Featured Artists
2026 Featured Artists
The 2026 Featured Artists for Mission Fed ArtWalk represent diverse backgrounds, art styles and mediums. We are proud of the high caliber of art that represents some of the most captivating work at the show. We invite you to visit the artists’ websites to learn more about their work and their inspiration.
David Fox
Oil
Dave Fox lives in Bend, Oregon with his wife, three children, two dogs, and a cat. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Arizona and continued his studies through the Wass Atelier program. Dave’s technique developed through years of trial and error, experimentation with different mediums, and dedicated study of master painters. He wants collectors to feel immediately drawn in by the bold color in his work, but also to discover something quieter beneath it. His paintings are accessible and inviting, offering a sense of nostalgia and familiarity—like a place you’ve known before but can’t quite name. Through expressive color and suggested forms, he creates landscapes that feel both vibrant and deeply personal, allowing each collector to connect with the work in their own way and carry that sense of place with them.
Adolfo Girala
MIXED MEDIA
Adolfo was born in Havana, Cuba and his childhood was filled with good times spent at the beach. The endless sunny days with cool breezes at the Caribbean Ocean are his favorite memories. The vibrant and alive colors of his home country continue to inspire his work today. He has found his home in Los Angeles since his arrival in the United States. For Adolfo, being an artist has been a blessing, a self-discovery and a challenge. Passion and the desire to create something beautiful and unique drive his soul. He describes himself as totally submerged in his work which is always an exploration, an adventure of that which has not been explored before. As an artist he feels the responsibility to take care of our Mother Earth, to forgive, to love, to always be learning, and to appreciate and respect the sanctity of every living thing.
Sangeetha Gopalakrishnan
Oil
Sangeetha is a landscape oil painter based in Irvine, California. After 19 years in electrical engineering, she recently shifted to full-time art. Born in tropical South India, she moved to the US for graduate school. An avid hiker and backpacker, she draws inspiration from trails across California and beyond. Her art practice is a California Green Business, for her sustainable, chemical-free oil painting process and the use of non-toxic paints. In 2019, she founded a women’s outdoor group, now a thriving community, to enable wilderness exploration.
Her paintings are born from a deep relationship with the natural world. As a plein-air and studio painter, she carries her easel into wild spaces, along quiet trails, and into the changing light of California and the South West landscapes.
Samson Low
Art Glass
Samson Low was born and raised in Hawaii on the island of Oahu. As a native Hawaiian he was surrounded by the culture throughout his life. Samson was introduced to art much later in life than most. While pursuing a computer science degree from the University of Hawaii at Manoa he stumbled upon “Intro to Glass by Rick Mills.” Unknown to him, this would be the hardest but most rewarding and fulfilling class he had ever taken. The next semester he switched his major to Art Studio with a focus in glass. During this time Samson was formally trained in welding and metal fabrication, woodworking, and jewelry making. Over time Samson’s cultural upbringing began to show itself within the molten glass. He has created multiple series such as the Hānau or birth in Hawaiian, depicting the legend of when the goddess of fire (Pele) created or gave birth to the Hawaiian islands. Samson’s work continues to evolve with his cultural knowledge inspiring new pieces that perpetuate those ʻŌlelo (Stories) for others to see.
Jennifer Peart
Acrylic
Jennifer Peart is a Northern California based artist creating visionary landscape paintings that explore the intersection of nature, design, and the speculative worlds of science fiction. Raised in the rural Sierra Nevada Mountains, she developed a deep connection to the land, which remains central to her artistic practice. Drawing from mid-century modern architecture, science fiction, and world-building tabletop games, Peart reimagines environments through a lens of possibility. A self-described “visionary fiction scholar,” Peart studies past visions of the future through the works of authors such as Octavia Butler and Ursula K. Le Guin. These imagined futures shape her explorations of the human relationship with nature and the environment.
monica Prado
Clay/Pottery/Ceramic
Monica Prado discovered her passion for ceramics in 1979 while working with a relief team in the remote jungles of Chinaluta, Guatemala. There, she learned from Indigenous artisans who gathered pink clay from the river, adorned their vessels with forms inspired by local flora and fauna, and fired them in handmade wood-burning kilns. That formative experience awakened a lifelong devotion to the art of clay. Monica creates hand-built porcelain sculptures inspired by the exuberant beauty of the natural world. Through layered forms, intricate textures, and luminous color, her work explores movement and a heightened sense of aliveness. Each piece is meticulously constructed by hand, inviting viewers into a quiet, immersive experience that celebrates nature’s resilience and abundance. Monica is the recipient of the 2024 Artist Innovation Grant from the City of Laguna Beach and she serves on the Laguna Beach School District’s Arts Committee.
Karla preciado
Acrylic
Born and raised in Tijuana, Mexico, Karla Preciado is an acrylic nature and landscape painter whose work captures the beauty and emotion of the natural world through expressive abstraction. She received her B.A. in Communications from Universidad Autónoma de Baja California but found her true passion for painting in 2007 when she and her family moved to Spain. Living on the southern coast of Andalucía, she took her first painting class and discovered a powerful new way to express her creativity. Over the years, Karla has studied with multiple artists, including Nicholas Wilton in the Creative Visionary Program, where she developed a deep appreciation for abstraction. Her paintings blend bold color palettes, inspired by her Mexican heritage, with dynamic brushwork and rich layers of acrylic and mixed media, creating depth and vibrancy that invite viewers into her world. Her work evokes a sense of freedom, joy, and connection to nature, often taking the form of abstract landscapes, seascapes, and floral compositions. Beyond her personal artistic journey, Karla has used her art as a platform for social awareness.
Jeffrey Siegal
Clay/Pottery/Ceramic
Jeffrey fell in love with clay the first time he sank my hands into it as a young student. He describes the movement of shaping clay into something exciting on the wheel as “a series of actions and reactions, like having a conversation with myself.” It is common for him to say, “the clay speaks to me.” Jeffrey is inspired by nature and finds balance through his art. A hike in the mountains or a walk along the shore sets him on his journey to self-realization. In his collection, he marries sculpture and wheel-throwing by adding organic elements to the pieces, bringing his sensibility of the natural world to the eye of the admirer. Jeffrey’s work has been featured at the Florence Italy Biennale through which he won a Gold Medal, as well as in The Los Angeles Museum of Folk Art, The Borrego Springs Art Institute, and numerous art galleries and international private collections.