EVENTS
CHOCOLATE FANTASY
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Fine Art Sale
For the first time at Chocolate Fantasy, high-quality art pieces were offered for sale -- not auctioned -- at fixed prices representing 80% of regular retail price.
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Jim Adams, 'Not exactly a feather in his cap'
Graphite; image 11 x 8 in, frame 23 x 19 in
Retail price $400, Fine Art Sale price $320.
Due to the type of figurative imagery that I use, my drawings seem to take on a narrative bent; although the stories are a bit on the obscure side. Ironic humor plays a big part in my work and often my titles (which I arrive at in much the same manner as the drawings – spontaneously as I work) are a very important aspect in making this happen.
C.Lill Ahrens, 'An Itty Bitty Murphy Bed for Teeny Tantric Yoga'
Mini-matchbox drawer, paper, paint, ink, protective coating, balls and chain.
art 2 x3 in, frame 8 x 10 in
Retail price $500, Fine Art Sale price $400.
Erotic art that hides in plain sight (It's secretly interactive!)
1. Open picture frame (hinges are hidden).
2. Grasp brass balls and gently lower Murphy bed.
3. Carefully draw back the covers and see what pops up.
Greta Ashworth, 'The Living Web'
Oil on doorskin; 18 x 24 inches, plus the size of the hand-carved frame.
Retail price $800, Fine Art Sale price $640
This piece was inspired by the contrast between a living and a dead trout. The living trout is hands down the more beautiful.
Jerri Bartholomew, 'Yaquina Bay'
Photographs and enamel painting on glass
10 x 18 inches pus size of stand
Retail price $400, Fine Art pice $320
This piece is the first in a series on bridges. The process involves transferring a photograph to a silk screen and using enamel to create the image on glass. Enamel is then used in a more painterly fashion to capture a sense of the place.
Clint Brown, 'Study in Sanguine #63'
Drawing on toned paper, 24 x 30 in.
$450 retail price, Fine Art Sale price $360.
Clint Brown is professor emeritus of art at Oregon State University, where he taught for thirty-three years. His work has spanned a variety of media and been shown in galleries, museums, and other venues in the U.S. and U.K. He is the author of Drawing from Life, a college drawing textbook, and Artist to Artist: Inspiration and Advice from Artists Past and Present.
Nancy Bryant, 'Sweetgum Serenade'
Fiber, 28.5 in x 25 in
Retail price $400, Fine Art Sale price $320.
Sweetgum leaves have been used as a resist while discharge dyeing the mahogany color base fabric. More fabric leaves have been appliqued with free motion stitching. Decorative metallic thread highlights some of the leaves.
Siobhan Clancey Burns, 'Blue Study #1'
Mixed Media Collage, 17.5 in x 18 in
Retail price $350, Fine Art Sale price $280
Blue Study #1 is an abstract depiction of landscape, movement and color. The process is primarily intuitive; resulting in a visual rendering of varied sensory experiences. I utilize a wide range of mediums to bring an idea to life; this particular collage is paper, oil and colored pencil.
Carol Chapel, 'We're not in Kansas Anymore'
Acrylic, 16 in x 20 in
Retail price $325, Fine Art Sale price $260.
As a young person I lived in Kansas and embraced the sunflower then. I still do. I enjoy the way they track the sun from east to west during the day. And all those hybrids of many colors - much more varied than the bright bits of sunshine from my youth. I plant them. I paint them. Hardly an autumn passes without my doing at least one sunflower portrait.
I’m offering this one to the Chocolate Fantasy this year.
Brandon Conn, 'Numeral Configuration,' 'Numeral Configuration Process''
Digital Ink prints
Frame size: 18 in. x 22 in., Print size: 11 in. x 14 in.
Printed in 2012, 1/10
Retail price $300, Fine Art Sale price $240
"I love the form and functionality of typography and the process of constructing a typeface. This poster set displays an arrangement of numerals that I constructed into a configuration that is visually and artistically unique. It's a typographic expression that involves an interplay of simple forms with the open space and solid color background. The other poster shows the steps of the process in which it was made." -- Brandon Conn 2012
Linda Edwards, 'Heceta Head #2'
Watercolor
image size 14.5 x 21.5 in; framed size 19.5 x 27.5 in.
Retail price $400, Fine Art Sale price $320
I feel so drawn to the coast and its opportunities for plein-air painting. I love capturing the ever-changing water and open skies at the ocean. On a June day I painted two watercolors of Heceta Head. This was the second with early afternoon light. I ended my day with a sense of accomplishment and great peace in my spirit.
Gale Everett, 'Stroll in the Woods'
Kozo paper, Strathmore paper black tint, spruce & hemlock wood, zinc, screw eyes & aluminum jump-rings. 16.5 in L x 2 in w x 17.5 in H
Retail price $400, Fine Art Sale price $320.
