Second Floor
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Jan Hansen
Identity Crisis
2007
Ceramic Sculpture, mounted on wood, with leather
$650
My work is primarily representational, often with distinct narrative content, sometimes incorporating political and social themes. Humor also plays it’s part.
Many pieces involve the layering of time and movement within the work.
I am interested in color and detail and am happy when a project requires historical or scientific research. I have spent much time studying traditional art forms and I incorporate those elements into some of my work. I recently completed the twelve signs of the Asian zodiac as ceramic wall pieces and another project based on Navajo rug designs.
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Jeri Wyrick
Moral Values
2004
Mixed Media
$500
I hope that these three pieces are not presumed as a group to be pro-Muslim/ anti-Christian--which they are not--as opposed to just anti-religious--which they admittedly are.
Both Middle Eastern Eyes and Bosnian Graveyard are very faithful representations of photographs in the SF Chronicle taken by Declan Walsh and Amel Emric, respectively.
"Moral Values" is based upon exit polls taken at the time of the 2004 Presidential Election, where people who voted for George W. Bush said their main concern about America's future was not terrorism, the war in Iraq or the economy, but "moral values"--i.e., gay people being allowed to marry.
I came to the conclusion that there must be something about religious faith which renders people stupid.
Jeri Wyrick
Moral Values
2004
Mixed Media
$500
I hope that these three pieces are not presumed as a group to be pro-Muslim/ anti-Christian--which they are not--as opposed to just anti-religious--which they admittedly are.
Both Middle Eastern Eyes and Bosnian Graveyard are very faithful representations of photographs in the SF Chronicle taken by Declan Walsh and Amel Emric, respectively.
"Moral Values" is based upon exit polls taken at the time of the 2004 Presidential Election, where people who voted for George W. Bush said their main concern about America's future was not terrorism, the war in Iraq or the economy, but "moral values"--i.e., gay people being allowed to marry.
I came to the conclusion that there must be something about religious faith which renders people stupid.
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Bob Thompson
Steve, killed 9/25/66, Quang Tri Province
2009
Mezzotint Etching
$200
This piece is a remembrance for the men and women whose lives have been changed forever by service to their country.
Bob Thompson
Steve, killed 9/25/66, Quang Tri Province
2009
Mezzotint Etching
$200
This piece is a remembrance for the men and women whose lives have been changed forever by service to their country.
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Jeri Wyrick
Bosnian Graveyard
2006
Acrylic
$3000
I hope that these three pieces are not presumed as a group to be pro-Muslim/ anti-Christian--which they are not--as opposed to just anti-religious--which they admittedly are.
Both Middle Eastern Eyes and Bosnian Graveyard are very faithful representations of photographs in the SF Chronicle taken by Declan Walsh and Amel Emric, respectively.
"Moral Values" is based upon exit polls taken at the time of the 2004 Presidential Election, where people who voted for George W. Bush said their main concern about America's future was not terrorism, the war in Iraq or the economy, but "moral values"--i.e., gay people being allowed to marry.
I came to the conclusion that there must be something about religious faith which renders people stupid.
Jeri Wyrick
Bosnian Graveyard
2006
Acrylic
$3000
I hope that these three pieces are not presumed as a group to be pro-Muslim/ anti-Christian--which they are not--as opposed to just anti-religious--which they admittedly are.
Both Middle Eastern Eyes and Bosnian Graveyard are very faithful representations of photographs in the SF Chronicle taken by Declan Walsh and Amel Emric, respectively.
"Moral Values" is based upon exit polls taken at the time of the 2004 Presidential Election, where people who voted for George W. Bush said their main concern about America's future was not terrorism, the war in Iraq or the economy, but "moral values"--i.e., gay people being allowed to marry.
I came to the conclusion that there must be something about religious faith which renders people stupid.
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Jeri Wyrick
Middle Eastern Eyes
2006
Acrylic
$3000
I hope that these three pieces are not presumed as a group to be pro-Muslim/ anti-Christian--which they are not--as opposed to just anti-religious--which they admittedly are.
Both Middle Eastern Eyes and Bosnian Graveyard are very faithful representations of photographs in the SF Chronicle taken by Declan Walsh and Amel Emric, respectively.
"Moral Values" is based upon exit polls taken at the time of the 2004 Presidential Election, where people who voted for George W. Bush said their main concern about America's future was not terrorism, the war in Iraq or the economy, but "moral values"--i.e., gay people being allowed to marry.
I came to the conclusion that there must be something about religious faith which renders people stupid.
Jeri Wyrick
Middle Eastern Eyes
2006
Acrylic
$3000
I hope that these three pieces are not presumed as a group to be pro-Muslim/ anti-Christian--which they are not--as opposed to just anti-religious--which they admittedly are.
Both Middle Eastern Eyes and Bosnian Graveyard are very faithful representations of photographs in the SF Chronicle taken by Declan Walsh and Amel Emric, respectively.
"Moral Values" is based upon exit polls taken at the time of the 2004 Presidential Election, where people who voted for George W. Bush said their main concern about America's future was not terrorism, the war in Iraq or the economy, but "moral values"--i.e., gay people being allowed to marry.
I came to the conclusion that there must be something about religious faith which renders people stupid.
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Linda E. Gordon
A World of Peace and Inner Oneness
2008
Chalk Pastel
NFS
I was inspired by a visit to a farm house near Lake Titicaca, Peru, at elevation 14,000 feet. While interacting with this gentle couple who spontaneously offered a glimpse of their simple, yet complex life, I was drawn to a lone flower in a clay pottery vase perched upon the stone wall of their outdoor kitchen where lama dung served as fuel. Immediately I was struck by the symmetry represented through a mutual love of flowers despite our significant cultural differences. It was as if we wordlessly merged on this symbolic meaning of our common love for beauty and calmness. We were as One, separated by so many differences and yet connected through a peaceful love of beauty.
Linda E. Gordon
A World of Peace and Inner Oneness
2008
Chalk Pastel
NFS
I was inspired by a visit to a farm house near Lake Titicaca, Peru, at elevation 14,000 feet. While interacting with this gentle couple who spontaneously offered a glimpse of their simple, yet complex life, I was drawn to a lone flower in a clay pottery vase perched upon the stone wall of their outdoor kitchen where lama dung served as fuel. Immediately I was struck by the symmetry represented through a mutual love of flowers despite our significant cultural differences. It was as if we wordlessly merged on this symbolic meaning of our common love for beauty and calmness. We were as One, separated by so many differences and yet connected through a peaceful love of beauty.
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Vanessa Hadady
estuary sky (from the Big Sky series)
2010
acrylic/stretched canvas
91.4 x 122 cm (48 x 64 inches)
$7000
The Big Sky series are painted cloudscapes designed to assuage viewers by celebrating nature in open space under expansive sky. Image formalization incorporates purposely situating the viewer opposite a sole encompassing and naturally occurring configuration; therefore, by abstraction the artist saturates nature to innately reclaim collective aspects of resilient characteristic sets.
Vanessa Hadady
estuary sky (from the Big Sky series)
2010
acrylic/stretched canvas
91.4 x 122 cm (48 x 64 inches)
$7000
The Big Sky series are painted cloudscapes designed to assuage viewers by celebrating nature in open space under expansive sky. Image formalization incorporates purposely situating the viewer opposite a sole encompassing and naturally occurring configuration; therefore, by abstraction the artist saturates nature to innately reclaim collective aspects of resilient characteristic sets.
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Vanessa Hadady
Study (Lobster Sky from the Big Sky series)
2008
acrylic/gessoed hot press wc paper
61 x 46 cm (24 x 18 inches)
$1775
The Big Sky series are painted cloudscapes designed to assuage viewers by celebrating nature in open space under expansive sky. Image formalization incorporates purposely situating the viewer opposite a sole encompassing and naturally occurring configuration; therefore, by abstraction the artist saturates nature to innately reclaim collective aspects of resilient characteristic sets.
Vanessa Hadady
Study (Lobster Sky from the Big Sky series)
2008
acrylic/gessoed hot press wc paper
61 x 46 cm (24 x 18 inches)
$1775
The Big Sky series are painted cloudscapes designed to assuage viewers by celebrating nature in open space under expansive sky. Image formalization incorporates purposely situating the viewer opposite a sole encompassing and naturally occurring configuration; therefore, by abstraction the artist saturates nature to innately reclaim collective aspects of resilient characteristic sets.
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Maya K Schweizer
Searching for Themis
2010
Acrylic, collage, mixed media on canvas
$950
I fascinated by ancient cultures and languages, e.g., Latin and Sanskrit. Letter forms frequently form rhythmic abstract underlying shapes in the inception of my paintings or an integral part of finished pieces. Word fragments convey meaning or mystery in acrylic paintings whose layers often utilize collaged elements and mixed media. We use words to communicate and analyze our world and thoughts, but subtleties of the heart, emotion, and feeling are pivotal to creativity, and more important to the artist in the true understanding of the spirit. My drawings, acrylic paintings, prints and watercolors reflect these ongoing dualities of heart and mind in works that are sometimes realistic but more often abstract or non-objective.
