Women Artists Making Their Mark
Show postcard image, Rachel Davis
Inspiration photo of Aakou Vossah by Tlali Henry, used with permission
Juried by Donna Seager & Suzanne Gray
Opening September 14, 2020
Artist Roundtable Discussion on Zoom
with Dr. Peller Marion:
Tuesday, September 15
Words: Karla Brundage
Continuing our 12th annual show devoted to women artists, we are committed to bringing more gender equity to the world of art. This year O’Hanlon Center for the Arts is extending our reach beyond the Bay Area. Artists around the globe who identify as female were encouraged to submit. This show is dedicated in honor of the pioneer women artists who paved the way. To name a few: Artemisia Gentileschi, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, Harriet Powers, Augusta Savage, Lee Krasner, Louise Bourgeois, Yayoi Kusama
1 ~ While the children are asleep, we polish our swords
Helen Lesnick, “Sandra Bland”, pastel, 24 x 19, NFS
Chiara Sarter, “Lady Justice”, relief print and wheat-paste, 60 x 4, $500
Edi Matsumoto, “Bugeisha”, oil on canvas, 40 x 30, $4,000
Rhonda Urdang, “After Portrait of a Negress (1800)” ,collage w/ hand-cut found paper, historical elements, doily, 30 x 26, $7,000
Corey Stein, “Angelita Torres, Seri Weaver”, seed beads hand sewn on felt, 11 x 10, $5,000
Jeanne Hauser, “The Future Is Female, Greta Thunberg”, Handmade Photographic gum bichromate over cyanotype print, 14 x 11, $425
Sara Siân, “Kioni (‘She Who Sees Beyond’ in Swahili)”, charcoal, acrylic & gold leaf on canvas, 23.6 x 23.6, $570
Priscilla Otani, “Tammy Duckworth: American Woman”, painted braille book, 10 x 10, NFS
2 ~ The trick is old, but she never fails
Marie Bergstedt, FIT, mixed fiber wall relief, 58 x 41, $9,000
Linda Belden, “Strong Women Run in My Family“, painting and stitching on cotton, 16 x 14, $450
Ann James Massey, “Eliza Ann Harke Bennion”, black wax pencil on bristol paper, 12 x 10, $10,000
Barbara Mehlman, “Ella Waiting!”, graphite, gesso, plaster, vinyl, gel, digital, 50 x 32, $5,000
Marleene Rubenstein, “Ima (Mommy)” mixed media, 45 x 18 x 4, $1,800
Paulette Traverso, “Social Distance”, mixed media, 9 x 20 x 3, $800
Laura Rifkin, “Mutations“, mixed-media, 15 x 9, $950
Jennifer Salzman, “Red Thread of Fate: Knowledge” mixed media, 14 x 11, $500
Sue Bradford, “Woman’s Worth – Width & Prices”, intaglio solarplate print, chine colle, found paper, 4 x 6, $350
Eliza Day-Green, “Mask II”, mixed media on canvas, 11 x 8, $500
3 ~ It’s me in the mirror
Chantal Lesley, “Anything But Brown”, V archival inkjet print, 17 x 11, $250
Christine Taylor, “Looking In”, oil, 24 x 18, $1,975
Lynsey Georgen, “Broken But Not Shattered“, digital photograph, 36 x 24, $600
Robyn Asquini, “The Thinker”, pencil on paper, 15 x 10, $750
Heidi Brueckner, “Tween (Anika)”, oil & paper on canvas, 56 x 30, $1,700
Lisa Bryson, “Homage II“, oil on linen, 72 x 48, $8,500
4 ~ Anything but work
Sharon Paster, “Sheltering”, oil on canvas, 30 x 40, $3,000
Lucy Le Bohec, “Weighted,” oil on canvas, 36 x 48, $850
Emily Broussard, “Judith”, oil paint on canvas, 60 x 48, $2,000
Bing Zhang, “A Boy on a Train”, oil on canvas, 20 x 28, NFS
Marna Clarke, “Lisa D”, archival pigment print, 16 x 20, $500
Carla Roth, “Stripes and Solid”, oil on panel, 42 x 22, NFS
Jennifer Lipson, “See No Evil”, acrylic on canvas, 16 x 16, $650
5 ~ Since we mostly live in our imagination
Lianne Jedeikin, “Future Forward“, oil on vintage wall paper, 72 x 36, $14,000
Susan Lane, “Old Bale Grist Mill”, fiber, 20 x 28, $600
Wendy Ginsberg, “Florence Dress”, photo based digital art on archival paper and pigment Inks, 62 x 44, $1,600
Susan Melrath, “Summers Past”, mixed media on wood panel, 24 x 24, $1,500
Laura Gajewski, “1151 Flushing“, mixed media charcoal drawing, 18 x 24, $900
Beth Fein, “Quarantine Dream”, altered photo, pinhole photo, etching, screenprint, 24 x 24, $750
Jeanette Hammerstein, “goldfish bowl and the sheets are clean”, oil on panel, 18 x 36, $2,500
Michele Landel, “C’mon. Get up”, embroidered photograph on antique secondhand bed sheet, 55 x 110, $4,000
6 ~ This is how I lose myself
Kathryn Kain, “Back to the Garden“, 10 monotypes made using plants, 39 x 13, $900
7 ~ Reinterpreted: Re-interrupted: Re
Lorraine Lawson, “Lost in Translation“, mixed media, 72 x 48, $8,600
