97TH ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION May 2 - May 27, 2022
Betsy Lueke Creative Arts Center Gallery
Juror: Kenneth Ronney
Exhibition can also be viewed online at www.issuu.com
97th Annual Juried Exhibition at The Betsy Lueke Creative Arts Center Gallery Burbank, California
Juried by Ken Ronney
May 2 through May 27, 2022 To view this artwork online please visit https://issuu.com/pasadenasocietyofartists This catalog is available for purchase from Blurb.com
President’s Message On behalf of all members of the Pasadena Society of Artists, I welcome you to our 97th Annual Juried Exhibition at Betsy Lueke Creative Arts Center in Burbank. Since 1925 we have had our annual juried exhibition in local reputable galleries. It is exciting to have this almost hundred year tradition and this year is again filled with wonderful, inspiration filled work. PSA, as ever, maintains a high standard among its membership and continues its purpose to provide a place for Pasadena artists to exhibit. Throughout the year the Exhibitions Committee of the Society offers members multiple opportunities to share their work; however, the annual show remains the centerpiece of quality and diverse work. I believe the arts provide a counter balance to darker elements surrounding us in our world and serves as a reminder of all of the amazing, thoughtful, and unique qualities we as humans possess. And the visual arts allow an expression of emotion differing from anything else. We are invited in to encounter the creator’s vision as well as to experience our own exploration as the viewer. I believe there is little else to compare to this intra-action. I encourage you to stay connected with our exhibitions, website and members to keep the magic close. Shaney Watters President Pasadena Society of Artists
A Short History of the Pasadena Society of Artists and the Annual Juried Exhibition The Pasadena Society of Artists came into being in early 1925. Benjamin C. Brown, the “dean of Pasadena painters,” sent out a notice to local painters to discuss the formation of a society for local artists. The consensus was that the Pasadena Society of Artists should be formed. Attending this meeting were Benjamin C. Brown, Edward B. Butler, Maud Daggett, Antoinette De Forest Merwin, Louis Hovey Sharp, F. Carl Smith, Orrin A. White, Wallace LeRoy De Wolff, and Frederick A. Zimmerman. Seven more artists then joined PSA to form the founding charter members. They were Herbert V. B. Acker, F. Tolles Chamberlin, Alson S. Clark, John “Jack” Frost, Jean Mannheim, Katherine B. Stetson and Marion Wachtel. It has been suggested that PSA was formed out of the desire of the founders to exhibit their contemporary work, which was not acceptable in exhibitions of the California Art Club. The first Annual Juried Exhibition was presented in April 1925 at the Pasadena Art Institute located in Carmelita Park, now the site of the Norton Simon Art Museum. The PSA founders stated that “the standard will be high and only work of real merit will be accepted.” Every year since 1925 PSA has presented an Annual Juried Exhibition, this year being the 97th Annual. For more than 50 years PSA exhibited at the Pasadena Art Institute/Pasadena Art Museum in addition to presenting Annuals at various institutions throughout southern California. PSA continues to adhere to the guiding statement of the founders by accepting new members by juried submission.
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Juror’s Statement Juror’s thoughts on judging PSA 97th Annual Juried Exhibition. First, I consider this a real honor, being asked to judge an exhibit of established high caliber artists. But, on the opposite side of the coin, it became a real challenge eliminating half of the entries to bring the count down to what could fit into the Betsy Leuke Gallery. To judge and compare entries over a wide spectrum of media was very interesting. I looked at each piece in depth to observe design elements, techniques, workmanship, originality, and overall artistic expression. I soon realized that I enjoyed really dwelling on each piece, more so than I typically did at an exhibit. The first round of elimination only reduced the number of accepted pieces by 25%. Only half way there. All of the remaining works were clearly exhibit quality and I had to select what I felt were the best of the best. At this point, I was really becoming familiar with all the pieces. Selecting those to be in the show came down to observing fine details and variety. My own group, the California Art League, had an exhibit at the Betsy Leuke Gallery just a few months ago, giving me a clear mental image of the gallery and I could envision how each piece would look hanging or standing in the gallery. As I continued reviewing the pieces, I started to strongly want to see each of them in person and meet the artists and discuss their work. That ended up being the final selection criteria and I really look forward to seeing those works and talking to their creators. Ken Ronney Juror
Juror Biography Kenneth Ronney Sculptor and art group administrator Ken took up sculpting after taking an early retirement from his engineering career. Prior to retirement, he had spent over twenty-five years pursuing hobbies of rock hounding, lapidary, and silversmithing, and always enjoyed working in stone and metal. Starting a new phase in his life, he took a hands-on sculpture class where he was formally introduced to working on moderately large pieces of stone. It was magic. After completing several static free-form stone sculptures, he decided to experiment combining mechanical engineering and design skills with stone, metal, plastic and wood to create unique moving stone sculptures. He took off in this direction in 2009 with a complex multi-piece, motorized stone and metal kinetic work. This style has become his passion. His works have won multiple prizes in local club and gallery exhibits including the annual California Sculptors Exhibit. Ken is also past president and exhibit chair of the California Art League, and Vice-President and exhibit chair of the San Fernando Valley Arts and Cultural Center. In these organizations and positions, he has participated in entering, administrating, curating, and/or judging over 60 competitive art exhibits.
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Table of Contents President’s Message 1 Juror’s Statement & Biography 2 Table of Contents 3 Directory of Artists 4 Awards 5 Julianna Aparicio-Curtis 6 MariBeth Baloga 7 Cyndi Bemel 10 Arnor Bieltvedt 11 Karen Duckles 14 Mariko Bird 15 Chuka Susan Chesney 17 Darien Donner 20 Fred Chuang 21 Robin M. Cohen 23 Alison Davies 25 Marion Dies 27 KALLENA-Karen Chutsky-Naud 28 Roger Dolin 29 Lore Eckelberry 31 Martin Ehrlich 33 Mims Ellis 35 Maryellen Eltgroth 36 Mina Ferrante 37 Emily Goff 38 Karen Hochman Brown 39 Karen M. Holgerson 41 Jeffry Jensen 42 Marvin Jackson 43 Leah Knecht 45
Janet Manalo Joanna Kos Eileen Oda Leaf Warner LeMénager Brian Mark Kevin McCants Albert Natian Rhonda Raulston Victor Picou Mike Pitzer Rebecca H. Pollack Margaret Raab Robert Michael Sullivan Serena Refoua Emily Suñez Debbi Swanson Patrick Kathleen Swaydan Barbara Thorn Matthew Tanaka E. M. Tietjen Suzanne Urquiza Tsvetelina Valkov Shaney Watters Gloria Lujan-Whitney Sean Yang Carolyn Young Catalog Production Team Contact the Artist PSA Board of Directors 2021–2022 Call for New Members
Cover artwork courtesy of the artists: Top (L-R): MariBeth Baloga, Joanna Kos, Julianna Aparicio-Curtis Middle: Matthew Tanaka Bottom: Cyndi Bemel Copyrights held by artists. All rights reserved.
