ANN CONNELLY FINE ART
BRADLEY SABIN An avid gardener and sculptor, Bradley Sabin finds inspiration through the nature around him. He describes his work as a metaphorical equation to the care and time which is needed to have a healthy garden to human relationships that also require nurturing and protecting to flourish.
Japanese Magnolia Hand Painted Ceramic
Flowering Antler Hand Painted Ceramic
DEMOND MATSUO “The moment I heard my first love story I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere, they are in each other all along. —Jalal ad-Din Rumi
“This poem is how I think of my work. I search the world through seas of papers and inspirations, trying to arrive at a conclusion, a synthesis. The collage serves as a treasure map of sorts, an alchemical illustration pulling you through to understanding my overall meaning. In love we succumb to the new self that arises from the other. This is how I want you to think of my work. To understand you must look closely. There I leave you hints to my thoughts.”
Stag in Contemplation Mixed Media Collage on Canvas 68x36
Carousel Mixed Media Collage on Canvas 72x84
Peacock Mixed Media on Canvas 65x54
KAROLINE SCHLEH In Karoline Schleh’s most recent work, she utilizes the technique of Fumage. “Fumage” is a term used early on to describe smoke drawings. Surrealist Wolfgang Paalen was on of the most well known artists to have experimented with this method. Some Victorian artists also worked this way. Today, very few artists use candle smoke to create their images.
Smoke Composition Encaustic, Fumage, and Mixed Media on Canvas 50x53
Untitled Smoke Mixed Media and Fumage on Paper 22x30
Untitled Smoke Mixed Media and Fumage on Paper 22x30
ED PRAMUK “I use imagined spaces, architectural motifs, and references to traditional painting to call up metaphors for my spatial concerns. I want to create a dream about the real, and at the same time to satisfy my interest in manipulating space. The fulfillment of this idea occurs when the weight of emotion generated by each pictorial situation is in harmony with an interior image. The revelation of images is the goal of my work.�
Red Center Acrylic on Canvas
Night/Day Acrylic on Canvas 62 3/4x34
Solar with Black Acrylic on Rag Paper 22x30
Unfolding Acrylic on Rag Paper 22x30
Holding Pattern Acrylic on Rag Paper 22x30
DAVID WILLIAMS David Williams’ mixed media paintings straddle the overt depiction of universal symbols and a cryptic abstraction of quiet ambivalence. The exact process is printmaking inks on printmaking paper without the use of solvents. The paper is adhered to the canvas with archival Matte medium. Williams hand paints on the surface with oil and alkyd medium. Then, he writes on the piece with pencil and pen.
Land #5: We Rode Mixed Media Monotype Collage on Canvas 54x66
Adorn Me in Feathers Mixed Media Monotype Collage on Canvas 88x72
Adorn Me in Feathers (rotated 180째) Mixed Media Monotype Collage on Canvas 88x72
RYAN COBOURN Ryan Cobourn’s abstract paintings make allusions to figure, landscape, and still life, depending on his mood. Drawing from traditional themes and subjects, the paintings’ content emerges through a protracted process of deconstructing and rebuilding of the image, based on memory and intuition.
The Woods Oil on Canvas 60x72
Yellow Trees Oil on Canvas 72x60
Untitled Floral Mixed Media on Paper 22x30
Untitled Floral Mixed Media on Paper 22x30
PAUL YANKO “I develop my paintings systematically through an additive process of layering acrylic paint mixed with acrylic mediums onto masked areas. I initially establish sets of vertical and horizontal bands, applied to either a square or rectangular format, with function as an armature on which subsequent color shapes are layered. As I paint, I allow shapes to shift in registration in order to reveal varying amounts of underlying color.�
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Prop Fold Fissure Mixed Media on Panel 48x36
Module Brace Grid Acrylic and Collage on Panel 18x18
Channel Plane Ridge Acrylic and Collage on Panel 18x18
GEORGE MARKS
“Influenced by my everyday surroundings…nature, human nature, the man made, history, and the accidental…I attempt to create environments that propel the viewer into a realm where the diffusion of color, the marriage of subject matter and alternative media convene.”