Maya K Schweizer
Searching for Themis
2010
Acrylic, collage, mixed media on canvas
$950
I fascinated by ancient cultures and languages, e.g., Latin and Sanskrit. Letter forms frequently form rhythmic abstract underlying shapes in the inception of my paintings or an integral part of finished pieces. Word fragments convey meaning or mystery in acrylic paintings whose layers often utilize collaged elements and mixed media. We use words to communicate and analyze our world and thoughts, but subtleties of the heart, emotion, and feeling are pivotal to creativity, and more important to the artist in the true understanding of the spirit. My drawings, acrylic paintings, prints and watercolors reflect these ongoing dualities of heart and mind in works that are sometimes realistic but more often abstract or non-objective.
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Mary Rodgers
Mail Art: Another Shoe for Mr. Al-Zaidi
2009
mixed media
$250
Was the ultimate performance art of 2008—Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi’s shoe aimed at George W. Bush—peaceful? Was it just? Was it appropriate?
In al-Zaidi’s words: "Do you know how many broken homes that shoe had entered? How many times it had trodden over the blood of innocent victims? Maybe that shoe was the appropriate response when all values were violated."
Former Poet Laureate Rita Dove and others rejected Laura Bush’s attempt to censor anti-war verse from a 2003 White House poetry symposium. The symposium was cancelled.
The tradition of art bearing witness against injustice continues.
Mary Rodgers
Mail Art: Another Shoe for Mr. Al-Zaidi
2009
mixed media
$250
Was the ultimate performance art of 2008—Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi’s shoe aimed at George W. Bush—peaceful? Was it just? Was it appropriate?
In al-Zaidi’s words: "Do you know how many broken homes that shoe had entered? How many times it had trodden over the blood of innocent victims? Maybe that shoe was the appropriate response when all values were violated."
Former Poet Laureate Rita Dove and others rejected Laura Bush’s attempt to censor anti-war verse from a 2003 White House poetry symposium. The symposium was cancelled.
The tradition of art bearing witness against injustice continues.
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Jim Marxen
Tent City #2
2009
Acrylic on canvas
$175
These two paintings were done just as Sacramento’s tent city was receiving worldwide attention. I work nearby and watched daily as more homeless people gathered. Many of them had never been homeless before. You could tell they wanted a better life, but the economy just got worse and they were forced to move on from one shelter to another. I hope their lives got better, but the homeless problem hasn’t improved much. Tent city has just moved to another place.
Jim Marxen
Tent City #2
2009
Acrylic on canvas
$175
These two paintings were done just as Sacramento’s tent city was receiving worldwide attention. I work nearby and watched daily as more homeless people gathered. Many of them had never been homeless before. You could tell they wanted a better life, but the economy just got worse and they were forced to move on from one shelter to another. I hope their lives got better, but the homeless problem hasn’t improved much. Tent city has just moved to another place.
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Jon T. Gutierrez
Chicanoality
03.25.06
Photography
$500
On March 25th, 2006 I participated in a 40th Anniversary Caesar Chavez march celebrating civil rights toward justice and peace crossing Tower Bridge in Sacramento leading to the state capital and ending at Caesar Chavez Park. My quote is: "Your eyes are the lenses to your camera." When I saw a trilogy of symbolism in my camera lenses, I truly felt that it is not just a Mexican issue, it is an American issue. I am proudly an American by birth and Chicano by choice.
Jon T. Gutierrez
Chicanoality
03.25.06
Photography
$500
On March 25th, 2006 I participated in a 40th Anniversary Caesar Chavez march celebrating civil rights toward justice and peace crossing Tower Bridge in Sacramento leading to the state capital and ending at Caesar Chavez Park. My quote is: "Your eyes are the lenses to your camera." When I saw a trilogy of symbolism in my camera lenses, I truly felt that it is not just a Mexican issue, it is an American issue. I am proudly an American by birth and Chicano by choice.
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Jim Marxen
Tent City #3
2009
Acrylic on canvas
$175
These two paintings were done just as Sacramento’s tent city was receiving worldwide attention. I work nearby and watched daily as more homeless people gathered. Many of them had never been homeless before. You could tell they wanted a better life, but the economy just got worse and they were forced to move on from one shelter to another. I hope their lives got better, but the homeless problem hasn’t improved much. Tent city has just moved to another place.
Jim Marxen
Tent City #3
2009
Acrylic on canvas
$175
These two paintings were done just as Sacramento’s tent city was receiving worldwide attention. I work nearby and watched daily as more homeless people gathered. Many of them had never been homeless before. You could tell they wanted a better life, but the economy just got worse and they were forced to move on from one shelter to another. I hope their lives got better, but the homeless problem hasn’t improved much. Tent city has just moved to another place.
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Mark Bryan
The Republic of Amnesia
2009
oil on panel 32x44"
$5000.00
Much of my work has social, religious or political undertones and makes comments in a symbolic and general way about the human predicament and the times we live in. Events in the world and the political direction of this country in the past few years have been alarming to me and I feel that it is a time for artists with a political bent to make stronger statements with a clearer message.
Serious topics portrayed without some humor are just too grim for me and I think for most audiences as well. For this reason I have chosen parody and satire as a means to portray difficult topics. Unfortunately, while humans roam this planet I’m afraid there will never be a shortage of subject matter.
Mark Bryan
The Republic of Amnesia
2009
oil on panel 32x44"
$5000.00
Much of my work has social, religious or political undertones and makes comments in a symbolic and general way about the human predicament and the times we live in. Events in the world and the political direction of this country in the past few years have been alarming to me and I feel that it is a time for artists with a political bent to make stronger statements with a clearer message.
Serious topics portrayed without some humor are just too grim for me and I think for most audiences as well. For this reason I have chosen parody and satire as a means to portray difficult topics. Unfortunately, while humans roam this planet I’m afraid there will never be a shortage of subject matter.
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Malik Seneferu
From The Hill and Beyond
2010
acrylic on canvas 32"X34"
$1,000
A self-taught painter, draughtsman, muralist, poet and illustrator. Seneferu is the founder of "Aesthetic Ascension" art social network. Seneferu’s work has traveled to Durban South Africa's "War against Racism" in 2001, Kenya, Haiti & Italy.
Malik Seneferu
From The Hill and Beyond
2010
acrylic on canvas 32"X34"
$1,000
A self-taught painter, draughtsman, muralist, poet and illustrator. Seneferu is the founder of "Aesthetic Ascension" art social network. Seneferu’s work has traveled to Durban South Africa's "War against Racism" in 2001, Kenya, Haiti & Italy.
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Maya K Schweizer
Resolving the Conflict
2010
Acrylic, Swiss pastel, on handmade paper
$1100
I fascinated by ancient cultures and languages, e.g., Latin and Sanskrit. Letter forms frequently form rhythmic abstract underlying shapes in the inception of my paintings or an integral part of finished pieces. Word fragments convey meaning or mystery in acrylic paintings whose layers often utilize collaged elements and mixed media. We use words to communicate and analyze our world and thoughts, but subtleties of the heart, emotion, and feeling are pivotal to creativity, and more important to the artist in the true understanding of the spirit. My drawings, acrylic paintings, prints and watercolors reflect these ongoing dualities of heart and mind in works that are sometimes realistic but more often abstract or non-objective.
Maya K Schweizer
Resolving the Conflict
2010
Acrylic, Swiss pastel, on handmade paper
$1100
I fascinated by ancient cultures and languages, e.g., Latin and Sanskrit. Letter forms frequently form rhythmic abstract underlying shapes in the inception of my paintings or an integral part of finished pieces. Word fragments convey meaning or mystery in acrylic paintings whose layers often utilize collaged elements and mixed media. We use words to communicate and analyze our world and thoughts, but subtleties of the heart, emotion, and feeling are pivotal to creativity, and more important to the artist in the true understanding of the spirit. My drawings, acrylic paintings, prints and watercolors reflect these ongoing dualities of heart and mind in works that are sometimes realistic but more often abstract or non-objective.
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Jennifer Jean O’Neill Pickering
Dream
2005
Watercolor
$1200
This work arrived from a place of dreams and imagination (waking dreams). The colors are calming and make use of an intentionally limited palette. The symbolism is matriarchal with the two twin doves representing harmony and peace. This figure is one of the many goddesses that reoccur as a theme of my art. The symbolic duality creates balance and may also be indicative of being born a twin. I have been working in water color as an alternative to other mediums to accommodate the worsening symptoms of arthritis.
Jennifer Jean O’Neill Pickering
Dream
2005
Watercolor
$1200
This work arrived from a place of dreams and imagination (waking dreams). The colors are calming and make use of an intentionally limited palette. The symbolism is matriarchal with the two twin doves representing harmony and peace. This figure is one of the many goddesses that reoccur as a theme of my art. The symbolic duality creates balance and may also be indicative of being born a twin. I have been working in water color as an alternative to other mediums to accommodate the worsening symptoms of arthritis.
