Working in a range of mediums, locales, and styles, these up-and-coming art stars are forging a visual language all their own, and the resulting pieces are speaking our language when it comes to outfitting marvelous walls. From quietly fabulous photography to boom-pop paintings, meet the latest additions to the Chairish Artist Collective, and be first in line to scoop up their beautiful, one-of-a-kind work to add a little art world dazzle to your decor.
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![Joseph O'Neal in his Pennsylvania studio with large colorful paintings](https://d1h3pk8iipmcfn.cloudfront.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/10114142/Joseph_ONeal_Chairish.jpg)
Joseph O’Neal
Home Base: Easton, Pennsylvania
Medium: Oil stick
Signature Subject: America’s most shady First lady (we’re talking about those iconic sunnies!), Jackie O.
Why We Love His Work: Unlike Andy Warhol, who painted Jackie’s likeness as part of a larger series focusing on celebrity, Joseph’s aim is purely meditative. Jackie has been a standby subject for Joseph since 2009 and has appeared in both his large and small scale works. Joseph likens the repetitiousness of his subject as “a zen garden where repetition becomes an opportunity for transcendence.” Pair that with his art work’s kooky Pop Art feel and we’re gonzo!
Andy Dobbie
Home Base: Trearddur Bay in Anglesey, Wales
Medium: Acrylic and oil
Signature Subject: Pixelated landscapes and figurals in a vibrant pastel palette.
Why We Love His Work: Andy uses color and the interaction of shapes to explore the ideas of flatness and depth. The result are paintings that toe the line between abstract and narrative, offering up a mean best of both worlds scenario. With their delightfully kaleidoscopic appearance and cheery palette, Andy’s paintings are also serious mood boosters. Pop one of these in your living room, dining room, or bedroom to instantly pump the mood.
![Duncan McDaniel in his Nashville studio with black and white drawings](https://d1h3pk8iipmcfn.cloudfront.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/10113734/Duncan_McDaniel_Chairish.jpg)
Duncan McDaniel
Home Base: Nashville, TN
Medium: Pen, ink, and acrylic
Signature Subject: Stacked line drawings that feel sensationally seismic.
Why We Love His Work: There’s something captivating about the way in which Duncan layers up itsy bitsy lines to make graphically striking statements. Viewed up close, Duncan’s works feel wildly frenetic, while viewed from afar, they turn surreally sublime. Duncan’s acute eye for design also shines through in on-point palette choices. His works range from vibrant color mash-ups to mum black and white compositions. In a nutshell, there’s a little something for everyone in Duncan’s portfolio.
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Lisa Wong Sook Kuan
Home Base: Malaysia
Medium: Ink and acrylic
Signature Subject: Elegant aerie, whimsical water foul, and other graceful beasts backed by dreamy, Chinoiserie-inspired botanicals.
Why We Love Her Work: Inspired by artists like Takato Yamamoto and James Jean, Lisa’s work takes its cues from classic Asian arts but mixes those influences with a modern-day, avant-garde aesthetic. The result could well be dubbed 21st century Chinoiserie. While every bit as elegant as traditional chinoiserie, Lisa’s work is also boldly maximalist, making it a pitch-perfect fit for anyone who’s mantra is more is more.
![Nadia Jaber in Barcelona with large floral painting and white cat](https://d1h3pk8iipmcfn.cloudfront.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/10113404/Nadia_Jaber_2.jpg)
Nadia Jaber
Home Base: Barcelona, Spain
Medium: Acrylic on sewed canvases
Signature Subject: Attention-grabbing, Pop Art-style graphics meant to capture the all-encompassing influence of digital media on modern day life.
Why We Love Her Work: Nadia’s mad medley of colors, words, and off-the-cuff imagery lend her work the ultimate feeling of unconventional cool. Both nostalgic and boundary-pushing, her work marries iconic Pop Art images with a post-millennium point of view for visually stimulating artwork that’s also a cerebral delight. Stitched-together canvases only add to the rebellious feel of Nadia’s extraordinary work.
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Jennifer Sparancino
Home Base: Chilliwack, British Columbia
Medium: Acrylic
Signature Subject: Dreamy, Fauvist-inspired portraits featuring animals, botanicals, and classical still life subjects.
Why We Love Her Work: Popping colors and playful compositions make Jennifer’s work the ultimate pick-me-up–boring white walls, you’ve been warned! Fauvist influences also make Jennifer’s work the perfect go-between for those looking for a bridge between classical and contemporary vibes.
![Reed Hearne in Scottsdale with framed colorful paintings and cats](https://d1h3pk8iipmcfn.cloudfront.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/10115330/Reed_Hearne.jpg)
Reed Hearne
Home Base: Scottsdale, AZ
Medium: Photography
Signature Subject: Ordinary objects magnified to the point of becoming optical wonders.
Why We Love His Work: Reed uses his camera to collect color, texture and design from ordinary subjects (think a painted gate, a head of elephant garlic) and turn them into something entirely new. The result are pieces that play with viewers’ minds and encourage them to linger just a bit longer than they might otherwise. Reed also has a pitch-perfect eye for color and form, making his pieces ideal for minimalist abodes looking for that one special, wall-popping piece.
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Dawn Wolfe
Home Base: Santa Cruz, CA
Medium: Cut Paper
Signature Subject: Fabulously fun 3D geometrics comprised folded, origami-like shapes.
