Bella Foster

New painting by Bella Foster for her solo exhibition "Flowers and Mushrooms." This is her fifth solo exhibition with the gallery! Known for her luminous interiors and intimate still life paintings, Foster captures the magic of ordinary spaces and objects with rare tenderness. ⁠ ⁠ The gallery is open during Frieze week with extended hours from 10am-6pm Wednesday-Saturday. ⁠ ⁠ We will be hosting a brunch and walkthrough of the exhibitions at the gallery on Friday from 11am-1pm. We hope to see you there! Please rsvp at [email protected]⁠ ⁠ ⁠ For more information email us at [email protected]⁠ ⁠ ---⁠ ⁠ Press excerpt:⁠ ⁠ Her works invite viewers into a world where the familiar becomes radiant, and where the act of painting itself becomes a form of contemplation and care. Over the past two decades, Foster has developed a singular practice grounded in drawing, watercolor, and acrylic painting. She is known for her ability to merge humor, warmth, and a painter’s devotion to beauty into a cohesive, resonant vision. Foster’s practice centers on observation and imagination in equal measure. Often depicting domestic interiors, gardens, or the studios of friends, her compositions become gentle portraits of places inhabited by memory and feeling. Each painting is a meditation on color, light, and form—a reflection of how art can turn the simplest scene into a site of wonder. Drawing on the legacies of modernism, literature, and myth, Foster’s works extend beyond the visible world, creating spaces that feel at once personal and universal, tender and transcendent.⁠ ⁠ #BellaFoster⁠ Greta, 2025⁠ Acrylic on canvas⁠ 40 x 30 in⁠ 📸 Chris Hanke @false_artifacts ⁠ ⁠ #thepitla

"Nothing Left Out (Carrie Sierra Hawthorne)" a new painting by Bella Foster for her solo exhibition "Flowers and Mushrooms." This is her fifth solo exhibition with the gallery! The exhibition is on view through March 5, 2026.⁠ ⁠ For more information email us at [email protected]⁠ ⁠ ---⁠ ⁠ Press excerpt:⁠ ⁠ In "Flowers and Mushrooms", Foster continues her exploration of painting’s capacity to hold emotion and spirit within material form. The title itself suggests growth, transformation, and the natural cycles that underlie both art and life. Foster’s bookshelf paintings contain paraphernalia from friend’s and icon’s homes – books of war illustrated with the mushroom cloud of nuclear bombs, “The Autobiography of a Yogi” written by the guru who began the self-realization center in the Mount Washington neighborhood of Los Angeles, and Ray Bradbury’s “Death is a Lonely Business.” Across this new body of work, flowers bloom alongside fungi, light filters through interiors, and human presence lingers in traces—framed photographs, a bowl of citrus, a vase. Rendered with her signature luminosity and compositional grace, these paintings evoke the quiet richness of attention and care. In their balance of the everyday and the enchanted, Foster’s works remind us that beauty is not a luxury, but a way of seeing.⁠ ⁠ #BellaFoster⁠ Nothing Left Out (Carrie Sierra Hawthorne), 2025⁠ Acrylic on canvas⁠ 48 x 36 in.⁠ 📸 Chris Hanke @false_artifacts ⁠ ⁠ #thepitla

New work by Bella Foster for her solo exhibition "Flowers and Mushrooms." This is her fifth solo exhibition with the gallery! The exhibition is on view through March 5, 2026.⁠ ⁠ For more information email us at [email protected]⁠ ⁠ ---⁠ ⁠ Press excerpt:⁠ ⁠ In "Flowers and Mushrooms", Foster continues her exploration of painting’s capacity to hold emotion and spirit within material form. The title itself suggests growth, transformation, and the natural cycles that underlie both art and life. Foster’s bookshelf paintings contain paraphernalia from friend’s and icon’s homes – books of war illustrated with the mushroom cloud of nuclear bombs, “The Autobiography of a Yogi” written by the guru who began the self-realization center in the Mount Washington neighborhood of Los Angeles, and Ray Bradbury’s “Death is a Lonely Business.”Across this new body of work, flowers bloom alongside fungi, light filters through interiors, and human presence lingers in traces—framed photographs, a bowl of citrus, a vase. Rendered with her signature luminosity and compositional grace, these paintings evoke the quiet richness of attention and care. In their balance of the everyday and the enchanted, Foster’s works remind us that beauty is not a luxury, but a way of seeing.⁠ ⁠ #BellaFoster⁠ Death is a Lonely Business (James Marsh), 2025⁠ Acrylic on canvas⁠ 40 x 30 in⁠ 📸 Chris Hanke @false_artifacts ⁠ ⁠ #thepitla