Turquoise Wash Cotton Mixed Media on Canvas 48x81
Approaching Blink Light Rd Oil on Canvas 72x72
Our Lady of the French Table Mixed Media on Canvas 72x72
JACQUELINE DEE PARKER “As both a painter and a poet, my work cross-pollinates, stimulating a close correspondence between these art forms. Just as words, sounds, and images rooted in emotional memory may inspire the composition of a poem, collage elements move me to build layers and texture, to respond to textual and cultural evidence, and to justify a pack-rat mentality, all the while engaged in a visceral construction of space.“
Gameboard 1 Hotel Mixed Media Collage on Canvas 26x26
Lion’s Share Mixed Media Collage on Canvas 32x32
Gameboard (Small Hotel) Mixed Media Collage on Canvas 46x46
JOE WALTERS Although his work is based on organic forms, taken as a whole the artist considers his work as abstract compositions. The intensity and vigor of natural forms is beautifully recreated in the sculptures Walters creates with hand-modeled polymer clay, finished with many layers of sand and paint of varying colors to create a rich, textured surface.
Mixed Media, Polymer, Metal 60x60
MEGAN SINGLETON Megan Singleton creates handmade paper from plant fibers she collects. She then applies this paper to sculptural wire forms. Her collection process allows her to physically embed elements of nature into her work.
Tidal Verve (Rip Tide Splashes) Handmade Paper of Abaca and Wire 9x9
From the Edge of the Big Pond Handmade Paper of Abaca and Phragmites, and Wire 72x18
KATE BLACKLOCK “My studio faces my garden, which I planted and have worked on for more than a dozen years. It is continually changing painting, controlled by my hand as well as the uncontrollable forces of nature and the seasons. I spend time looking, up close. These images were born from my observations.�
Above and Below
Balanced Series #4
Fresia and Rose
Untitled
Passion Vine
Peonia
different print sizes and substrates available
SUSAN ROBERT Susan Robert re-investigates some of the iconic figures of art history by making derivative images from the classical motifs. She dissects the range of colors used by particular artists and studies the geographic environments which may have influenced them as well. She also uses a grid arrangement and has experimented with digital arrangements and collages, all of which help her contemporize the past.
Time in the Garden is Never Lost Oil on Canvas 36x36
Nantahala Project #5 Mixed Media on Paper 21x18
Nantahala Project #1 Mixed Media on Paper 14x12
ROBIN COLE “My art works are visual metaphors that contain ideas about structures and systems in the universe and their interconnectedness. I use number systems, structures found in nature and architectural ideas as visual elements in the work. The painting and drawing processes are very important formal elements in the works. The use of drips and splashes, erasures and marks reinforce certain dynamic qualities that speak about concepts of both growth and disintegration.�
One of the Many Maps of the Universes Mixed Media on Paper 22x22
Super Strings 2 Mixed Media on Paper 30x22
Beyond Hubble Mixed Media on Paper 14x11.5
A Light for Mr. Turrell Mixed Media on Paper 24x18
JAMES VELLA James Vella has been blowing glass for twelve years. He connects strongly with the ideas of decadences and overindulgence that is reflected from a Baroque attitude of glass design into classical rendering of the vessel. He has developed his own techniques and individual style while paying close attention to the traditions and importance of design that Italian glass has demonstrated since the 1600s. His work is an example of an extension into a modern day technical vocabulary that has moved towards a more sculptural way of working with glass.
Hand Blown Mirror Glass
LISA DI STEFANO Lisa diStefano’s work employs subtle details, respectful suggestions, and rousing palettes. A Baton Rouge native, she often chooses the Louisiana landscape as the subject of her paintings; enlivening trees, water, and marsh grasses with a diversity of hues and thin, multi-layered brush strokes. While her most recent work is an abstract interpretation of the landscape in motion, her past pieces have been compared to those of esteemed Louisiana artists George Dureau (1930-) and Alexander John Drysdale (1870-1934). Having learned and painted in the land of representation, Lisa now communicates to us from a more personal perspective. The result and gift to us is her ‘’Moving Impressions’’
Swampscape Commission Acrylic on Canvas 32x48
LA Hwy 31 Part II Oil on Panel 48x36
Landscape Acrylic on Canvas 48x36
Landscape Acrylic on Canvas 48x44
LINDSAY FEUER
Lindsay Feuer believes porcelain is an ideal medium for her work because its white luminescence showcases rich surfaces and curvilinear components. The strength and responsiveness of this clay also enables Feuer to achieve whimsical and delicate sculptural elements.
