MARK BECK
MARY-AUSTIN KLEIN
BRADLEY HANKEY
GLENN NESS
SALAMON
JASON KOWALSKI
BROOKS ANDERSON
NICOLE STRASBURG
STEPHEN COYLE
NICOLE STRASBURG
“With a minimalist approach to the landscape, my work inter weaves naturalistic imager y and abstract sensibilities. My focus is design influenced by natural forms. Composing from drawings and photographs, my paintings develop by adding and subtracting elements, creating a refined statement about time, place and atmosphere.
“My process star ts outside, absorbing nature through the act of wandering. In these moments I feel connected to something greater than myself. I return to the studio to reinterpret these impressions through an autobiographical lens. Photographs taken in the field, prompt memories, memories influence the translation and active brushwork builds the fabric of the sur faces, reinterpreting the experience in nature. Fleeting moments gathered in the field get inter woven with the emotional remembrance of place which evolve into paintings exploring the sensor y perception of land, sea, and sky.”
~ Nicole Strasburg
Swash Bar
Oil on wood 48" x 24" $6,600
Aloha
Swash Line
Oil on wood 24" x 24" $3,750
MARY-AUSTIN KLEIN
“I paint landscapes throughout the Southwest, both natural and man-made, that hint of the latent histor y of geologic features or residual ef fects of past human actions. Wherever I am, I record my environment, be it Los Angeles or a plane sitting on the tarmac of an international airpor t. Many of my paintings are of the Mojave Deser t, where the pull of the open road ringed by distant mountain ranges satisfies the nostalgia of past road trips. By wandering, exploring, and camping my way through remote places, I find the landscapes that propel me to paint.
~ Mar y-Austin Klein
Oil on Duralar mounted on board 8" x 8" $1,400
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Duckwater War m Springs
Tur tle Mountains Wilder ness
Oil on Duralar mounted on board 12" x 12" $2,200
Death Valley Oil on Duralar mounted on Inqu
Panorama
12" x 36" $5,200
GLENN NESS
“Painting is a way for me to tell stories, celebrating our need to connect to each other and to our surroundings. It is not enough for me to just paint a man walking up the stairs. I am intimately involved in that moment as soon as I choose to paint it. I wonder about His stor y and how it relates to mine. Often I choose not to paint a figure in a scene at all, which overstates an obvious absence. To me, this implies a narrative that lends itself to being internalized in some way. ”
~ Glenn Ness
Oil on canvas (framed) 48" x 36" $10,000
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Tastee Treet
Oil on canvas (framed) 48" x 36" $10,000
Slaters
Oil on canvas (framed) 48" x 36" $10,000
MARK BECK
"I’ve been for tunate to make my living solely as an ar tist for more than thir ty five years. The beauty of the American landscape and coastlines are endlessly inspiring to me. Beauty and a refined quality in paintings is impor tant to me, both in the materials I select (high quality pigments and canvas, linen and frames) as well as the unique method I originated to apply oil paint to sur faces.
“I was born in New Mexico and consider this my home however each year I travel to the coasts to paint and photograph the ocean. My most recent trip to Louisiana and New Orleans was fascinating and informative for me, having spent my entire life in the west. My current body of work reflects many ideas I har vested there within the plantations, the French Quar ter, Congo Square, bayous, swamps, dir t roads, dive bars and dance halls.
“Living in the high deser t of New Mexico also teaches me about light and informs my paintings with a depth of solitude. My subject matter will continue to develop from my urge to reconcile the lush, radiant images of Manifest Destiny, which caught my eye as a young ar tist, and the more sober visions of current American culture and politics. I love the immense beauty which always surrounds us and continue to be inspired by the ever yday lives of working people.”
~ Mark Beck
The Search has Begun
Acr ylic on canvas (framed) 40" x 48"
$20,000
Wester n Town
Acr ylic on canvas (framed) 36" x 48" $18,000 Inquire
BRADLEY HANKEY
“My work is about translating beautiful moments from my life into paintings. I capture these moments by taking photos with my phone. Photography is akin to sketching for me, as I’m able to quickly reference moments that might become paintings. I take hundreds of reference photos, and out of those, select the few that will become paintings.
“My paintings come together over many weeks and months, with each painting consisting of many layers. The bottom layers often contain thick, opaque applications of paint, with the final layers being thin, transparent glazes. I spend a lot of time mixing paint, as color is one of the most impor tant elements of my work. I use color to convey the emotions I felt when I saw the image, and the passion I feel when I paint. The process itself becomes about push and pull, emotional fatigue, late nights in the studio, and eventually, the sense of fulfillment of seeing the completed works. My goal is not to replicate a photo, but to reproduce the emotional experience that I felt in the moment that inspired me. ”
~ Bradley Hankey
Familiar
Oil on wood panel 16" x 16" $1,950
After Hours Oil on wood panel 12" x 12" $1,650
The Night Ahead Oil on wood panel 36" x 48" $5,,500
JASON KOWALSKI
“New things that have fresh coats of paint and clean lines command our visual awareness. Things that have been used and worn out are often naively labeled unattractive. My work is both a statement of the ef fect of time on a location, as well as a vehicle to arouse attention to things that are often forgotten.
