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Double Take International Juried Exhibition
Paul Acevedo-Gomez
Paul Acevedo-Gomez
El Rich And Delicious Bounty
drawing on paper
90 inches x 84 inches
Not For Sale
2021
Baton Rouge, LA
My current body of work consist of prints, drawings and sculptures. I purposely combine objects that can be perceived as conflicting, altering their function to reference elements that are both playful and painful. The images suggest a celebration of cultural identity, vitality, but also psychological pain. The viewer should question the combination of objects and the potential danger behind their function. Through the process and creation of new forms, I question my identity and embody myself and experiences.
Helen Allen
Helen Allen
She Barks
Photography
16 inches x 12 inches
$250 2020
Peachtree Corners, GA www.hgayallen.com
I believe there are as many forms of art as there are people in the world. (Since animals have been known to create art perhaps we should add them to this statement?) To me, art is an expression of individuals and is valid in any form. Categorizing and comparing, in my mind is like trying to tell waves in the sea how to organize. Nevertheless, through our history and educational systems we have come to know norms that are generally accepted to be appropriate, popular and appreciated. That is why a competition entitled, "Double Take" is so appealing to me. My work has always been "on or over the bleeding edge" and although it has garnered awards and acclaim, I am excited to see a show that fits my creations so perfectly......and to see that the wider market has finally caught up with me. Thank you.
Photography
16 inches x 12 inches
$250 2020
Peachtree Corners, GA www.hgayallen.com
I believe there are as many forms of art as there are people in the world. (Since animals have been known to create art perhaps we should add them to this statement?) To me, art is an expression of individuals and is valid in any form. Categorizing and comparing, in my mind is like trying to tell waves in the sea how to organize. Nevertheless, through our history and educational systems we have come to know norms that are generally accepted to be appropriate, popular and appreciated. That is why a competition entitled, "Double Take" is so appealing to me. My work has always been "on or over the bleeding edge" and although it has garnered awards and acclaim, I am excited to see a show that fits my creations so perfectly......and to see that the wider market has finally caught up with me. Thank you.
Lars Anderson
Lars Anderson
Akron #2
Archival inkjet print
24 inches x 36 inches
$1,000
2016
Cincinnati, OH
larsandersonimages.com
Access When moving through the human-built environment, I often encounter barriers. Through photography, I’ve learned that those obstacles can create visual possibilities. Here, barriers act as filters, mediating the reality coming to us from the other side. For me, the idea of mediated reality is a metaphor for our global media landscape and socio-political scene. We tend to believe that our stance on any topic depends on what we see – that we are objective. When viewing these scenes, what one sees depends on where they stand. Perhaps this work will provoke some viewers to stand in a different place, at least for a moment.
Lars Anderson
Lars Anderson
Cincinnati #9
Archival inkjet print
24 inches x 36 inches
$1,200
2016
Cincinnati, OH
larsandersonimages.com
Access When moving through the human-built environment, I often encounter barriers. Through photography, I’ve learned that those obstacles can create visual possibilities. Here, barriers act as filters, mediating the reality coming to us from the other side. For me, the idea of mediated reality is a metaphor for our global media landscape and socio-political scene. We tend to believe that our stance on any topic depends on what we see – that we are objective. When viewing these scenes, what one sees depends on where they stand. Perhaps this work will provoke some viewers to stand in a different place, at least for a moment.
Lars Anderson
Lars Anderson
Dayton #65
Archival inkjet print
24 inches x 36 inches
$1,200
2014
Cincinnati, OH
larsandersonimages.com
Access When moving through the human-built environment, I often encounter barriers. Through photography, I’ve learned that those obstacles can create visual possibilities. Here, barriers act as filters, mediating the reality coming to us from the other side. For me, the idea of mediated reality is a metaphor for our global media landscape and socio-political scene. We tend to believe that our stance on any topic depends on what we see – that we are objective. When viewing these scenes, what one sees depends on where they stand. Perhaps this work will provoke some viewers to stand in a different place, at least for a moment.
Lars Anderson
Lars Anderson
Dayton #76
Archival inkjet print
24 inches x 30 inches
$1,000
2017
Cincinnati, OH
larsandersonimages.com
Access When moving through the human-built environment, I often encounter barriers. Through photography, I’ve learned that those obstacles can create visual possibilities. Here, barriers act as filters, mediating the reality coming to us from the other side. For me, the idea of mediated reality is a metaphor for our global media landscape and socio-political scene. We tend to believe that our stance on any topic depends on what we see – that we are objective. When viewing these scenes, what one sees depends on where they stand. Perhaps this work will provoke some viewers to stand in a different place, at least for a moment.