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Directory of Artists Julianna Aparicio-Curtis 6 MariBeth Baloga 7 Cyndi Bemel 10 Arnor Bieltvedt 11 Mariko Bird 15 Chuka Susan Chesney 17 Fred Chuang 21 KALLENA-Karen Chutsky-Naud 28 Robin M. Cohen 23 Alison Davies 25 Marion Dies 27 Roger Dolin 29 Darien Donner 20 Karen Duckles 14 Lore Eckelberry 31 Martin Ehrlich 33 Mims Ellis 35 Maryellen Eltgroth 36 Mina Ferrante 37 Emily Goff 38 Karen Hochman Brown 39 Karen M. Holgerson 41 Marvin Jackson 43 Jeffry Jensen 42 Leah Knecht 45 Joanna Kos 47
Eileen Oda Leaf 48 Warner LeMénager 49 Janet Manalo 46 Brian Mark 51 Kevin McCants 53 Albert Natian 54 Victor Picou 56 Mike Pitzer 57 Rebecca H. Pollack 59 Margaret Raab 61 Rhonda Raulston 55 Serena Refoua 63 Robert Michael Sullivan 62 Emily Suñez 65 Debbi Swanson Patrick 67 Kathleen Swaydan 69 Matthew Tanaka 71 Barbara Thorn 70 E. M. Tietjen 75 Suzanne Urquiza 77 Tvetelina Valkov 78 Shaney Watters 79 Gloria Lujan-Whitney 80 Sean Yang 81 Carolyn Young 82
Artwork appears courtesy of PSA members. Copyrights held by the artists. All rights reserved. © 2022 Pasadena Society of Artists www.PasadenaSocietyofArtists.org The Pasadena Society of Artists wishes to acknowledge and thank the Jeanne Ward Foundation for its continuing support. The Pasadena Society of Artists wishes to acknowledge and thank the Pasadena Arts League for its support. The Pasadena Society of Artists wishes to acknowledge and thank Arcadia Sign Company for its continuing support.
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Awards
Award of Merit
VAGARIES: aggression Fred Chuang Mixed Media see page 22
1970s Squirt Gun Mike Pitzer
The Witnesses of War Graphite and Colored Pencil Victor Picou on Canson Pape see page 58
Cherry Wood see page 56
Honorable Mention
My Imaginary Friend Chuka Susan Chesney
Pen and Ink, Watercolor see page 19
By the Beautiful Sea Mims Ellis Ceramic see page 35
Red Hibiscus Board Shorts Variations Karen Hochman Brown Digital Photo see page 39
The James Ackley McBride Landscape Award Spring in Tifft Margaret Raab Oil on Canvas see page 61
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Garden Notes Julianna Aparicio-Curtis
Mixed Media Collage on Canvas 24" x 12" $675 Collage was one of my first introductions to art. As a child in school we were encouraged to cut and glue and make something unique on construction paper. It was instant love! I was inspired to create this mixed-media collage as I looked out my front window at our exquisite 60-year-old magnolia tree and its raised and exposed root system. I imagined the ecosystem thriving in the roots, moss and insects; the interaction of a community, and how they have a symbiotic relationship. I envisioned signals traveling through the root system as musical notes and feeding a lush flower garden with nutrients like an evocative language of song. It’s my childlike fantasy of a fairy garden of Middle Earth. This piece has several different media including acrylic paint, paper, textiles, pastels, colored pencil, pen, plaster, and assemblage pieces.
Contact information for this artist can be found on page 86.
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Archangel MariBeth Baloga
Collage, Paper & Paste, Digital Enhancement of Figure 16" x 8.5" NFS I am a gardener and garden designer; nature and plants inform my work. I enjoy creating landscapes that incorporate some elements of nature but are not realistic. It is important to me that the artwork has some mystery that invites the viewer to interact with it and understand it through their own personal vision. Trees draw from the earth and reach to the sky absorbing CO2 and releasing oxygen. They provide a canopy and habitat for wildlife. Forests are being destroyed by fires, and neighborhood trees are dying from a changing climate. “Archangel” is a response to my concern over what is happening to our planet, particularly trees and forests.
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Dryad MariBeth Baloga
Collage, Paper & Paste, Digital Enhancement of Figure 12.5" x 10.25" NFS I am a gardener and garden designer; nature and plants inform my work. I enjoy creating landscapes that incorporate some elements of nature but are not realistic. It is important to me that the artwork has some mystery that invites the viewer to interact with it and understand it through their own personal vision. Although there are a surprising number of myths about tree women (the most commonly known is the Greek myth of Daphne and Apollo), when I created this piece, I was not thinking about a mythological tree woman, but rather the very visceral feeling of being connected to the earth and to nature itself. Contact information for this artist can be found on page 86.
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The Guardians MariBeth Baloga
Pencil and Paper 10" x 8" NFS I am a gardener and garden designer; nature and plants inform my work. I enjoy creating landscapes that incorporate some elements of nature, but are not realistic. It is important to me that the artwork has some mystery that invites the viewer to interact with it and understand it through their own personal vision and possibly create a narrative about the image. We are interconnected with the plants, animals and the earth itself and are dependent on the health and functioning of each part in order to thrive and survive. This image is about that interdependency, particularly the shelter and safety that are needed for survival.
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Untitled #1 Cyndi Bemel
Photography 9.5" x 33.5" $500 The world becomes a little blurry as time slips by. Gazing at the changing earth, the sky opens up, awakening the mysteries of nature. No longer stagnant, the freedom of space brings a calmness to the soul and the ability to breathe again even if the future is unclear. The cities, the roads, the countryside, the people I meet - they all begin to blur. I tell myself I am searching for something. But more and more, it feels like I am wandering, waiting for something to happen to me, something that will change everything, something that my whole life has been leading up to. Khaled Hosseini Contact information for this artist can be found on page 86.
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Untitled Arnor Bieltvedt
Oil and Mixed Media on Linen 40" x 30" $3000 My work displays a radical and free use of color, as well as experimentation with composition, scale, and the structure of the painting. Anticipating an interaction of color while moving the paint around, I apply the paint directly to the canvas rather than a palette, saturated, with a focus on one color or two. To understand light and space, I first challenge myself to paint only in black and white. For me, color becomes the anchor, creating equilibrium and interaction. Like in the unspoiled yet surreal Nordic landscape of Iceland, a country of water and many different shades of blue, I know that the colors in nature, combined with natural light, cannot be truly replicated, so I paint their opposite. I imagine color in the middle of the eye’s retina and seek the unspoiled nature of color to represent a pure expression of humanity and life.
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Untitled Arnor Bieltvedt
Oil and Mixed Media on Linen 40" x 30" $3000 The contrasting volcanic and glacier-shaped landscapes of my native Iceland, and the light and flora of Southern California where I live now, are part of the visual memories I draw upon while painting and drawing. Like a generation of Icelandic artists before me (Nína Tryggvadóttir, Johannes Kjarval and Kristján Davídsson are influences), the intensity of these landscapes inspires me to perceive deeply, to look for elements that stand out and how things connect as a whole. Working abstractly, my paintings express my admiration for nature, its beauty on the surface and its underlying force and strength. Abstraction allows me to focus on color relationships and to organize essential impressions and memories into painted poetry. Contact information for this artist can be found on page 86.
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Magnolia Arnor Bieltvedt
Watercolor on Paper 40" x 30" $2800 I tend to paint quickly across the canvas, my gestures expressing feeling through intense mark-making and varied contrasts and rhythms that form an unrestrained and confident, harmonious whole. There is a struggle between figure and ground, paint and surface, which I cannot resolve, so I immerse myself in the paint, painting physically and emotionally, an action I attribute to the influence of abstract painters Jackson Pollock, Joan Mitchell, and my idol, Vincent van Gogh. And, like them, when I paint I am not aware of myself, the painting is telling me what to do. “Magnolia” is an expressionistic rendering of the magnolia tree in our garden. Watching it go through its changes throughout the year inspired me to capture its life, energy and beauty. It felt like painting the portrait of an old friend.
