2020 End of Year: Artist Updates and New Work
Alex Blas, New Painting: Still life #8 (Devin with bread), 2020, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches
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Michael Braden, New Painting: “This is a work that I started when I realized that what I needed to do during this time, the time of Covid, was turn inward to find my greater strength, and my true happiness - that is when I began to add bits of color to these paintings that reflect the hope and happiness within.” Opinions, Character, and the Achievements of Humankind have little meaning in the Universe of All Things, 2020, acrylic on linen, 60 x 48 inches
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Carol Inez Charney, New Work: “During this ‘Covid time’ I began exploring Dutch portraiture and still life from the Rijksmuseum. In my After Painting series I’ve been experimenting with how much of an image is revealed and how much is obscured as well as how this approach affects portraiture. The realistic still life images seemed to take on a life of their own—an abstraction I was glad to focus on instead of the pandemic. New work: After Abraham Mignon 1 and 2: Still Life with Flowers and a Watch,1660 -1679, 2020, c-print
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Patricia Chidlaw, Upcoming Show 2021: Sunrise, Six Street Viaduct, 2020, oil on linen 24 x 48 inches
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Connie Connally, New Painting: “I have spent this year enjoying the uninterrupted time painting every day. The Santa Barbara Botanic garden is a short walk from my home and I start many of my days wandering through the fields there finding peace and getting my senses in order.” Cathedral Meadow, 2020, oil on canvas, 30 x 60 inches
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Michael Cutlip, New Series: “Here are a few of my nature inspired pieces. Hawaii is beginning to get a hold on me!” Cutlip is working with stenciled paint on linen and creating mixed media mono prints using banana and taro leaves in a press. Untitled, 2020, stenciled paint on linen, 48 x 53 inches, Untitled, 2020, mixed media mono prints on panel, 12 x 12 inches
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Josh Dorman, Evolution of a Painting: “Sometimes, looking through the rack of older works that were reaching but not grasping, one calls out to be reworked and brought to fruition. This piece began in 2008. Now, in this dark time, I found the layering of resin and a bit of hopeful glow within the gloom was what it needed to find its final form.” Firelight, 2008-2020, Ink, acrylic, antique paper, resin on panel, 12 x16 inches
Derek Buckner, New Paintings: Recent works done over this year - four watercolors and an oil painting.
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Bruce Everett, Upcoming Show 2021: “Me in my ‘cockpit,’ surrounded by almost everything I need, working on my latest painting... about halfway done. Note my space heater in my unheated studio, my elaborate sound system (trusty old boom box), and more paints and brushes than I can ever use up.”
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Mitra Fabian, New Work: Floof, 2020, ceramic, capacitors, 5 x 5 x 5 inches, Untitled (yellow rectangle), 2020, diodes on foam core, 16 x 20 inches, Dispersion, 2020, diodes on foam core, 16 x 20 inches
Sharon Feder, New Painting: “This is an image from the series called Still Being | Being Still that I began, intermittently, several years ago. I’ve found myself drawn into these works ever more as the months of s l o w and still unfold.”
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Lisa Golightly, New Painting: Peak Season, 2020, high gloss enamel on aluminum, 29 x 29 inches, maple frame
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Tom Gregg, Museum Acquisition: Brandy Glass and Eggs, 2016, became part of the permanent collection of The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City and is currently in a new acquisitions show.
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Russ Havard, New Work: "This piece is made of paper pieces on bendable plywood. I've been enjoying images of roots and branches becoming entangled.” The Ancient Art of Weaving, acrylic and paper on wood, 24 x 44 x 4 inches
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Danny Heller, Upcoming Show 2021: “I've been busy working on my next show at the gallery opening in May. It focuses on Palm Springs imagery, which has been a nice escape during a turbulent year. Although I live in the area, working on paintings of swaying palm trees, classic cars, and alluring pools has given me a wonderful mental vacation. These are in-progress shots of some paintings, along with one of the finished Palm Springs paintings I had in the Summer group show, Cadillac In the Driveway.”