David Avery
David Avery
THE ORIGINAL SIN: You didn't eat first from the Tree of Life
Hard ground etching
8 inches x 5 inches
$490
2018
San Francisco, CA
www.davidavery.net
A practitioner of traditional black and white etching in San Francisco for over 30 years, I have long been drawn to the works and techniques of the master etchers and engravers of the past 400 years, as well as their literary counterparts, and often find in them inspiration or a point of departure for my own work—a bridge between past thought and contemporary issues, one that sheds light in a unique way on such concerns. Often the depiction of mythological themes in these works contained political references mirroring the concerns of the day, and I try to utilize the same techniques with regard to current curses of humanity.
Susan Berger
Susan Berger
Cruise Ship Family voyage, 1952 or 1956? In Sketch
Fiber Mixed Media, photos, material, writing, markers, weave
30 inches x 36 inches
$2,000
2019
Kingston, NY
slberger.com
My work is very intense and labeled as mixed media by using fiber in a very untraditional fashion. The work is telling a story and one may see it one way and someone else looks at it differently. There is much going although some simplicity breaks through. In “ Hillhouse High School” which is the ala mater song done three times. Is it exactly the same? We take a pledge of allegiance but should we abide by it? “In - Cruise Ship Family Voyage”, is from a scrapbook and look at all the pictures and some more realistic and others more impressionistic. It is a story of a family and looking at them years later; think of your own family years later or what has happened to them? In “Dignity of Work”, mostly women are striking or getting out the word. It is a set design as if you were seeing these Iron Maiden’s on a theatre stage. Surrounded by bricks and the coldness of work-life and the newsworthiness spliced into the historical aspects of the labor movement.
Patrick Burks
Patrick Burks
Painting Water with Light
CPrint on Alumium
10 inches x 20 inches
$125
2018
Oyster Bay, NY
I thrive at the intersection of art and technology always bringing art to technical areas and technology to art carrying my camera wherever I go trying to capture a new perspective from off the beaten path.
Kayla Cantu
Kayla Cantu
Prod
Photograph on silk, boob tap
32 inches x 55 inches
$1,900
2019
Danville, KY
kaylancantu.com
I am a fat, female, half-hispanic, bisexual artist, writer, and educator who utilizes glass, video, photography, and mixed media. Even when absent, glass serves as inspiration for my work by relating qualities of glass to the human body. My work considers curiosities of discomfort relating to unruly bodies—or bodies that society has traditionally deemed as not “normal.” By drawing from personal experience, referencing societal standards, and by paralleling the unruliness of glass to human capability, my practice reconsiders senses of discomfort I have for the self both psychologically and physically. Bulging fat, fleshy folds, ooze, many orifices, timelines of bodies, and the psychological desire to contain one’s perception are some of the curiosities I explore within my practice. Through subject matter, materials, and installation decisions, my work considers putting your vulnerabilities out there for others to see and accepting the unruliness we all exist with.
Elizabeth Caputo
Elizabeth Caputo
Grilled Cheese
Paper bags, newspaper, paper towels, acrylic paint
2.5 inches x 6 inches x 4 inches
$350
2021
Massapequa, NY
When we look at something, do we actually see whats in front of us. At second glance , can we honestly see the image, or are we seeing what we want to see.
Marsha Carrington
Marsha Carrington
On With The Show
Digital Photography
21.25 inches x 24.50 inches
$450
2018
Sandusky, OH
www.carringtonartsgallery.com
These images that I refer to as Photo Fusion are manipulated from the original photograph taken by me. At first glance the image may appear to be a flipped photograph, but upon closer observation it is clear that although mirror image is used in the creation, it is done in a puzzle like fashion to create an asymmetrical final image, as well as combining other imagery taken at the same location and time. Each image is surreal and metaphorical in nature, representing many things from motherhood, sexuality, confrontation, disguise, revelation, and soul play
Patty Carroll
Patty Carroll
Domestic Bliss
Archival Digital Print
48 inches x 36 inches
$1,200
2004
Chicago, IL
www.pattycarroll.com
The subject is the merging of woman and home, in various iterations of a long, ongoing series. The Anonymous Woman goes from hiding in her drapery to being camouflaged among her possessions to finally becoming a victim of her obsessions and spaces. In scenes and narratives created in the studio, Her anonymity falls into extreme absurdity, as she perpetually disappears into the artifice and visual overload of colors and patterns in her environment. Growing up in suburban Chicago is the core of my work, as I satirize myths of claustrophobic perfection and expectation.