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Vermilion Flowers Karen Duckles
Oil on Canvas 30" x 30" $1800 This painting comes from a group of related works titled “Backyard Botanical.” The subject is plant life that can be found right at hand in the yard or patio. In this piece, I have used a thick, rough paint application to suggest the inner vitality of the subject and the wildness of the earth, even in the face of our efforts to tame it.
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Tubular 2 Mariko Bird
High-Fire Clay 11" x 12" x 5" $430 The tube has twirled and formed a circle, a symbol of harmony. The surface decoration was made using the sgraffito method over colored slip, showing some typical Japanese patterns.
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Tubular 3 Mariko Bird
High-Fire Clay 9" x 13" x 10" $550 A tube is moving toward the light. The surface is decorated with typical Japanese patterns sgraffitoed on colored slips.
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Group Therapy Chuka Susan Chesney
Pen and Ink and Ink Wash 18" x 24" $500 I was in group therapy many years ago. This is a painting of the group meeting in a room in northeast Pasadena. I made up the dialog. I remember the characters in the group and have exaggerated them. The tall woman levitating near the door was my own personal therapist. She also co-led the group. She was very difficult. My best friend to this day is the very thin blonde woman.
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La Casita Prisma Chuka Susan Chesney
Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper 12" x 16" $350 The house represents my childhood and adolescence, when I spent a lot of time in Spanish-style houses. My family traveled to Cuernavaca, Mexico a lot. I spent Christmases at my aunt and uncle’s Spanish Revival house in Glendale where I live now. The right side of the painting is blank but framed by foliage and the side of the house. The void depicts the future which I did not know then. I had no idea that so many houses in my city would be altered or torn down. I didn’t know that I would never return to Mexico.
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My Imaginary Friend Chuka Susan Chesney
Pen and Ink, Watercolor 16" x 12" $275 I painted this piece during the pandemic when I was spending time only with my husband. I became very lonely, so I created this mixed-media watercolor of Marilyn and me.
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Trap Within #1 Darien Donner
Woven Paper, Collage 11" x 8" NFS When I feel trapped by fear and anguish, my thoughts start to spin obsessively. Instead of loyally standing with the essence of my being, I panic and start frantically running after all kinds of judgments, interpretations, and assumptions. I lose the capability of listening to my heart. I am blinded and therefore miss the exit.
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Proteus Fred Chuang
Mixed Media: Porcelainized Paper Wasp Nest, Ceramic Glaze, Dyed Coral, Quartz Crystals, Cultured Pearl, Labradorite 5.5" x 5.5" x 3.75" $500 My mixed-media sculptural pieces are an inter-species collaboration. In this example, dyed natural coral, quartz crystals, cultured pearls, and polished drops of labradorite transform a porcelainized paper wasp structure into a radiant, floral metaphor. The ceramic glaze color, the flashing blue of the labradorite, and the origin of many of the inclusions suggest a marine origin. Proteus is the name of the Greek shape-shifting demigod of the ocean and the namesake of the Protea flower genus. The shattered surface of the underside reveals the inner shapes created by the long-gone insect architects.
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VAGARIES: Aggression Fred Chuang
Mixed Media: Cold Wax, Oil, Iridescent Pigment on Wood Panel 17.88" x 21.75" $1400 Half-remembered experiences, dreams, nightmares, premonitions — these are images of conflict and culture, faintly limned upon a field of sunflowers and a blue sky. This work represents this moment, today, March 18, 2022. Who can know how relevant or accurate these elements of the battle for Ukraine will be in the coming weeks or months when this painting is viewed — let alone the years to come? I believe the “vagueness” lends credence to the coming interpretations of this view from today. Proceeds from the sale of this work (less commissions) will be donated to the International Rescue Committee for the aid of Ukrainian refugees. Contact information for this artist can be found on page 86.
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Autumn Carnelian Robin M. Cohen
Utah Alabaster on Mexican Black Marble 19" x 9" x 12" $3200 Utah Alabaster in all its iterations is so lovely ... the deep orange pieces seem to capture the sun in its translucence. I so love the color and texture it inspires me to dig into my heart as I work the stone.
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Waves Robin M. Cohen
Dawn Redwood on Mexican Black Marble 8" x 4" x 6" $500 As I carved this piece, I was taken with the thought of the movement of water ... the waves created by wind, a boat, or even a rock skipping across a lake. I love nature and enjoy pulling diverse elements together to manifest something different.
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Art Ducko Alison Davies
Stoneware Paperclay, Glaze 4.3" x 6.75" x 3" $350 Mandarin ducks are striking, dramatically colored creatures. When you mentally subtract the colors from the image, however, you are left with beautifully curved intersecting surfaces. With “Art Ducko” I wanted to show off the duck’s shape more than its coloring, so I created a monochromatic, stylized version of its form without the distraction of multiple colors or detailed feather textures.
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Thai Singha Alison Davies
Stoneware Paperclay with Manganese Oxide 8.75" x 11" x 5" $700 A singha is a lion-like figure that guards temples in Thailand from evil. I have been making my ceramic versions of guardian figures from different Asian countries for several years now. The differences and similarities in decoration and poses between countries and within a country have fascinated me. I try to reach a balance between the texture of the decorative features and the smooth, unadorned areas of the animal.
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Swimmimg Hole Marion Dies
Acrylic on Panel 11" x 14" $600 This painting was done mostly in one afternoon sitting beside the upper part of the Santa Ana River, below Big Bear, in the late fall of last year. It seems like a great swimming hole, although I didn’t try, it being November and much too cold. Perhaps this summer.
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Scrubby Pine California Coast KALLENA-Karen Chutsky-Naud Chalk Pastel 13.5" x 19" $600
Throughout my commercial career I’ve worked in watercolor, pastel, gouache, computer graphics, and cut-paper collage. Now chalk pastel is my favorite medium because it is quick and energetic, shows off an artist’s strong drawing hand, and gives you a ready-made wonderful palette of colors laid out before you to pick spontaneously, draw, sketch, and smear with your fingers, rather than a brush, in an almost sculptural way. I’m always amazed at how just a few strokes can create so much life on a piece of paper. The pine trees along the California coast have a kind of Bonsai-like styling that offers up a dramatic composition bowing out over the shore Contact information for this artist can be found on page 86.
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Burst of Toyon Roger Dolin
Acrylic on Pellon on Panel 25" x 40" $5500 There is so much color in nature, so much going on. Time slows when we are immersed in nature. We know that life goes on, but for a few moments, we transcend it; not always pleasant but always here. We live in such a beautiful place, and for today we are so fortunate.
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Morning Fog Roger Dolin
Acrylic on Pellon on Repurposed Closet Doors 30" x 135" $22,500 “Morning Fog” is from a panoramic photograph of a favorite resting spot inside a canyon at Deukmejian Wilderness Park. You can see the hillside in the light as it filters through the fog. I like to immerse myself in nature as well as bring the beauty of nature indoors.
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Expecting Death Lore Eckelberry
Mixed Media on Canvas 60" x 48" $3500 This painting represents the difficult time that we experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a time of uncertainty and fear. At one point, I was so terrified that I wasn’t sure I could live through it. It felt like I was expecting death at any time. The skulls represent the number of deaths that were increasing at an alarming rate in 2020.
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The Queen Lore Eckelberry
Mixed Media on Canvas 60" x 48" $3500 This painting represents a very special moment in my life when I was having an exhibition at the Palazzo Franchetti in Venice, Italy, during the Carnevale celebration. It is a moment of joy when many Europeans arrive there and celebrate a beautiful era by dressing up as if they were in the 12th century. People gather at Saint Mark’s square where they dance to celebrate a victory of almost a thousand years ago.
