Considered one of the pioneers of moving image, peter campus has almost exclusively created art about the outdoors since the late '80s. Recent video work features different Long Island waterways and coastal areas near the artist's home, marked by a sophisticated editing and digital manipulation made possible by his trained eye. During the pandemic, campus began filming new works in his yard and garden, finding inspiration even while isolating.

Maureen O'Leary's paintings of her suburban surroundings hover between figuration and abstraction. Previous works often featured the people and things closest to her, but during the pandemic the artist's subject matter has become even more local, as she often paints what she can see from her window. The result is a group of moody paintings of things you'd be more likely to find outside of the city: cars driving down empty roads at dusk, silent and darkened houses, and menacing orange flames on a barbecue. This recent series, aptly titled Suburbia, underscores the artist's interest in the contemporary romantic.