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Fall 2020

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Exhibit Competition

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Prayers For 2020, Painting #1
Acrylic, oil, oil stick and china marker on canvas
60 x 94"
2
Prayers For 2020, Painting #7
Acrylic, oil, oil stick and china marker on canvas
48 x 24"
3
Picking Up The Pieces
Oil on canvas
60 x 60"
4
Better Than The Sermon
Oil on canvas
60 x 60"
5
No Word To Tell That Story
Oils, hashes, dirt on canvas
40 x 30"
6
La Vie de Arbres
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 40"
7
Covid Blues #19
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 40"
8
The secret life of trees
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 40"
9
A GoGo
Oil on Linen
70 x 80"
10
Killer Wasps Attack
Oil on Linen
63 x 79"
11
Losing My Balance
Oil on Linen
65 x 79"
12
Lockdown Blues
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 72”
13
Iso Anxiety
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 30”
14
Strange Days
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 40”
15
Left Brain/Right Brain 2
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 30”
16
Illuminations of the Labyrinth
Mixed Media Painting on canvas
24 X 24""
17
Sacred Labyrinth
Mixed Media Painting on canvas
24 X 24"
18
Energized from the Labyrinth
Mixed Media Painting on canvas
24 X 24"
19
Heart of the Labyrinth
Mixed Media Painting on canvas
24 X 24"
20
lost on the stairs
Acrylic paint, collage and charcoal on canvas sheet
20 x 16"
21
diligent aim
Acrylic paint and charcoal on archival poster board
20 x 16"
22
plenty of air
Acrylic, collage and charcoal on gesso board
10 x 10"
23
twisted silence
Acrylic paint, collage and crayon on canvas sheet
20 x 16"
24
Unblocked2
Acrylic on paper
11 x 14"
25
youSayIt'sYourBirthday
Material collage
11 x 14"
26
tooSweetToEat
Acrylic and graphite on paper
16 x 20"
27
someWillRemember
Material collage
11 x 14"
28
Amplification 29
Collage on paper
12 x 12"
29
Amplification 30
Collage on paper
12 x 12"
30
Contemplation 4
Collage on paper
18 x 18"
31
Snapshot 48
Collage on paper
9 x 9"
32
'Bronze Land' from 'Distorted Vantage Point' series
Oil, metallic ink, mixed media on canvas
36 x 48"
33
'Tracks' From the 'Distorted Vantage Point' Series
Oil, silk, gold leaf, mixed media on canvas
36 x 54"
34
'RedRocks' From the 'Distorted Vantage Point' Series
Oil, silver Leaf, mixed media on canvas
36 x 48"
35
'Starting Point' From the series ''Distorted Vantage Point'
Oil, silk, mixed media on canvas
36 x 54"
36
streams of awareness 1
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 30"
37
streams of awareness 4
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 30"
38
streams of awareness 3
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 30"
39
streams of awareness 2
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 30"
40
A Lunar Geode
Glazed and Underglazed Ceramic
10.5 x 8.5 x 19.5"
41
Mildew Mountain
Underglazed Ceramic
7.5 x 9 x 21.5"
42
Twisted Sludge 12
Glazed and Underglazed Ceramic
8 x 6 x 11.5"
43
Ojo Rojo
Glazed and Underglazed Ceramic
7.25 x 7.5 x 20.25"
44
Rhapsody in Blue
on canvas
30 x 30"
45
Moon River
Acrylic on canvas
36 x 36"
46
Bridge Over Troubled Water
on canvas
30 x 30"
47
Borderline
Acrylic on paper
30 x 22"
48
Vengeance
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 30"
49
Anticipation
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 22"
50
Reclamation
Acrylic on paper
22 x 30"
51
Where We Begin
Acrylic mixed media on canvas
40 x 40"
52
Let the Immeasurable Come
Acrylic mixed media on canvas
40 x 40"
53
Fragile Universe
Acrylic mixed media on canvas
40 x 30"
54
Dancing Beneath the Surface
Acrylic mixed media on canvas
48 x 48"
55
The Power Of Conduction
Collage with hand painted papers on canvas
48 x 64"
56
The Earth Began To Breathe Again
Collage with hand painted papers on canvas
47 x 30"
57
Hope Rises
Collage with hand painted papers on canvas
38 x 38"
58
The Paradox Of the Prairie (diptych)
Collage with hand painted papers on canvas
60 x 40"
59
Serenity
Mixed media
20 x 16"
60
Composure
Mixed media
20 x 16"
61
Tranquility
Mixed Media
20 x 16"
62
Squirrely Thing
Acrylic/collage
20 x 15"
63
Kaleidoscopic
Acrylic/collage
14 x 11"
64
Effervescence
Acrylic/collage
11 x 14"
65
Matrix
Acrylic/collage
12 x 12"
66
Some Days are Cloudy
Acrylic on canvas
36 x 48"
67
Tall Grass and Yellow Cushion
Acrylic and oil pastel
48 x 36"
68
Red Threads
Acrylic and oil pastel on canvas
48 x 36"
69
Late Afternoon
Acrylic and oil pastel on canvas
48 x 36"
70
Critical Mass #074
Digital Image
Variable Size
71
Soft Tissue #258
Digital Image
Variable Size
72
Lost Buoy #030
Digital Image
Variable Size
73
Focus Issue #058
Digital Image
Variable Size
74
Social Distancing
Acrylic on untreated canvas
5 x 3'
75
Spread
Acrylic on untreated canvas
4 x 6'
76
Before the Dawn
Acrylic on untreated canvas
6 x 4'
77
Birth of an Idea
Mixed Media
48 x 24"
78
Almost A Memory
Acrylic on canvas
52 x 42"
79
Reef
Acrylic on panel
42 x 48"
80
Sea Change
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 42"
81
Untitled
Acrylic on canvas
52 x 42"
82
Synth
Acrylic/Mixed Media on Canvas
40 x 30"
83
Dancing at a Distance
Acrylic/Mixed Media on Canvas
48 x 48"
84
Necessity of Intention
Acrylic/Mixed Media on Canvas
36 x 26"
85
Requiem for an Angel
Acrylic/Mixed Media on Canvas
36 x 36"
86
Lost In the Woods
Acrylic, Graphite pencil on Paper
30 x 22”
87
Buildings of the Past
Acrylic, Gesso, Wax Resist on Paper
30 x 22”
88
Myself and the In Between
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 22”
89
The Edge of the World
Acrylic, pastel, warmer color crayon, graphite pencil, ink on paper
30 x 22”
90
IMP16
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 24"
91
Poles No. 16
Acrylic on canvas (three panels)
43.25 x 42.75"
92
Dipole
Acrylic on canvas (four panels)
25.5 x 34.125"
93
Five One
Acrylic on canvas
70 x 50"
94
A Slender Elegance
Acrylic on paper
30 x 22"
95
Random Walk On a Silver Day
Acrylic on paper
30 x 22"
96
Dancing Alone Amidst the Discontinuity
Acrylic on paper
30 x 22"
97
A Reckoning This Way Looms
Acrylic on paper
30 x 22"
98
To be Imagined
Watercolor and ink on paper
12 x 12"
99
Earnest Elements of Nature
Gouache on paper
12 x 16"
100
Look, See
Watercolor and ink on paper
12 x 16"
101
Color study in Green
Gouache on paper