Why We Love Her Work: Unexpected and delightfully dynamic, Dawn’s pieces are the perfect vehicle for taking rooms from blah to ta-dah! A lifelong collector of vintage ephemera like maps and wallpaper, Dawn’s pieces also put her esteem for paper’s versatility on full display. All of Dawn’s origami-inspired pieces utilize multiple papers, making for pieces that alter appearance based on the angle that you’re viewing them.
![Lara Meintjes in Williamstown with brightly colored paintings and jar of water](https://d1h3pk8iipmcfn.cloudfront.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/09123652/artistis-collective-2.jpg)
Lara Meintjes
Home Base: Williamstown, MA
Medium: Acrylic and gouache
Signature Subject: Botanical-heavy still life moments, styled after greats like Matisse and Gauguin.
Why We Love Her Work: A South African, American artist currently living happily in the Berkshires, Lara’s work imbues her subjects, including florals and interiors, with an irresistible vibrancy. Curiously enough, she harbors a fascination with anthropomorphism, which may be why her work packs such a lively punch.
Laurie MacMillan
Home Base: Santa Barbara, CA
Medium: Oil paint and wax
Signature Subject: Wonderfully abstract interpretations of the natural world.
Why We Love Her Work: Capturing the splendors of nature, which happen to abound in coastal Santa Barbara where she lives, Laurie’s contemporary abstract oil paintings translate the essence and energy of what she sees with a power that makes her subjects equal parts interpretive and crystal clear.
![Michelle Farro in Whiting, NJ with floral prints hanging on the wall behind her](https://d1h3pk8iipmcfn.cloudfront.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/09123741/artistis-collective-3.jpg)
Michelle Farro
Home Base: Whiting, NJ
Medium: Oil paint, ink, and woodblock printing
Signature Subject: Nature, people, and anything else that catches her eye.
Why We Love Her Work: An emerging art talent who logged time training at the Florence Academy of Art in Italy, Michelle’s work draws on the everyday to create quietly extraordinary pieces. Experimenting in a range of mediums, including oil, ink, and woodblock prints, this East Coaster’s subject matter is equally mercurial, but the results are consistently beautiful.
Sean Kratzert
Home Base: Old Lyme, CT
Medium: Oil and acrylics
Signature Subject: Music, culture, and the world all around.
Why We Love His Work: Sean’s explosive pieces, each bursting with color and texture, are a fascinating peek into the busy and engaged mind of this emerging talent working in the Abstract Expressionist style. He also creates music under the name Coyote Ocean.
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Jocelyn Armstrong
Home Base: Bridgeport, CT
Medium: Ceramics
Signature Subject: The many possibilities of the sculptural form.
Why We Love Her Work: Exploring the space where fine art and craft intersect, Jocelyn’s ceramic vessels nod to the classic ‘Moon Jar’ in their refined shape, but her surface treatments are all about the contemporary cool. Unique, multi-use boxes and bowls by this ceramic sculptor are an opportunity to bring a bit of elegance to your everyday.
![Kate Lewis in her Chicago studio painting on a large wooden table](https://d1h3pk8iipmcfn.cloudfront.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/09123748/artistis-collective-4.jpg)
Kate Lewis
Home Base: Chicago, IL
Medium: Watercolor, gouache, and acrylics
Signature Subject: Nature and interiors brimming with charm.
Why We Love Her Work: Kate refers to herself as “an artist in pursuit of beauty and optimism.” We couldn’t have said it better. Her lush use of color and playful style make her work charmingly accessible yet sophisticated, with a distinct tinge of hopefulness. Her work caught the eye of Chronicle Book editors and her first illustrated book will make its debut in the fall of 2020.
Laura Noel
Home Base: Atlanta, GA
Medium: Photography
Signature Subject: Moments when the past and present converge.
Why We Love Her Work: With an MFA from the University of Georgia and work in the permanent collection at MOCA GA, Laura has made a name for herself exploring what it means to capture the ephemeral and imbue it with newfound permanence. Her recent series, entitled Marmoreal (a reference to the coldness of both the material and vibe of her marble statue subjects), shines a digital light on classical works to create images just right for today.
![Ilana Greenberg in her Brooklyn studio working on an abstract black and white painting](https://d1h3pk8iipmcfn.cloudfront.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/09123751/artistis-collective-5.jpg)
Ilana Greenberg
Home Base: Brooklyn, NY
Medium: Acrylics
Signature Subject: The colors and forms of abstraction.
Why We Love Her Work: Influenced by the Mid-Century Modern masters (think Franz Kline) and her high-energy hometown, this fast-rising art star creates bold, graphic paintings that nod to the Abstract Expressionist movement. Underneath the big gestures and tonal contrasts of her work is the idea of using art making as a form of meditation.
Jelly Chen
Home Base: Brooklyn, NY
Medium: Acrylics
Signature Subject: Flora and fauna, animals, artifacts, and patterns are favorites.
Why We Love Her Work: An emerging talent out of Brooklyn, Jelly scours New York City for the creative sparks that fuel her paintings. Antiquities at the Metropolitan Museum of Art become painterly explorations of pattern, with ancient vessels as the star. Her visual explorations with collage lend some of her work its vivid, bold thematic thread.
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Lead photo courtesy of Nadia Jaber