Annie Nalbandian is an Armenian-American artist, based in Los Angeles, whose incandescent paintings are primarily focused on storytelling through portraiture. Her subjects—many of them peroxide-yellow blondes in various states of undress—exude a quiet confidence in their bodies, emboldened variously by shapewear, curlers, makeup, and the company of girlfriends. Annie’s buttery paint strokes imbue these characters with complex inner lives and fleshy vulnerability.