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Caribbean Sunrise Martin Ehrlich
Raku-fired Ceramic 6" x 4.38" x 4.38" $145 Diving in the Caribbean, one is mesmerized by the deep rich blue of the crystal-clear waters. This is accentuated and contrasted when the morning sun, peeking over the horizon, burns a bright copper in the eastern sky as dawn breaks. The early cloud cover picks up this ethereal glow that slowly overcomes the dark shadows of night, filling all with hope.
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Downward Flow Martin Ehrlich
Raku-fired Ceramic 28.75" x 16.5" x 5.5" $750 This piece is part of my “Kīlauea” series. You see fresh hot molten lava at various temperatures that are depicted by variations in color and hue. This new molten lava is flowing over hardened black lava from previous eruptions and virgin white sand beach. I like using bowls for my multi-part pieces because of the way I can merge them together and also add depth to the work.
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By the Beautiful Sea Mims Ellis
Ceramic 48" x 12" x 12" $800 The beach is one of my happy places. When I’m there, I can breathe deeply of the ocean air, feel my muscles release tension, and slow the whirling thoughts in my mind. In creating this ocean totem, I incorporated many of the sights I can see there: seashells, ocean waves, fish, coral, sea horses, dolphins, turtles, and perhaps even a mermaid! All under the warm rays of the sun. This is the third in a series of totems I’m making. It is made up of 17 separate clay pieces, each handmade from slabs, that are stacked atop one another to a height of 4 feet. This garden totem can be displayed either indoors or outdoors. I can install within 25 miles of the Betsy Lueke Gallery in Burbank, California.
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Phantoms Maryellen Eltgroth
Cibachrome Print 20" x 16" NFS I have always felt that latent images lie just beyond my optics. With digital photography, I am able to build visions outside of my imagination by using light as pigment and camera movement as the brush stroke. I stretch and pull time inside a space to mimic unseen shapes of energy past my wavelength measure. Even if these elusive phantoms exist only in the subconscious, through my photographic prism they can now appear as prints.
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Hidden Dream Mina Ferrante
Oil on Canvas 20" x 16" $1200 We all have dreams which cannot be fulfilled due to circumstances. However, hidden desires will soon be unleashed, no matter how long they have been buried. As the lava runs under ancient mountains, passions will never die. At the right moment, all will be untethered and set free.
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Taproot Emily Goff
Acrylic and Collage on Pellon 42" x 20" $1000 I seek to suggest ideas rather than explicitly illustrate them, finding beauty and freedom in the ambiguity of abstraction. Allusions to plants and the soil from which they emerge serve as metaphors. In this case, what lies beneath the surface? Though chaotic energy may swirl around me, a source of strength and stability can be found within, like a taproot established firmly in the soil.
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Red Hibiscus Board Shorts Variations Karen Hochman Brown
Archival Print on Baryta Paper 23.5" x 56.75" $2500 In high school, I began collecting magazine clippings of colorful umbrellas and people at the beach. These clippings became source material for watercolors and collages over the years. I then began taking my own photographs, creating a project I called “Anonymous@theBeach.” In this artwork, I have 16 iterations of a young man wearing red hibiscus board shorts rendered using a digital synthesizer program. The piece shows examples of different kinds of paint brushes I create to generate diverse effects. I lined the figures up and superimposed them on a background of a beach in Spain.
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Slot Canyon Karen Hochman Brown
Archival Pigment Print on Palo Duro Soft Gloss Rag
15" x 22.5" $700
I use a program that bills itself as a digital synthesizer. Here I can create virtual paint brushes the program applies according to my instructions. In “Slot Canyon” I used a wash of colors: purples, oranges, pinks, yellows, and blues as the source material. The background features brushstrokes laid out in a regular pattern of horizontal strokes. For the figures in the foreground, I applied the strokes in a grid, spaced out to form columns; the strokes change angles based on the luminescence and position of the base image. When naming this piece, I thought of the magnificent slot canyon I visited on a tour of the national parks of the American West during the 2017 solar eclipse. Contact information for this artist can be found on page 87.
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Dawn in the Forest Karen M. Holgerson
Fabric Collage
18" x 24" NFS
The natural world, color, texture, and design all move me to create. My art hopefully challenges the viewer to feel, imagine, and daydream along with me, the artist. My artwork consists of four focal areas: landscape, floral, portrait, and abstract. My florals and landscapes fuse realism and fantasy, while my portraits wish to express something deep about the personalities, feelings, and/or social conditions of the people I choose to paint. My abstract work is generally composed of colorful, repetitive patterns and shapes. I currently work in fabric collage and acrylic water-based media. My short list of favorite artists includes Raphael and Rembrandt, the Impressionists (especially Cézanne), the Fauves, Kandinsky and Klee. Folk art is also inspirational.
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Mixing and Matching on Garden Day Jeffry Jensen Digital Photograph
11" x 14" $270
This photo became a garden made up in my mind. I was standing on a Pasadena property that was under construction, and all of the former greenery had been ripped out or trampled. It seemed necessary to make it all whole again and add beauty to the surroundings. Using Paint 3D, I picked plants that seemed striking and amusing to the locale. These three plants may never be seen together naturally, but I find that they work well together in my imaginary garden.
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Queen Kong Marvin Jackson
Oils on Belgian Linen
18" x 24" $1000
Usually when I create art I’m inspired to do it. I can and have done commissions; however, for me the enjoyment comes from being inspired by an aesthetic experience. As a child growing up, when I first saw the movie “King Kong,” it touched my heart. After seeing that movie, I began drawing gorillas and have continued to this time in my life. This painting is of a female gorilla; prior to this, all my drawings and paintings of gorillas have been of males.
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Venice Beach Skatepark Marvin Jackson
Oils on Belgian Linen
40" x 30" $2500
In this painting, my aim was to portray in a positive way something that represents California. So I said to myself, “What would you want someone from the Midwest to see when they first come to California?” The beach - but not just any beach. I chose Venice Beach because, to me, it is the most interesting in Southern California. “Venice Beach Skatepark” is one in a series on Venice Beach.
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Double Exposure Leah Knecht
Assemblage, Resin, Transparencies
40" x 40" x 3" NFS
This piece is an examination of growing up with very differing cultural expectations and customs, which can create confusion and a sense of not belonging to any group. Artifacts of Western and Eastern cultures are suspended in overlapping vintage window frames, and horizontal lines represent the pull of each culture. Transparencies cast projections onto the wall, adding to the nebulous feel, along with shadows, so there are shifting perceptions and interaction as the viewer moves through space.
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Bonsai Janet Manalo
Mixed Media Sculpture
11" x 12" x 18" NFS
Trees are recurring elements in much of my artwork. This tree has a hand-crafted metal and copper wire inner core. The “bark” on the roots, branches, and trunk consists of hundreds of buttons. Most of the buttons are hand painted. The base is a Japanese poetry book with work written almost 80 years ago. Bonsai trees symbolize harmony, peace, an order of thoughts, balance, and all that is good in nature. I was inspired by that symbolism; the creative process was quite tranquil.
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The Last Tree Joanna Kos
Oil on Canvas
36" x 24" $1900
This painting addresses the ongoing problem of the ecological devastation of our natural environment, in particular deforestation. I am very concerned about this violent, senseless destruction of nature happening right before our eyes. During my life, I have lived in many different places where I have repeatedly witnessed the pattern of thoughtless cutting down of trees and the killing of wild animals. How can we save our planet when our attitudes towards nature are so hateful or indifferent?