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Claudia Nolan
Ode to Joe: Can you hear me now?
2008
Bronze, glass
the piece shown is the artist's proof (edition being cast)
$2968 (1/12)
(please allow 8-10 weeks for delivery)
Claudia Nolan
Ode to Joe: Can you hear me now?
2008
Bronze, glass
the piece shown is the artist's proof (edition being cast)
$2968 (1/12)
(please allow 8-10 weeks for delivery)
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Linda Dankman
Wise Old Owl
1978
Crewel and floss embroidery
NFS
My late great aunt, Ruth Horn, a noted Sacramento artist, designed the owl for me to stitch when I was in college. I picked the colors and stitches. Aunt Ruth taught me a new stitch to use on the owl which she learned from watching a television show on embroidery techniques. It took several years to finish the work. My aunt and I selected the framing materials together. It was truly a collaborative effort.
Owls are commonly associated with studious scholars and wise elders due to their ability to see in the dark. Aunt Ruth was a prominent "wise elder" influence in my life.
Linda Dankman
Wise Old Owl
1978
Crewel and floss embroidery
NFS
My late great aunt, Ruth Horn, a noted Sacramento artist, designed the owl for me to stitch when I was in college. I picked the colors and stitches. Aunt Ruth taught me a new stitch to use on the owl which she learned from watching a television show on embroidery techniques. It took several years to finish the work. My aunt and I selected the framing materials together. It was truly a collaborative effort.
Owls are commonly associated with studious scholars and wise elders due to their ability to see in the dark. Aunt Ruth was a prominent "wise elder" influence in my life.
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Mark Bryan
The Republic of Suicide
2009
oil on canvas
$15,000
Much of my work has social, religious or political undertones and makes comments in a symbolic and general way about the human predicament and the times we live in. Events in the world and the political direction of this country in the past few years have been alarming to me and I feel that it is a time for artists with a political bent to make stronger statements with a clearer message.
Serious topics portrayed without some humor are just too grim for me and I think for most audiences as well. For this reason I have chosen parody and satire as a means to portray difficult topics. Unfortunately, while humans roam this planet I’m afraid there will never be a shortage of subject matter.
Mark Bryan
The Republic of Suicide
2009
oil on canvas
$15,000
Much of my work has social, religious or political undertones and makes comments in a symbolic and general way about the human predicament and the times we live in. Events in the world and the political direction of this country in the past few years have been alarming to me and I feel that it is a time for artists with a political bent to make stronger statements with a clearer message.
Serious topics portrayed without some humor are just too grim for me and I think for most audiences as well. For this reason I have chosen parody and satire as a means to portray difficult topics. Unfortunately, while humans roam this planet I’m afraid there will never be a shortage of subject matter.
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Christopher Newhard
Daughters of Darfur
2007
Oil on linen
$2500. Limited edition prints available for $50.
This piece was painted in response to the current genocide in Darfur. The painting features a mother embracing her two daughters. The mother is Madonna, wounded and dying, she still tries to nurture and protect her daughters. She symbolizes resilience under duress. The smallest girl symbolizes those already killed the victims, the dead. The older daughter is a symbol of the future, looking ahead with hope continuing her mother’s legacy. Women are our strongest and yet most vulnerable assets, I see females as symbols of our humanity.
Christopher Newhard
Daughters of Darfur
2007
Oil on linen
$2500. Limited edition prints available for $50.
This piece was painted in response to the current genocide in Darfur. The painting features a mother embracing her two daughters. The mother is Madonna, wounded and dying, she still tries to nurture and protect her daughters. She symbolizes resilience under duress. The smallest girl symbolizes those already killed the victims, the dead. The older daughter is a symbol of the future, looking ahead with hope continuing her mother’s legacy. Women are our strongest and yet most vulnerable assets, I see females as symbols of our humanity.
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Malik Seneferu
From The Hill and Beyond
2010
acrylic on canvas
18"X24"
$250
A self-taught painter, draughtsman, muralist, poet and illustrator. Seneferu is the founder of "Aesthetic Ascension" art social network. Seneferu’s work has traveled to Durban South Africa's "War against Racism" in 2001, Kenya, Haiti & Italy.
Malik Seneferu
From The Hill and Beyond
2010
acrylic on canvas
18"X24"
$250
A self-taught painter, draughtsman, muralist, poet and illustrator. Seneferu is the founder of "Aesthetic Ascension" art social network. Seneferu’s work has traveled to Durban South Africa's "War against Racism" in 2001, Kenya, Haiti & Italy.
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Susan Orr
In the generosity of time and space we can surely find a way to peace
2009
acrylic on paper
$750
In my three dimensional piece in this show, found objects find themselves conjoined in a metaphor of seeming conflict… hard/soft, man-made/natural, affixed/floating, destructive/comforting, primary colors with neutrals. Is it conflict or the natural order of things? For me, for us, how to find equipose while reaching out to help those in harm’s way?
In times of conflict, oppression, injustice - though infused with personal reactivity, I find my way to peace by remembering the ‘big picture’ of this mystery we call Life, Home. As Thich Nhat Han says, "Peace begins with me.
Susan Orr
In the generosity of time and space we can surely find a way to peace
2009
acrylic on paper
$750
In my three dimensional piece in this show, found objects find themselves conjoined in a metaphor of seeming conflict… hard/soft, man-made/natural, affixed/floating, destructive/comforting, primary colors with neutrals. Is it conflict or the natural order of things? For me, for us, how to find equipose while reaching out to help those in harm’s way?
In times of conflict, oppression, injustice - though infused with personal reactivity, I find my way to peace by remembering the ‘big picture’ of this mystery we call Life, Home. As Thich Nhat Han says, "Peace begins with me.
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Robert Libutti
Ladies of the Night in the Morning
2007
16x20 Oil on Canvas
$450
He is a retired executive from the computer industry and is co founder and a VP of Hyperion Power Generation, developing a small, safe, clean, transportable nuclear reactor.
Bob’s paintings, primarily in oil, are expressionistic in style with generous use of color.
He encountered and photographed this scene while on an early morning walk near the Malecon in Havana Cuba
He works and lives in Nevada City with wife Mary, dog Odin, one cat and two goats.
Phone:530 265 6546
Email: Libutti@jps.net
Web www.AskArt.com
Robert Libutti
Ladies of the Night in the Morning
2007
16x20 Oil on Canvas
$450
He is a retired executive from the computer industry and is co founder and a VP of Hyperion Power Generation, developing a small, safe, clean, transportable nuclear reactor.
Bob’s paintings, primarily in oil, are expressionistic in style with generous use of color.
He encountered and photographed this scene while on an early morning walk near the Malecon in Havana Cuba
He works and lives in Nevada City with wife Mary, dog Odin, one cat and two goats.
Phone:530 265 6546
Email: Libutti@jps.net
Web www.AskArt.com
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Maya K Schweizer
Where is Justice?
2009
Acrylic on panel
$850
I fascinated by ancient cultures and languages, e.g., Latin and Sanskrit. Letter forms frequently form rhythmic abstract underlying shapes in the inception of my paintings or an integral part of finished pieces. Word fragments convey meaning or mystery in acrylic paintings whose layers often utilize collaged elements and mixed media. We use words to communicate and analyze our world and thoughts, but subtleties of the heart, emotion, and feeling are pivotal to creativity, and more important to the artist in the true understanding of the spirit. My drawings, acrylic paintings, prints and watercolors reflect these ongoing dualities of heart and mind in works that are sometimes realistic but more often abstract or non-objective.
Maya K Schweizer
Where is Justice?
2009
Acrylic on panel
$850
I fascinated by ancient cultures and languages, e.g., Latin and Sanskrit. Letter forms frequently form rhythmic abstract underlying shapes in the inception of my paintings or an integral part of finished pieces. Word fragments convey meaning or mystery in acrylic paintings whose layers often utilize collaged elements and mixed media. We use words to communicate and analyze our world and thoughts, but subtleties of the heart, emotion, and feeling are pivotal to creativity, and more important to the artist in the true understanding of the spirit. My drawings, acrylic paintings, prints and watercolors reflect these ongoing dualities of heart and mind in works that are sometimes realistic but more often abstract or non-objective.
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Mary Rodgers
Poets Speaking Out: Rita Dove
2003
Etching
$85 matted, unframed / $120 framed
Was the ultimate performance art of 2008-Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi's shoe aimed at George W. Bush-peaceful? Was it just? Was it appropriate?
In al-Zaidi's words: "Do you know how many broken homes that shoe had entered? How many times it had trodden over the blood of innocent victims? Maybe that shoe was the appropriate response when all values were violated."
Former Poet Laureate Rita Dove and others rejected Laura Bush's attempt to censor anti-war verse from a 2003 White House poetry symposium. The symposium was cancelled.
The tradition of art bearing witness against injustice continues.
Mary Rodgers
Poets Speaking Out: Rita Dove
2003
Etching
$85 matted, unframed / $120 framed
Was the ultimate performance art of 2008-Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi's shoe aimed at George W. Bush-peaceful? Was it just? Was it appropriate?