Huey-Min Chuang
Huey-Min Chuang
Light Beyond Water
Ink, colored pencils
11 inches x 14 inches
$5,000
2021
Brooklyn, NY
Cosmos Dreaming - You are invited to travel through scenes of richly colored adventures through the subconscious of Cosmos, an aging dog with the eyes of a child and the spirit of an explorer. At height of the Covid pandemic, where words, news, and media oversaturated our collective psyche with despondency, the universe responded in kind for me to engage in new ways of “seeing”. I took up colors and rested in the comforts of lines to transport me to places unknown outside of restrictions. These drawings are done mostly without looking at the paper. I relied on a new “vision” guided by sensation and intuition. My hand danced freely onto the page while my eyes looked straight out into the world. I was experimenting with “letting go, flow, and seeing through in my act of double-taking.” These dream-like depictions of infinite forms remind us that the mind can provide for a much-needed respite imbued with light, color, and possibilities, even in times of looming shadows.
Taimur Amin Cleary
Taimur Amin Cleary
To Double (To Patch)
Oil on board
16 inches x 53 inches
$2,200
2017
Marquette, MI
Think of this work as a set of visual puns referencing dynamic ideas within art history, perception, and aesthetics. I want the dialectic, union of differences, and synthesis that a painting allows, but is a diptych one painting, or two? Remember, our field of vision is a synthesis of separate views. While subjects in these paintings may seem repetitive, they reward extended attention with detail and differance. Their approximate similarities and symmetries court concepts of the uncanny, or “unhomely”. As ruins, these structures are abandoned to be reclaimed by the the horizon, and reconstructed as symbols and metaphors. The spectacle of their decay conflates progress and decay. As collections the paintings invite descriptive comparisons that function like semaphores on the boundary between sense and non-sense. If a painting is a window, it only opens as we suspend our disbelief - meeting suggestion with imagination. It is a delicate balance, but a closed window is still a window.
Sonja Czekalski
Sonja Czekalski
The Top 10
Yarn, fibers, and adhesive on canvas
52 inches x 44 inches
$5,200
2019
Cumberland, RI
http://sonjaczekalski.wixsite.com/portfolio
I am an interdisciplinary artist, driven to tell women’s stories. Using natural materials and traditionally feminine craft materials and techniques passed down by my grandmother, I create each of my works from my own body and personal experience. I am interested in the interconnectedness between the physical, biological, and spiritual relationships between my body, my ancestry, and the earth herself. I want the viewer to explore the female figure through an empathetic gaze. I invite the viewer to question the validity of the stereotyped feminine; to experience and respond to the emotional labor, embarrassment, shame, confusion, richness, and power of female sexuality, fertility, social expectation, and responsibility. Ultimately though my practice provides more questions and contradictions about feminism than answers, it gives voice to the raw experiences of womanhood.
Jesse Egner
Jesse Egner
Untitled, from "Ad Corpus" series
Archival Pigment Print
30 inches x 24 inches
$600
2021
Brooklyn, NY
This work began with self-portraiture—an action that was aggressive due to my aversion to it as a practice. However, it allowed me to begin a visual exploration into non-normative queerness. Utilizing elements such as absurdity, humor, and the uncanny, I eventually moved on from just self-portraiture, photographing with others in a collaborative process which allowed other narratives and experiences to influence my work. My photographs do not seek to offer complete and concrete narratives of identity, rather, they present uncertain and fragmented narratives that exist in a space between reality and fantasy, reflecting the transitional space in which queerness exists. When I take photographs, the process is spontaneous and playful. This process—which is reminiscent of the practice of free-association—echos the fluidity and dynamism of non-normative queer identities.