Katy Kuhn, “Our Town“, mixed media (fabric, paper, acrylic, pen, thread) on paper, 5 x 20, $950
Diane Goldstein, “Revelation #1”, mixed media, 48 x 44, $2,500
Lynda Hirose, “Chaos and Control“, oil paint, cold wax medium, mixed media, 36 x 36, $1,200
Terri Froelich, “Progress”, acrylic on wood, 36 x 48, $3,600
8 ~ Your unhappiness is your Happiness
Julia Knight, “Piano Dancing Bronze”, 15 x 11 x 7, $8,500
Mila Kirillova, “Protesters And Dog Eared Books”, oil on panel, 19 x 48, $2,500
Sherry Karver, “In a Perfect World”, mixed media painting, oil, photos, narrative text, & resin, 44 x 24, $8,000
Mika Denny, “Night Cook in New York”, pan pastel & carbon pencil on vellum, 24 x 28, $1,200
9 ~ I’m not inviting you into my body
Becca Barolli, “Point A to Point B” ,16.5 gauge annealed steel wire on concrete, 20 x 71 x 12, $3,600
Jenny E. Balisle, “DANGER OWNER-OPERATOR CONTROLLED VAGINAS”, acrylic, 8 x 8 x 3, $475
10 ~ What does my zodiac tell me about when this will end?
Marianne McGrath, “roots“, earthenware, tree roots, 72 x 6 x 48, $1,800
Sawyer Rose, “Loeta”, wood, gold and silver leaf, sisal, acrylic, 88 x 120 x 15, $22,000
Deborah Kommalan, “Lost My Marbles II”, oil on panel, 11 x 14, NFS
Zona Sage, “Asemic Love Letter”, fiber art, 10 x 8, $500
Chris Adessa, “The Prophet”, oil on panel, 9 x 12, $800
Heather Schroeder, “Rehab pt.II”, porcelain, 4 x 2 x 3, NFS
Monica Lee, “Untitled”, collage, 15 x 12, $350
11 ~ Where is the wailing wall
Rachel Davis, “Vanishing,” mixed media, 12 x 12, NFS
Abbey Stace, “Tabernacle”, mixed media, 36 x 48, NFS
Heather Stivison, “Entangled”, charcoal and pencil on paper, 23 x 18, NFS
Jill Sarver, “Anonymous (f***ing b*tch)”, oil on clayboard, varied sizes, 7 x 5, NFS
Karen Folgner, “Shop Girl“, oil on canvas 20 x 16, $1,650
Renee Kelly, “Children of the Second Generation War Installation War”, graphite and spray paint on fabric, 84 x 96 x 72, NFS
12 ~ Please hold my blistered cotton hand, love
Clea Carlsen, “Psyche Abandoned”, stoneware, underglaze, mason stain, mixed materials, 15 x 10 x 9, $9,500
Steff Rocknak, “Ghastly Nights”, curly maple, 18 x 20 x 14, $30,000
Michele Benzamin-Miki, “Offering”, pencil on paper, 34 x 28, $3,500
Carole Goodwin, “Fenced Out”, acrylic, charcoal, galvanized wire on canvas, 24 x 36 x 3, $1,995
Cate West Zahl, “Judy (in studio)”, oil paint on paper, 30 x 20, $600
Esther Delaquis-Baidoo, Mother and Child 1, lino-cut and chine colle, 16 x 12, $600
Jo Ann Block, “Patricia Highsmith, 1921-1995, novelist”, Collage, glossy prints, reprinted photos, acryllic paint, 16 x 12, $750
13 ~ I told you not to go there, daughter said
Debbie Korbel, “Smalltalk”, mixed media, including bone, wood, wire, steel, copper, 67 x 70 x 24, $20,000
Barbara Hazen, “Carousel Rides”, cyanotype over platinum palladium, 4 x 6, $600
Crista Matteson, “Connection”, kiln cast glass and silk ribbons, 27 x 72 x 8, $14,500
Ann Getsinger, “Sylvanus”, oil on linen, 40 x 40, $15,000
Anna Sidana, “Tangled Cotton”, oil on canvas, 30 x 30, $3,500
Angelique Benicio, “Things Unseen”, oil on canvas, 48 x 48, $11,000
Edie Dillon, “My Favorite Dress (I Never Wore it Again)”, formed & welded steel based on a 1971 Simplicity pattern, 61 x 36 x 19, $1,500
14 ~ Eyes closed and with a sense of trust
Maru Hoeber, “Journey”, bronze, 29 x 31 x 12, $5,000
O’Hanlon Center for the Arts thanks Donna & Suzanne for their eye and generous support
SHOW PROGRAM
SALES
and O’Hanlon Center for the Arts!
SHOW CREDITS
Ellen Mattesi, Erma Murphy,
Jeremy Thornton,
Dan Cassidy, Rhonda Dubin
THANKS TO
Jackie La Lanne, Dr. Peller Marion,
Kellan Christopher
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Abbey Stace
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Angelique Benicio
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Ann Getsinger
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Ann James Massey
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Anna Sidana
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Barbara Hazen
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Barbara Mehlman
Becca Barolli
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Beth Fein
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www.danceanywhere.org
Bing Zhang