In al-Zaidi's words: "Do you know how many broken homes that shoe had entered? How many times it had trodden over the blood of innocent victims? Maybe that shoe was the appropriate response when all values were violated."
Former Poet Laureate Rita Dove and others rejected Laura Bush's attempt to censor anti-war verse from a 2003 White House poetry symposium. The symposium was cancelled.
The tradition of art bearing witness against injustice continues.
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Maria Teresa Caparrotta
Homelessness
2006
White Terracotta
$800
Emotions in clay
For the ones who have no voice, a welling up of empathy and strong feelings I could not express in words, I sculpted .I trust the work to speak to the heart.
Maria Teresa Caparrotta
Homelessness
2006
White Terracotta
$800
Emotions in clay
For the ones who have no voice, a welling up of empathy and strong feelings I could not express in words, I sculpted .I trust the work to speak to the heart.
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Maria Teresa Caparrotta
Political Conflict
2008
Raku Terracotta
$800
Emotions in clay
For the ones who have no voice, a welling up of empathy and strong feelings I could not express in words, I sculpted .I trust the work to speak to the heart.
Maria Teresa Caparrotta
Political Conflict
2008
Raku Terracotta
$800
Emotions in clay
For the ones who have no voice, a welling up of empathy and strong feelings I could not express in words, I sculpted .I trust the work to speak to the heart.
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Maria Teresa Caparrotta
Poverty
2007
Black Enameled Terracotta
$800
Emotions in clay
For the ones who have no voice, a welling up of empathy and strong feelings I could not express in words, I sculpted .I trust the work to speak to the heart.
Maria Teresa Caparrotta
Poverty
2007
Black Enameled Terracotta
$800
Emotions in clay
For the ones who have no voice, a welling up of empathy and strong feelings I could not express in words, I sculpted .I trust the work to speak to the heart.
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Susan Orr
Though the Sky Would Be Kind
2010
mixed media
$150
In my three dimensional piece in this show, found objects find themselves conjoined in a metaphor of seeming conflict… hard/soft, man-made/natural, affixed/floating, destructive/comforting, primary colors with neutrals. Is it conflict or the natural order of things? For me, for us, how to find equipose while reaching out to help those in harm’s way?
In times of conflict, oppression, injustice - though infused with personal reactivity, I find my way to peace by remembering the ‘big picture’ of this mystery we call Life, Home. As Thich Nhat Han says, "Peace begins with me.
Susan Orr
Though the Sky Would Be Kind
2010
mixed media
$150
In my three dimensional piece in this show, found objects find themselves conjoined in a metaphor of seeming conflict… hard/soft, man-made/natural, affixed/floating, destructive/comforting, primary colors with neutrals. Is it conflict or the natural order of things? For me, for us, how to find equipose while reaching out to help those in harm’s way?
In times of conflict, oppression, injustice - though infused with personal reactivity, I find my way to peace by remembering the ‘big picture’ of this mystery we call Life, Home. As Thich Nhat Han says, "Peace begins with me.
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Shauna L. Smith
From Cradle to Grave: This Could Be Your Child
2010
Clay, wood, fabric
NFS
In memory and in honor of the thousands of children under five who die every day from preventable causes such as war, disease, lack of sanitation, contaminated water, landmines, malnutrition, and starvation -- the devastating effects of greed, injustice, cruelty, indifference, ignorance and fear.
I believe that to meet the challenges of our times…each of us must learn to work not just for oneself, one's own family or nation, but for the benefit of all humankind. Universal responsibility is the key to human survival. It is the best foundation for world peace. -- The Dalai Lama
Shauna L. Smith
From Cradle to Grave: This Could Be Your Child
2010
Clay, wood, fabric
NFS
In memory and in honor of the thousands of children under five who die every day from preventable causes such as war, disease, lack of sanitation, contaminated water, landmines, malnutrition, and starvation -- the devastating effects of greed, injustice, cruelty, indifference, ignorance and fear.
I believe that to meet the challenges of our times…each of us must learn to work not just for oneself, one's own family or nation, but for the benefit of all humankind. Universal responsibility is the key to human survival. It is the best foundation for world peace. -- The Dalai Lama
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Mark Bryan
Kingdom Come
2008
oil on canvas
30x40"
$5000
Much of my work has social, religious or political undertones and makes comments in a symbolic and general way about the human predicament and the times we live in. Events in the world and the political direction of this country in the past few years have been alarming to me and I feel that it is a time for artists with a political bent to make stronger statements with a clearer message.
Serious topics portrayed without some humor are just too grim for me and I think for most audiences as well. For this reason I have chosen parody and satire as a means to portray difficult topics. Unfortunately, while humans roam this planet I’m afraid there will never be a shortage of subject matter.
Mark Bryan
Kingdom Come
2008
oil on canvas
30x40"
$5000
Much of my work has social, religious or political undertones and makes comments in a symbolic and general way about the human predicament and the times we live in. Events in the world and the political direction of this country in the past few years have been alarming to me and I feel that it is a time for artists with a political bent to make stronger statements with a clearer message.
Serious topics portrayed without some humor are just too grim for me and I think for most audiences as well. For this reason I have chosen parody and satire as a means to portray difficult topics. Unfortunately, while humans roam this planet I’m afraid there will never be a shortage of subject matter.
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Nina Thomson
The Chaos of Homelessness No. 3
April-May, 2010
Media Mixed media (Acrylic, graphite, oil stick, newspaper, broken glass, rusted metal, string, screening, letters, token, gold flecks)
$225.00 (Artist’s portion will be donated to Francis House.)
As a volunteer at Francis House, I see homelessness up close. I made these pieces as testimony to the physical and mental trauma I have witnessed.
I have come to see homelessness as a state of chaos of the mind and spirit. It is a mind-altering, traumatic event, often part of a series of such events. It disinvites the use of linear logic. Yet gratitude for small kindnesses abounds.
The materials I have chosen represent the broken and frayed bodies, nerves, boundaries and safety nets. The "Jesus token" was given to me by a homeless woman, in gratitude.
Nina Thomson
The Chaos of Homelessness No. 3
April-May, 2010
Media Mixed media (Acrylic, graphite, oil stick, newspaper, broken glass, rusted metal, string, screening, letters, token, gold flecks)
$225.00 (Artist’s portion will be donated to Francis House.)
As a volunteer at Francis House, I see homelessness up close. I made these pieces as testimony to the physical and mental trauma I have witnessed.
I have come to see homelessness as a state of chaos of the mind and spirit. It is a mind-altering, traumatic event, often part of a series of such events. It disinvites the use of linear logic. Yet gratitude for small kindnesses abounds.
The materials I have chosen represent the broken and frayed bodies, nerves, boundaries and safety nets. The "Jesus token" was given to me by a homeless woman, in gratitude.
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Nina Thomson
The Chaos of Homelessness No. 2
April-May, 2010
Media Mixed media (Acrylic, graphite, oil stick, newspaper, broken glass, rusted metal, string, screening, letters, token, gold flecks)
$225.00 (Artist’s portion will be donated to Francis House.)
As a volunteer at Francis House, I see homelessness up close. I made these pieces as testimony to the physical and mental trauma I have witnessed.
I have come to see homelessness as a state of chaos of the mind and spirit. It is a mind-altering, traumatic event, often part of a series of such events. It disinvites the use of linear logic. Yet gratitude for small kindnesses abounds.
The materials I have chosen represent the broken and frayed bodies, nerves, boundaries and safety nets. The "Jesus token" was given to me by a homeless woman, in gratitude.
Nina Thomson
The Chaos of Homelessness No. 2
April-May, 2010
Media Mixed media (Acrylic, graphite, oil stick, newspaper, broken glass, rusted metal, string, screening, letters, token, gold flecks)
$225.00 (Artist’s portion will be donated to Francis House.)
As a volunteer at Francis House, I see homelessness up close. I made these pieces as testimony to the physical and mental trauma I have witnessed.
I have come to see homelessness as a state of chaos of the mind and spirit. It is a mind-altering, traumatic event, often part of a series of such events. It disinvites the use of linear logic. Yet gratitude for small kindnesses abounds.
The materials I have chosen represent the broken and frayed bodies, nerves, boundaries and safety nets. The "Jesus token" was given to me by a homeless woman, in gratitude.
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Nina Thomson
The Chaos of Homelessness No. 1
April-May, 2010
Media Mixed media (Acrylic, graphite, oil stick, newspaper, broken glass, rusted metal, string, screening, letters, token, gold flecks)
$225.00 (Artist’s portion will be donated to Francis House.)
As a volunteer at Francis House, I see homelessness up close. I made these pieces as testimony to the physical and mental trauma I have witnessed.
I have come to see homelessness as a state of chaos of the mind and spirit. It is a mind-altering, traumatic event, often part of a series of such events. It disinvites the use of linear logic. Yet gratitude for small kindnesses abounds.
