Fantasy figures emerge from the peaceful eddies within the chaos of swirling primary colors that are the contemporary works of Nicole Sanko. Connections at play on the canvas reveal an upbringing in the wilds of Topanga Canyon, an Artist’s retreat surrounded by Urban Los Angeles. Nicole is the daughter of a painter and granddaughter of a painter, her fantasy artworks the distillation of a family tradition of over seventy years. Nicole is of the new school of proudly self-trained female painters. This artist prefers to develop her vision outside the influences of Western Academe.