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October 19-21, 2007
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ERIKA MERAIUX 17th St
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MERI PAGE Alabama St Studios |
PAZ DE LA CALZADA 17th St
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My paintings are essentially
figurative. My chosen medium is oil on canvas. I also use gold leaf, which reflects
light as if it were the light-source itself. Characters may be surrounded by
motifs or ornaments which emphasize the symbolic aspects of the scene |
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Each panel is a free form intuitive construction. No
patterns are used in the creative process, allowing the work to evolve
spontaneously—each piece one of a kind. Exploring organic forms, abstraction,
negative space, color, light and texture. Pieces may incorporate a variety of
natural materials including: glass, stone, sea glass, sea shells, gemstones,
and other found objects. |
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This body of work is inspired by different hair styles. I
am interested in exploring the tension between order and chaos. I create a
variety of forms that allude to the complexity and playfulness of labyrinths. |
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Title : Wiping sweat |
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modern organic stained glass
art, inspired by nature |
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HairScapes. 80 x 80". Charcoal on canvas. 2007 |
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PRISCILLA OTANI 17th St Studios |
FACUNDO ARGANARAZ 17th St Studios |
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WENDI SPIERS 17th St Studios |
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My 2007 series, Enigma of the
Invisible, was inspired by migrants and immigrants in our country. Many live
and work “below the surface” because of language issues or because being seen
or heard could mean dire consequences. We may not notice them but we are the
beneficiaries of their efforts: gorgeous vineyards, tasty produce, sparkling
dishes in a restaurant, well-vacuumed offices, an over-stuffed bed in one’s
hotel room, sexual release. My portraits are tributes to the invisible people
who share our dreams for a better life. |
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I am currently working, exploring the dynamics of
mass media and it's consumption aftermath over
perception and experience. Being consciousness the result not only of
externalities but of our own self-organization circle, I wonder over the
ambiguity of everyone experiences. Each of theses characteristics create tree
ongoing bodies of works, each one collides in different fronts. |
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My work is about exploring human emotions and
responses through animals. I am
constantly intrigued by the simulaties in actions
and ways of being between species. The
way animals instinctually react to treats; c love and triumphs are basic
instincts that we tend to ignore in ourselves. I also love to create movement in static
sculptures to have them seem about to finish movement to be liquid even
though they are all solid high fire clay. |
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"Enigma 3." digital image 10"x10" |
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Leviathan.
Acrylic on canvas 10' x 6' |
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"Deer Man" Ceramic scuplture
27" tall x 5" |
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JHAYA WARMINGTON 17th St Studios |
SUMMER LEE Alabama St Studios |
SHELLEY MONAHAN 17th St Studios |
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My new series of equine sculptures are all about
exploring texture. For me, creating sculpture is
such a tactile process, that I wanted this new series not only to reflect
that, but to exaggerate it. I find an intense familiarity between my past
life as an equestrian, and my present life as a sculptor, as both creating
sculptures and working with horses are such physically rewarding experiences.
I want other people to experience that in a tangible way when they come into
contact with my work |
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My
recent work explores the degradation of the environment and spirituality's
quest for transcendence, using images of flying birds painted with allusions
to early medieval art. |
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These figure fragments, floating in a field of empty
space, are false diagrams of everything that person may represent. I think
about it in the same way that a field illustration of a wild animal could
never prepare you for the actual living thing. Likewise, absolutely nothing
can be gleaned from the photos, or from my paintings for that matter. Whatever emotion or meaning
a viewer may find in the faces of the people is an inference. |
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DAVID OTTO 17th St
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MELISSA YARBROUGH Alabama St Studios |
LUCKY RAPP 17th St
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"I think highly of animals. The way I see things, bunnies like ice cream sundaes and reindeer could often use an antler-cut, and that about sums things up." |
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Melissa Yarbrough’s colorful and stylized paintings
are thick and lush with layers of color applied one over another. Her landscapes and still life arrangements
are chosen for their unique and inherently abstract natural patterns so that
her paintings are more about paint, color, shape and application than about
the subject. Bold, decisive and ablaze
with her trademark yellows, red and citrusy greens,
her paintings are honest and uncontrived. |
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My work explores textures, words and languages.
