Mitnik-Miller is an artist and designer working between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Her artistic practice is inspired by a visual journey led by a relaxed and meditative spirit. Beginning with pencil drawings, Mitnik-Miller carefully chooses her watercolor pigments to co-exist together on the paper in a composition of interlocking patterns of color and concentric shapes where structures break apart, bubbles stack and pyramids multiply. Mitnik-Miller finds freedom being outdoors and her shapes are often inspired by the natural environment. A surfer from a young age, she rarely finds herself far from the ocean. In her compositions, she plays with the balance of negative space, form and density. In this new body of work she uses negative space in new and innovative ways while always maintaining her signature minimalist and timeless style. Watercolor is known for its unpredictability, but you would never know that when looking at Serena’s paintings. The finished result was always meant to be just what it has become.

“Art is an exploration of discovering and pushing the boundaries of creating something new.”

Words and image via Sarah Shepard Gallery.