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  • watercolor 30 x 37" I wanted to show the various people and poses one encounters at the beach, as well as the perspective of distance in terms of the size if the people.

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  • pastel, ink, acrylic on paper 14.5 x 13.5 x 1" I wonder what it means to make art at a time when it seems we humans are not up to maintaining the health of our beautiful planet and its creatures. What I know is that for me, making art is like being a Therapist, and is like living life. Everything has a way of falling apart and then gathering together, making form out of the unformulated, continually layering and digging beneath the layers. The complexities of abstraction, color, line, and texture are the tools I employ in my passionate reach for exploration of the not yet imagined.

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  • acrylic & mica on canvas 30 x 24" My current work is about the collective unconscious, the evolution of language and the urge to write. Over time I have invented a symbolic language that borrows from ancient symbols but represents no language system but my own, hybrid, created one, that continues to evolve with each new piece I make. The work is meant to be read as language that has no signified meaning other than the viewers interpretation.

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  • yarn, excavated doll shards, black porcelain paint 30 x 28" On this hand knitted tapestry representing childhood and innocence is the tragic theme of brokenness and loss. Gun violence is the leading cause of childhood death. For every hundred thousand children, five are lost to gun violence as recorded by the CDC. As a therapist, I’ve seen their pain, fear, and the silent screams for help. In my art I seek to make their voices heard. I created Our Lost Children from raw wool, excavated doll shards, paint and tears, hoping all who see it will act to keep our children safe and break the cycle of childhood deaths by gun violence.

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  • welded steel scraps 30 x 12 x 12" This figure is the first in a series of ten that I started in 2021. I am concerned about families in flight - cloaked in dignity and hope under impossible conditions. Garments in tatters are implied by steel scraps, long legs bowed head indicate a will to continue. I believe art may give the viewer a chance to pause and consider stories in the world that are difficult, that it helps us see through the cracks of the world we live in, and instills empathy.

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  • onyx 10 x 16 x 15" The Invasive is a sculpture, in onyx, based on a two inch black seed of an invasive plant in the Hudson River. The sculptural forms of the seed are amazing and look a little like a devil"s head. Hence the nickname.

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  • watercolor, ink on paper 30 x 24" The painting depicts love and passion, often portrayed through the intimate interaction of the men and women in the piece. Using lines combined with watercolor and ink adds a sense of movement, life, and vitality to the figures as if they are in a passionate embrace. The composition suggests that the images are not only passionate lovers but also close friends, their connection goes beyond physical, and it is a deep and meaningful bond. Abstract elements add depth and complexity to the composition. The lines create a sense of life and energy, while the red adds emotion and intensity. I use abstract elements to create a sense of emotion and to convey a deeper meaning beyond the symbolic image

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  • recycled paper 19 x 9 x 9" I am inspired by organic shapes found in nature, and the structures I create are made with organic materials, paper & wood, they more or less dictate the shapes I decide to build around, which in turn become organic looking. I create coral pieces because I was always drawn to the ocean and loved snorkeling. Neither the use of paper, nor the love of nature and the ocean are unique in any way, I am but one artist in a million inspired by nature, I have a bit less competition with the material chosen; paper. What sets me apart in my work is my ability to manipulate it in the way I do.

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  • oil 18 x 24 x .5" Entanglements is a plein air painting of cypress trees on the rocky cliffs overlooking the blustering sea at Pescadero Point in Pebble Beach, California. The trees are entwined with one another as if in a comforting embrace, shaped by the wind coming off the water. It is late afternoon and the sun is slowly setting, shining a soft, warm light, casting shadows on the land and reflections on the sea.

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  • oil 30 x 30 x 1.5" My collection of paintings entitled, Where The Lemon Trees Bloom are imagined landscapes with an emphasis on the concept that the contour of the land is timeless, the vision eternal. I use the landscape to highlight color-filled shapes, depth and texture.

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  • ceramics and acrylic paint 15.5 x 10 x 11.5" The sculpture "Untitled (Head), is a work in clay, painted in layers of acrylic and gesso. It depicts an African American man, in state of suffering from racial abuse. It was inspired by a friend of mine, a guitar player, who came to practice one evening and told the band of the prejudice he endures on a daily basis in his workplace...

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  • clay 2 x 3 x 5" How can someone shoot a child? This is a young boy shielding a little girl in her classroom. I envision these two huddling next to a wall displaying preschool art, by an overturned desk, and away from a door. As much as he tries to protect her, he cannot. Wearing her favorite dress and he, his favorite hat and hoodie, their day began as any other. Unlike my other work, sculpting this was an emotional challenge that brought tears to my eyes until I had to stop. How do we make it stop?