Their combination creates a history or memory captured within the preserving
resin. Ironically the resin itself can then continue to age and change over
time. |
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Title: Sundae Bunny |
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Robin's Nest 20"x20" oil on linen 2007 |
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"premiere collection de vestes" Paper, wax crayon, acrylic paint, resin on canvas (w)28"x(h)60" |
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LAURA BOLES FAW 17th St
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GABRIELLE GAMBOA 17th St
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EVE SHEN Alabama St Studios |
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For the past several years, I have been working on
sculptures and other mixed media works that focus on skins, veils, cages, and
enclosures. The dichotomy of
bound/unbound has been a recurring theme in my work. I encase or veil many of my objects while others
merely refer to the interconnectedness of the inside and outside of things
and beings. Much of my work has animal
references as I think about our relationship as human beings to our
surrounding world. |
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I am interested in exploring the connections of
events of the past with the present. My work also deals with issues of
cultural and ethnic identity, the fragility of memory, and the dynamics of
human relationships. |
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Born in |
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Heir,
11"x14" oil and aluminum leaf on canvas |
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Title: My Landscape Size: 18" x 24" Medium: Oil on Canvas |
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DMITRI HOCHSTATTER 17th St
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PATRICK VITALE Alabama St Studios |
SAMANTA TELLO Alabama St Studios |
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My recent art very often deals with social concerns
such as money, classism, and technology, although I
like to make my statements somewhat ambiguous as to allow the viewer to be
able to draw their own opinions from the piece, as art is universal and
should impact any viewer if done well. |
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My art is about how
I feel convergence and connection. The subject matter and
style is not defined until the work starts breathing.
Then the work will emerge and define itself through geometric or
looped linkage, story telling, fantasy and mythology or nature. |
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One of the techniques I am
currently focusing on involves painting with grounded metals, such as iron,
bronze and copper simulating the natural rusting process. However, rather
than illustrating the rusting of objects made of metal, I am using this
technique to represent textures such us tree bark and moss on branches and to
amplify their colors. |
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Circuit in the Sky Approx 24"x 36" Acrylic, charcoal, paint pen, graphite on paper |
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Titled:Metal Urge
V-"Burn" Oil on foam core and inserted into a brushed
steel frame that I polished and finished with a copper
rub. 12"x24" |
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Title: Wispering
Trees, 22.5" x 29" Charcoal on paper |
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MELISA PHILLIPS 17th St
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CATHERINE REED 17th St
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ANTHONY PAPINI Alabama St Studios |
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I am a self-taught
painter, Bay Area native, living and painting in |
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Catherine Reed aka Bouteloua explores the stranger aspects of nature using fiber and found materials. |
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A painting should be:
highly layered, grow conceptually as it
grows visually, Be constructed with no regard for the outcome, and have a point when it is completely broken |
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Volcanic Gaia Medium: Fiber |
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People Eaters Oil on canvas 3'by 3' |
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RENATA
MARTINS Alabama St Studios |
ELI MANESS Alabama St Studios |
CHARLES
KRUGER Alabama St Studios |
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Brazilian designer Renata
Martins creates handbags, purses, totes and other accessories which blend the
casual urban cool and the easy-living but sophisticated beach culture of her
native Using natural fabrics, which are printed and
treated, and working exclusively with local Bay Area artisans, Renata Martins is committed to the strictest standards of
labor practices and social responsibility. |
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All these works are inspired by city living and human interaction. We are all simultaneusly awake and asleep. reacting to one another and and our environments as well as daydreaming in our own minds amidst our unique fantastic circumstance. |
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Charles Kruger has only
recently begun painting at age 50, having previously been both an actor and a
writer. He is interested in exploring what it means to "process a
surface" as opposed to simply "making a picture". He
incorporates a variety of found images that strike him as personally
numinous, but are not necessarily traditionally religious (although some are |
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"Redentor bag" 11 1/2'' x 6 1/2'' Printed canvas |
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34"x16" ink,
pencil, and acrylic on wood |
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Title: Healing Circles. Medium: Acrylic & Mixed Media on Board. Size: 3' x 4'. |
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LYNNLY LABOVITZ 17th St Studios |
CARLA CALETTI 17th St Studios |
COREY MARCH 17th St Studios |
