SMALL WORKS
August 1-28, 2020
This annual, jury-free community exhibit of 12x12” artworks is a celebration of tiny experiments in color, shape and materials by artists of all ages. Grab a small work while it’s hot!
Due to COVID-19 restrictions for Butte County, the exhibit is online.
To purchase artwork, please email Gallery Director, Cameron Kelly at ckelly@chicoartcenter.com .
Nicolai larsen, "Amazing Stories", acrylic on canvas, $250. With all the time "at home" I've reverted back to my childhood (or so my wife says). It was all science fiction and
dinosaurs back then. AMAZING STORIES was the very first sci-fi magazine published.This painting is a humoristic tribute
to that genre. I really miss the art center!
Gitta Brewster, "Coronaria Covidii", Papermache and Acrylic on Canvas, $150.
Brittney Apel, "In Bloom", Ink, $50. A fluid ink canvas piece to remind us to flow and bloom together.
Annai Smith, "Morning Poppies 2", oil painting, $170. Mid-morning light blankets the field of poppies. My artistic eye not only takes in every detail of beauty and color but analyzes the many pleasing compositions of the scene. I can't help myself. It's and innate desire to gather the scatterings of nature's bounty and arrange them to my liking. I AM AN ARTIST!
Carolyn McLeod, "White Bud", Photograph on 12" x 12" wrap canvas, $150. I often walk by a Magnolia tree in my neighborhood and stop to take photos. I am intrigued by how sculptural Magnolia blossoms are. This particularly bud is particularly so and seems to mysteriously float in space as if from another world.
TK Frankenber, "Hand in Hand", 100% Wool, Knitted Shadow Mosaic, 12" square, $60 Knitted Shadow Mosaics are interlocking and inverted motifs in opposite and reversing shades. Walking through a local gallery provided the inspiration.
Carolyn McLeod, "Yucca Light", photograph on Archival Velvet Fine Art Paper, $150. I took this photo of a Yucca plant in my neighborhood. What interested me was the shape of the flowers and the way light fell on the petals.
Richard Robinson, "Cheers", collage, $125. There's a beauty in the simple and ordinary. Pleasure sitting with a friend or family member enjoying an ale or coffee together. Maybe discussing life and living, or maybe just appreciating the small things in our world.
Richard Robinson, "Three fish" Collage, SOLD.
Annai Smith,"Morning Poppies 1", oil painting, $170. Living far from family can be hard as well as a blessing. This particular painting was inspired by a quick trip to visit my son and daughter-in-law expecting their first baby, my first grandchild. The poppy field was so full of vibrancy and life. Photographing my beautifully pregnant daughter-in-law amongst the flowers was an opportunity to combine both beauty and life into a memorable portrait. Painting the poppies was my way to immortalize that beauty and life.
Alice Figueroa, "Second Chance Bonsai," watercolor/nature, $200. This sweet bonsai wasn't strong enough to survive the heat of the campfire but it lives on in art.
Nancy Beliveau, "Kitty Glitter", mixed media, $50. Orange cats have special personalities I think. With this in mind I added glamour with jewels and swirls. Cats were once worshipped and I have a feeling they still think they are worthy of adoration.
Cris Guenter, "Morning Walk", oils, NFS. With the pandemic limiting interactions with others, my morning walks have taken on greater significance. This local scene is part of my early morning walk. It is near the big roundabout and Wildwood Park across from the Elks Lodge. The morning sun casts delightful shadows that dance on the sidewalk.
Amanda Jordan, "I’d rather be...", mixed media on canvas, SOLD. I asked friends what they would rather be doing then wearing masks - this was one answer (kissing).
Judy Kane, "All the Colours", acrylic on canvas, $220. I’ve been thinking (like everyone) about healing the Planet. Applying Love and Science to every situation. Might be a good place to start.
Lisa Freeman-Wood, "Embroidery - Pink and Taupe Free Form", NFS. I decided to pick up embroidery again when the Stay at Home order came. I had done some embroidery as well as sewing, and macrame when I was in my 20's. I ordered a kit with lots of thread in many colors and the things I'd need to get started again. I worked my way thru a couple of samplers and decided to do something different. I did not draw this design and it was not originally for embroidery but I thought it would be interesting to do. It is not perfect but it was fun to do and I learned a lot. I pinned it to a canvas I had.
Rosemary Redmond, "The Year of 2020", oil on canvas, $75. COVID-19 has been so all-encompassing on my life and lives of everyone I know that I could not resist a painting about the virus itself--as it changes and mutates, and moves from one place to another.
Carla Resnick, "Retrieve", acrylic and ink on canvas, $285.
Maggie Wisdom, "A Visit From Squeaky", acrylic, $60. Inspired by a friendly visit from a neighborhood cat.
Sue Warwick, "View Out My Window", mosaic, NFS. I am lucky enough to live by Bidwell Park. My studio window faces that park. I see the seasons change through that window. I captured the ginkgos from the Esplanade and the almonds all around us.
Mariam Pakbaz, "The Permeable Chamber", mixed media, $250. This miniature space is ready to accept its tiny occupant. The Permeable Chamber is set up for noninvasive sleep experiments and maximum dream access.
Erin Wells, "S T O P", acrylic, SOLD. Too much going on. We are all seeking a break. One way to find our comfort zone is to Stop accepting interruptions.
Mary Elizabeth Collins, "Inner Healer", Acrylic, and photo borders, $90. No matter what a tree (bark and leaves) experiences through the seasons, there is a magnificent life giving chemistry deep inside and under the soil, as it communes with other trees and a myriad of life forms. On trees, I often find vaginal images, created by life's adventures within and outside of their bark. Trees constantly remind me to celebrate my female, life giving, sustaining nature. These vaginal shapes also remind me to travel within myself to remember where I emerged, that my essence is life giving.
Mary Elizabeth Collins, "Dance of the Ancient Olive Tree", Acrylic, Photo border, NFS. I relish seeing our human selves in trees. The grey and white knees,bones and feet at the base of some old olive trees in my apartment complex,dark red violet olives strewn around the base and beyond, led me to see an ancient female dancer. It has been my desire for sometime to celebrate the connections I feel between trees and me. This and my " Inner Healer" painting in this exhibit, are my first efforts to portray a bit of my relationship with trees.
Dan Fregin, "Piper Cub in a roll", 1 of 3, house paint, $300 for set. Rolls were not very exciting but you could not use much rudder to counteract adverse yaw from about 60 degrees of roll through about 240 degrees or you would end up with some nose-down yaw.
Dan Fregin, "Piper cub at top of a loop", 2 of 3, house paint, $300 for set. The terrain looks really close for coming inverted over the top of this loop. But it reminds me of my Cub (1975 to 1983) with a 65 horse Continental and a wooden prop - It would climb at least 50 feet in successive loops.
Dan Fregin, "Piper Cub in a spin", 3 of 3, house paint, $300 for set. You had to hold full rudder into spins because it had so much wing that it would fly itself out of the spin. Normal pitch is around 65 to 75 degrees down to keep one wing stalled.