New work by Bella Foster for her solo exhibition "Flowers and Mushrooms." This is her fifth solo exhibition with the gallery! The exhibition is on view through March 5, 2026.⁠ ⁠ For more information email us at [email protected]⁠ ⁠ ---⁠ ⁠ Press excerpt:⁠ ⁠ In "Flowers and Mushrooms", Foster continues her exploration of painting’s capacity to hold emotion and spirit within material form. The title itself suggests growth, transformation, and the natural cycles that underlie both art and life. Foster’s bookshelf paintings contain paraphernalia from friend’s and icon’s homes – books of war illustrated with the mushroom cloud of nuclear bombs, “The Autobiography of a Yogi” written by the guru who began the self-realization center in the Mount Washington neighborhood of Los Angeles, and Ray Bradbury’s “Death is a Lonely Business.”Across this new body of work, flowers bloom alongside fungi, light filters through interiors, and human presence lingers in traces—framed photographs, a bowl of citrus, a vase. Rendered with her signature luminosity and compositional grace, these paintings evoke the quiet richness of attention and care. In their balance of the everyday and the enchanted, Foster’s works remind us that beauty is not a luxury, but a way of seeing.⁠ ⁠ #BellaFoster⁠ Daffodils in the studio, 2025⁠ Acrylic on canvas⁠ 24 x 18 in.⁠ 📸 Chris Hanke @false_artifacts ⁠ ⁠ #thepitla

Flowers and Mushrooms, a solo exhibition of paintings by artist Bella Foster is a doorway to a new gentle space. Bella finds beauty in the most ordinary places, approaching them with rare tenderness. Her paintings invite viewers to slow down, where familiar forms shine anew and painting becomes a thoughtful, caring ritual. The paintings are beautifully curated, giving viewers ample amount of space to enjoy each piece. The exhibition will end on March 05, 2026. Gallery: @thepitla Artist: @bciel

Bella Foster's exhibition "Flowers and Mushrooms," her fifth solo exhibition with the gallery is now on view at The Pit! The exhibition is on through March 5, 2026.⁠ ⁠ For more information email us at [email protected]⁠ ⁠ ---⁠ ⁠ Press excerpt:⁠ ⁠ In "Flowers and Mushrooms", Foster continues her exploration of painting’s capacity to hold emotion and spirit within material form. The title itself suggests growth, transformation, and the natural cycles that underlie both art and life. Foster’s bookshelf paintings contain paraphernalia from friend’s and icon’s homes – books of war illustrated with the mushroom cloud of nuclear bombs, “The Autobiography of a Yogi” written by the guru who began the self-realization center in the Mount Washington neighborhood of Los Angeles, and Ray Bradbury’s “Death is a Lonely Business.”Across this new body of work, flowers bloom alongside fungi, light filters through interiors, and human presence lingers in traces—framed photographs, a bowl of citrus, a vase. Rendered with her signature luminosity and compositional grace, these paintings evoke the quiet richness of attention and care. In their balance of the everyday and the enchanted, Foster’s works remind us that beauty is not a luxury, but a way of seeing.⁠ ⁠ #BellaFoster⁠ Carrie, 2025⁠ Acrylic on canvas⁠ 48 x 36 in⁠ 📸 Chris Hanke @false_artifacts ⁠ ⁠ #thepitla

Join us today for the opening receptions of Bella Foster "Flowers and Mushrooms" and Howard Fonda "To Be Grass Upon the Hills"! The opening will be from 5-7pm with the artists present. We hope you'll join us to celebrate these beautiful exhibitions!⁠ ⁠ Installation photographs by 📸 Chris Hanke @false_artifacts ⁠ ⁠ #thepitla #bellafoster #howardfonda