Brian Emery
Brian Emery
Up the Pass
Digital Video
Video, mounted on video monitor
2020
Brooklyn, NY
www.placescapetheatre.com
Up the Pass- https://vimeo.com/643715358
I am a lens-based artist focused on observing and documenting environments. The urgency with which we need to reconcile our relationship with our natural environment has never been more clear. The works in this portfolio were all created within the past two years as a means of engaging with the natural environment and investigating my relationship with my surroundings and fellow living beings. All of the work was created on a small patch of woodland in Southern Vermont where I have been spending much of my time observing and documenting. Please visit Vimeo for full resolution videos: Up the Pass- https://vimeo.com/643715358 In The Woods- https://vimeo.com/498425327 Turkey and Fox- https://vimeo.com/643754671
Brian Emery
Brian Emery
In the Woods
3-minute looping video
video
Brooklyn, NY www.placescapetheatre.com
I am a lens-based artist focused on observing and documenting environments. The urgency with which we need to reconcile our relationship with our natural environment has never been more clear. The works in this portfolio were all created within the past two years as a means of engaging with the natural environment and investigating my relationship with my surroundings and fellow living beings. All of the work was created on a small patch of woodland in Southern Vermont where I have been spending much of my time observing and documenting. Please visit Vimeo for full resolution videos: Up the Pass- https://vimeo.com/643715358 In The Woods- https://vimeo.com/498425327 Turkey and Fox- https://vimeo.com/643754671
Susan Ferrari-Rowley
Susan Ferrari-Rowley
Alteration: Series
Photo; plastic sheet; aluminum; plastic lacing; cotton cord
111 Inches x 111inches x 83 inches
$3,500
2021
Scottsville, NY
www.susanferrarirowley.com
This installation reflects the Utopian spiraling out of control to become increasingly Dystopian. The metamorphosis is underway. Linear elements shoot around images, adding a sense of chaos we are starting to see and experience. We are forcing nature to change, and it is going to force us to change. The physical forms that the flat photographs take utilize space, exemplifying this metamorphosis. The imagery presents an installation with photographs digitally printed in black/white presenting dramatic graphics at first view. The two-dimensional evolves sculpturally to prompt emotional impact. A variety of assemblage techniques with hard and soft materials enable the installation to come together conceptually. On closer inspection, the exact images will be recognized, and their placement and interaction will resonate with the viewer on a personal level. It is an evocative piece rather than a visual documentary.
Kent Sollenberger
Kent Sollenberger
R U Boring
Cardboard
30 inches x 22.5 inches
$1,200
Richmond,TX
My aesthetic has always gravitated toward hard-edged, geometric abstraction. My current work continues that aesthetic in the age of Amazon. Since most everything is delivered to our front porch, I began to take an interest in the appearance of cardboard boxes, the motifs printed labels, scuff marks, shipping residue, packing tape, duct tape, SKU #s, bar codes. I chose to explore making art from shipping detritus. I had to ceased worrying about the archival properties of cardboard. Nothing else reflects modern life more than what we throw away. With Covid, the delivery footprint just blew up. Conversations now include a segment about what we order online. Art should reflect our contact with the world. For better or for worse our interactions are now insanely influenced by what we ship.
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
Portraits from the Multiverse - Diverse Friends
Digital Print on Canvas
24 inches x 36 inches x 2 inches
$300
2021
Wellesley, MA
http://www.robgon.com
Portraits from the Multiverse is a collection consisting of three sets of digital prints that allow viewers to imagine alternate realities where things are not quite what they seem. The first piece, Diverse Friends, explores what the cast of a popular sitcom would look like with more ethnic and cultural diversity in the lead roles. The second piece, The 57 Club, shows what the recording and visual artists in The 27 Club would look like if they lived to be 57 years old. The third piece, Female Presidents, shows what our nation's top leaders would look like if they were all women. The portraits in this series were created on a computer using the latest advances in Artificial Intelligence. This new technology allows us to visualize possibilities and imagine how the world could be a different place. I will provide a small reference image with the original photos and a brief explanation to be displayed below each piece.
Jeffrey Haddorff
Jeffrey Haddorff
I've been wanting to tell you for a long time
Clay
78 Inches x 42inches x 19inches
$14,000
2021
Minneapolis, MN
www.jeffreyhaddorff.com
The physical struggle of working with ceramics on a large scale is very important to me, as is allowing the process of fabric- cation to have a voice in the construction of the sculpture. Yes, I am trying to make the clay do what is in my mind, but I am also trying to remain open to what the clay has to say about my idea, likewise the stains and the glaze. The piece then is a culmination of both my intentional and intuitive interactions with the materials and the processes. I engage the clay in a very direct and physical manner and I allow the material to record it uncensored. I don’t try to fix it and make it look “good” after the fact. The piece is a recording of our interaction and an expression of the physicality of its construction. My bodily interactions with the material connect me to it in ways that I do not fully understand. The piece itself becomes a record of the interaction between my body and the clay body. And somehow within that interaction something is created that is be
Paul Jett
Paul Jett
Roadwork
Digital black-and-white photograph
12 inches x 12 inches
$450
2021
Washington, DC
www.pauljett.com
I am a photographer who works primarily in black and white. My past experience with black-and-white film photography and my study of the art and culture of East Asia, particularly ink brush painting, are the sources for my style of work. Chinese ink paintings – with their simple depictions of ordinary things like a branch of a tree or a stalk of bamboo, but which convey deeper meanings than their subjects suggest – have inspired me to emulate their aesthetic in my photographs. I want my photographs to make people more aware of their everyday surroundings and experience its inherent beauty and meaning.