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  • acrylic on cradled wood panel 30 x 30 x 2.5" The descriptive and passionately written poem, "The Sea", by Ralph Waldo Emerson, was my inspiration for this painting. I strived to create a visual image that is as sweeping as his words! I chose to paint on natural wood and kept the sides of my painting natural, to coordinate with the organic subject matter. An integrate part of this piece is my calligraphy on all 4 sides of Emerson's words in brushstrokes of paint., harmonious with my impressionistic scene's colors, brushstrokes and mark making.

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  • oil on paper 30 x 24" I love Central Park. I've come to know it rather intimately during the last three "Covid" years. I wanted to try and capture the feeling of a fleeting season in my painting. I used simplicity and abbreviated line and color to evoke the scene. The duck happily paddling along was the icing on the cake. I have painted similar scenes at this spot in spring and winter. No matter what else happens, it's a comfort to know it all will return again the following year.

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  • acrylic 24 x 24 x 1.5" "I Wanna Scream" for those who cannot. For the women whose right to speak up for themselves is constantly suppressed. For the journalists who cannot speak about a government's corruptions and/or atrocities without threat of imprisonment or physical retaliation against those they love. For the physically and emotionally abused who cannot cry for help for fear of what might happen to them. For the doctors who are threatened by their own government if they administer the care that their female patients so desperately seek. Art has always been an echo of the artist's world and of his time. And our present world has too many voices being muted. Too much silence when we need to scream!

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  • acrylic on canvas 19 x 25 x 1" The urban landscape of New York is my primary subject matter. I have always been fascinated by how socio-economic forces have transformed neighborhoods over the decades, but I try to capture a sense of permanence amidst the flux. The Limelight is a Chelsea landmark, and as such it is a symbol of permanence, but it also encapsulates the ever-changing demographics of the city: In the mid-nineteenth century, the building was an Episcopalian church; in the 1960's, it was deconsecrated and transformed into a rehab facility; then in the eighties, it was turned into a nightclub. More recently, the building has housed a mall and a gym.

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  • mixed media 20 x 16 x 1.5"

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  • digital painting 14 x 28 x 1" I have always loved creating landscapes, and whether I am painting with actual paint or with my computer, I quickly and happily become lost in the process. Also, always evident with either method is my intense love of color. Catskill Morning is born of my memories of family journeys through the beautiful Catskill mountains when I was a child.

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  • bronze 6 x 8 x 6" In 2017 a man opened fire upon a crowd that were attending an outdoor concert in Las Vegas, Nevada. The people ran to escape but were caged in by the barriers that were installed to prevent non paying customers from entrance - they were basically sardines in a can, unable to escape the onslaught of gun fire. "Child Proof? was created with the Las Vegas shooting in mind; although not carried out by a child our country has since experienced far too many gun killings.... and now even by children.

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  • acrylic, latex, graphite on art board 16 x 20 x .5" I moved from California just three years ago, largely due to wildfires, and found myself in a quiet rural New England town. Objects and photographs from years ago when I lived on the East Coast, that had been stored away for many years, when rediscovered, triggered an avalanche of memories and emotions. This piece is one of many that I refer to as Envisioning Emotional Connections Between Objects, Time, Memory and Experience.

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  • photography 22 x 18 x 1" This photo brought home to me the importance of timing. While sitting outdoors near Madison Square, I glanced up to spot the MetLife Building casting a perfect shadow of itself on a nearby office building. Minutes earlier, or later, the sun would have shifted and the shadow would have changed. An unexpected find captured at that perfect moment!

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  • oil on canvas 22 x 28" When I first saw Hudson Valley's landscape, I was stunned. It was picturesque, friendly, and colorful! It had incredible richness of nature - wild flowers in fields, abundance of trees and bushes, green grass around houses... Nature in Hudson Valley is so powerful that it could easily overcome human-made structures. But at the same time, nature and people their live in harmony with each other., and human habitats in Hudson Valley look so different in compare to disturbing life in big American cities. All that make this area unique and magical. In my painting I tried to express this harmony and promising way of living.

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  • oil on panel 7 x 7 x 2" Books, as well as objects, tell a story and have a history. This painting celebrates the typewriter with a nod toward the nostalgia for things in the past we still hold dear. Virginia Woolf said, “Happiness is in the quiet, ordinary things.” I hope this work reflects that sentiment.

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  • watermedia 23 x 30" My paintings use symbols reflecting my personal experiences and Hispanic heritage. Paintings are started with a line drawing of sub-conscience images developed as I meditate. The earthy primal colors echo primitive emotions evoked by ancient art and rituals.