The materials I have chosen represent the broken and frayed bodies, nerves, boundaries and safety nets. The "Jesus token" was given to me by a homeless woman, in gratitude.
Nina Thomson
The Chaos of Homelessness No. 1
April-May, 2010
Media Mixed media (Acrylic, graphite, oil stick, newspaper, broken glass, rusted metal, string, screening, letters, token, gold flecks)
$225.00 (Artist’s portion will be donated to Francis House.)
As a volunteer at Francis House, I see homelessness up close. I made these pieces as testimony to the physical and mental trauma I have witnessed.
I have come to see homelessness as a state of chaos of the mind and spirit. It is a mind-altering, traumatic event, often part of a series of such events. It disinvites the use of linear logic. Yet gratitude for small kindnesses abounds.
The materials I have chosen represent the broken and frayed bodies, nerves, boundaries and safety nets. The "Jesus token" was given to me by a homeless woman, in gratitude.
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Vallene Hardman-Weeda
Earth Tears for the Magdalene Laundries
2009
Photographs of Site Specific Installation
$750 each
The last Magdalene Laundry of Ireland closed in 1993. A church driven institution which, since the 1800s punished women of all ages for crimes against what The Magdalene Sisters considered unforgivable...women leaving abusive husbands, pretty young girls who might tempt men, and pregnancies resulting from abusive fathers or priests. They were kidnapped, taken to the laundries and kept as slaves. Women of all ages lived their lives in captivity and slavery - upon dying each was dumped in a hole in the ground without ceremony, death certificate or acknowledgment of a life passing. Some of the mass graves were discovered during an excavation in 1993. I chose to give the women of the Magdalene Laundries a Wake...the only small offering I could produce to those Irish women who, hopefully, have now found peace.
Vallene Hardman-Weeda
Earth Tears for the Magdalene Laundries
2009
Photographs of Site Specific Installation
$750 each
The last Magdalene Laundry of Ireland closed in 1993. A church driven institution which, since the 1800s punished women of all ages for crimes against what The Magdalene Sisters considered unforgivable...women leaving abusive husbands, pretty young girls who might tempt men, and pregnancies resulting from abusive fathers or priests. They were kidnapped, taken to the laundries and kept as slaves. Women of all ages lived their lives in captivity and slavery - upon dying each was dumped in a hole in the ground without ceremony, death certificate or acknowledgment of a life passing. Some of the mass graves were discovered during an excavation in 1993. I chose to give the women of the Magdalene Laundries a Wake...the only small offering I could produce to those Irish women who, hopefully, have now found peace.
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Susan Orr
Being Peace
2005
oil pastel on paper
$850
In my three dimensional piece in this show, found objects find themselves conjoined in a metaphor of seeming conflict… hard/soft, man-made/natural, affixed/floating, destructive/comforting, primary colors with neutrals. Is it conflict or the natural order of things? For me, for us, how to find equipose while reaching out to help those in harm’s way?
In times of conflict, oppression, injustice - though infused with personal reactivity, I find my way to peace by remembering the ‘big picture’ of this mystery we call Life, Home. As Thich Nhat Han says, "Peace begins with me.
Susan Orr
Being Peace
2005
oil pastel on paper
$850
In my three dimensional piece in this show, found objects find themselves conjoined in a metaphor of seeming conflict… hard/soft, man-made/natural, affixed/floating, destructive/comforting, primary colors with neutrals. Is it conflict or the natural order of things? For me, for us, how to find equipose while reaching out to help those in harm’s way?
In times of conflict, oppression, injustice - though infused with personal reactivity, I find my way to peace by remembering the ‘big picture’ of this mystery we call Life, Home. As Thich Nhat Han says, "Peace begins with me.
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Elaine Bowers
A Chosen Way
1989
Watercolor
$1250
Frequently our eyes capture only a slice of the life around us. This work depicts a slice that many of us would rather not see. I believe that art should exalt not only the beauty that is instantly recognized but also celebrate the inner beauty that each human embodies. Unfortunately this person can’t tell us what events brought him to the streets of Santa Cruz. He leaves us only with the thought that every person should be recognized and treated with respect regardless of their circumstances.
Elaine Bowers
A Chosen Way
1989
Watercolor
$1250
Frequently our eyes capture only a slice of the life around us. This work depicts a slice that many of us would rather not see. I believe that art should exalt not only the beauty that is instantly recognized but also celebrate the inner beauty that each human embodies. Unfortunately this person can’t tell us what events brought him to the streets of Santa Cruz. He leaves us only with the thought that every person should be recognized and treated with respect regardless of their circumstances.
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Melissa Ann Wood
Gettysburg Silk Hive #12 (Iconic texts as Honey Series)
2006
Mixed Media Wall Sculpture: Silk dyed with turmeric, acrylic paint and medium, "chicken wire", graphite, photoimage text on paper, wax.
$575 each
"hive" is my ongoing series of work about bees and honey. In "hive", I examine the metaphor of the honey bee hive as a creation and container and honey as iconic text. My work exploring honey bees, honey and color began in 2003 during a residency at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Since that time, the mysterious disappearance of honey bees worldwide, known as "colony collapse" has added another layer of meaning to my work.
In the "Gettysburg Silk Hives, Iconic texts as Honey Series", the honey that is being produced and the pollen and nectar being collected relate to the iconic American text of Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Gettysburg Address.
Melissa Ann Wood
Gettysburg Silk Hive #12 (Iconic texts as Honey Series)
2006
Mixed Media Wall Sculpture: Silk dyed with turmeric, acrylic paint and medium, "chicken wire", graphite, photoimage text on paper, wax.
$575 each
"hive" is my ongoing series of work about bees and honey. In "hive", I examine the metaphor of the honey bee hive as a creation and container and honey as iconic text. My work exploring honey bees, honey and color began in 2003 during a residency at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Since that time, the mysterious disappearance of honey bees worldwide, known as "colony collapse" has added another layer of meaning to my work.
In the "Gettysburg Silk Hives, Iconic texts as Honey Series", the honey that is being produced and the pollen and nectar being collected relate to the iconic American text of Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Gettysburg Address.
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Melissa Ann Wood
Gettysburg Silk Hive #11 (Iconic texts as Honey Series)
2006
Mixed Media Wall Sculpture: Silk dyed with turmeric, acrylic paint and medium, "chicken wire", graphite, photoimage text on paper, wax.
$575 each
"hive" is my ongoing series of work about bees and honey. In "hive", I examine the metaphor of the honey bee hive as a creation and container and honey as iconic text. My work exploring honey bees, honey and color began in 2003 during a residency at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Since that time, the mysterious disappearance of honey bees worldwide, known as "colony collapse" has added another layer of meaning to my work.
In the "Gettysburg Silk Hives, Iconic texts as Honey Series", the honey that is being produced and the pollen and nectar being collected relate to the iconic American text of Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Gettysburg Address.
Melissa Ann Wood
Gettysburg Silk Hive #11 (Iconic texts as Honey Series)
2006
Mixed Media Wall Sculpture: Silk dyed with turmeric, acrylic paint and medium, "chicken wire", graphite, photoimage text on paper, wax.
$575 each
"hive" is my ongoing series of work about bees and honey. In "hive", I examine the metaphor of the honey bee hive as a creation and container and honey as iconic text. My work exploring honey bees, honey and color began in 2003 during a residency at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Since that time, the mysterious disappearance of honey bees worldwide, known as "colony collapse" has added another layer of meaning to my work.
In the "Gettysburg Silk Hives, Iconic texts as Honey Series", the honey that is being produced and the pollen and nectar being collected relate to the iconic American text of Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Gettysburg Address.
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Melissa Ann Wood
Gettysburg Silk Hive #10 (Iconic texts as Honey Series)
2006
Mixed Media Wall Sculpture: Silk dyed with turmeric, acrylic paint and medium, "chicken wire", graphite, photoimage text on paper, wax.
$575 each
"hive" is my ongoing series of work about bees and honey. In "hive", I examine the metaphor of the honey bee hive as a creation and container and honey as iconic text. My work exploring honey bees, honey and color began in 2003 during a residency at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Since that time, the mysterious disappearance of honey bees worldwide, known as "colony collapse" has added another layer of meaning to my work.
In the "Gettysburg Silk Hives, Iconic texts as Honey Series", the honey that is being produced and the pollen and nectar being collected relate to the iconic American text of Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Gettysburg Address.
Melissa Ann Wood
Gettysburg Silk Hive #10 (Iconic texts as Honey Series)
2006
Mixed Media Wall Sculpture: Silk dyed with turmeric, acrylic paint and medium, "chicken wire", graphite, photoimage text on paper, wax.
$575 each
"hive" is my ongoing series of work about bees and honey. In "hive", I examine the metaphor of the honey bee hive as a creation and container and honey as iconic text. My work exploring honey bees, honey and color began in 2003 during a residency at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Since that time, the mysterious disappearance of honey bees worldwide, known as "colony collapse" has added another layer of meaning to my work.