Rachel Kalman
Rachel Kalman
National Emergency
Oil on Canvas
15 inches x 12 inches
$725
20192
Emeryville, CA
https://www.rachelkalman.com
Rachel received her BA from the University of Puget Sound and her MFA from The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, Washington University in St. Louis, MO. She has recently moved to Emeryville, CA where she paints and teaches. Rachel works primarily from observation – spending most of her time making intimate portraits of inanimate objects in oil paint. She is interested in juxtaposing decorative aesthetics with difficult realities. Her work is full of notions of representation; kitsch, horror, humor, and metaphor.
Karen Kirshner
Karen Kirshner
DUO
Acrylic on canvas
30 inches x 40 inches
$4,000
2018
East Meadow, NY
www.karenlkirshner.com
My paintings contain elements of surprise discoveries and depth of meaning through the telling of a story within the imagery, shapes, forms, and colors of my complex abstracts. I refer to them as Intelligent Abstracts because they do not sit on the wall to decorate, like background music, they demand attention and exploration. Often one would take a double-take, as one buyer recently reported to a gallery, that she wanted to know if I deliberately painted a robot into the imagery. A lot of what I paint is intuitive and my process takes place within each moment. Unless I am painting subject matter, vs. imaginary worlds, I do not plan what will emerge from the beginning, It is a process of evolving within the painting. I am one with my paintings in that process.
Mila Ney Jose
Mila Ney Jose
Anatomies, nº 4
Photography
25 Inches x 21inches
$1,000
2008
Kissimmee, FL
The "Anatomies" series intends to experiment with associated mental exercises, preconceived by different cultures and popular psychology. They are an abstract interpretation of the portrait, in search of a reflection on our perception of beauty and the strange, fantasies and eroticism.
Christine B. Miller
Christine B. Miller
A Space Cowboy Adventure: Rocket Rodeo Round-Up!!
Colored pencil, ink/acrylic marker, graphite, relief-collage
30 inches x 36 inches
$3,900
2019
Whitewater, WI
My works all seek to have a very personal and connective dialogue with the viewer. They all have a unique 'story-to-tell' inviting the viewer not, not just to be a spectator, but to be engaged by, and to very much participate in. In their essence, they are a kind of 'visual-novelette' of sorts. These 'stream-of-consciousness'/'dream-oriented'/'loosely-based-in-reality'/ 'at-times-influenced-by' (social, historical,, and/or nostalgic contexts)/some 'comic-inspired' narrative tales are told in either a 'silent' picture, or may be expressed via a written, either, ('cryptic', or 'declarative' text) in a 'talkies-style' picture. I am a 'multi-disciplinary' artist and enjoy the diversity and the myriad of challenges of multiple mediums.
Shirley Nannini
Shirley Nannini
Lions Grow on Trees
Framed archival pigment print
16 inches x 20 inches
$350
2019
Chicago,IL
When traveling the dusty roads of Africa you awaken with the anticipation of a child on their birthday. You never know what surprises you all see and so your senses are heightened. Every moment born is an opportunity to experience the wonders of nature. As you fall in love with these beautiful creatures you realize that every corner of our planet cannot be developed because we have "No Planet B".
Lauren O' Connor Korb
Lauren O' Connor Korb
Desire
Sculpture/ video
video documentation
$750
2017
Pittsburgh, PA
I use humor as a tool to pick at the cracks in the façade of western culture. I build sculptures, objects and contraptions, and laboriously and invisibly imbue them with the quirks and flaws that are the hallmark of humanity. The machines I devise appear haunted, not only because of their lack of operator, but because they recall a history before digitization as we know it: an iron wistfully puffing out smoke signals, a trumpet independently stumbling through a jazz classic, a cowboy hat slowly rotating and rearing like a mechanical bull that’s just going through the motions. These animated tools become stand-ins for their human counterparts. Their performance, stripped of function, becomes both ridiculous and melancholy. The viewer is enticed to question the nature of the objects and their absent creators.