The Pit is thrilled to announce Bella Foster's upcoming exhibition "Flowers and Mushrooms," her fifth solo exhibition with the gallery. Join us this Saturday January 17 from 5-7pm for the opening reception! The exhibition will be on view January 17 - March 5, 2026.⁠ ⁠ For more information email us at [email protected]⁠ ⁠ ---⁠ ⁠ Press excerpt:⁠ ⁠ Foster’s practice centers on observation and imagination in equal measure. Often depicting domestic interiors, gardens, or the studios of friends, her compositions become gentle portraits of places inhabited by memory and feeling. Each painting is a meditation on color, light, and form—a reflection of how art can turn the simplest scene into a site of wonder. Drawing on the legacies of modernism, literature, and myth, Foster’s works extend beyond the visible world, creating spaces that feel at once personal and universal, tender and transcendent.⁠ ⁠ In "Flowers and Mushrooms", Foster continues her exploration of painting’s capacity to hold emotion and spirit within material form. The title itself suggests growth, transformation, and the natural cycles that underlie both art and life.⁠ ⁠ #BellaFoster⁠ Famous Last Words (Carrie Sierra Hawthorne), 2025⁠ Acrylic on canvas⁠ 72 x 36 in⁠ 📸 Chris Hanke @false_artifacts ⁠ ⁠ #thepitla

The Pit is thrilled to announce Bella Foster's upcoming exhibition "Flowers and Mushrooms," her fifth solo exhibition with the gallery. Join us this Saturday January 17 from 5-7pm for the opening reception! The exhibition will be on view January 17 - March 5, 2026.⁠ ⁠ For more information email us at [email protected]⁠ ⁠ ---⁠ ⁠ Press excerpt:⁠ ⁠ Foster’s practice centers on observation and imagination in equal measure. Often depicting domestic interiors, gardens, or the studios of friends, her compositions become gentle portraits of places inhabited by memory and feeling. Each painting is a meditation on color, light, and form—a reflection of how art can turn the simplest scene into a site of wonder. Drawing on the legacies of modernism, literature, and myth, Foster’s works extend beyond the visible world, creating spaces that feel at once personal and universal, tender and transcendent.⁠ ⁠ In "Flowers and Mushrooms", Foster continues her exploration of painting’s capacity to hold emotion and spirit within material form. The title itself suggests growth, transformation, and the natural cycles that underlie both art and life.⁠ ⁠ #BellaFoster⁠ The night I saw the fire turn to ash, 2025⁠ Acrylic on canvas⁠ 72 x 60 in⁠ 📸 Chris Hanke @false_artifacts ⁠ ⁠ #thepitla

Thank you @greta_cvshop ! Former echo park neighbor and friend ♥️💙 for putting some of my watercolors at the Clare V. Les Amis pop up in Amagansett this summer 🇫🇷💙♥️on view now. 249A Main Street Amagansett, NY 11930

Bella is on the pod! Talk about west coast and east coast, fluidity, playing in a band and much more. Bella has a great story and shares it here. Don’t miss this one. Link in bio. 🎸 Episode 482 / Bella Foster Bella Foster was born in Los Angeles, CA in 1975 and lives in Grass Valley, CA. She received a Bachelor of Fine Art from the School of Visual Arts in New York, NY. Solo exhibitions of her work have been presented at Marinaro Gallery, New York, NY (2021), The Pit, Los Angeles (2018 & 2020 & 2024), Canada, New York, NY (2017), South Willard, Los Angeles, CA (2015), and Art Since the Summer of 69, New York, NY (2010), and a two-person exhibition with Elwyn Palmerton was presented at Southfirst, Brooklyn, NY in 2008. Foster’s work has been featured in thematic exhibitions such as Palo Santo, Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA (2018); Fort Greene, Venus Over Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (2016); Material, Salon 94, New York, NY (2012); Greater Brooklyn, CRG Gallery, New York, NY (2005); and Where are we going? Where do we come from? And where are we going?, Champion Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA (2004).  She is represented by The Pit, Los Angeles. #podcast #art #painting #bellafoster @thepitla @bciel

Delighted to have this painting with @thepitla at Nada Miami this week! Dec 3-7. I had a series of encounters with a family of grey foxes in the woods near me last year. Second pic is one of the pictures I got (if you zoom in you might see), and was used as inspiration for making this painting. The Fox Acrylic on canvas 72 x 60 📸 @false_artifacts 💜