Bonita Helmer, Upcoming Show 2021: “Change in velocity. It seems like it is definitely a time in universal thinking for a change. Triangles have multiple meanings found in science, religion and spirituality.. and that is why they are the focus in this new work . They represent the Delta, scientific symbol for change from Ancient Greek times until the present. Triangles are used in Math and physics with various combinations to Create Change. In religion and spirituality, in most cultures, it is the symbol for balance and well being.”
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Wes Hempel, New Painting included in 2020 show: Unexpected Blessing II, 2020, oil on canvas, 48 x 32 inches
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Eric Hesse, Work in Progress: “Since losing my studio quite abruptly, being consigned to a spare bedroom for the winter, I’ve been working on some paintings in gouache and watercolor. I’ve a bunch of new studies going, and have been been finishing work that I started earlier this year. I just finished this piece I started in Ireland back in February. Stone at Sea II, Gouache on paper, 12 x 9 inches
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Shawn Huckins, Upcoming Show 2021: New year, new canvas, new show !!I “Recently constructed the largest canvas (behind me) of my career to debut at George Billis LA in April 2021. The show will be a grouping of landscape paintings combined with my usual dark humored text. I’m looking forward to my first LA solo exhibition with the gallery!”
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Bryan Ida, New Series: In this series I examine mankind’s endless demand for energy and expansion in the name of human advancement. I cut apart landscapes of trees and nature and place them one on top of each other, breaking their continuity, while bending and merging what remains. The juxtaposition of the two worlds reveals the struggle we face today.
Jennifer Joseph, New Project: “During the quarantine this spring I gilded a utility pole across the street from my loft. I live in the warehouse district in downtown LA, nobody cares what happens down here, and I was bored, so I made myself something to look at while I look at the street scene below. It’s become a beacon of sorts. It attracts people.”
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Iris Kufert-Rivo, New Paintings: “Both of these paintings represent ideas about quarantine and are new offshoots of the Structure Series. They are also some of the first paintings to include the formatted stripes that I experimented with during the late winter/early spring quarantine season. I’ve enjoyed this new direction and am excited by the possibilities that lay ahead.” Exit, 2020, Acrylic and oil on linen, 42 x 60 inches, Broadway, 2020, Oil on linen, 42 x 60 inches
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Margaret Lazzari, New Painting: “I recently finished a new painting in the VASTNESS series, called ‘Force of Nature.’ In this one, the western sky is fragmented by dichotomies of distant/close, turbulent/calm, smoky/clear, and dry/wet. In between working on the big paintings, I make small studies of whatever flowers are around in the house or yard.” Force of Nature, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 40 inches
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Ke-Sook Lee, New Work: “Wearing COVID-19 mask over the air filter respirator, during the wildfire in CA, the yearning to breathe freely, I cut out holes and torn mulberry paper, mending and stitching around.” Winter Verse #5, 2020, Hand embroidered thread, mulberry paper & mixed media 35 x 23 in
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Raymond Logan, Upcoming Show 2021: ”I am very excited about my upcoming exhibit at the gallery, which will be the first show to focus solely on my cityscapes. My cityscapes are similar to my object paintings in at least one respect: I always start off thinking I could not possibly find enough good subject matter and end up with having far too much, finding it difficult to choose which to paint. This liquor store in Koreatown (Los Angeles) is so great that I pushed it to the front of the line to make sure it would be in the show.”
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Deborah Martin, New Painting and Show: Herring Cove Buick, Oil on canvas 42 x 42 inches. Martin is also in a Virtual Exhibition at Cal Lutheran curated by Jennifer Vanderpool: Common Grounds
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Gina Minichino, New Painting: Big League Chew, 2020, oil on panel, 16 x 12 inches
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Judy Nimtz, Work in Progress: “This piece is based on references I took during my Ireland painting trip in summer 2019… spending time with imagery from Ireland is definitely helping me cope with being on perpetual lock down. I’m depicting a more literal environment than my usual in this painting, and it's presenting new and interesting challenges.” Title TBD, Oil on panel, 30.5 x 13.5 inches
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John A. Peralta, Recent Work: “I love taking things apart to see how they are made. I’m especially attracted to beautiful design and complex engineering. You find both qualities in this elegantly functional instrument. Macrophilia is a statement about patience, precision and willingness to take a long view of one’s work and purpose.” Macrophilia (A long view), 2020, Canon macro zoom lens, aluminum, walnut, acrylic, fluorocarbon mono-filament, 48 x 12 x 19 in.
