Hi.
Welcome! Enjoy a scroll of art instead of a scroll of doom. :)
Welcome! Enjoy a scroll of art instead of a scroll of doom. :)
So often our work gets buried in digital archives, closets, or behind new work after having been shared once (or never). Our creations deserve a little more love than that.
I thought it would be nice to have a low-stakes place to gather and celebrate our existing work together.
The Friendly, NBD art show features 13 pieces from different artists, welcoming artists of all visual mediums and short-form writing, or a combination thereof.
I hope you’ll linger a little.
No theme—anything goes!
There is a thumbnail gallery for an overview, then scroll for full images and information about the artists and their work.
Featuring: Ashley Markowicz, Abinav Thakuri, Marissa McPeak, Amanda Hawkins, Matthew Eyre, Nikki, Cookie Redding, Laura Inspirit, Kayla Johnston, Shachi Kale, Kiolendz, M S Rose, Insley Smullen
Ashley Markowicz
”Sun moon stars rain”
Digital collage, August 2019
Instagram: @gatheringofshapes
Website: https://linktr.ee/agatheringofshapes
It was named after a line in an e.e. cummings poem - one of my favorite poets.
It is one of the only three pieces of my own artwork that I have printed and framed on my wall at home.
It is part of my first batch of digital collages I ever made - I started them as a practice in 2019. My style has bounced all over the place since then but I would say this particular vibe has been one that I keep returning to among my various stylistic experimentations. Sort of esoteric, sort of whimsical, lots of bright color and natural elements.
Abinav Thakuri
”Blooming”
6x6 Ilford Delta 3200
Half Moon Bay, 04/09/2026
Instagram: @abinavonfilm
Website: abinavonfilm.com
"Maa, the fields won't stop blooming."
She smiled.
"The clouds keep giving themselves to the sky. The road keeps giving itself to my feet. I keep giving myself to everything I see. I can't stop."
She walked beside me for a long time.
"Why would you stop," She whispered, "when this is what love looks like when it's not afraid anymore?"
Shachi Kale
”Indian Summer”
Acrylic Posca pens on paper
Arizona, November 2025
Website: http://www.shachikale.com
Instagram: @shachidreams
Substack: http://substack.com/@conversationswithme
This piece is an exploration of my dual identities. The first half of my life in Mumbai and the second in Arizona. Summer in each place is a significant part of life. This is a celebration of the heat and strange plantlife inspired by both worlds.
Amanda Hawkins
”All around them”
Acrylic on canvas
Gilbert, AZ, 2023
Website: https://amandahawkins.me/
Matthew Eyre
”Innocence”
Photography
Instagram: Matthew.eyre.photo
Marissa McPeak
”Through the Veil”
Digital Photography
South to LA, 01/24/2026
Website: https://www.marissamcpeak.com/
Instagram: @marissamcpeak • @marsandthemachine (daily project)
Inspired by Laura, I started a 365 photography project this year where I take a photo everyday.
I took this photo as a passenger on a road trip to LA with my partner. I fell in love with how the sun looked, it felt like we were in Lord of The Rings.
Nikki
“I’m so sad, so very, very sad”
Digital, Watercolor, Paper
Bay Area, 2025
Instagram: @sadgirlpizzaparty
This collage was inspired by the Scott Pilgrim vs the World song by “Crash and the Boys.”
Cookie Redding
Mixed media collage
South Central, PA
Website: cookieredding.com
Instagram: cookiereddingart
This series is part of a 100 day project where I’m working with my own unused and unresolved pieces instead of starting from scratch. I cut into older paintings and drawings and use those fragments to build small mixed media collages. The focus is on dividing space and creating contrast through interruption, using vertical slices, shifts in color, and edges that don’t fully align. Each piece is a way of staying with the work a little longer, reworking it until new relationships start to hold. After the 100 days, I plan on going a bit larger with these (as they're currently around 4"x4") to see how scale shifts them a bit.
Kayla Johnston
”Sun and Moon”
Mixed media collage, 2025
Instagram: @mellayellamoondog
Laura Inspirit
Bay Area, CA
Instagram: @laurainspirit
M S Rose
Kansas City, Missouri
Instagram: @mattstagram814
Insley Smullen
”The Giant Water Bug's Poem”
Words on a page
San Francisco, CA, 2024
Website: www.insleysmullen.com
Instagram: @insleysmullen
This poem was inspired by the Giant Water Bug, an insect that I spent a lot of time with in May of 2024 in Summerlake, Oregon. During some nightly light trapping for moths, these hefty bugs would whirr in loudly and clumsily, flinging themselves at whatever light source they could (which all too often was my headlamp or phone). GWB's are pond insects, and can spend long amounts of time just under the water's surface, breathing through a spiracle in their butt. Adult GWB's have wings and fly from water source to water source. They are also sometimes called "electric light bugs" and "toe biters" due to their painful bite.
Kiolendz
”The weight of the game”
Digital photography
wtrcooler, December 4, 2025
Website: https://linktr.ee/throughkioslendz
Instagram: @kiolendz
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