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  • terracotta 7 x 18 x 9" I’ve been working in water based clay which gets fired in a kiln, rather than plastilina on a metal armature which requires a mold, casting and patination to produce a finished piece. I love the color of the natural clay, and although it requires hollowing to avoid air bubbles which can explode in the kiln and destroy everything. The work produced is able to be offered at considerably lower price points. This piece was inspired by the model’s musculature, bulked up by recent physical training, and a joke about his male anatomy. He got “another sword” which then required a protective shield! The piece is named for the play by George Bernard Shaw, and the opening words of Virgil’s Aeneid.

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  • oil on panel 14.25 x 14.25 x .75" I love to paint little vignettes of everyday life. I have a bookshelf in my home studio that has my art books and little items that I love. One day as I was walking by it caught my eye and I took a some photos. This is one of 2 paintings that I have done of my book shelf. They feature "cameos" of favorite artists.

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  • photograph 18 x 24 x 2" I'm an artist-photographer interested in people in places. Some interact and some are alone in a crowd. The Metropolitan Rooftop is a beautiful environment to watch people in a setting that is unfamiliar but provides a space to be who they are.

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  • digital archival photograph sublimated to aluminum 16 x 24 x 1" Tibet first captured my imagination many years ago when I was in art school. I was finally able to make the journey to Tibet on a photographic odyssey as part of a life celebration for my 50th birthday. Even though there are very few elements in this picture, I see a complex emotional range. It is a fleeting moment that somehow has permanence and an endurance, even in a religion based on impermanence. The scene that is about to unfold might be almost exactly as it would have been six hundred years ago. But will it be the same six hundred years from now? The folded robes are silent. They contain both presence and absence. The answer is unknown.

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  • silverpoint drawing on an illustration board prepared with a tinted blue ground 8 x 8"

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  • archival pigment print 22 x 28" It's a joy for me to see children so freely engaged with the magic of bubbles. This image reminds me to take hold of that feeling of wonder however expressed and share it my way.

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  • oil on wood panel 30 x 24 x 1" Part of a series that focus on the way reflections of the landscape on water look like calligraphy- like another language. I am trying to both represent and share that language, deleting most of the information about the land and vegetation that makes up the reflection, which results in an abstracted presentation.

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  • acrylic, oil, glass 12 x 12 x 2" My work is experimental. I used the left overs in my studio such as dried acrylic skins, seed beads, and a remnant of a bespoke glass piece gone wrong. I threw done the initial paint and let it dry. I stayed in a state of being open as I layered the skins, seed beads and glass pieces on the board. I added more paint and then finished the pieces using fat oil sticks in white or black.

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  • glazed terracotta 15 x 11 x 9" Faith that nature will always rebound after devastation is my inspiration. In the throes of current natural phenoma: fires along the West Coast and miles of forest destroyed, floods, landslides, late season snowstorms paralyzing the Midwest, tornadoes... but with the conviction that all the negative is surely cyclical, I pursue my art -- aware, and hopeful that although the work may document the times I can convey the spirit of hope that golden days await ahead ---

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  • digital archive photograph 20 x 16 x 1" From my observation point, the staircase seemed to have a feminine, curvaceous presence. The interplay of the lines, shapes and twists was fascinating. It's not a subject that I usually photograph but the perspective was unique and appealing. The colors were muted in an almost dreamlike way, giving the whole scene a surreal feeling.

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  • oil on canvas 30 x 29 x 1.5" Whale Watching is an oil painting on canvas and was inspired by a trip across the Pacific in a small ship. For thirteen days there was nothing but blue! It was marvelous and inspired a series of all blue paintings. The somewhat monochromatic palette is bright and bold ultramarine blue in all shades, light to dark, with some turquoise and white as well. Lots of movement and depth have been created by layers of paint and bold brushwork. Packs a punch for its size.

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  • fused glass 14 x 14" Glass is a very technical medium and my journey has been to learn different glass kiln-forming techniques to intertwine them together. My intention with new glass artwork is to start using glass sheets, crushed glass, glass stringers, glass powders and enamels to create images that go beyond the definition of fused glass (kiln-forming glass). Combining my artistic ability of drawing/painting to the glass elements allows the glass to appear as if I am painting with glass and giving it a magical flow.

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  • wood-fired stoneware 16 x 16" What lies beneath surfaces? In this work, The Hidden Thorn, viewers are confronted with the possibility of something hidden within the gentle folds of this sensuous sculpture. Is it dangerous?

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  • ink on paper 16 x 16" This drawing explores the feelings and process of mourning. This is part of a continuing series as I explore my feelings around loss.

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  • cut canvas, acrylic, collage mounted on panel 29 x 17 x 2" My Off the Wall series are experimental, dimensional, sculptural works that hang on the wall. These pieces reflect my aim to breakaway from traditional 2D canvas and paper surfaces. I like to "destroy" or "violate" these traditional surfaces in order to discover new working platforms that stimulate my way of seeing and interacting with each unexpected outcome.