“Growing up in the Midwest I was constantly surrounded by things that deteriorated over the natural course of time. Human nature dictates that we ignore or look past such blemishes. Abandoned and left in a state of neglect places and things are consumed and discarded like pieces of trash.
“Using dif ferent types of paint and mixed media, I hope to bring awareness to the forgotten beauty of those locations by creating a body of work that stimulates memories one has about the places I paint. Ultimately, my goal is to create ar t that somehow brings this unique and quickly depar ting beauty back to social awareness. ”
~ Jason Kowalski
Chance of Rain Oil on wood 48" x 36" $16,500
Ambient Beauty Oil on wood 44" x 44" $19,000
BROOKS ANDERSON
Brooks Anderson’s eloquent oil on canvas and panel landscapes are an exploration into the power of Contemporar y Landscape painting. Known for his gifted handling of composition, detail, and clarity of light, he evokes in paint the experience of atmosphere and natural phenomena. In 1982, he graduated California State University, Nor thridge, with a Bachelor of Fine Ar ts degree. Then in 1984, the renowned New York ar t critic Theodore F. Wolf f discovered his work, and suggested that David Findlay, Jr., Fine Ar t should represent him. For the next decade he was represented there, as well as the Schmidt-Bingham and Sherr y French Galleries in New York City. Olga Dollar and William Sawyer Galleries in San Francisco represented his work on the West Coast.
His paintings are now found in numerous collections, including the Philbrook Museum in Tulsa, and are featured in the seminal book, Spirit of Place: Contemporar y American Realism in the Landscape Tradition, by John Ar thur. His work was purchased by this museum, and was included in the museum ’ s multi-city exhibition, entitled “Green Woods and Cr ystal Waters: The American Landscape Tradition.” Anderson is currently being represented by the Addington Galler y in Chicago, and Cooper and Smith in Essex, Connecticut. This year the Ar t Museum of Sonoma County is exhibiting his work in a comprehensive retrospective: “LANDSCAPE: Awe to Activism.”
Veritas No. 4 Oil on canvas 48" x 36" $7,000
Ancient Evening, Sonoma
Oil on canvas 24" x 20" $2,000 Inquire
The Heavens
Oil on canvas 24" x 20" $2,000
STEPHEN COYLE
“My intention is not to simply create a painting, but to replicate life itself-on a scale both small and large. By creating compositions within compositions, the eye is led from the sweeping panoramas to the intimate conversations heard along the shoreline.
“I want you to not only feel the present moment, but the moment before and the moment after. Your mind’s eye will bring you beyond the borders of the frame, until you see all of humanity running, crawling, sitting and walking upon this orbiting planet. Time past, present and future.
“I know the painting is done when I can hear it.”
~ Stephen Coyle
Down Time
Alkyd on panel 36" x 36" $11,600
Open Seas
Alkyd on panel 36" x 48" $15,000
Tidal Flats, Outer Cape
Alkyd on panel 48" x 36" $15,000
BRADFORD J. SALAMON
“When I was 2 years old my parents moved from Hacienda Heights, California to Newpor t Beach, California. The first beach I ever laid eyes on was at the Newpor t Pier in Newpor t Beach, a place often called Blackies Beach, because of the bar on the boardwalk called Blackies by the Sea that was founded in 1953.
“This series of paintings is inspired by that beach and also other beaches including the beach at Carpinteria, California where my family has camped several summers.
“I have sur fed Blackies Beach maybe 100 times while living on the Balboa Peninsula for many years as a young man. It feels like home somehow even though I spent most of my childhood growing up in the neighboring city of Huntington Beach about a half mile from the ocean.
“It seems the current geopolitical climate is a rather anxious one. It felt right to me to paint the beaches that have provided inspiration in my life and that now bring me calmness and peace. Now when I go to the beach I see colors and textures; I see atmosphere and light dif ferently than I did years ago. I hope these paintings bring peace, calmness, light and joy into the viewer's world.”
- Bradford J. Salamon
Time Regained (Carpenteria)
Oil on canvas 18" x 16" $2,400 Inquire
Sandy Sunday Oil on canvas 30" x 36" $5,500
Quiet Light at the Pier
Oil on canvas 30" x 45" $6,500
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