October on the coast means light that arrives at a lower angle, a particular stillness, the mood of a season turning inward. The work in this exhibition follows that turn.

These artists have been shaped by different worlds: the California coastline, the Persian tradition, the layered geometry of digital art, floral abstraction turned inside out, the half-awake hours between dream and morning. What they share is an interest in the interior: the states that live alongside the external world, the emotions that don’t have easy names, the beauty that arrives through atmosphere rather than description.

Abigail Murthy

Alain Fastre

Avideh Samardar

Daniel Haniger

Haleh Mahbod

Jin Wang

Jodi Paley

Julia Kahan

Kathie Martin

Meyla Ruwin

Michelle Boyd

Sherri Hanna

Teri Rouse