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Spring Wildflowers Eileen Oda Leaf
Oil on Canvas
36" x 48" $4000
Powerful winter rains turn the high desert of Antelope Valley into a wonderland of rich, vibrant plains that spread for miles as far as the eye can see. Glowing poppies, desert bluebells, frosted lupines, and California tickseeds grow in a harmonious blend of textures and shapes that move across the valley floor in waves to open distant mountains.
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Japanese Poetess Warner LeMénager
Rendered Photograph
17" x 11" $700
Madame Fujiwara no Tameie was an orphan who was named Abutsu-ni and went on to gain the fame her husband had already obtained. She is amongst the great poets of Japan. In a dispute about the will of Fujiwara no Tameie, she traveled to see the shogun for resolution. In the 13th century, the attire you see in this photograph would have been the dress for a noblewoman to wear. Today in the Festival of Jidai Matsuri held in Kyoto, she is depicted by a local geiko. Though it is rare today, you may see women emulating this dress when taking religious treks. I have attended the Jidai Matsuri twice (this photograph) and twice seen women dressed like this on religious trails.
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Myopic Raindrops Warner LeMénager
Rendered Photograph
11" x 14" $700
I walk as often as possible at the Huntington Gardens and take random pictures of whatever catches my eye. Since I get there so early in the morning, 8:00 am, the gardeners are doing work they can’t do when the regular public is there. Watering is one of those things and it leaves water standing loose on leaves. Under certain lighting, the effect is of a prismatic pattern of circles in different colors than we might expect. I experimented in Photoshop with what could be generated with a kind of overlapping prismatic effect and this is the image that resulted. With the drops of water that land on a variety of plants and finding the right light source, the water creates so many different images. Realism is a great thing in some cases, as my other picture depicts, and there the experiment of other things you’ve seen through the lens will give you much pleasure when you find an unusual possibility. I am not motivated by creating pictures; the image is out there and I can take it or not. I seldom plan any photographs in the future, but let those things that catch my attention warrant the click of my silent camera.
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Anza Borrego Brian Mark
Anza Borrego Alabaster
19.75" x 12.75" x 10" $2100
This stone was quarried in Anza Borrego (south of Joshua Tree, California) and originally weighed 125 pounds. While carving this sculpture, I felt the years of calcification of this rock. It was quite soft to carve, which allowed me to have a free-flowing conversation. It also gave me permission to create many areas of negative space, which allowed the stone to really show its beauty.
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Alabaster
Byron Brian Mark
18" x 19" x 8.75" $1900
I sculpted “Byron” from alabaster in 2021. It’s named “Byron” as part of a trilogy of early 19th-century British Romantic poets: Byron, Shelley and Keats. This series began when I created a sculpture made of rocks and many, many shells. It was a most unusual stone that cried out to be called “Shelley.” And, hence, the trilogy began. “Shelley” sold almost immediately. In sculpting “Byron,” I created channels in the back of the sculpture to draw the viewer’s eye to movement.
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The Traveler in Window #3 Kevin McCants
Oil on Panel
40" x 30" $2500
“The Traveler in Window #3” is based loosely on the store windows of Monique Lhuillier. Using washes in this series and expanding on the “Chaos to Couture” exhibit (at the Metropolitan Museum) theme of “Reflection of our inner selves and the world around us,” this series moves more of the focus towards the mannequins, the interactions inside the windows, and how their presence can lure the viewer in simply or seductively. “The Traveler in Window #3” focuses on our nomadic selves, how we’ve adapted to the world we live in, and our need to be somewhere else while maintaining our desire for comfort and style.
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Curious Thing Albert Natian
Pen and Ink on Paper
10" x 10" $3000
Art, and production of works of art, play important and meaningful roles in the lives of many, especially those of the artists. I’d like to believe that I will help bring about new discoveries and insights in our very human experience and production of art, and thereby push asunder the existing boundaries so as to create a wider expanse for experimentation and greater possibilities.
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Resignation/Anticipation Rhonda Raulston
Encaustic, India Ink, Alcohol Ink on Watercolor Paper
12" x 16" $275
This series of paintings reflects the uneasy synthesis of all my conflicting emotions and responses from this past year: inertia building to manic energy; certainty devolving into chaotic confusion; optimistic anticipation fading into doubtful resignation. To represent these conflicting states of mind, I paired two unlikely media and styles for this series: the spontaneous energy of Zen ensō paintings with the solid stability of the enveloping encaustic medium; the hard, unyielding encaustic and the highly fluid and spontaneous ink. Ensō is symbolic of togetherness; encaustic is togetherness made physical. The elements of paper and ink are inseparably imbued with encaustic medium, thus becoming a unified representation of acceptance. This is “Resignation/Anticipation.”
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The Witnesses of War Victor Picou
Cherry Wood
96" x 144" x 180" $25,000
In response to the Gulf War in 1991, I wrote poetry, then carved this narrative in wood from a fallen cherry tree in Seattle. I started carving with a chain saw, abrasive disks, chisels and finer tools. I was angry and motivated to make an artistic statement showing common witnesses of war. All my life, I have been a witness to war, and I have prayed and wanted peace. Now with a new war waging, the witnesses remain. Displayed left to right, the figures are Home, Earth Conscious, Soldier, Child, Shifter, and Peace. My hope is that this will be in a permanent/public installation. Proceeds from any sale will go to humanitarian relief efforts. Further details can be found at victorpicou.com. Contact information for this artist can be found on page 88.
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1960s Vintage Union Roller Skate Mike Pitzer
Graphite and Colored Pencil on Canson Paper
20" x 26" $2670
This drawing is from my evolving series of artwork I call “Happy Art.” They’re images of things from my childhood that not only make me smile, they bring about wonderful conversations on Facebook. The problem with having steel roller skates back in the day was that growing up on the St. Clair River in Algonac, Michigan we didn’t have paved sidewalks. We had streets coated with tar and sprinkled with gravel. If we wanted to roller skate, we’d have to do it in Grandma and Grandpa Carter’s basement in Royal Oak. Then you could only go in small circles. Or we might make it over to the Algonac High School and skate on the tennis courts or around the school parking lot. Still, lots of fun until you hit one of those gravel pebbles or someone yelled at you for skating on the tennis courts.
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1970s Squirt Gun Mike Pitzer
Graphite and Colored Pencil on Canson Paper
20" x 26" $2420
My drawings are from my evolving series of art based on memories of things from my childhood. I call them “Happy Art” because of the smile and happy memories they bring to me and the wonderful conversation around each on Facebook. I remember playing in the basement of my Grandma and Grandpa Carter’s house in Royal Oak, Michigan when we were kids. Among the things they had in the old play box for all of the grandkids were these cool squirt guns. I remember we once put Grandma’s perfume in them. The basement never smelled so good. The squirt guns disappeared after that. Contact information for this artist can be found on page 88.
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Indigenous Woman Rebecca H. Pollack
Graphite Pencil on Strathmore Illustration Board
5.75" x 4.75" NFS
This is a graphite study of a woman, inspired by an Edward Curtis photograph. For over 30 years he travelled deep into Indian territories in the early 1900s to document Native American cultures. He documented with film, recordings, writings and photographs, concerned that white expansion and the United States government would destroy their way of life. This woman’s face speaks to me of her life on the land: her gaze, expression and weathered skin.