Daniel Phill, New Painting: “I selected this painting as it is my most recently completed work. For me it symbolizes a culmination of 2020, with an optimism for the upcoming new year. I am still inspired by the beauty of nature and the inspiration it brings to my work.” Emergent, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 36 x 36 inches
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Paul Pitsker, New Painting from 2020 Show: Filament, 2018, watercolor, 26 x 22 inches (framed)
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Kurt Solmssen, Museum Show: Two new paintings will be in a show at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art next summer. Marsha and Forsythia, 2020, oil on canvas, 68 x 68 inches, Bliss House Morning, 2020, oil on canvas, 70 x 68 inches
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Fred Stonehouse, New Painting: “This is a self portrait that was made during the height of the BLM protests in Milwaukee… I felt like this captured my frustrations with people's indifference. I don't often make direct self-portraits, so it's a pretty rare piece. Self-Portrait, 2020, 16 x 13 inches including antique tramp art frame
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Chris Stott, New Paintings: Chris Stott, Chair With Books III, oil on canvas, 36 x 24 inches, Chris Stott, HB Pencils, 2020, oil on canvas, 16 x 12 inches
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Barbara Strasen, Work in progress: One of several with the goal of taking fearsome masks, drawing them very large, overlaying many festive elements, in order to defuse their essence/power. Untitled, acrylic on canvas, 48 x 40 inches
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Terry Thompson, Upcoming Show 2021: T-Bird Motel, 2020, oil on canvas, 32 x 24 inches, Hi - Lo Motel, 2020, oil on canvas, 28 x 42 inches
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Nina Tichava, Work in progress: 2020 has been the weirdest year, truly. On the one hand, the heartbreak of these MAJOR things has me floored (the pandemic, George Floyd, the election, the economic reality of shutting down); on the other, I have more time to paint, to think, to pay attention, to help on the small ways I can...it’s the definition of duality. I have been staying focused in the studio, making new work, exploring ideas I had to put on hold years ago, and also producing—and producing and producing! I guess it’s how I process the outside world as a sensitive person, and I’m grateful to have my work to keep me company through a pretty tumultuous year.
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Joan Tucker, New Paintings: “I became obsessed with Manet’s painting ‘Le Dejeuner Sur L’herbe.’ I’ve copied it, distressed it, torn it, and distorted it in an effort to diminish its power. Using it this way returns a woman’s choice - her ability to say ‘no.’ “ It’s Harder to Fight When You’re Naked, 2020, Mixed media on canvas, 32 x 40 inches, The Mistakes Women Make, 2020, Mixed media on canvas, 32 x 40 inches, Yes You Can Say No, 2020, Mixed media on canvas, 32 x 40 inches
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Tim Vermeulen, New Series: “I am beginning a new series of paintings based around my response to our ailing and disordered planet. Themes include: social isolation, pandemics, environmental destruction, etc.” Oblivion, 2020, oil on panel, 4 x 4 inches
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Lindsey Warren, Interview: ShoutoutLA
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Audra Weaser, Work in progress for Upcoming 2021 Show: Late night Covid-time painting
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Sarah Williams, Upcoming Show 2021: “While my work has always revolved around my upbringing in the rural Midwest and the exploration of how structures can symbolize that place, I had the opportunity to do a residency in Key West, FL last winter. This new body of work is about the similarities and differences between that region and what I recognize as my ‘home’ in Missouri.”
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Karen Woods, New Series: “I’ve been painting some suburban lawns with sprinklers, trying to come to terms with water use and waste. Somehow when I think something is about to go away (telephone poles, commuting to work by car, watering lawns…) I get a premature nostalgia for it. I know all these parts of our lives must be re-considered and changed, urgently so. And yet these things have an ephemeral beauty that I want to somehow preserve.”
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