102
BLOWING IN THE WIND
Acrylic and drawing mediums on paper
30 x 22"
103
PAPER TRACE
Acrylic and drawing mediums on paper
30 x 22"
104
CAVE LIGHT
Acrylic and drawing mediums on paper
30 x 22"
105
NUGGET
Acrylic and drawing mediums on paper
30 x 22"
106
CreepyTears
Acrylic on paper
24 x 18"
107
JazzParty
Digital image
8 x 5"
108
MixedFruit
Acrylic on paper
24 x 18"
109
SpringWakeUp
Acrylic on stretched canvas
24 x 12"
110
Drift
Acrylic and drawing mediums on canvas
60 x 48"
111
Wired
Acrylic and drawing mediums on canvas
48 x 48"
112
Drift in Time
Acrylic and drawing mediums on canvas
36 x 24"
113
Aimless
Acrylic and drawing mediums on canvas
48 x 60"
114
ODYSSEY
Oil/cold wax
48 x 36”
115
OCEAN DOWN DEEP
Mixed media
48 x 36”
116
THE SPACE BETWEEN
Mixed media
36 x 36”
117
Little Dreamer
Oil on canvas
30 x 48 x 1.5"
118
Finding Peace Together
Oil on canvas
36 x 36 x 1.5"
119
New Hope
Oil on canvas
36 x 36 x 1.5"
120
Full of Hope
Oil on canvas
30 x 48 x 1.5"
121
Find the buddha sitting "Amidst the Confusion"
Acrylic on canvas
54 x 60"
122
Carnival
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 40"
123
Deep Harbor
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 30"
124
Wild Side
Acrylic on canvas
45 x 54"
125
Coalescence 1
Mixed Media works on Paper

126
Coalescence 2
Mixed Media works on Paper

127
Coalescence 3
Mixed Media works on Paper

128
Coalescence 4
Mixed Media works on Paper

129
Take-a-Peek
Acrylic on PVC relief
38 x 30"
130
Portrait
Acrylic on PVC relief
36 x 24"
131
Cassidy Red
Acrylic on PVC relief
30 x 44"
132
Cut Apart Variation
Acrylic on PVC
26.25 x 42.5"
133
over the edge
Mixed media on canvas
54 x 54"
134
Stonehenge I
Mixed media on papers
35 X 27"
135
electric edge
Mixed media on canvas
12 X 16"
136
Ground Control to Major Tom
Wood/iridescent acrylic/chrome spray
15 x 12 x 17"
137
Mushu
Wood/enamel/metallic spray
24 x 40 x 24"
138
Niñita
Wood/enamel/iridescent acrylic
5 x 8 x 6"
139
U Surround Me
Wood/enamel/metallic paint
26 x 11 x 14"

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