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Carla Roth
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Carole Goodwin
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Cate West Zahl
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Chantal Lesley
Chiara Sarter
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Chris Adessa
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Christine Taylor
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Clea Carlsen
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Corey Stein
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Crista Matteson
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Debbie Korbel
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Deborah Kommalan
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Diane Goldstein
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Edi Matsumoto
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Edie Dillon
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Eliza Day-Green
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Emily Broussard
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Esther Delaquis-Baidoo
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Heather Schroeder
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Heather Stivison
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Heidi Brueckner
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Helen Lesnick
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Jeanette Hammerstein
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Jeanne Hauser
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Jennifer Lipson
Jennifer Salzman
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Jenny Balisle
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Jill Sarver
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Jo Ann Block
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Julia Knight
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Karen Folgner
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Kathryn Kain
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Karla Brundage
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Katy Kuhn
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Laura Gajewski
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Laura Rifkin
Lianne Jedeikin
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Linda Belden
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Lisa Bryson
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Lorraine Lawson
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Lucy Le Bohec
Lynda Hirose
ArtExplosionStudios.com
Lynsey Georgen
www.lynseygeorgen.com
Marianne McGrath
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Marie Bergstedt
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Marleene Rubenstein
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Marna Clarke
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Maru Hoeber
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Michele Benzamin-Miki
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Michele Landel
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Mika Denny
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Mila Kirillova
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Monica Lee
Nasim Moghadam
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Paulette Traverso
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Priscilla Otani
Rachel Davis
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Renee Kelly
www.reneekellyart.com
Rhonda Urdang
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Robyn Asquini
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Sara Siân
www.sarasian.com
Sawyer Rose
www.carrying-stones.com
Sharon Paster
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Sherry Karver
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Steff Rocknak
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Sue Bradford
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Susan Lane
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Susan Melrath
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Terri Froelichs
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Wendy Ginsberg
Zona Sage