Neno Villamor - Featured Artist, October 2024
Past exhibitions:
Dominick Piccininni
Picininni is returning to Edgewater Gallery with a new set of incredibly versatile works of art. He initially focused on black and white pointillism, but over the last 10 years he included colors utilizing multiple media such as watercolor, pastel and acrylic. His themes include fantasy, landscapes and portrayals.
There’s a story behind each of his paintings and drawings.
Piccininni talks about his painting Desire in the Light:
“I was in Madrid and wanted to see Flamenco Dancing. After dinner, I went to a club that was dark, smokey, and the smell of stale wine was embedded in the dark, oak wood of the table. The waiter told me no photography was allowed.
So, there I was, enjoying a glass of wine, when the lights dimmed, and this beautiful woman walks onto the wooden stage. She had a long, gorgeous red dress and two oversized fans. The guitars and drums began to play and she began to sway and tap her feet in Flamenco dance. The spotlights glittered in the cigar smoke surrounding the dancer as she glided across the stage. It was completely mesmerizing!
I carried that image and emotion with me on my return home and brought it to life in my piece, "Desire in the Light.”
Time Space & Pixels, Karin Denson
In her collages Denson foregrounds the movement of animals through a chronophotographic process which reveals motion that usually remains invisible to the naked eye.
“Memories, the fleeting and irretrievable moments that are noticed sometimes only in hindsight, are what really interest me in my work with glitches. My nature excursions, observing and shooting photos and videos of wildlife, are meditative moments where I allow myself to be still, and to notice the smallest movements of the animals. And yet, in review of my materials I am always stunned by all the movements and traces my eye couldn’t see.”
Joey Kraus
Chris Hagie
Hagie: ”My mixed media abstract pieces illustrate the essence of visual sensation. That is, I am not creating a mood, emotion, or object, but I am drawn to the visual elements of these concepts. I create pieces that make my eyes smile, and in turn influence a mood or feeling.”
Mary Ann Nation
“Painting has become for me a way to capture nature as I see it, and thus to be able to share its beauty with others. I was fortunate to have classes with several very talented artists, such as Hope Stevenson, Erin Dertner and Susan Sarback, who all contributed to my style of loose, impressionistic landscapes and seascapes.”
For her works, Mary Ann Nation uses only a palette knife with water mixable oils. Most of her paintings are done plein air at her favorite spaces, or at locations of her commissioners’ choices.
Russ Christoff
Mendocino resident and award winning photographer, videographer and producer Russ Christoff has created images on nearly every continent and include his Public Television Series, Traveling California State Parks®.
“The art of photography is more than just capturing an image; it’s creating an image giving it a ‘sense of moment’. There’s a reason or story behind each of the photographs I exhibit. I shoot when it feels right, more so than when it looks right. The North Coast moments I choose are meant to stir a memory, or perhaps take the viewer to another place.”
Selected Artists:
Bridget Algee-Hewitt, Elena Mukhina, Karen Bowers, Ken Kalman
Kiruthikadevi Kuppusamy, Margi Gomez, Mirka Knaster, Nicole Martinelli, Priscilla Adams, Robin Bernstein, Susanne Sherer, Suzanne Lewis, Tamra Whitney
Gallery
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Esther Siegel and Spencer Brewer talk about the process of jurying the show
The three winners
Honorable Mentions