Hybrid Creature No. 4 Hand Built Porcelain 12x8x9
Hybrid Fruit No. 4 Hand Built Porcelain 10x12x6
ELEANOR OWEN KERR
Artichoke Study Selenium-toned Silver Gelatin Print 20x24
Garlic Dances No. 1 Selenium-toned Silver Gelatin Print 20x40
“My art emerges from a childhood in south Louisiana, absorbing the relentless press of nature which is inescapable there. The images I make address the most primal, elemental aspects of my environment, gently prying back the layers of its mysterious, hidden depths. These photographs blur the line between what is there and what else is there.�
Garlic Dances No. 6 Selenium-toned Silver Gelatin Print 20x40
Garlic Dances No. 7 Selenium-toned Silver Gelatin Print 20x40
CHUCK VOELTER “In coming to terms with my compulsion to make art I’ve sifted through a lifetime of observing the world and tried to make images that conveyed the yearning I feel, to connect with the minutiae and the marrow and make something of intrigue and lasting beauty. As with many others, my process has centered around nature and the processes of decay and re-birth; there is nothing iconic in any of my paintings other than might appear in nature; I specifically eschew the balanced aspects of nature to focus more closely on the odd, the asymmetrical, the shapes and spaces that are dimensionally created by light and mass, the reflections in moving water and how we perceive them.”
Grow Task Mixed Media on Canvas 50x36
Flan Bay Mixed Media on Panel 24x38
KEVIN GILLENTINE “I just want to capture a moment. Maybe not in the way it appears to the rest of the world, but in the way I see it in my head, which is always colored by my childhood memories of the rural south. I always hope my paintings look like memories rather than photographs.�
Golden Minute Oil on Canvas 60x60
Blue Water Memories Oil on Canvas 48x60
Misty Creek Oil on Canvas 48x60
MIA KAPLAN Mia Kaplan’s work is driven by her love for art as a visual journal. Her work explores different avenues including plein-air painting, abstraction, assemblage and sculpture. Her inspirations come from the environment of southeastern Louisiana where she currently lives. Kaplan’s work explores different avenues including plein-air paintings of Big Branch Marsh, botanical illustrations of native plants, abstraction, and small and large scale sculpture. In all avenues, what ties her work together is the sensitivity to movement and color she uses to reflect her natural surroundings.
It Came From the Sun Assemblage Sculpture 39x13x37
Splitting Clouds Assemblage Sculpture 32x10x42
What the Swamp Means to Me Paneled Wood With Hard Ground and Mixed Media Installation
DEDE LUSK Dede Lusk’s love for photography began in childhood, as she roamed the streets of her native Clinton, Louisiana, with a Brownie box camera. Although she now captures her black and white images digitally, she has not lost her love of roaming with a camera. Whether cruising the bayous and marshes of her homeland in south Louisiana, scrambling among the rocks on a mountain peak far away, or envisioning a still life in her studio, she seeks to capture the simple, yet profound, elements of nature that bring peace to the spirit. Her minimalist images, set against a canvas of snow, fog, sky, or water, evoke the rhythms and patterns of life, inviting the viewer to share a moment of intimate connection with the beauty of God’s creation.
Lone Cypress Black and White Photography 16x20
Day is Done Black and White Pigment on Paper, Toned 16x16
Lac des Allemandes Black and White Pigment on Paper, Toned 16x16
Rapture Black and White Pigment on Paper, Toned 16x16
ELISE TOUPS Elise is a local artist whose love for the south is beautifully reflected through her paintings.
Daisies Oil on Canvas 50x50
The Smokies Oil on Canvas
BRAD BOURGOYNE “This is the site of sense.
The statue re-presents the body as an object-image that means. Yet, the statue is an absurd apparatus, easily broken open to reveal its inner workings. I give you then this faulted figure: the body as a thing but not just a thing. With it, I point to its surplus:
to the desire that makes meaning.�
Hand Cast Bronze
Woman’s Hospital Atrium Installation Hand Formed Acrylic
CECIL TOUCHON Touchon’s primary exploration of collage is contained within a series of works entitled the Fusion Series began in 1983 as a sort of visual diary. The Fusion Series has been described as Touchon’s ongoing obsession with manipulating color and shape. He constructs his compositionally engaging works from materials that are readily available to him. Seemingly random and abstract, Touchon’s thoughtful collages liberate the viewer from everyday meanings so that they are left to consider the visual impact of his work. He enjoys removing things from their original context, rendering a work ambiguous in its meaning. Though they appear spontaneous, each work has a keen sense of balance and color. There is a logical and thoughtout harmony inherent in his collage work. Because Touchon’s environment triggers his visual vocabulary, one feels a sense of the local rhythm when considering a body of his work.
Paper and Acrylic on Panel 30x24
Paper and Acrylic on Panel 30x24
Paper and Acrylic on Panel 30x24