Nancy Lim

ailing from throughout the West Coast, the talented artists selected for this issue range broadly—in their topical concerns, formal approaches, and the memories they summon. Tucker Nichols’s paintings are like spirited visual balms, their off-center compositions animating floral bouquets and pulling pools of color to the surface. Barb Gipple’s drawings offer a more panoramic view of densely worked Pacific Northwest landscapes that hint at seeing far but pull our eyes short at their furry textures and roving colors. In contrast, Emma Webster’s paintings offer paths into deep pictorial