BOUNTIFUL — In art, the experience of dozens of different cultures and people can blend together into something wholly unique and impossible to experience again.

At the Bountiful/Davis Art Center’s Summerfest International Art Exhibit, running now through Sept. 3, something of that blend exists in the local and international artists, issues, and experiences that share space on the gallery walls.

A close look at Jimmy Lucero, the festival’s featured artist, shows someone both playful and deep all at once. Most of his work focuses on bright toys in slightly surreal environments, and it’s only after a moment of thought that pieces like “The Hand I Was Dealt” become quietly philosophical and almost sad. Though the artist statement suggests that at least a handful of pieces deal with immigration, most do so through quiet meditations on lines, journeys, futility, and possibly even hope.

Luis Jofre Pizarro, one of the festival’s international featured artists, bends Jackson Pollock’s style to use in representational art. His swirls and daubs of paint slowly emerge as people, animals, or shapes, with results that are both technically impressive and fiercely modern.

Bobby Asay, the featured emerging artist, has such a subtle, precise touch that they seem like magical creatures come to life. This effect is only emphasized with his sometimes bold color choices, including a wolf that seems to hold all the colors of the sunset in its fur.

Other Summerfest artists are also featured in the exhibit. Jou Jou Prochaska, who moved to the U.S. at age 30, shows both an architectural eye and a sense of humor in her photo “Fast Food in Style.” Barbara Gustaveson combines watercolor and Indian ink in a way that suggests a combination of stained glass and native patterns, both wild and familiar all at once.