In the "Gettysburg Silk Hives, Iconic texts as Honey Series", the honey that is being produced and the pollen and nectar being collected relate to the iconic American text of Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Gettysburg Address.
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Vanessa Hadady
Sketch (jest more oil dish, from the PolySci 101 Rebuff/US Press Release series)
2010
pen on paper
28 x 35 cm (11 x 14 inches)
$1500
The Big Sky series are painted cloudscapes designed to assuage viewers by celebrating nature in open space under expansive sky. Image formalization incorporates purposely situating the viewer opposite a sole encompassing and naturally occurring configuration; therefore, by abstraction the artist saturates nature to innately reclaim collective aspects of resilient characteristic sets.
Vanessa Hadady
Sketch (jest more oil dish, from the PolySci 101 Rebuff/US Press Release series)
2010
pen on paper
28 x 35 cm (11 x 14 inches)
$1500
The Big Sky series are painted cloudscapes designed to assuage viewers by celebrating nature in open space under expansive sky. Image formalization incorporates purposely situating the viewer opposite a sole encompassing and naturally occurring configuration; therefore, by abstraction the artist saturates nature to innately reclaim collective aspects of resilient characteristic sets.
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Christopher Newhard
Daughters of Darfur
2007
Oil on linen
$2500. Limited edition prints available for $50.
This piece was painted in response to the current genocide in Darfur. The painting features a mother embracing her two daughters. The mother is Madonna, wounded and dying, she still tries to nurture and protect her daughters. She symbolizes resilience under duress. The smallest girl symbolizes those already killed the victims, the dead. The older daughter is a symbol of the future, looking ahead with hope continuing her mother’s legacy. Women are our strongest and yet most vulnerable assets, I see females as symbols of our humanity.
Christopher Newhard
Daughters of Darfur
2007
Oil on linen
$2500. Limited edition prints available for $50.
This piece was painted in response to the current genocide in Darfur. The painting features a mother embracing her two daughters. The mother is Madonna, wounded and dying, she still tries to nurture and protect her daughters. She symbolizes resilience under duress. The smallest girl symbolizes those already killed the victims, the dead. The older daughter is a symbol of the future, looking ahead with hope continuing her mother’s legacy. Women are our strongest and yet most vulnerable assets, I see females as symbols of our humanity.
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Dianne Mattar
Final Decision
2009
Acrylic/Canvas with handmade paper
$385
If you had a second chance in life, What would you do? When an accident changed my life, I began to explore my Artistic creativity. Painting is an expression of my love of God, Family & Freedom as an American. I celebrate life through my artwork. Each canvas starts with a sense of urgency, so much to do…so much to share …so much to express.
Dianne has studied & lived thru-out the USA, Caribbean, Europe, Australia & India and recently returned from a volunteer service trip to Romania.
Dianne’s art is in private collections in CA,FL,GA,MI, PA, WA, NY and India & France.
Dianne Mattar
Final Decision
2009
Acrylic/Canvas with handmade paper
$385
If you had a second chance in life, What would you do? When an accident changed my life, I began to explore my Artistic creativity. Painting is an expression of my love of God, Family & Freedom as an American. I celebrate life through my artwork. Each canvas starts with a sense of urgency, so much to do…so much to share …so much to express.
Dianne has studied & lived thru-out the USA, Caribbean, Europe, Australia & India and recently returned from a volunteer service trip to Romania.
Dianne’s art is in private collections in CA,FL,GA,MI, PA, WA, NY and India & France.
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Dianne Mattar
Balance, a Fine Line
2009
Acrylic/Canvas with handmade paper
$385
If you had a second chance in life, What would you do?
When an accident changed my life, I began to explore my Artistic creativity. Painting is an expression of my love of God, Family & Freedom as an American. I celebrate life through my artwork. Each canvas starts with a sense of urgency, so much to do…so much to share …so much to express.
Dianne has studied & lived thru-out the USA, Caribbean, Europe, Australia & India and recently returned from a volunteer service trip to Romania.
Dianne's art is in private collections in CA,FL,GA,MI, PA, WA, NY and India & France.
Dianne Mattar
Balance, a Fine Line
2009
Acrylic/Canvas with handmade paper
$385
If you had a second chance in life, What would you do?
When an accident changed my life, I began to explore my Artistic creativity. Painting is an expression of my love of God, Family & Freedom as an American. I celebrate life through my artwork. Each canvas starts with a sense of urgency, so much to do…so much to share …so much to express.
Dianne has studied & lived thru-out the USA, Caribbean, Europe, Australia & India and recently returned from a volunteer service trip to Romania.
Dianne's art is in private collections in CA,FL,GA,MI, PA, WA, NY and India & France.
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Sandra Chavez
Justice?
2010
Photography
$250
I have never been good with words. Someone is delivered onto this earth, and I take a picture as they emerge, covered in their mother's blood and tears. Someone dies and leaves this earth, I take a picture of their favorite empty chair that they will never sit in again. Photography is my voice, the language with which I am most fluent. If the image is authentic, you won't only hear my voice, but also your own.
Sandra Chavez
Justice?
2010
Photography
$250
I have never been good with words. Someone is delivered onto this earth, and I take a picture as they emerge, covered in their mother's blood and tears. Someone dies and leaves this earth, I take a picture of their favorite empty chair that they will never sit in again. Photography is my voice, the language with which I am most fluent. If the image is authentic, you won't only hear my voice, but also your own.
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David Goldberg
Homeless in San Francisco
2007
20" x 30"
Photographic Print
Matted & framed: $850. Print alone: $650 (Edition of 25)
One of the most dispiriting things about homelessness is the lack of a foundation - a permanent abode, a place to keep your goods, prepare meals, be alone with yourself, and feel safe. Meanwhile, you see people scurry by, going to & from work, heading home to relax, going to a cafe or restaurant to meet friends. Night comes on & you remain on the street. I shot this at a slow shutter speed knowing that my subject would remain still but the passing world would be a blur.
Carnival, whether in Rio or San Francisco has not yet been Disneyfied. Even though its outward manifestation is eroticism & fun, it represents the deeper currents of a peoples aspirations. The energy poured into costumes & dance only await the chance through education, through equal opportunity, to enter the larger community.
David Goldberg
Homeless in San Francisco
2007
20" x 30"
Photographic Print
Matted & framed: $850. Print alone: $650 (Edition of 25)
One of the most dispiriting things about homelessness is the lack of a foundation - a permanent abode, a place to keep your goods, prepare meals, be alone with yourself, and feel safe. Meanwhile, you see people scurry by, going to & from work, heading home to relax, going to a cafe or restaurant to meet friends. Night comes on & you remain on the street. I shot this at a slow shutter speed knowing that my subject would remain still but the passing world would be a blur.
Carnival, whether in Rio or San Francisco has not yet been Disneyfied. Even though its outward manifestation is eroticism & fun, it represents the deeper currents of a peoples aspirations. The energy poured into costumes & dance only await the chance through education, through equal opportunity, to enter the larger community.
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David Goldberg
San Francisco: Preparing to March in Carnival Parade
2006
20" x 30"
Photographic Print
Matted & framed: $850. Print alone: $650 (Edition of 25)
One of the most dispiriting things about homelessness is the lack of a foundation - a permanent abode, a place to keep your goods, prepare meals, be alone with yourself, and feel safe. Meanwhile, you see people scurry by, going to & from work, heading home to relax, going to a cafe or restaurant to meet friends. Night comes on & you remain on the street. I shot this at a slow shutter speed knowing that my subject would remain still but the passing world would be a blur.
Carnival, whether in Rio or San Francisco has not yet been Disneyfied. Even though its outward manifestation is eroticism & fun, it represents the deeper currents of a peoples aspirations. The energy poured into costumes & dance only await the chance through education, through equal opportunity, to enter the larger community.
David Goldberg
San Francisco: Preparing to March in Carnival Parade
2006
20" x 30"
Photographic Print
Matted & framed: $850. Print alone: $650 (Edition of 25)
One of the most dispiriting things about homelessness is the lack of a foundation - a permanent abode, a place to keep your goods, prepare meals, be alone with yourself, and feel safe. Meanwhile, you see people scurry by, going to & from work, heading home to relax, going to a cafe or restaurant to meet friends. Night comes on & you remain on the street. I shot this at a slow shutter speed knowing that my subject would remain still but the passing world would be a blur.
Carnival, whether in Rio or San Francisco has not yet been Disneyfied. Even though its outward manifestation is eroticism & fun, it represents the deeper currents of a peoples aspirations. The energy poured into costumes & dance only await the chance through education, through equal opportunity, to enter the larger community.
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Vicki Ellen Behringer
Jay Leno at the Michael Jackson trial, May 24, 2005
2005
Pen & Ink and Watercolor
$1200
Michael Jackson molestation trial in Santa Barbara County Superior Court in Santa Maria. Michael was found not guilty at the end of the trial. Here Jay Leno takes the stand with Michael’s attorney Thomas Meseareau. The victim who was a boy fighting cancer also contacted Mr Leno. Jay’s humor showed during his whole testimony and had the jury and audience laughing several times. He even stopped by my seat after leaving the stand to see how his portrait was coming.
