Margaret Wall-Romana, also known as Margaret Wall, is a painter whose richly layered compositions explore the relationship between nature, perception and the history of painting. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, she earned a B.A. from the University of California, Davis, followed by an M.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Drawing inspiration from Dutch and Flemish painting, the Hudson River School, Abstract Expressionism and color field painting, Wall-Romana combines meticulously rendered flowers, foliage and natural forms with expressive brushwork and atmospheric passages of color. Her paintings move between abstraction and representation, inviting viewers to consider the changing relationships between observation, memory and imagination. reflects a sustained engagement with the expressive possibilities of contemporary painting.