Zahra Pars
Zahra Pars
Bashful
Acrylic and Thread on Canvas
24 inches x 32 inches
$3,800
2021
Brooklyn, NY
www.zahrapars.com
I was born in Tehran, Iran, and raised in the United States. I am a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, where I majored in fine art and art history. My artistic practice examines of the ephemerality of beauty. My paintings and drawings are inspired by my Iranian heritage and Western contemporary art. My approach to painting counter-balances minimalist restraint with detailed repetitive brushstrokes. My work explores contrasts: east versus west, moderation versus excess, and handmade versus machine-made. The laboriousness and minuteness of the lines in my paintings are influenced by Persian miniatures, calligraphy, and weaving practices in the East and Latin America. The repetitive horizontal strokes in my paintings are a metaphor for language, and how it both conveys and conceals meaning. I describe my paintings as white noise—a blackout of overt meaning and the visualization of ephemeral sound and light.
Paul Plumadore
Paul Plumadore
Wave Pattern #41
Paper montage
14.5 inches x 16.25 inches
$2,000
2021
Milanville, PA
paulplumadore.com
I unite antique visual elements to create unexpected graphic images. My early background in the theater – from amateur tap dancer to professional modern dancer – provides me with a wide range of experience in the theatrics of heightened states of being. In this sense, I approach each assemblage as a choreographic moment in time, a theatrical statement occurring at the point where worlds collide. I work without the aid of computers and work instead with scalpel knives, acid-free glues, and 19th and early 20th C. printed matter. My images in my series, “Wave Patterns,” are developed from multiple, often identical, images.
Michael Ramey
Michael Ramey
Civilization and It's Discontents
Photography
20 inches x 30 inches
$300
2014
Rapid City, SD
I am a photographer and a clinical psychologist. I am fascinated by how the unconscious shapes our creation and perception of art. In the past I have been drawn to creating images of abandoned structures and nocturnal landscapes. Ironically, during the social isolation of Covid-19, I have been attracted to creating portraits of people. I am often thinking about the integration of psychology and photography. I am interested in expressionism within photography, not through the abstract but through the reimaging of familiar forms.
Jase Reeder
Jase Reeder
Sclera
Paint
30 inches x 40 inches
$500
2021
Poughkeepsie, NY
My name is Jase Reeder, I'm a local black artist trying to break into the local art scene, I started drawing when I was young and now I am trying to make a living out of it. I mainly do digital art but I do painting and some sculpture work on the side. My hope is to become a concept artist in the video game industry, and eventually start my own studio and make my own games, but for now I am mainly trying to make a living out of my hobby. I've been involved with The Art Effect since the Children's Media Project days and would love to make more of my work shown at the Trolley Barn.
Jann Rosen-Queralt
Jann Rosen-Queralt
Stare
Archival Inkjet Print
8 inches x 12 inches
$550
2021
Baltimore, MD
jannrosen-queralt.com
I make artwork about water health, quality and access. Over the past 30 years, inspired by the natural sciences, I have applied my skills as an artist, documentarian and diver to observe, map and photograph marine species. My artworks and site-specific installations reveal the poetic and sublime nature of water ecology through multi-media and sculpture. I see my role as both a visionary and an aesthetician, balancing between collaborator and provocateur to trigger awareness of aquatic environments. My goal is to spark connections and queries that lead to an appreciation and understanding of marine inhabitants. As stewards of the earth, we have the agency to protect or neglect species through our behavior, implementation of policy and conservation efforts. In making these wonders of the deep visible to humans, I create a context for people to consider their impact on marine health. My artworks bridge the routinely inaccessible sea with the formidable presence of our built environment.
Patricia Shaw
Patricia Shaw
Divided Self 3a
Ceramic
9 Inches x 5 inches x 4 inches
$1,200
2018
Chapel Hill, NV
Seeing double is one of my favorite themes. depicting the 'dark side' by putting two faces on a piece is another. there is also the fact that nothing can be doubled or duplicated. playing with doubles , seriously or lightheartedly, is a most interesting them and i thank you for using it
Christopher Skura
Christopher Skura
Twins (Castor and Pollux)
Acrylic, Flash paint, ink on gessoed wood.