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Lacewing Rebecca H. Pollack
Etching in Payne’s Grey on Warm White Stonehenge Printmaking Paper 9" x 6" $400 My exploration of printmaking encompasses etching, linocut and monoprint. Nature informs everything I do, and I photograph relentlessly for pattern, form and detail. The architecture of this lacewing intrigues me. Insect populations are severely dwindling, and I am documenting some in my series of insect etchings. This lacewing lives only four to six weeks and is very tiny and delicate. Nocturnal, the adults beneficially consume whiteflies and aphids from fields, farms, meadows and gardens. Contact information for this artist can be found on page 88.
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Spring in Tifft Margaret Raab
Oil on Board
40" x 28" $2850
“Spring in Tifft” was inspired by a visit to the Tifft Nature Preserve. The preserve consists of over 200 acres of restored habitat with walking trails a few minutes’ drive from downtown Buffalo, New York. It is an urban escape for both animal and human life. In spring, you see a variety of emerging plants and wildlife. My goal was to capture the essence of a spring day through the subject matter, the light, color and reflections.
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Tranquility Robert Michael Sullivan
Photograph on Canvas
18" x 10.25" $700
Lulled by the sound of unending water, a meditative trance ensues. Thoughts are suspended as the water transcends nature’s barriers and cascades into the pool below. Sunlight awakens one’s thoughts as the viewer notices the shadows and green foliage. A calmness enters my soul, as I absorb the tranquility of nature.
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At Table Serena Refoua
Mixed Media: Watercolor, Ink, Pastel
8" x 8" $300
This mixed media piece was inspired by my travels along the coast of southern Spain. I imagined myself having dinner with a local group of artists, maybe Cubists; a fish on a platter, some wine and bread, and the ocean waves breaking nearby. For a true fantasy moment, Pablo himself might drop by and join our repast.
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Central Park, April Serena Refoua
Mixed Media: Watercolor, Ink and Gouache
8" x 8" $300
This mixed media piece was created using an intuitive painting method. I have no predetermined subject as I start but, as I make marks and add pigments, the piece begins to create itself. This is titled “Central Park, April” because it reminds me of an early spring day in New York City when people who have been homebound for months venture out along the squiggly park pathways pushing prams, roller skating, or just meandering up and down the little nestled rocks and hills of Central Park.
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Galatic Skies Greet Joshua Tree Emily Suñez Oil on Canvas
20" x 20" $1000
“Galactic Skies Greet Joshua Tree” depicts the Milky Way visible over Joshua Tree National Park on a dark summer night. This painting explores a sense of spiritual connection to the landscape and celestial bodies visible in the night sky. While my process begins with taking photographs in the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts, I work largely from memory of these locations in my most recent work. My paintings are an idealized, romanticized version of the natural world, portraying the desert landscape as pure and sacred, worthy of reverence and protection. I strive for my paintings to be a reminder to the viewer of Earth’s beauty and sanctity.
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Southwest Tranquility Emily Suñez
Oil on Wood Panel
16" x 16" $700
Painting intricately detailed southwest desert landscapes has helped me forge an intimate connection with the natural world. My fascination with desert plants relates to their ability to thrive and bloom beautifully despite the harsh conditions of the landscape. As such, the desert life forms in my work evoke themes of growth, resiliency and survival. “Southwest Tranquility” depicts a blooming saguaro cactus and a two-tailed swallowtail butterfly, the state butterfly of Arizona.
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Butterfly Tree Debbi Swanson Patrick
Digital Print on Metal
24" x 20" $550
This is a jungle of critters hanging out on a fantasy tree. They are butterflies, dragonflies, even an agile kitten, with jewels represeting the flowers. I love assembling odd objects and objects I love together on the scanner for a new adventure. They even have a little spending money to enjoy on their favorite snacks.
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Mariposa Nest Debbi Swanson Patrick
Digital Print on Metal
14" x 10" $350
Much of my art is all about healing and salvation. This piece, “Mariposa Nest,” is an ode to the butterflies that fly through in the spring just as birds are hatching in their nests. I wonder how they get enough rest for their long journeys. This is a hummingbird nest found on the street, offered for their respite. Included are vintage brooches, portions of a flower bulb, and a background of deep blue representing both sky and water.
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Ginger Jar With Persimmons Kathleen Swaydan
Oil on Linen Panel
8" x 10" $295
I am a studio artist. My primary focus is to paint realistic still life and landscape paintings. This painting, “Ginger Jar With Persimmons,” is an oil painting on Belgian linen. Ginger jar glazes vary in colors from very deep greens to turquoise. The challenge was to paint the glaze and relief images as true to form as possible. The persimmons are used to create a visually satisfying composition and complementary color to the palette.
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More Poppies Barbara Thorn
Watercolor
21" x 17" $295
I painted this in an art class at Brand Studios in Glendale, California. It was a still life that our instructor brought into class. These poppies are so grand and unusual. I’m always drawn to their magnificent floppy petals and bright orange centers. What else is there to say about these lovely flowers that nature so readily gives us every year!
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Fallen Angel Matthew Tanaka
Photograph
18" x 14" $225
My photographs try to capture the pure emotion of humanity, the beauty of the urban environment around us, and the power of nature inevitably reclaiming what was once hers. My goal is to capture these moments of transition that would be forever lost. This photograph was taken in a Victorian cemetery founded in 1838.
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Napoleon’s Stairs Matthew Tanaka
Photograph
12" x 16" $225
This photo was taken in the Napoleon House - a 200-year-old landmark in the French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana. The building’s first occupant, Nicholas Girod, was mayor of New Orleans from 1812 to 1815. He offered his residence to Napoleon in 1821 as a refuge during his exile.
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Rust Power Matthew Tanaka
Photograph
23.5" x 18.5" $245
My photographs try to capture the pure emotion of humanity, the beauty of the urban environment around us, and the power of nature inevitably reclaiming what was once hers. My goal is to capture these moments of transition that would be forever lost. This photograph was captured in an abandoned power plant that was built in 1903 in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Strings Attached Matthew Tanaka
Photograph
11" x 16" $195
We are all voyeurs, whether we admit it or not … we watch, we observe, we live vicariously through what we see. I am a photographer and unabashedly admit that I am a voyeur and I love looking through the lens to capture the pure emotion of an instant.
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Blue Wave E. M. Tietjen
Stoneware Ceramic
7" x 11" x 10" $185
This bowl form captures the sway of kelp under the rhythm of waves and invites a contemplation of ocean depths. I enjoy experimenting with layers of different glazes to produce sometimes unexpected textures and color combinations and I’m always glad if I can imbue a static sculpture with the feeling of movement or music. The shape of the rolled-out slab of clay influenced my choices for carving the final design of this piece.
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Meditations on the Anthropocene: Running Out of Water E. M. Tietjen Stoneware Ceramic
9.25" x 11" x 11" $1600
One irony of climate change is that some of us will not have enough water and others will have far too much. New deserts will form; hurricanes will dump more rain; droughts will deepen; coastlines will drown; cropland will fail; rivers will flood. Whether searching desperately for it or hurrying away from it, most of us will be running out of water one way or another. This abstract water wheel depicts a cascade into thirst.
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Somewhere in the Canyon Suzanne Urquiza
Oil on Canvas
30" x 40" $700
I am primarily a self-taught artist. I tend to stray from the traditional forms of painting. I paint from my soul and my gut, so my paintings sometimes sit outside traditional mainstream art. Landscapes have recently been an important part of my work and artistic organic flow. The paintings presented here are from the Hahamongna Watershed Arroyo Park where I live and walk. They are of the trails and paths that lead to Angeles Crest Forest in Altadena, California. I paint all the seasons, the landscapes that change daily, the winter rains that produce instant streams filled with lovely color, and the amazing cloud formations and sunsets. The sturdy and looming oak trees that embrace each other and hug the trails that can climb the hillsides and cast dappled sun drops scattered along with the trail floors are my favorite; a surreal lush of light.