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My most recent work (which
includes the Pear shown in the online catalogue) is a series called Signs of
Life--which has grown from my experience of living with metastatic
breast cancer. This work is done photographically but in the dark using
flashlights and long in camera exposures. Working in the dark and
"uncovering" the colors and shapes of things with flashlights has
allowed me to explore the most visual fundamental elements of life and the
passion evoked by light, shape and color. |
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In my paintings, I explore form and color. Inspired
by folk art, my figurative style is representational with an emphasis on bold
color. I like playing with scale and letting what is real
on the canvas be an experiment. |
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My
artwork ranges quite a bit in subject and media, often with very different
themes, techniques and whole series overlapping in time. The ongoing
Sculpted Canvas Series are about reaching into the visceral experiences of
life- moments, both sublimely quiet, and those that rush with sensation. The
sculpture comes out of my full contact and involvement with the work- I need
to mold it with my hands as well as apply paint. The gesture, stroke and
color evoke the feelings of the moment. They are memories, sensations, and
feelings. |
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"Signs of Life" Photographic Lightpainting 20 x 30 |
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"Witness" Oil on Canvas 16" x 40", 4" |
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TERRI WOLFE Alabama St Studios |
AFSANEH MICHAELS Alabama St Studios |
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REBECCA BAZELL 17th St Studios |
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My abstracts are very organic
and my realistic paintings often border on the abstract. I like to paint colors and textures, with
strong design elements. But mostly, I
just like to paint. |
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I am a very international person and I have lived and
worked in many places in the world. In
these series of paintings I am using details of colors and folds from
clothing from across the world, particularly clothing of women. The
identities of these women are hidden but the viewer is invited to explore
culture and identity without reference to individuals in their social and
political setting. |
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I paint subjects from Lost Worlds-- toys, automata,
mobiles, animal and human pageants and so on-- as symbols of the past. I'm drawn to the "old fashioned"
notions of design and memory, which is what love most about painting. |
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SunFlowers 3 Oils on canvas 12" x 12" |
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An evening in 43"x49" |
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"Menagerie" Oil on canvas 21 x 21 inches |
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MARGO MAJEWSKA Alabama St Studios |
REBECCA Alabama St Studios |
MARILYN 17th St Studios |
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I am a multidisciplinary
artist working in a variety of media: architecture, drawing, sculpture,
photography and installations. My work is done in response
to the environment I am in and the materials that I have available. I rarely
have a complete idea or image in my mind when I start work. It’s all process driven, a process of
discovery, a continuous exploration. Currently, I am working on a “shadows” series. I draw shadows and a create drawings that cast shadows. |
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To a large degree, my work
has always been driven by the question of how to solve a particular visual
phenomenon - how to express through paint the varied colors perceived when
looking at a backlit figure in a window, for example. My current work uses the
craft of painting and my longstanding curiosity about color and composition
to support themes of body image, transformation, super powers, isolation,
disfigurement, and deformities. I look at it as a kind of comparative
anatomy. |
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All of my paintings are defined by light, color, and
line. This essence of movement produces their titles. I use the medium of oil
paint because I find it easier to reflect light on many different planes. Influenced by the movement of water, and how light is
reflecting on the surface, my color choice tries to recreate the frequency
observed and accent patterns of movement. The
disappearing nature or the transitory vibration of color and light influences the titles of
my pieces because they remind me of a variety of musical compositions; just
like a note would be removed from a symphony to conduct a more sophisticated
balance, my art attempts to hear what is not necessarily played, to see what
is not necessarily seen. |
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Title: Red and
White; fiber/plexi, 4’ x 4’ |
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oil
30 x 40 |
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ANGELA PRIMAVERA Alabama St Studios |
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ELLEN LEE 17th St Studios |
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JEFF RILEY 17th St Studios |
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i never take my genes off 9x12" mixed media on panel |
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Untitled 2005 mixed media on canvas
12"x12" |
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ALIS 17th St Studios |
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Unjustly called winged
rats, pigeons are a feral community living within human society. At close study it is easy to
anthropomorphize these birds. In
contrast, during flight pigeons become abstracted to an identity of alien or
"other". In these recent images I am considering both of these
ideas. |
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Untitled, From the Series Pigeons, 2007. 11.5" X 17.25" Pigment Print |
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