bG Gallery is pleased to present Landscapes, a group exhibition curated by Art At Architecture, featuring works by Jacob Dunkel, Parviz Payghamy, Wrona Gall, and Gay Summer Rick. On view July 20–27, the exhibition explores how landscape painting continues to bridge the natural world and the spaces we inhabit.

Drawing inspiration from the Impressionist tradition, Landscapes brings together four distinct artistic voices whose works engage with light, atmosphere, color, and emotion. Much like the Impressionists, who sought to capture fleeting experiences of nature rather than merely document it, these artists invite viewers to experience landscape as something deeply personal—an intersection of memory, place, and feeling.

For centuries, landscape painting has played a central role in the home, offering windows into the natural world and fostering a sense of calm, reflection, and connection. Whether depicting expansive horizons, coastal vistas, atmospheric skies, or poetic abstractions, the works in Landscapes demonstrate why nature remains one of art’s most enduring and beloved subjects. Curated by Art At Architecture, the exhibition explores the relationship between fine art, architecture, and interior design, highlighting the role landscape imagery continues to play in shaping the spaces we call home. By bringing together four distinct artistic perspectives, Landscapes examines how artwork can transform an interior environment while maintaining a meaningful connection to nature.

The artists featured in Landscapes approach nature through markedly different lenses. Los Angeles painter Jacob Dunkel creates luminous oil paintings that celebrate the restorative beauty of the natural world. His own journey back to painting following a life-altering health challenge lends his landscapes a profound sense of gratitude, resilience, and optimism. After suffering two strokes in 2008, Dunkel returned to painting as part of his recovery, transforming a therapeutic practice into a passionate artistic pursuit. His serene landscapes and coastal scenes serve as reminders of nature’s capacity to heal and inspire.

Iranian-born artist Parviz Payghamy transforms landscape into visual poetry. Through flowing patterns, expressive color, and rhythmic movement, his abstracted environments evoke emotional states as much as physical places. Often referred to as “the poet painter,” Payghamy draws inspiration from both nature and poetry, creating compositions that emphasize atmosphere and feeling over direct representation. His work encourages viewers to experience the landscape through emotion, memory, and reflection.

Wrona Gall’s atmospheric paintings are inspired by the expansive skies and shifting horizons of Ojai, California. After a four-decade career in Chicago, Gall relocated to Southern California, where the region’s open vistas transformed her artistic practice. Working directly with pigment on wood panels, she creates luminous veils of color that immerse viewers in sensory experiences of light, weather, and space. Her paintings explore the emotional depth of nature while subtly examining the relationship between the built and natural worlds.

Gay Summer Rick offers a contemporary interpretation of landscape through her evocative urban coastal scenes. Drawing inspiration from Los Angeles, New York, and the meeting points between city and sea, her paintings merge elements of Impressionism and Color Field painting. Influenced by artists such as Richard Diebenkorn, Mark Rothko, and J.M.W. Turner, Rick reveals moments of unexpected beauty hidden within familiar environments. Her richly layered surfaces and nuanced color relationships create dreamlike spaces that feel simultaneously familiar and deeply contemplative.

Together, these four artists demonstrate the continued vitality of landscape painting as both an artistic tradition and a source of inspiration for contemporary living. From poetic abstraction to atmospheric realism, Landscapes celebrates the many ways artists interpret the natural world and reminds us of our enduring desire to bring nature indoors.