Cristian Mora

To Cristian Mora, art is the search for truth and beauty in reality and imagination, in the natural and the unnatural, in the benign and the eldritch. A native of San Ramón, Costa Rica, he started painting rainforest scenes as a young child. His love to create only grew from there as he experimented with and discovered new styles and mediums. 

Working primarily in oils, Cristian incorporates a vast array of styles, subjects, and techniques, including Alla Prima work, plein air painting, city and landscapes, figure painting, and imaginative dark realism. He explores not only these but also other visual arts such as photography and digital media. 

Cristian’s studio is in Denver, CO and he teaches at the Art Students League of Denver as well as private lessons. To see more of his work or to contact the artist, please visit cristianmora.com or follow @moraart on Instagram.

Tanner Steed

“My paintings are the result of deep observation and contemplation of light. Through my sensory experience, I create a personal interpretation of the scene using the abstraction of brushstrokes. No matter how rendered, it will always be abstraction that formulates my work. Even though the subject matter is more than easily recognized, my paintings are about the quality of the paint itself. I hope to catch the viewers attention with a subject, only to inspire them to look closer at the innate beauty of oil on linen.”