Vicki Ellen Behringer
Jay Leno at the Michael Jackson trial, May 24, 2005
2005
Pen & Ink and Watercolor
$1200
Michael Jackson molestation trial in Santa Barbara County Superior Court in Santa Maria. Michael was found not guilty at the end of the trial. Here Jay Leno takes the stand with Michael’s attorney Thomas Meseareau. The victim who was a boy fighting cancer also contacted Mr Leno. Jay’s humor showed during his whole testimony and had the jury and audience laughing several times. He even stopped by my seat after leaving the stand to see how his portrait was coming.
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Vicki Ellen Behringer
Unabomber
1989
Pen & Ink and Watercolor
19 1/4" x 15 3/4"
$1200
Ted Kaczynski terrorist trial in Sacramento Federal Court. Ted plead guilty to murder and terrorizing the nation for over a decade by sending several mail bombs. Here he sits with his attorney Judi Clarke with his brother who turned him in to the authorities sitting behind him in the audience.
Vicki Ellen Behringer
Unabomber
1989
Pen & Ink and Watercolor
19 1/4" x 15 3/4"
$1200
Ted Kaczynski terrorist trial in Sacramento Federal Court. Ted plead guilty to murder and terrorizing the nation for over a decade by sending several mail bombs. Here he sits with his attorney Judi Clarke with his brother who turned him in to the authorities sitting behind him in the audience.
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Vicki Ellen Behringer
Barry Bonds arraignment in Federal Court San Francisco, Dec 7, 2007
2007
Pen & Ink and Watercolor
$1200
Barry Bonds arraignment hearing for perjury charges in San Francisco Federal Court. Barry’s trial for lying about taking steroids is presently on hold. The attorney’s are arguing in the court of appeals over the admittance of documents the government feels they need to win this case.
Vicki Ellen Behringer
Barry Bonds arraignment in Federal Court San Francisco, Dec 7, 2007
2007
Pen & Ink and Watercolor
$1200
Barry Bonds arraignment hearing for perjury charges in San Francisco Federal Court. Barry’s trial for lying about taking steroids is presently on hold. The attorney’s are arguing in the court of appeals over the admittance of documents the government feels they need to win this case.
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Malik Seneferu
From The Hill and Beyond
2010
acrylic on canvas 18"X24"
$250
A self-taught painter, draughtsman, muralist, poet and illustrator. Seneferu is the founder of "Aesthetic Ascension" art social network. Seneferu’s work has traveled to Durban South Africa's "War against Racism" in 2001, Kenya, Haiti & Italy.
Malik Seneferu
From The Hill and Beyond
2010
acrylic on canvas 18"X24"
$250
A self-taught painter, draughtsman, muralist, poet and illustrator. Seneferu is the founder of "Aesthetic Ascension" art social network. Seneferu’s work has traveled to Durban South Africa's "War against Racism" in 2001, Kenya, Haiti & Italy.
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Janice Nakashima
2 Birds
2005
oil on linen
$4000
"2 Birds" is from a series of paintings I've titled "Journey." It speaks through symbol and metaphor about the experience of searching for pathways through life which have to do with change, growth, and feeling. I have included some iconic images of maps as well as evocative imagery. I refer to and challenge our notions of home and place.
Janice Nakashima
2 Birds
2005
oil on linen
$4000
"2 Birds" is from a series of paintings I've titled "Journey." It speaks through symbol and metaphor about the experience of searching for pathways through life which have to do with change, growth, and feeling. I have included some iconic images of maps as well as evocative imagery. I refer to and challenge our notions of home and place.
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Victoria Smith
We’ve Got To Get Ourselves Back To The Garden
2009
Mixed media
Acrylic paint and colored pencil on Bristol paper
$1000
This piece is a visual representation of written words and sentences that reflect my sadness at our loss of innocence, and our struggle as a race for peace and justice.
We’ve Got To Get Ourselves Back To The Garden
Adam and Eve transformed by war, imagined
As some grotesque tattoo gouged into the flesh of mankind
How far we have wandered from the Garden of Eden
Eve, now as "Lady Liberty," has wrapped herself in the flag and carries a spear with the peace dove impaled on it. PEACE is dead. When we kill, are we not killing children of our own…our own human race? Our own future?
Adam, now the martyred, soldier, Can we ever discard the blood lust of our animal past? Are we nothing but the wild beast within us? Our hearts exposed, our very inner flesh exposed.We stand, feet of clay, blood on our hands
We are fat on good intentions, yet starving for truth. Proud Nations presume to rescue the oppressed. Are we not naďve to think we are so powerful as that?
Do we cast ourselves as Gods in this earth? We make war in the Name of God, In the Name of Country, for money, for oil, for drugs.
For nothing. We have ravaged Mother Earth for…. Nothing.
Victoria Smith
We’ve Got To Get Ourselves Back To The Garden
2009
Mixed media
Acrylic paint and colored pencil on Bristol paper
$1000
This piece is a visual representation of written words and sentences that reflect my sadness at our loss of innocence, and our struggle as a race for peace and justice.
We’ve Got To Get Ourselves Back To The Garden
Adam and Eve transformed by war, imagined
As some grotesque tattoo gouged into the flesh of mankind
How far we have wandered from the Garden of Eden
Eve, now as "Lady Liberty," has wrapped herself in the flag and carries a spear with the peace dove impaled on it. PEACE is dead. When we kill, are we not killing children of our own…our own human race? Our own future?
Adam, now the martyred, soldier, Can we ever discard the blood lust of our animal past? Are we nothing but the wild beast within us? Our hearts exposed, our very inner flesh exposed.We stand, feet of clay, blood on our hands
We are fat on good intentions, yet starving for truth. Proud Nations presume to rescue the oppressed. Are we not naďve to think we are so powerful as that?
Do we cast ourselves as Gods in this earth? We make war in the Name of God, In the Name of Country, for money, for oil, for drugs.
For nothing. We have ravaged Mother Earth for…. Nothing.
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Jan Hansen
The Corporate Ladder
2004
Ceramic wall mural
(Clay, Glazes, high fire, mounted on cement board, grouted.)
$450
My work is primarily representational, often with distinct narrative content, sometimes incorporating political and social themes. Humor also plays it’s part.
Many pieces involve the layering of time and movement within the work.
I am interested in color and detail and am happy when a project requires historical or scientific research. I have spent much time studying traditional art forms and I incorporate those elements into some of my work. I recently completed the twelve signs of the Asian zodiac as ceramic wall pieces and another project based on Navajo rug designs.
Jan Hansen
The Corporate Ladder
2004
Ceramic wall mural
(Clay, Glazes, high fire, mounted on cement board, grouted.)
$450
My work is primarily representational, often with distinct narrative content, sometimes incorporating political and social themes. Humor also plays it’s part.
Many pieces involve the layering of time and movement within the work.
I am interested in color and detail and am happy when a project requires historical or scientific research. I have spent much time studying traditional art forms and I incorporate those elements into some of my work. I recently completed the twelve signs of the Asian zodiac as ceramic wall pieces and another project based on Navajo rug designs.
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Jan Hansen
Women’s Work Is Never Done
2005
Ceramic wall mural
(Clay, Glazes, high fire, mounted on cement board, grouted.)
$500
My work is primarily representational, often with distinct narrative content, sometimes incorporating political and social themes. Humor also plays it’s part.
Many pieces involve the layering of time and movement within the work.
I am interested in color and detail and am happy when a project requires historical or scientific research. I have spent much time studying traditional art forms and I incorporate those elements into some of my work. I recently completed the twelve signs of the Asian zodiac as ceramic wall pieces and another project based on Navajo rug designs.
Jan Hansen
Women’s Work Is Never Done
2005
Ceramic wall mural
(Clay, Glazes, high fire, mounted on cement board, grouted.)
$500
My work is primarily representational, often with distinct narrative content, sometimes incorporating political and social themes. Humor also plays it’s part.
Many pieces involve the layering of time and movement within the work.
I am interested in color and detail and am happy when a project requires historical or scientific research. I have spent much time studying traditional art forms and I incorporate those elements into some of my work. I recently completed the twelve signs of the Asian zodiac as ceramic wall pieces and another project based on Navajo rug designs.
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Sabrina Dove and Ellen Yamshon
Selected Cards from the Rwanda Deck
All Rwandans; Loss of Mother Tongue; Transportation; Children as Head of Household; Common Household Tool or Instrument of Mayhem & Death?; Tiny Rwanda.
2007
Print/Paper 16"X20"
$175
Conceived to engage participants on a visceral rather than a distant intellectual level, the Rwanda Deck, a set of playing cards, depicts the main themes from the Rwandan Genocide of 1994. Using the images on the cards as prompts, participants are invited to reflect on and write down the most important rights, people, property, and activities in their lives. Then, in a "go-fish" like exchange, some of the most valued things in the participants' lives are randomly taken, from them. Participants are encouraged to consider the (simulated) sense of loss and the parallels with the realities that genocide survivors face.