In November 2010 I produced a work titled 'A Walk in the Woods' for OSU’s 2011 'Art About Agriculture' show. 'Stroll in the Woods' is a smaller version of that piece. My goal was to capture winter images of native and non-native plants often overlooked during summer months. Plants represented are: Dried Winter Bracken Fern, Mistletoe, European Blackberry Leaves, Winter Rosehips, Bittercress, Queen Anne’s Lace, Wild Geranium Leaves, Himalayan Blackberry Vine, Bracken Fern Frond
Judy Findley, 'Arts Center in Spring'
Watercolor, 27 x 34 in. framed.
Retail price $800, Fine Art Sale price $640.
I was sitting in my car outside the Art Center one spring morning when I was captured by the beauty of the light coming through the windows and the lovely pink blossoms calling out to be painted. I didn’t paint them just then, but with my trusty sketch book and camera recorded enough information to create this painting. I hope it captures some of the joy I felt that morning.
Julie Green, 'Eat Crow'
Oil on linen, 40 x 30 in framed.
Retail Price $800, Fine Art Sale price $640
When visiting a museum I look for pentimenti, when certain colors become transparent over time. Pentimenti allows the viewer to see under-painting: for example, the gesture of the hand before it was repainted. By scraping and applying thin coats, my process remains visible. Images are painted without models or photographic references because of a fascination with memory; specifically, that which we choose to remember and that which we choose to forget.
Richard Helmick, 'Stereo'
Sprayed enamel, 24” x 36”
Retail price $600, Fine Art Sale price $480.
Yuji Hiratsuka, 'Fruit Handler'
Intaglio, 12 x 18 in
Retail price $450, Fine Art Sale price $360.
There are small transitions in my work from time to time, and my interest is always based on unpredictable texture that is printed from the etched surface of the copper plate. My prints explore the complex relationship of paper, ink and etched plates to describe my thought, as well as the relationship which occurs between figures and space to express other human experiences. Always I try to investigate the maximum potential available to me as a printmaker.
Jim Hockenhull, 'New Worlds XVI'
Enamel on paper, 24 in X 32 in framed)
Retail price $350, Fine Art Sale price $280.
The New Worlds series were executed with paint sprayed over various found objects used as stencils. (Many of these objects had previously done duty in a series of cast bas-reliefs.) At first, imagery grew directly out of process. As I became more familiar with the technique and its potential, I often staged photographs for inspiration and direction. The paintings renewed my interest in dimensional rendering and pictorial space.
Jim Hockenhull lives in Salem, Oregon.
Bobbie Jansen, 'Day Dream'
Oil/Canvas, 18 x 18 in.
Retail price $1200, Special Fine Art Sale price $700.
I had this setup, an atypical subject so far..I have collected a lot of unusual dolls tho and plan to do a series. I had blocked them in played with their faces putting them in and scraping them out..and tho I usually like to play the abstracted form against a detailed one..I just had to leave it when I got to this point in the painting because it suggested kind of another plane..Perhaps it is the place where all inanimate objects go when they have lived out their lives here..This place would be somewhere in the memories of the few people who have touched the object, the strongest being the one who designed it, and the one who lived with it..If you laid the memory of those two people one on top of the other, it would probably have an interesting outcome...
Susan Johnson, 'Yellow Spots'
Oilbar on Museum Board, 20 x 36 in.
Retail price $700, Fine Art Sale price $560.
Heather L. Kier, 'River's Edge'
Mixed Media, 24 in x 24 in.
Retail price $350, Fine Art Sale price $280.
Layering paint, using washes and scratching into the thick paint tend to be my trademark. The unsettling cresting of local rivers and the constant water related headlines inspired me to morph this painting into this peaceful yet chaotic work of art entitled River's Edge.
Barb Levine, 'Evening Hours'
Acrylic on Canvas, 32 in x 38 in.
Retail price $750, Fine Art Sale price $600.
I paint pictures of mothers holding their children, birds singing, dreams of a glorious day…and lots of other things as well. What they have in common is that each is my attempt to transfer the joy and beauty I find in the world into a visual form. Creating images allows me to explore the spiritual realm in a private way and then to share my findings for others to enjoy.
Chi Meredith, 'Shoreline'
Lithograph
12 x 13 framed, 5 x 5 image
Retail price $350, Fine Art Sale price $280
Karen Miller, 'Oak Grove'
Katazome on ramie and silk, 24 in x 50 in.
Retail price $525, Fine Art Sale price $420.
The piece pictured here is representative of the piece that will be included in the Fine Art Sale - actual item will vary somewhat.
Ron Mills, 'Untitled'
Graphite drawing, 27 in x 23.5 in (framed)
Regular retail price: $400, Fine Art Sale price: $320.
[donated by Sara Swanberg]
Andrew Newell, 'The Old One'
Mixed Media, base 8x8 in, height 5 in.
