Roan’s paintings of plants and wildlife are lush and luminescent, evidence of her careful attention to detail. Her garden—filled with native plants like manzanita and sticky monkey-flowers, as well as creatures like cats, chickens, and bees—offers no shortage of inspiration. As the garden cycles through seasons and shifts in light, color, and shadow, each of her paintings functions as a snapshot, helping her to process events…

People say we should be the change we want to see in the world, but rarely do those people take any kind of action themselves. Erin Salazar is San Jose’s artistic fulfillment of that sentiment. The artist, muralist, and seamstress is on a quest, advocating for large, public artworks in San Jose, with a particular emphasis on the rights of artists to be paid professional wages for their work…