Thu, Apr 21, 2022, 7:00 PM

Reception begins at 7pm

Artist will be in attendance

Dreaming in Color’ is an exploration of color & our senses. I wanted to examine how color makes us feel on a multi-sensory and subconscious level; not only how different colors affect mood, memory or instinct, but also how a color might taste, feel or sound. As in many of my works this series also focuses on femininity, with women at the center of each piece, often surrounded by microcosms filled with natural elements that help define those senses - tiny worlds: dreams within dreams.

In this particular body of work I thought carefully about the space these pieces would be installed within. I created pieces that intentionally float on the canvases, much like the walls they’ll be mounted on, that float within the space. I wanted them to convey a feeling of weightlessness, adding to the dream-like quality of each piece, and allowing the viewer to tap into the multi-sensory qualities of them. My hope is that through this work, you’ll be fully able to dream in color.

Ursula Xanthe Young BIO:

Over the past twenty five years illustrator, painter, muralist and designer Ursula Xanthe Young has become known for her unique flowery urban fairytale illustrations. Graduate of Parsons School of Design (Illustration, BFA, New York 1996) Ursula exhibits frequently in the San Francisco Bay Area and has sold paintings around the world, she shows most frequently with Luna Rienne Gallery in San Francisco.


Ursula finds inspiration in the organic yet urban landscape of San Francisco and the magical surroundings of Northern California. She is also highly influenced by her travels to the far-flung reaches of the globe and the variety of colorful characters and environments that she encounters - both real and imagined - along the way. 

Ursula's recent projects include a 18' commissioned painting for The Grand Hyatt in San Francisco and several large scale mural projects in Sacramento, Miami and San Francisco. Other clients include: NorthFace, SF Weekly, Google, Om Records and SF Bay Guardian. Ursula helps to run Few & Far: an international all-female collective of mural-painters and has painted large collaborative wall murals around the U.S and beyond.


Originating from the green rural dales of Northern England, Ursula has spent much of her time since then traveling and has studied art in New York City, Florence, Vermont, Oslo, and London. After ten years making her mark in the Lower Haight neighborhood of San Francisco, she now lives in a creative enclave in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Northern California, in a remote spot in the forest - where she’s busy finding a whole host of new inspirations. She lives with her husband, daughter and three cats in Grass Valley, California.