Retail price $400, Fine Art Sale price $320.
[photo credit: Amanda Marie Photography]
Lauren Ohlgren, 'Light and Shadow'
Acrylic on canvas, 24 in x 30 in.
Retail price $850, Fine Art Sale price $680
Lauren lives in Corvallis and teaches Travel Journaling classes and workshops to beginners and seasoned artists. Her published book, The She Project, won awards from the Independent Publisher Book Award and the Nautilus Book Award in 2008. In the studio, Lauren's focus is acrylics and encaustic, a medium that combines hot wax, resin and pigment. She joined TEAL artists co-op in 2008.
Ella Rhoades, 'Sunset Sky'
Multi-colored stained glass, beveled mirror; 32 inch round. (Hangs with 2 slot hangers)
Retail price $375, Fine Art Sale price $300
Embedded phrase reads "Clouds no longer come floating into my life to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky," by Rabindranath Tagore, late 19th century philosopher and poet from India who lived and traveled all over the world.
Doug Russell, 'Finley with Blue Bloom'
Oil on canvas, 16 x 20 in.
Retail price $450, Fine Art Sale price, $360
Douglas Russell is the curator of art and gallery director for Fairbanks Gallery, Department of Art, at Oregon State University. He earned a BA in Fine Arts from James Madison University. His work has been juried into the Portland Art Museum Biennial, at the Benton County Museum, and two Willamette Valley Juried Shows at the Corvallis Arts Center. His work will be exhibited at the Coos Art Museum in May 2012.
Judith M. Sander, 'The Liberation'
Mixed Media Collage, 16 in H x12 in W
Retail price $350, Fine Art Sale price $280.
Norma Seibert, 'Remembrance of Things Past'
Woodblock print; frame size: 18.25 in x 23.25 in, image size: 11x17 in.
Printed in 1979.
Retail price $300, Fine Art Sale price $240.
Norma Seibert lived in Corvallis, Oregon most of her adult life. As a grandmother in her 60s, she returned to OSU and received her BS degree in Art. She continued doing printmaking until she was nearly 90 years old. The Norma Seibert Printmaking Scholarships have been strongly supported by the printmaking faculty, and the Art Department still continues that program today.
[Donated by Barbara B . Weber]
Bill Shumway, 'Putti in the Night' (after poem by Billy Collins)
Acrylic and Interference Pigment, 25.25 in X 34 in.
Retail price $975, Fine Art Sale price $780.
Cynthia Spencer, 'Essence III'
Ceramic Sculpture with 23k gold leaf accent, 17 in x 10 in x 7 in.
Retail price $450, Fine Art Sale price $360.
Spencer spent a decade exploring feminine form in ceramic sculpture, emphasizing the beauty within each "she figure." She always received vicarious pleasure from carving these slender waists as it was something she only briefly knew.
Cy Stadsvold, 'Golden Grain'
Watercolor, 21in high x 27 in wide.
Retail price, $350, Fine Art Sale price $280.
I have always felt a kinship to the outdoors. From my time growing up in Minnesota; lakes, trees, and the prairie, both wild and cultivated were all around. The dramatic changes of the season, each with their own beauty, became my background. I did not know then that I would often reference that part of my life as inspiration to paint. Watercolor for me is the most exciting media. It is spontaneous, and often uncontrolled, with very pleasing results. Each painting teaches, inspires, and leads to another. To create them satisfies my soul.
Debby Sundbaum-Sommers, 'Beach Stump'
Watercolor and Charcoal, 24 in x 30 in.
Retail price $350, Fine Art Sale price $280.
This painting was done at Ona Beach, on one of those rare semi-windless days that happen during the summer at the coast. The challenge of simplifying all the lines and shadows involved in the stump and grasses was a temptation that I couldn't pass up.
Robert Tomlinson,'Rhyme & Reason'
Ink jet print, 32 in x 24 in (framed).
Retail price $550, Fine Art Sale price $440.
Barbara Weber, 'Existence is a Flame'
Woodblock: ; frame 19.6 in x 31.5 in; image 11 in x22 in.
Retail price $375, Fine Art Sale price $300.
In 1967, I returned to OSU as a full time student and achieved a B.A. in Art in 1971, including a year at U. of New Hampshire. My studies included work with Junichiro Sekino, Japanese woodblock artist, Anne Breivik, Norwegian artist, George Tsutakawa, Seattle sculptor and Sumi artist, OSU Professors Berk Chappell, Paul Gunn, Alan Munro, Demetrias Jameson and John Rock. To them I owe the foundations for half a lifetime for exploring the world of visual art. It continues to capture my thinking, studio work and excitement every day.
Mary Youmans, 'River Return VII'
Acrylic Collage, 30 in X 37 in.
Retail price $950, Fine Art Sale price $760.