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  • watercolor 25 x 20" The Library Lion in front of the 42nd street Library is cherished New York Icon. I have admired it since I was a little girl and could not wait to paint the image.

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  • photography 14 x 11" In my art work, I capture the simple beauty in the natural environment, providing moments of serenity. I use water and light as beautiful threads that draw the eye in. The quality of light is of paramount importance, defining the textures and forms in nature, and patterns of light and shadow. After several overcast days on Amelia Island, the sun finally burst out for a beautiful sunset. I then rushed out to capture this particular image in the enchanting light about a half hour before sunset. I printed the image using the platinum/palladium printing process to capture a softer, painterly effect, evoking late 19th century idyllic landscapes and lending a poetic quality to the image.

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  • watercolor, pencil 15 x 18"

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  • watercolor 13 x 17 x 1" During the Pandemic, I spent quite some time sketching my houseplants! I then abstracted the forms to achieve this painting. I like to use watercolor in a non-traditional sense-emphasizing the use of color.

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  • oil on canvas 30 x 24 x 1.5" My current interest is in the expression of emotional reactions to my environment -- the context of my experience of events or ideas. My vision of the world is pared down to its essence and the abstractions that emerge in this series inform my own understanding of the way in which I encounter the world. My personal milieu and my engagement within it form an organizing framework for explorations of evocative anecdotes – suggestions of being in a particular place and in a particular state of mind.

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  • oil on garments mounted to board 20 x 16 x 2" I create canvases of deconstructed garments that I enrich with paint application. My works regard the dressing table in metaphor reflecting qualities of the feminine, aspects of womanhood, and identity. This piece is from a series of vignettes about the depth of emotions a female may experience reflecting in the mirror; thoughts she may have about life. Addressing the vanity as a place where one creates one-self; a study of women’s practices acts as an investigation into self and personality. Often appearing as stage-sets, vanities become theatrical platforms to speak to the evolution of femininity and the way we tear ourselves to live within what is socially accepted as feminine.

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  • watercolor 18 x 25 x 1" "Watercolor Works" explore the relationship between nature and the built environment. Watercolor has been a favorite medium of Architects, prior to the advent of photography, and now as a means of recording the topology of places [i.e., the topographic study of a given place, especially the history of a region]. As an Architect and Urban Designer, Mary Elizabeth Rusz continues in this tradition, Her paintings explore the “genius loci” – the essential quality or special nature of each selected place. Ms. Rusz is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, a Resident Artist of the Salmagundi Club of New York, and a NAWA Signature Member since 2012.

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  • acrylic on canvas 9 x 11 x .5" This is one of a series of small paintings exploring the light and impact of Sunshine and Moonbeams in the South Florida Everglades, particularly in the Fakahatchee State Preserve. Each scene is abstracted, and a similar palette was used to give unity to the series with the goal of having each painting able to stand on its own.

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  • bronze with patina 17 x 22 x 20" Traces of our human existence is reflected in the shadows.

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  • oil on canvas with metal weights and angle bars 24 x 14 x 2.5" The figure walks with purpose through the storminess of life knowing that she is stronger for it. The gold and blue colors speak to a better day. Metal wires and weights wrap her environment in a manmade structure that reflects burdens and barriers by which her spirit will not be held captive.

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  • oil on linen 30 x 30" In the work titled 'Chapter One' a young child faces a group of animals. As I painted the colors became brighter and the subject matter representational rather than exacting. In the end I saw this to be a bit of an autobiographical piece as most of my work is. However, the narrative is open to interpretation.

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  • mixed 17 x 14" My Aunt May loved butterflies and asked me to create a collage for her with butterflies. When I finished this piece she inspired I could not part with it. I created another collage for her, which she cherished. I kept this one. My aunt passed away a number of years ago and in her memory I would like to share this collage with you and, I hope, have it find a new and welcome home.

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  • plexiglass/wood 12 x 12 x 2" Color and reflected light have long been my areas of interest. Creating abstract sculpture using Plexiglas offers a significant ability to produce work with unique colors. Each sculpture alters when viewed from different vantage points. My work explores the abstract interaction of individual colors overlapped or set next to each other to produce a variety of tones and hues. The composite of all the individual components creates a distinctive visual statement. The sculptures are sensitive and meditative. They celebratory and joyful.

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  • pastel/stonehenge paper 22 x 28" The sky is ever changing and because I spend a multitude of time at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean I am constantly inspired by the variations even from moment to moment. While, Red Sky, may seem an exaggeration, in reality it was a particularly magnificent and pervasive sunset that saturated not only the sky but everything under it, including the ocean with a deep red glow. A truly mystical moment.

