Linda Larson (San Francisco), Intertwined, 2020. Oil on panel, 24x18 inches
September 5, 2020
Focusing on native, threatened, and endangered plants, this exhibition helps us think about how important biodiversity is to the health of the regions we live in. Increasing awareness and knowledge of plants, plant life cycles and how to use them effectively in our lives is essential. How do we grow our future? Many regions need replanting after wildfires. Each artwork will be accompanied by the artist’s statement about the status of the plant and its habitat.
Due to fluctuating COVID-19 Guidelines for Butte County, our gallery has remained closed. The exhibit will be online only.
Generously Sponsored by Ann & Tony Slocum
Jurors
Adrienne Leigh Edwards, PhD, is a Botanist & Plant Ecologist at CSU, Chico.
Joani Bosque worked for Hedgrow Farms, a native seed nursery and is currently planting a pollinator garden at the Feather River Nature Center & Native Plant Park.
For purchases or questions, please contact Cameron Kelly, Gallery Director at ckelly@chicoartcenter.com
Zoom Reception Saturday, September 26th at 5:00 pm
- Jurors, Adrienne Edwards, Botanist and Joan Bosque, Permaculturist respond to selected artworks
- Cash prize winners announced and invited to speak about their work
Shannon Keller (California), The Live Forever, 2020, 22 x 30 inches, pencil on paper, $800
Erin Hunter (California), Upper Bidwell Wildflowers (for Desi), 2016, 11 x 11 (unframed), NFS
Joan Keesey (California), Hummingbird Sage (Salvia spathacea), 2013, Watercolor, 18 x 21 inches, NFS
Joan Keesey (California), Plummer's Mariposa Lily (Calochortus plummerae), 2011, Watercolor, 18 x 20 inches, NFS
Erin Hunter (California), Smith's Blue Butterfly and Coastal Buckwheat, 2011, acrylic, 8x10 inches, $900
Joan Keesey (California), Matilija Poppy, 2014, Watercolor, 19 x 22 inches, NFS
Erin Hunter (California), Floral Compass,
2017, acrylic, 24 x 24 inches (unframed), NFS
Rebecca Botelho (California), Lilium occidentale I, 2020, watercolor on paper, 11 x 13 inches, $250
Rebecca Botelho (California), Astragalus tener var. titi I, 2020, watercolor on paper, 11x 13 inches, $300
Keith Buswell (Nebraska), Siena, 2019, etching, 20x19 inches, $650
Keith Buswell (Nebraska), Orvieto, 2019, etching, 20x19 inches, $650
Keith Buswell (Nebraska), Pisa, 2019, etching, 20x19 inches, $650
Lauren Eisen (Colorado), Containment, encaustic, paper, grasses, smokebush on wood panel,
12 x 12 inches, NFS
Lauren Eisen (Colorado), Firelight, 2020, encaustic, metal, paper, grasses, clematis pod on wood panel, 12 x 12 inches, NFS
Lauren Eisen (Colorado), Ring of Fire, encaustic, paper, oregano, smokebush on wood panel, 12 x 24 inches, NFS
Linda Larson (California), Intertwined, 2020. Oil on panel,
24x18 inches, $1100
Helen Klebesadel (Wisconsin), Fringed Prairie Orchid, 2016, watercolor on canvas, 20x16 inches, $1200
Emily Suñez (California), Rise of Parish's Daisy, 2020, Oil on wood, 16x16 inches, $750
Gracie Gomes (California), Limnanthes Douglasii, 2020, colored pencil, 11x14 inches, SOLD
Dolores Mitchell (California), Stream of Gold, 2019, oil on canvas, 20 x 24 inches, $585
Helen Klebesadel (Wisconsin), Disappearing Prairie II, 2019, watercolor on paper, 40x30 inches, $6000
Marily Geary (California),
Mending the Mountain, 2019, fiber,
52 x 40 inches, $2700
Saskia Krafft (California), Santa Barbara Island, 2020, pencil on paper, 11.69 x 16.53 inches, $650
Judy Kane (California), San Mateo Thornmint, 2020, Acrylic on canvas, 12 x 12 inches, $220 As a gardener, I regard any kind of mint the way you regard someone with no respect for boundaries. Liable to run roughshod over any kind of delineation. So if I had the opportunity, would I invite this plant to my garden party? Probably not. But fighting the loss of the species, the encroachment on its environs by development, is always necessary and the right thing to do.
Meghan Lacombe (California), Veiny Monardella, 2020, Oil Paint, 20x20 inches, $175
Carolyn McLeod (California), Cleveland Sage, California Fuchsia, and Pipevine Swallowtail, 2020, Photograph, 13 x10 inches (framed), $150
Lori Harrington (California), The Button Willow 2020 Photograph, 8x10 inches, NFS
Carolyn McLeod (California) Crysalis and Coulter's Matilija, 2020, Photograph on wrap canvas, 12 x 16 inches, $150
Carolyn McLeod (California), Coulter's Matilija Poppies, 2020, Photograph on wrap canvas, 12 x 16 inches, $150
Helen Klebesadel (Wisconsin), Prairie Milkweed Flower, 2016, watercolor on canvas, 20x24 inches, $1800
Marvey Mueller (California), Plummer's Mariposa Lily, 2020, Watercolor, pen & ink, 16x20 inches, $250
Alicia Escott (California), Collaborations with Wildflower Seeds: Metabolic Rifts and Domestic interiors, 2020, found plastic, soil, wildflower seeds, water, life force, NFS
Alicia Escott (California), Installation from Now the Totality Hits Us First, 2019, mixed media, NFS
Alicia Escott (California), Collaborations with Wildflower Seeds: Metabolic Rifts and Domestic interiors, 2020, found plastic, soil, wildflower seeds, water, life force, NFS
Julie Nagle (New Jersey), Blaze, 2019, acrylic on canvas, 5' x 6', $7000
Julie Nagle (New Jersey), Summer, Snow Mountain Ranch, Colorado, 6 x 8 feet, $9000
Patti Lloyd (California), Deep Roots, 2020, mixed media, $150
Sawyer Rose (California), Blue Sky, 2016, oil on panel, silver solder, copper, 45 x 45 x 1.5 inches, $4800
Sawyer Rose (California), Queen of Flowers 2013, oil on panel, silver solder, copper, 16 x 16 x 1.5 inches, $950
Sawyer Rose (California), Thicket, 2014, oil on panel, silver solder, copper, 21 x 21 x 1.5 inches, $1000
Robert Allen (Maryland), Earth Freshener, 2015, Latex paint and silkscreen ink on rigid polyurethane foam with applied pine scent, 74 x 44 x ¾ inches, $1425
Erin Wells (California), Buckwheat Endangered, 2020, Acrylic and Mixed media, 20 x 16 inches, $180
Julie Nagle (New Jersey), Afterimage, 2020, acrylic on un-stretched canvas (pins directly to wall), 8 x 12 feet, $20,000