Sabrina Dove and Ellen Yamshon
Selected Cards from the Rwanda Deck
All Rwandans; Loss of Mother Tongue; Transportation; Children as Head of Household; Common Household Tool or Instrument of Mayhem & Death?; Tiny Rwanda.
2007
Print/Paper 16"X20"
$175
Conceived to engage participants on a visceral rather than a distant intellectual level, the Rwanda Deck, a set of playing cards, depicts the main themes from the Rwandan Genocide of 1994. Using the images on the cards as prompts, participants are invited to reflect on and write down the most important rights, people, property, and activities in their lives. Then, in a "go-fish" like exchange, some of the most valued things in the participants' lives are randomly taken, from them. Participants are encouraged to consider the (simulated) sense of loss and the parallels with the realities that genocide survivors face.
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Dalia VisGirda
"Images" Book Cover and Selected Page Illustrations
1988
Laser Print Copy/Hand enhanced with mixed media
$225
Time Flies, Life is Short.
Thank God and Thank Goodness and Thank You, too, for any and all encouraging support provided towards the basic survival of our extraordinarily beautiful "Fine Arts & Crafts", created here, within the local Sacatomato Community at large. Many Thanks.
Dalia VisGirda
"Images" Book Cover and Selected Page Illustrations
1988
Laser Print Copy/Hand enhanced with mixed media
$225
Time Flies, Life is Short.
Thank God and Thank Goodness and Thank You, too, for any and all encouraging support provided towards the basic survival of our extraordinarily beautiful "Fine Arts & Crafts", created here, within the local Sacatomato Community at large. Many Thanks.
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Alan Blizzard
Submerged Obsession #10
Wood, Canvas, Rhoplex, Encaustic
$19,500.00
The work combines post-modern color and composition with the centuries-old encaustic technique, in which a layer of specialized material is added, then manually engraved to reveal a more subdued emotional content. It is one of the Submerged Obsession series (approximately 100 paintings of various sizes. The painter, a Professor of Painting at Scripps College, chose this work for Creative Merger II because it embodies the submerged but persistent human desires for peace and justice that continually struggle to emerge.
Submerged Obsession #10 is designed to be hung in any direction at the pleasure of the viewer, revealing subtle difference through changed perspective.
The Submerged Obsession series, as well as the painter's other series (including his Matrix, Piston, Broken Arrow and Star series) are created with Professor Blizzard's trademarked Fragmatizm® process.
Alan Blizzard
Submerged Obsession #10
Wood, Canvas, Rhoplex, Encaustic
$19,500.00
The work combines post-modern color and composition with the centuries-old encaustic technique, in which a layer of specialized material is added, then manually engraved to reveal a more subdued emotional content. It is one of the Submerged Obsession series (approximately 100 paintings of various sizes. The painter, a Professor of Painting at Scripps College, chose this work for Creative Merger II because it embodies the submerged but persistent human desires for peace and justice that continually struggle to emerge.
Submerged Obsession #10 is designed to be hung in any direction at the pleasure of the viewer, revealing subtle difference through changed perspective.
The Submerged Obsession series, as well as the painter's other series (including his Matrix, Piston, Broken Arrow and Star series) are created with Professor Blizzard's trademarked Fragmatizm® process.
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Milton Bowen
Greensboro 4
2008
mixed media on paper hand-stitched together (Custom Framed)
$2300
When it comes to telling the story of the African American in America, one must not be afraid to delve into themes of Race, Class, Injustice, or Loss, yet be brave enough to showcase Perseverance, Faith and Hope. EYE, invite the viewer, no, encourage the viewer to engage.
Milton Bowen
Greensboro 4
2008
mixed media on paper hand-stitched together (Custom Framed)
$2300
When it comes to telling the story of the African American in America, one must not be afraid to delve into themes of Race, Class, Injustice, or Loss, yet be brave enough to showcase Perseverance, Faith and Hope. EYE, invite the viewer, no, encourage the viewer to engage.
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RANI KARNIK
Holistic Health Plan
2009
8" x 12" Archival Quality Limited Edition Print (from original gouache on paper), Signed
$100
Portfolio URL: www.ArtWanted.com/ranikarnik
Email for inquiries: ranikarnik@gmail.com
Rani Karnik earned her law degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and was successful largely through the memorization of legal precedent, achieved through doodling extensively in the margins of her casebooks.
Rani's work centers around the human experience, the manifestation and disintegration of ego in its many forms, the connectedness of all life on the planet, its current realities and its unlimited potential. Surrealism meets impressionism in her visionary work. Ms. Karnik hopes that her ability may congeal into a means of serving humanity through the ultimate collaborative art form: the continued co-creation and execution of a democratic system of laws. Rani dreams of justice, accessible to all, and hopes to manifest this dream not only in her art, but in reality.
RANI KARNIK
Holistic Health Plan
2009
8" x 12" Archival Quality Limited Edition Print (from original gouache on paper), Signed
$100
Portfolio URL: www.ArtWanted.com/ranikarnik
Email for inquiries: ranikarnik@gmail.com
Rani Karnik earned her law degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and was successful largely through the memorization of legal precedent, achieved through doodling extensively in the margins of her casebooks.
Rani's work centers around the human experience, the manifestation and disintegration of ego in its many forms, the connectedness of all life on the planet, its current realities and its unlimited potential. Surrealism meets impressionism in her visionary work. Ms. Karnik hopes that her ability may congeal into a means of serving humanity through the ultimate collaborative art form: the continued co-creation and execution of a democratic system of laws. Rani dreams of justice, accessible to all, and hopes to manifest this dream not only in her art, but in reality.
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RANI KARNIK
Losing Liberty
2010
8" x 12" Archival Quality Limited Edition Print (from original gouache on paper), Signed
$100
Portfolio URL: www.ArtWanted.com/ranikarnik
Email for inquiries: ranikarnik@gmail.com
Rani Karnik earned her law degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and was successful largely through the memorization of legal precedent, achieved through doodling extensively in the margins of her casebooks.
Rani's work centers around the human experience, the manifestation and disintegration of ego in its many forms, the connectedness of all life on the planet, its current realities and its unlimited potential. Surrealism meets impressionism in her visionary work. Ms. Karnik hopes that her ability may congeal into a means of serving humanity through the ultimate collaborative art form: the continued co-creation and execution of a democratic system of laws. Rani dreams of justice, accessible to all, and hopes to manifest this dream not only in her art, but in reality.
RANI KARNIK
Losing Liberty
2010
8" x 12" Archival Quality Limited Edition Print (from original gouache on paper), Signed
$100
Portfolio URL: www.ArtWanted.com/ranikarnik
Email for inquiries: ranikarnik@gmail.com
Rani Karnik earned her law degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and was successful largely through the memorization of legal precedent, achieved through doodling extensively in the margins of her casebooks.
Rani's work centers around the human experience, the manifestation and disintegration of ego in its many forms, the connectedness of all life on the planet, its current realities and its unlimited potential. Surrealism meets impressionism in her visionary work. Ms. Karnik hopes that her ability may congeal into a means of serving humanity through the ultimate collaborative art form: the continued co-creation and execution of a democratic system of laws. Rani dreams of justice, accessible to all, and hopes to manifest this dream not only in her art, but in reality.
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RANI KARNIK
Blood Diamonds
2010
8" x 12" Archival Quality Limited Edition Print (from original gouache on paper), Signed
$100
Portfolio URL: www.ArtWanted.com/ranikarnik
Email for inquiries: ranikarnik@gmail.com
Rani Karnik earned her law degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and was successful largely through the memorization of legal precedent, achieved through doodling extensively in the margins of her casebooks.
Rani's work centers around the human experience, the manifestation and disintegration of ego in its many forms, the connectedness of all life on the planet, its current realities and its unlimited potential. Surrealism meets impressionism in her visionary work. Ms. Karnik hopes that her ability may congeal into a means of serving humanity through the ultimate collaborative art form: the continued co-creation and execution of a democratic system of laws. Rani dreams of justice, accessible to all, and hopes to manifest this dream not only in her art, but in reality.
RANI KARNIK
Blood Diamonds
2010
8" x 12" Archival Quality Limited Edition Print (from original gouache on paper), Signed
$100
Portfolio URL: www.ArtWanted.com/ranikarnik
Email for inquiries: ranikarnik@gmail.com
Rani Karnik earned her law degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and was successful largely through the memorization of legal precedent, achieved through doodling extensively in the margins of her casebooks.
Rani's work centers around the human experience, the manifestation and disintegration of ego in its many forms, the connectedness of all life on the planet, its current realities and its unlimited potential. Surrealism meets impressionism in her visionary work. Ms. Karnik hopes that her ability may congeal into a means of serving humanity through the ultimate collaborative art form: the continued co-creation and execution of a democratic system of laws. Rani dreams of justice, accessible to all, and hopes to manifest this dream not only in her art, but in reality.