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Terminal 2 Tsvetelina Valkov
Etching, Aquatint and Watercolor Monoprint
12" x 9" $500
This monoprint is a transformed/paraphrased image of my old ink drawing. Initially, the main “character” was the head of a monster with a widely opened huge beak that mercilessly, like a black hole, gulped down her ambient world. The printmaking process changed the story in a more peaceful way. The aquatint technique dissolved the outlines and the energy of the monster, recreating and reviving the surrounding structures. Then the watercolor wash, like a peace maker, connected the scattered pieces, and left them moving freely and carelessly. In today’s uncertain and conflicting times, “Terminal 2” is not merely an exit of the monster world, but an invitation to create peace inside such a world. Contact information for this artist can be found on page 89.
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The Kevins Shaney Watters
Mixed Media on Panel
30" x 30" $3500
“The Kevins” is a mixed media painting on panel. It incorporates oil, pencil, and gold leaf all topped with epoxy resin. The goal I aspire to with my work is to create serious paintings in a playful manner utilizing joyful subjects and a cornucopia of bright colors. And in case you are curious, the title is a nod to the peacocks who roam freely around the Los Angeles Zoo - all named “Kevin” for the sake of ease.
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Surviving COVID Gloria Lujan-Whitney
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
24" x 18" $295
“Surviving COVID” is a work that depicts the pain, depression, loss of life and suffering across the globe for every citizen of the world. For my spouse and me it was a difficult time, as our COVID-19 lasted five months. It allowed us to see there was no “me” in our recovery and realize how much love and kindness we had for each other and our fellow humans! It allowed everyone across our world to share and love through kindness, giving vaccines and other necessary medical equipment and staff to others less fortunate.
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Hanya Sean Yang
B-Mix, Nara Porcelain, Black Mountain, Slip, Oxides
16" x 24" x 10" $5000
The idea behind the Hanya is to represent the intense emotions that can be brought to the surface when an otherwise calm and wise individual is betrayed or scorned. It represents jealousy and rage or sorrow on one side while the other side would play more on the aspects of wisdom and good luck, warding off these more negative emotions within.
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Pheasants 1 Carolyn Young
Watercolor and Ink
8" x 10" NFS
The pheasant is my bird for the year 2022. Although a quick, short flyer, they prefer to run like my 2021 bird, the roadrunner. They are a beautiful, colorful bird making them a perfect choice for a watercolorist. The pheasant’s message is to take an opportunity even if the timing isn’t perfect. I have always loved birds and find them in most of my paintings over the years. They are beautiful and courageous, even the little brown birds (lbb) I find in my back yard.
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Pheasants 2 Carolyn Young
Watercolor and Ink
11" x 36" NFS
I had an old beautiful frame that would fit a 36" x 24" painting. Since the pheasant is my bird of the year and they have long beautiful tails, I thought I would paint two to fit. I had to buy special paper that was wide enough. I then spray painted the frame turquoise with a little gold to go with the birds. I took the opportunity to use a frame from the early 1900s and make it mine.
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Road Runner Carolyn Young
Watercolor and Ink
13" x 10.5" $150
The roadrunner was my bird of the year for 2021. It is a fast bird who would rather run than fly, going up to 15 miles an hour. The roadrunner’s message is that an adventure is worth the risk. I wasn’t too familiar with this bird although one ran across my backyard years ago. What a gift to a bird loving artist! They are comical and colorful; a good subject matter.
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Catalog Production Team Exhibition Chair: Lawrence D. Rodgers Director of Communications: Debbi Swanson Patrick Editors: Alison Davies & Danny Mattijetz Treasurer: Kathleen Swaydan Technical Lead: Rhonda Raulston Instagram Content: Emily Suñez Facebook Content: George Paul Miller Webmaster: Fred Chuang Catalog Designer: Lawrence D. Rodgers Cover Design: Karen Hochman Brown
A Short History of the Pasadena Society of Artists The Pasadena Society of Artists came into being in early 1925. Benjamin C. Brown, the “dean of Pasadena painters,” sent out a notice to local painters to discuss the formation of a society for local artists. In addition to Mr. Brown, attending this meeting were Edward B. Butler, Maud Daggett, Antoinette De Forest Merwin, Louis Hovey Sharp, F. Carl Smith, Orrin A. White, Wallace LeRoy De Wolff, and Frederick A. Zimmerman. The consensus was that the Pasadena Society of Artists should be formed. Seven more artists then joined PSA to form the founding charter members. They were Herbert V. B. Acker, F. Tolles Chamberlin, Alson S. Clark, John “Jack” Frost, Jean Mannheim, Katherine B. Stetson and Marion Wachtel. It has been suggested that PSA was formed out of the desire of the founders to exhibit their contemporary work, which was not acceptable in exhibitions of the California Art Club. The first Annual Juried Exhibition was presented in April 1925 at the Pasadena Art Institute located in Carmelita Park, now the site of the Norton Simon Art Museum. The PSA founders stated that “the standard will be high and only work of real merit will be accepted.” Every year since 1925 PSA has presented an Annual Juried Exhibition. PSA continues to adhere to the guiding statement of the founders by accepting new members by juried submission.
