xDifferent Leaf speaks with Morgan Hill, a New York City-based designer, artist, and art director who started her career as a design assistant at Diane von Furstenberg in 2015, eventually becoming the head of the print department. She has been a consistent contributor to Christopher John Rogers as both a print designer and occasionally a jewelry designer. She occasionally produces one-off items ranging from hand-printed garments to jewelry, to now select home objects. See more of her work at www.morganfhill.com.

xDifferent Leaf talks with Marisabel Bazan, a Panamanian-born artist living and working in Los Angeles known for her colorful organic artwork and public commissions. A cross-disciplinary artist, Bazan employs painting, mixed-media, sculpture, video, and interactive art to create bold, expressionistic works, reflecting on topics and themes including mental health, metamorphosis, and the human spirit, and inspired by her urban community. See more of her work at www.marisabelbazan.com.

xDIfferent Leaf talks with Boston-based artist Joe Wardwell who creates layered paintings that examine America through the lens of landscape imagery, political slogans, and song lyrics. His inspirations range from Hudson River School painters to punk-rock musicians Patti Smith and Mission of Burma. To see his work please visit www.joewardwell.com.