32 inches x 32 inches
$3,800
2021
New York, NY
www.christopher-j-skura.squarespace.com
Castor and Pollux (or Polydeukes) are twin half-brothers in Greek and Roman mythology, known together as the Dioscuri. In Latin the twins are also known as the Gemini (literally "twins") or Castores, as well as the Tyndaridae or Tyndarids. Pollux asked Zeus to let him share his own immortality with his twin to keep them together, and they were transformed into the constellation Gemini. The pair were regarded as the patrons of sailors, to whom they appeared as St. Elmo's fire."Skura's recent artwork references duality, identity, psychology, structural systems, emergence theory and the human body.
Christopher Swain
Christopher Swain
Map of Puerto Rico
Digital photograph printed on aluminum
18 inches x 24 inches
$875
2021
Brooklyn, NY
Instagram.com/swimwithswain
I want to feel seen, and I want to be part of conversations that matter. Photography is a way in. As a kid, I would blaze through a roll of 126 film with my Kodak Instamatic, and then wait until I could save up enough money to have it developed. In middle school, my father showed me black and white darkroom basics in an un-ventilated upstairs closet. (He urged me to use tongs, but I preferred to plunge my fingers straight into the chemical trays.) As a film major at Wesleyan University, I felt happiest behind the camera, shooting film. Later on, as my history-making open water swims landed me in front of international audiences, the images I had captured on my journeys gave me a way to transmit what I had seen and felt to the larger world.
Allen Teger
Allen Teger
Dolphins
Black and White Photography
20 inches x 24 inches
$495
2011
Vero Beach, FL
www.teger.com www.bodyscapes.com
My Bodyscape photographs began with the intention of reminding the viewer that they can see something differently than they first thought. I am a psychologist and have been teaching about the psychology of consciousness for many years. This body of work, although it uses nudes, was never about nudes. It was about perception, reality, and consciousness. The images are NOT done with photoshop. Instead, small toys are placed directly on the model's body, and photographed together in a single exposure.
Annette Tojar
Annette Tojar
Contained
Oil paint on wood panel
48 inches x 32 inches
$4,500
2020
Astoria, NY
Unable to speak the same language, my grandmother and I used food and paint as a means of communication, thus instilling my love of food, my desire to paint, and my need to investigate my Cuban culture. I am interested in discovering metaphorical connections with food and other objects to depict my own cultural identity, unearth beauty in unlikely places, and share personal experiences of the observed world. As a former professional pastry chef, my understanding of the physicality of food informs how it is portrayed on a two-dimensional surface for visual indulgence; for the desire to touch, taste, and satiate.
Jerry Wein
Jerry Wein
Lady in the Lobby
Framed Archival Print
24 inches x 18 inches
$250
2017
Milton, NY
Photography has become fully intertwined with my life over the years. Visualizing photographs is part of my overall perception – how I experience the world. This is both a blessing and a curse. It is welcome when I am actively shooting or mentally open to creating and it fuels a curiosity about the structure (how things fit together) and character (what they are like) of the world I see, including both natural and built objects and subjects. At times it is unwelcome and difficult to shut off. I have a large and diverse portfolio that is hard to characterize is terms of genre. I tell stories, both narrative and abstract. Photography is a combination of vision and execution, and I strive to grow in both areas. But execution is more objective, mechanical, and learnable. Vision is subjective, rare, difficult to nurture, and is where I seek to differentiate my work. I want my photographs to show the viewer something they may not have seen at the point of capture.
Julia Wolfe
Julia Wolfe
Between the Garbage and the Flowers
Acrylic and found paper on canvas
78 inches x 72 inches
NFS
2015
Iowa City, IA
www.juliajwolfe.com
My work is a collection of brightly colored paintings, prints, drawings, found objects, made objects, and poems. It combines playful comedy and satire with a mishmash of weightier subjects. Throughout my work, I bring together objects and imagery of mass-production with a childlike and whimsical aesthetic. The viewer walks into a lively space, a world of curated objects, wall-drawings, and characters that are up to something. It's like pages from a children's book were sprinkled with snippets of late-night talk show scripts discussing current issues and pop culture. In essence, my work is like a diary, documenting the events, quotes, and emotions of a period of time, providing space for laughter, optimism, and inward-looking thought and/or critique. It is playground-esque and humorously innocent, yet simultaneously comments on our culture of consumption.
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