space and community for disabled and chronically ill artists.

Read our interview with Hayley here

The artwork 'Submerge II' by Amy Hughes depicts feet in a bathtub, painted in soft oil tones on linen. The composition shows a first-person perspective of feet emerging from turquoise bathwater, with chrome faucet and drain visible. The painting captures intimate realism through delicate flesh tones and reflective water textures. 25x25 inches oil on linen by Amy Hughes.

The artwork 'Submerge II' by Amy Hughes depicts abstract cylindrical forms in muted grays and soft purples, rendered in oil on linen. The composition features two geometric shapes with subtle color transitions and delicate brushwork, creating a minimalist study of form and shadow against a pale background. 25x25 inches. By Amy Hughes.

Amy Hughes

Submerge II

The artwork 'Caring for the Upbringing of Young Adults Holds Up Tomorrow's Sun' by Amanda Ba depicts a group gathered around a table in an interior setting. The oil painting features dramatic lighting, rich warm tones, and expressive brushwork capturing a social scene. Rendered in a contemporary realist style with gray and orange color palette. 48x65 inches oil on canvas by Amanda Ba.

The artwork 'Caring for the Upbringing of Young Adults Holds Up Tomorrow's Sun' depicts a lively card game scene in oil on canvas. A figure in a white tank top holds playing cards, rendered in vibrant orange and blue tones against a grey background. The painting showcases dynamic brushwork and expressive realism, capturing intense emotions through bold colors and strong contrasts. By Amanda Ba.

Amanda Ba

Caring for the Upbringing...

Amy Hughes

Amy Hughes

What do a juicy fillet of salmon and a body half-submerged in bath water have in common? Through soft-colored, naturalistic paintings, Amy explores the beauty of female bodies in everyday life - the beauty of vulnerable, soft flesh itself safe from the glare of cameras and gloss of magazine pages.
Amanda Ba

Amanda Ba

Amanda Ba (b. 1998) is a painter who lives and works in New York City. She was born in Columbus, Ohio, but spent the first five years of her life with her grandparents in Hefei, China. Diasporic memory is central to her work—vivid paintings that combine personal memory with psychosexual fantasy, featuring figures that challenge a predominantly white Western canon of figural painting. Working closely with queer and post-colonial theory, her interventions in the Cannon do not aim to solely celebrate her cultural identity and its inclusion, but to interrogate its formation.