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  • collage and acrylic paint 12 x 12" Ruth Bader Ginsburg blazed a trail for others to follow. Sonia Sotomayor, the first Spanish Supreme Court Justice and Elena Kagan followed in her footsteps. Now, Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first African American woman in the Supreme Court is following in her footsteps as well. This painting commemorates these milestones in our history.

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  • clay, paints and stains 11.5 x 12 x 11" How do we care for our oceans and the animals that inhabit them? What makes one species more important than another? This sculpture is a gentle reminder of the amazing animals in our oceans and how we must care for the animals who have no voice.

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  • oil on canvas 24 x 24 x 1.5" My world is best described as colorful and rhythmic. My paintings explore themes of the human condition, identity, and self-reflection, and this energetic piece strikes the balance between introspection and contemporary cultural influences. My work is process-oriented and this deeply layered, textured painting is inspired by my own memories and moments of love, joy, spirituality, conflict and resolution. I paint intuitively as I create with both reckless abandon and bold strokes that feel like an emergency and careful restraint and meticulous, purposeful marks. I love sharing the intent behind each piece but am most interested in what my work evokes for the viewer.

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  • mixed media 12 x 12 x .5"

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  • pastel 22 x 28.5 x 1" When someone looks at one of my portraits, I want them to feel that I have given them a window into the soul of the sitter. Creating a portrait is a challenge; in addition to the structural aspects of the face, there is the indefinable quality that he or she possesses that I hope to capture in my work.

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  • ink on wood, graphite on rice paper with gold, copper and silver foil 12 x 12 x 1.5" I find in inspirational to work with new and different materials as a figurative artist. I had many books of foil that my father had given me, and I thought it would be wonderful to incorporate them into a piece of art, while think of my father while doing so. Foil is difficult medium to use, and I wanted to feel that I was using it in a new way. I inked wood with Chinese ink to give depth and worked from there. I then worked graphite on Chinese paper to get the effect I wanted. I have 2 more work to make a series of 3.

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  • photography digitally manipulated 12 x 15 x .8" "Ephemeral Waltz" is a photograph that captures the essence of fleeting beauty found in nature's blossoms. Using digital manipulation, I transformed an array of small azaleas into a single, ethereal flower with gracefully outstretched petals. The dreamy white color of the flower contrasts against the serene pale blue background, creating an evocative and harmonious composition. This artwork offers viewers a chance to immerse themselves in the enchanting dance of delicate petals and appreciate the transient, magical moments that nature provides.

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  • colored pencil on illustration board 20 x 16" I am a female, I live in Texas. While the SpIris's are just a flower, they have spikes. The relentless drive by some, to control women's lives are exhaustingly still with us.

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  • acrylic 21.5 x 27.5 x 1.25" This painting is from my earlier series of Still Life paintings. Having grown up on my parent's dairy farm surrounded by nature's beauty which included my Mom's flower garden with seemingly unending blossoms and her vegetable gardens. Mom's vegetables such as squash and cucumber had such sculptural leaves and gerbera daisy leaves remind me of them. This painting makes visual my growing up experience described above, made visual through integral connections of music, intuition, and meditations over many moments in time.

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  • oil on canvas 30 x 24" This painting is one of my new series of 18 portraits celebrating the LGBTQ community. As the mother of a son who identifies as Queer, as an American citizen and as a human being, I believe it is important to give a tribute of love to those too often ignored, discriminated against, at best misunderstood and at worst persecuted. Documenting this population’s personal stories and intimate dreams beyond their sometimes-non-conforming appearance or behaviors, is crucial to further their universal acceptance and enable them to live their lives openly and freely. Gary is a friend of a friend and he was very willing to let me paint his portrait.

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  • mm on rice paper mounted on wood panel 20 x 20" I am a mark maker. I use repeat marks to create my paintings. In the series I am currently working on I am using dots. I am interested in patterns and a surface that is rhythmical and modulating..

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  • acrylic on linen 30 x 24" The Garden is inspired by spring and regrowth. I have used a variety of acrylic mediums from ink, bronze powder and acrylic paint to create a translucent, layered interpretation of the landscape coming to life.

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  • acrylic on canvas 12 x 12 x 2" This painting is one of a series of 26 works that use the language of color, light and form to the boundaries between art and science and explore a holistic vision of the world. As both the daughter of a scientist and the mother of a scientist, I find the nexus art and science suggests possibilities of hope for protecting natural world. The painting teems with life and the beginnings of life: pods, whirlybirds from maple trees, and cells, interspersed with all manner of mark-making, including circles made of hatch-marks, wandering lines, spirals, and other symbols that reference prehistoric petroglyphs.