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Contact the Artist Julianna Aparicio-Curtis julianna.m.curtis@gmail.com https://JuliannaMarieArtist.com https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/julianna-curtis/julianna-curtis.html MariBeth Baloga mbbaloga@gmail.com https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/maribeth-baloga/maribeth-baloga.html Cyndi Bemel Cbemel3@me.com https://cyndibemel.com https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/cyndi-bemel/cyndi-bemel.html Arnor Bieltvedt arnor1@aol.com https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/bieltvedt/arnor-bieltvedt.html Mariko Bird marikoceramics@gmail.com http://www.marikobird.com FB: marikobird https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/bird/mariko-bird.html Chuka Susan Chesney chukasusanchesney@gmail.com FB: ChukaSusanChesney IG: @chukasusanchesney https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/chesney/chuka-susan-chesney.html Fred Chuang ftchuang@gmail.com https://fred-chuang.pixels.com/ https://fredchuang.com/ FB: The Art of Fred Chuang IG: @ftchuang https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/chuang/fred-chuang.html KALLENA-Karen Chutsky-Naud karenchutsky@aol.com www.kallenaartsite.com https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/kallena/kallena.html Robin M. Cohen robinmbird@gmail.com http://robincohen.com https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/cohen/robin-m-cohen.html Alison Davies CeramicMenagerie@Outlook.com https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/davies/alison-davies.html Marion Dies marion.dies@gmail.com FB: marion.dies.1 IG: @marionsilverlake https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/dies/marion-dies.html Roger Dolin muralenvironments@gmail.com https://rogerdolin.com https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/roger-dolin/roger-dolin.html Darien Donner dariendonner@gmail.com https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/darien-donner/darien-donner.html Karen Duckles karenduckles@gmail.com https://karenduckles.com/karenduckles.com/Home.html IG: @duckles_karen https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/karen-duckles/karen-duckles.html
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Contact the Artist Lore Eckelberry lore@loreeckelberry.com www.loreeckelberry.com FB: loreartist IG: @loreeckelberry https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/eckelberry/lore-eckelberry.html Martin Ehrlich Me_RakuMan@aol.com http://firewaterceramics.com/index.html https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/ehrlich/martin-ehrlich.html Mims Ellis mims.e@charter.net https://www.mimsellisceramics.com FB: mimsellisceramics IG: @mimsellisceramics https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/ellis/mims-ellis.html Maryellen Eltgroth rettacox26@gmail.com https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/maryellen-eltgroth/maryellen-eltgroth.html Mina Ferrante Emily Goff
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Karen Hochman Brown hochmanbrown@gmail.com www.hochmanbrown.com IG: @hochmanbrown https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/brown/brown.html Karen M. Holgerson kmholgerson@msn.com https://kattail.com FB: kmholgerson IG: @kmholgerson https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/karen-holgerson/karen-holgerson.html Marvin Jackson jacksonmarvin4@gmail.com https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/jackson/jackson.html Jeffry Jensen
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Leah Knecht leahknecht@icloud.com https://www.leahknecht-art.com FB: leah.knecht.3 IG: @leahknecht https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/knecht/leah-knecht.html Joanna Kos joannakosart@gmail.com https://www.joannakos.com https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/kos/joanna-kos.html Eileen Oda Leaf cre8art2001@aol.com FB: EileenOdaFineArt https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/oda/eileen-oda.html Warner LeMénager ilmigliore@earthlink.net https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/lemenager/warner-lemenager.html
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Contact the Artist Janet Manalo jrmana@pacbell.net http://janetmanalo.com IG: @JanetManalo20 https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/manalo/janet-manalo.html Brian Mark BrianMarkSculptor@gmail.com https://www.brianmarksculptor.com FB: BrianMarkSculptor IG: @brianmarksculptor Twitter: @SculptorBMark LinkedIn: @BrianMarkSculptor https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/brian-mark/brian-mark.html Kevin McCants umcleball4u@gmail.com https://www.kevinmccantspaintings.com/ FB: Kevin McCants IG: uncleball4u https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/kevin-mccants/kevin-mccants.html Albert Natian Albert.Natian@gmail.com https://mathaftermath.net https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/natian/albert-natian.html Victor Picou vicpicou@icloud.com https://www.victorpicou.com FB: victorpicou IG: @victorpicou https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/picou/victor-picou.html Michael Pitzer michael@michaelpitzer.com https://www.mpitzer.com https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/michael-pitzer/michael-pitzer.html Rebecca H. Pollack beckpollack@hotmail.com FB: RebeccaPollack IG: @beckpollack https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/pollack/reecca-harvey-pollack.html Margaret Raab MargRaab248@gmail.com https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/margaret-raab/margaret-raab.html Rhonda Raulston RaulstonART@gmail.com https://www.rhondaraulston.com FB: RaulstonART IG: @RaulstonART https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/raulston/rhonda-raulston.html Serena Refoua sbellref@mac.com https://www.serenabellrefoua.com IG: @bellref https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/refoua/serena-bell-refoua.html Robert Michael Sullivan bobs2000@hotmail.com http://robertmichaelsullivan.com https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/sullivan/robert-michael-sullivan.html Emily Suñez emilysunez@gmail.com https://www.emilysunez.com FB: EmilySuñezArt IG: @emily_the_painter https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/sunez/emily-sunez.html Debbi Swanson Patrick writerphotodeb@gmail.com http://tellingimages.com https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/debbi-swanson-patrick/debbi-swanson-patrick.html
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Contact the Artist Kathleen Swaydan kdswaydan@gmail.com http://www.kathleenswaydan.com FB: KathleenSwaydan IG: @kswaydan https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/swayden/swayden.html Matthew Tanaka matt@sharedperspectivesphoto.com https://www.sharedperspectivesphoto.com IG: @shared_perspectives https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/tanaka/matthew-tanaka.html Barbara Thorn beotto@gmail.com https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/thorn-otto/barbara-thorn-otto.html E. M. Tietjen mtrabbitworks@gmail.com https://www.mountainrabbitworks.com https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/elaine-tietjen/tietjen.html Suzanne Urquiza suzyq991001@yahoo.com https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/urquiza/suzanne-urquiza.html Tsvetelina Valkov lozenez1@yahoo.com FB: TsvetelinaValkov https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/valkov/tsvetelina-valkov.html Shaney Watters shaneywatters@gmail.com https://shaneywatters.com https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/shaney-watters/shaney-watters.html Gloria Lujan-Whitney mmmoss3@gmail.com https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/lujan-whitney/gloria-lujan-whitney.html Sean Yang countryyang@gmail.com https://www.seanyang.net https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/sean-yang/sean-yang.html Carolyn Young cjymesalila@gmail.com IG: @CarolynYoungArtist https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/artists/carolyn-young/young.html
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Pasadena Society of Artists Board of Directors 2021 - 2022 President: Shaney Watters President@PasadenaSocietyofArtists.org Executive Vice President: Robert Asa Crook VicePresident@PasadenaSocietyofArtists.org Vice President - Exhibitions: Lawrence D. Rodgers Exhibitions@PasadenaSocietyofArtists.org Recording Secretary: Rhonda Raulston Secretary@PasadenaSocietyofArtists.org Treasurer: Kathleen Swaydan Admin@PasadenaSocietyofArtists.org Director of Communications: Debbi Swanson Patrick News@PasadenaSocietyofArtists.org Director of Grants: Kruti Shah Grants@PasadenaSocietyofArtists.org Director of History & Archives: Robert Asa Crook Historian@PasadenaSocietyofArtists.org Director of Membership: Marion Dies Membership@PasadenaSocietyofArtists.org Director of Programs: Patricia Jessup-Woodlin Programs@PasadenaSocietyofArtists.org Past President: Victor Picou PastPresident@PasadenaSocietyofArtists.org Member at Large: Art Carrillo MembersatLarge@PasadenaSocietyofArtists.org Member at Large: Liz Crimzon MembersatLarge@PasadenaSocietyofArtists.org www.PasadenaSocietyofArtists.org FB: PasadenaSocietyofArtists IG: @pasadenasocietyofartists 90
Call for New Members Are you an artist? Throughout Pasadena Society of Artists’ 97-year history, works by PSA members of have been sold at major auction houses, collected in important art collections, and displayed in museums throughout the United States and Europe. Our legacy is immense! Would you like to be part of our organization? We are always looking for new, dedicated members. Our artists work in all media and styles of drawing, painting, sculpture, and photography. All have been juried into the society. New Member Screenings for the Pasadena Society of Artists are usually held twice a year, in the spring and fall. Please go to our website at www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org for more information. If you are interested in becoming a member, please complete a Membership Inquiry Form, found online, and contact our Director of Membership, Marion Dies. Ms. Dies will notify you when the next screening has been scheduled. Qualifications considered for membership include the applicant’s dedication to artistic standards of excellence, professionalism, accomplishments, skills that benefit the Society, and the artist’s future potential. Applicants submit three (four if a virtual screening) pieces of artwork representing current media and style, created in the past two years. Artwork submitted is judged by presentation, talent, and originality. We encourage perseverance; a number of our members have been offered memberships after having been declined multiple times. Former members include Charles White, Walter Askin, Jirayr Zorithian, Conrad Buff, David Green, Enjar Hansen, Frode Dann, Jae Carmichael, Leonard Edmondson, Mildred Lapson, Paul Sample, Hanson Puthuff, Sam Hyde Harris, Martin Mondrus, Betye Saar and many more. We look forward to welcoming new artists to the Pasadena Society of Artists as we approach our 100th anniversary in 2025. For a Membership Inquiry Form go to: https://www.pasadenasocietyofartists.org/get_involved/join/application.html
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