April 8 - May 30

Hollywood Hills, CA.

California Poppy is Justina Blakeney’s first solo exhibition, presented in collaboration with Artwolf Gallery at Una Casa Privada. Drawing inspiration from the wildflower that folds inward at dusk and unfurls with the morning sun—bold, rhythmic, protected, and wild—this body of work explores cycles of identity, resilience, and creative regeneration. Through vivid color, layered pattern, and intuitive form, the paintings reflect the dance between the patterns we inherit, the rhythms we create, and the disruptions that reshape them. This collection is a tender unfolding that honors what rests beneath the surface, what returns with the light, and what insists on blooming, again and again.

BY APPOINTMENT

New works on view with Artwolf Gallery at
Una Casa Privada.

These paintings were made during a time of rupture and return. Some emerged slowly—others, all at once. They’re stories told in symbols: roots, rhythms, rings, and remnants. Some are prayers. Some are portals. Each piece makes me. The art makes the artist. Like the California poppy, whose seeds are activated by fire, these works rise—carrying smoke and heat.