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  • watercolor 10 x 8 x .75" Sometimes I have a specific idea for a painting before I begin and sometimes I do not. "Night Whisper" is one where I had no idea when I began where it would end up. This rather surreal watercolor took off on its own. I had no idea the column with the creepy plant-like thing would become the focus of this painting. I also had not planned for daylight to appear in the darkness until I began to paint. My art is always an adventure even for me and I hope is enjoyed.

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  • soft pastel 12 x 12" I love capturing the essence of life with my art. Using distinctive coloring technique and imaginative approach, I depict the subtle lights, reflections and hidden hues on the subjects. The subjects are either close to my heart, telling a story, or from a memorable moment. Apple in Winter is a concept born in the middle of winter. I was drawn to the beauty of tree trunk in the snow. I was also craving the vibrant colors of spring. Being an Irish fiddler, I remembered there is a traditional tune called "Apple in Winter". Then the idea of the painting was formed. It's based on my reference photos.

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  • acrylic 21.75 x 17.75 x 1" Sitting on the river bank on a sunny day, I tried to capture the movement of the river flowing over the rocks.

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  • digital print, pastel, and crayon 11 x 8 x 1"

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  • acrylic on wood panel 24 x 20 x 1.5" This painting was started experimentally by dripping paint and slashing through it to create decorative vines. A landscape was painted around these vines, and the painting was shown with this image. Later, I decided to weave more vines over the landscape, The weaving forms a thick veil through which the original landscape can be viewed, like a memory or mysterious fantasy.

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  • brown bags, handmade paper & acrylic on canvas 17 x 21" I am taken aback by the beauty and intangible qualities of natural flora, the various textures, the amazing flowers and fruits and foliage, and most of all, the spectacular rejuvenation after what appears to be a most definite death in the bleakness of a cold dark winter. My artwork is made from simple materials and feature a pioneering collage application of acrylic paint, brown paper shopping bags and canvas. Inspired by nature’s beauty, my interest in this medium relates to the cycle of life and nature. The bags start out as trees, are made into paper bags, which I recycle, paint, tear, and collage into the image of the natural world which provided the original inspiration and energy.

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  • stone 20 x 9 x 9" Bodhisattva embodies two defining aspects of my life. It reflects my earlier interest as a Buddhist scholar and my concern for the environment in our global effort to recycle and reuse unwanted materials. The piece is made out of an old building stone discarded during renovation and other salvaged items from Community Forklift, a non-profit reuse center in the DC area. Vowing to promote spiritual awakening and save all beings, the bodhisattva aspires to enlightenment for the good of others.

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  • oil on paper 30 x 22" Working in oil-based inks with handmade paper plates and an etching press, I created this monotype by passing the print through several iterations until I achieved the final image. When choosing a title, I read a lot of poetry while looking at the print. The selection, Music of the Spheres, is the title of a poem by Robert Morgan.

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  • acrylic on cradleboard 13.25 x 13.25" Color and experimentation are my muses. The materials for this piece—principally palette skins with complementary abstractions—require a process of trial and error. A strong design is central to success! Anxiety caused by traversing real and imagined worlds is the burden of my process. Serendipity, its gift!

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  • acrylic & found objects 12 x 26 x 5" The intent is to represent man and what is man pr0duce in contract to what is nature created. To show the beauty of both but also the distinction between them.

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  • collage / work on paper 20 x 16 x 1" Genji, in his poem, names the "murasaki" or purple gromwell, because its color resembles the colour of the wisteria (in Japanese, fuji) thereby obliquely referring to Fujitsubo, "the Lady of the Wisteria Court", a woman he is violently in love with for the first part of the novel. The Tale of Genji is a classic work of Japanese literature written in the early 11th century by the noblewoman and lady-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu. The original manuscript, created around the peak of the Heian period, no longer exists.

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  • oil on canvas 18 x 24 x 1" Although the viewpoint of this painting is at a slightly elevated angle, the title alludes to the need to consider the landscape from above, looking straight down. These are eyes that look at the human viewer askew but look up at the heavens with no distortion.

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  • archival pigment print on Epson Hot Press Bright Paper 25.5 x 19.5 x .628" My camera gives me the ability to reveal to others the details I find in everyday subjects that often go unobserved. Exaggerated angles of view and juxtaposition of serendipitously placed elements combine with moody, sometimes dramatic light to leave the viewer with a sense of a presence unseen but felt. My photography is about hyper-focusing on the subject to solidify my own experience and provoke a memory to surface both for the viewer and me. The absence of color allows the viewer to become immersed in the place, mood and time depicted, but leaves room for personal interpretation and imagination as well. "The question is not what you look at, but what you see." - Henry David Thoreau

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  • ink and gouache 15 x 13.5 x 1.5" Art, like nature, reveals many delightful surprises, if we but stop and look.

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  • leather, silk, brass 14 x 8 x 22" Inspiration/intent: painting by Andes Zorn "Isabella Stewart Gardner in Venice", 1894. In the spirit of creative risk-taking, Isabella Gardner continues her mission by inspiring my sustainability project "Enigma of Footgear". I create 3-D works with outdated designer footwear, which can be perfect media for installations and sculptures with strong public statement or enigmatic silence. Enigma of Footgear is what grounds us, what connects us to the earth, and what carries us around. Isabella moves with grace and spontaneity: picks up her shoe, drapes with white silk and crowns with jewelry. She lets her swan out in the Fenway of Boston to swim in the Muddy River.

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  • photography/digitally enhanced 24 x 18 x .5" Inspiration for this art piece comes from the poetry of Lisa Hammond. Her poem, titled “Three Fish” is of three very different fish - a wood carving, a bream, and a necklace pendant. Her poetry speaks to the world of nature, which aligns with my wildlife photography. While still figurative, this is the first photo I have exhibited that is not a living, breathing subject. I purposely developed each fish at differing exposures to express their individuality.

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  • charcoal 28 x 18 x 1" I raced home after witnessing the total envelopment of a familiar coastline across Oyster Bay from West Neck Beach. I usually study from life for inspiration for my abstractions but this night I simply wanted to record and pay homage how uplifted and untethered I felt seeing hints of a familiar shore and knowing just where I was. I immediately made two pieces and this particular one bears mark like seagulls feet as we often see them in the sand but they (the marks) give the impression of waves softly crashing into the shore. The symbolic abstraction of the creatures who inhabit this place, being present in the marks was a surprise and a delight.

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  • oil on canvas 28 x 22 x 1.5" My work is inspired by the vibrant colors of nature. I often use bright and rich colors in my paintings. I believe that inside every adult lives happy and carefree child and my idea is to enthuse the viewer desire for happiness and enjoyment.

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  • mixed media 24 x 18" "Unheard" is a striking painting that features two female figures without faces on a bold red background. The absence of faces immediately draws the viewer's attention, emphasizing the idea that women's voices are often ignored and their identities are not fully represented in society. The red background adds to the intensity of the piece, conveying the passion and frustration felt by many women who are not listened to. The title "Unheard" encapsulates the central message of the painting - that women's voices are often silenced or disregarded, particularly those who identify with more traditional feminine roles. In a time where new identities and pronouns are celebrated.

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  • oil on gesso 24 x 18 x 1"

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  • intaglio/charcoal print on paper 21 x 21 x 1" Balance, from my Pair Series, was inspired by Leonardo da Vinci's ink drawing, Vitruvian Man, and my desire to include the other half of humanity into the conversation. In my intaglio/charcoal print, I add a female figure, to express the equality, and complementary nature of the sexes. While Leonardo's circle is implied, it is not shown but replaced by a star to symbolize the connection between everything in the Universe. FYI: It maybe of it interest to others that Leonardo had been inspired by the writings of Vitruvius, an ancient Roman architect.

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  • oil on canvas 24 x 20 x .7" When I was little, I thought that all people and animals are friends. I still think, that we are all together on this Earth moving somewhere. In my painting I wanted to show the beauty and power of a rhino, and a human, who completely trusts his rhino companion. I created a night sky background, to emphasize two characters. The road, that they are taking is foggy and radiant, to maintain a mystical experience. This artwork is one of a kind. Made with high-quality professional oil paint on a gallery wrapped canvas. Painting is signed / dated on both front and back. Painted sides, unframed and ready to hang.

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  • oil on canvas 54 x 48 x 1.25" Immersing myself in my painting process, leaving no room for thinking, I work spontaneously in an intuitive moment-to-moment way without knowing what the end result will be. Then comes a moment when the whole thing comes together and an inner voice shouts, "YES!". It is done. Stepping back and fully taking in what has emerged, my deep response suggests a title that is surprising, something I never would have "thought" of, yet feels so right. My title for this painting is a phrase that the Japanese Zen Master Dogen (1200-1253) uses as a metaphor in his "Mountains and Rivers Sutra" to refer to the whole network of interdependent origination in which we are all constantly coming and going. The whole universe is continually changing and we are one with this movement.

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  • mixed media 20 x 28" This painting is based in the co-dependence of natural fibers found in plants and the human need to wear and flaunt fashion. This has had a profound the effect on our mother planet.

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  • oil on canvas 36 x 24 x 1.75" My personal story continues to drive my artistic life. A citizen of two countries, I am in debt to both, and battle against feelings of disloyalty, so, always a parent, I try to give attention to both, at the same time coping with the frequent crises of family life. Sometimes, I am Alice down the hole, baffled, surrounded by crazy creatures, questioning my sanity and the reality of things, then I focus on the beauty and structure of nature, and wisdom returns. This is the essence of my work.

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  • drypoint print with embossing 8 x 6" The dry point “My Eumenides” was inspired by the haunting visions described in the memoirs of Thomas De Quincey "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater." Opium was De Quincey’s escape ticket out of the wretched reality of early 19th century London. In his nightmares, we can see a parallel to the confusion and angst humankind experiences in post-modern times and our dangerous need to sedate ourselves from pain. A series of wondrous and terrifying scenes, "Confessions" compels the reader to visualize the spectacular architecture of De Quincey’s dream world. By making solid the nightmares of societal and personal failings, this book continues to illuminate human suffering.

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  • acrylic, paper, & ink on panel 16 x 32 x 2" My artwork merges the precision of geometric shapes and structures with the organic forms of botanical elements. My abstract and colorful compositions represent the harmony that can be achieved when nature and science are combined. My art reflects my belief that beauty can be found in the balance between chaos and order and the ability of art to bring them together. Using my engineering background and artistic sensibility, I strive to create joyful, dynamic, and captivating artwork that reflects the complexity of nature coexisting in our manufactured world.

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  • acrylic on canvas 30 x 30 x 7/8" My passion for abstract and semi-abstract painting and mixed media stems from decades of looking at modern and contemporary art in museums and galleries throughout the U.S. and Europe. Mixed media and abstract painting allow an artist the freedom to interpret their reality and meet the challenges of expressing their reactions to that reality through the use of colors, shapes, textures, and composition.

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  • acrylic on paper 6 x 4" Working primarily with acrylic, one of my passions is to explore different surfaces, media and techniques creating new challenging endeavors. I love the experimentation and the inspiring dynamics. Besides the exuberant energy of colors, material and texture I also get a lot of inspiration by the ambiance and my personal emotions. What an extraordinary sensation it is to experience the energy we all are surrounded by and then to translate it into a painting! This is a continuing, intimate process. Listening to my inner voice has become a very important part of my creativity; yet, it is never an easy task to do. Last but not least, there is the always-possible element of surprise adding a unique, special effect to my abstract artwork. The combination and interaction of all these factors affect my work deeply by making it strong and powerful. There are no boundaries in art. To me, this synthesis is my art.

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  • acrylic on paper 16 x 16" The Southwest US national parks never fail to inspire me. Having recently spent time in Arches, Canyonlands, and Capital Reef National Parks, I was entranced. Their magnificent sandstone arches, natural bridges and other geologic formations, set against intense blue skies, captivated my imagination. Powerful forces of nature fashioned these breath-taking landscapes over millions and millions of years. I am reminded there that we humans are new to the earth; this perspective gives me pause and centers my spirit, as does the act of painting them.

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  • collage including painting, drawing, hand & machine stitchery 18 x 38 x 1.5" The interior landscape is never at rest. It chatters, argues, soothes, creates images, film reels, but is rarely, if ever, quiet. These pieces are an acceptance of the complexity of my own interior landscape, in its abundance, my voices and images create a complex beauty.

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  • acrylic on canvas 36 x 36 x 1.75" The squish under my brush, the excitement of creating a color, the rhythm of the music I'm hearing as I work... take me to that place of MINDSCAPE. A mind escape...from the chaos of everyday life. There is no stress in my studio. I am free and oh so happy to fly into the mindset of nothing but my dancing brush.

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  • solar plate etching 8 x 10" Marian has a BA in Studio Art, emphasis in printmaking, from UCSB. She continues adding to her printmaking pallet of knowledge with classes and workshops, and currently works at her home studio, and with a group of other printmakers in an Open Studio in the San Francisco Bay Area. Marian shows her prints locally and nationally, and has won awards in juried shows throughout the United States. These current works are explorations of the Solar Plate technique of etching, creating the images on grained glass plates and exposing them to photo sensitive polymer plates. Looking for the spirit within!

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  • oil, charcoal, graphite on paper 26 x 21" For three years I have lived and worked in Dutchess County/Upstate New York. Here I cannot escape--the landscape. The natural environment of the Hudson Valley are triggers: rivers, ponds, mountains, trails, farmland, forests. I look for my own underlying order amid nature's chaos. Using drawing and mark making with charcoal and graphite and painting with layered oils, I generate an imagined reality. Draw/erase. Paint/scrape. Again. And again. A ghost remains. I work toward a bilateral glimpse of interconnectedness between what we can see and what we imagine we can see--a superficial and subterranean geography. The resulting blend of drawing and painting awakens the unknown and casts the familiar in new light.

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