sue greenwood palm springs fine art fair 2015
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SUE GREENWOOD FINE ART330 north coast hwy laguna beach, ca 92651 suegreenwoodfineart.com 949.494.0669
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February 12 – 15, 2015Palm Springs Convention Center
FINE ART FAIRpost-war and contemporary art
Palm SpringsBBOOOOTTHH
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Suhas Bhujbal
Suhas Bhujbal captures the character of people that he sees everyday. In an internationalcity like San Francisco, he finds people from various cultures, ethnicity, nationalities andages. He does his expressive, rapid sketches of people that he encounters everyday andthen develops them into the final works of art.
Bhujbal is a faculty member in the Graduate Fine Arts Department at the Academy ofArt University in San Francisco. He has shown in many group and solo exhibitionsaround the world. His work has been included in shows at Triton Museum in SantaClara, CA; Palm Springs Museum in Palm Springs, CA; and the Art Museum of Los Gatosin Los Gatos, CA. Bhujbal’s works are in many private and corporate collections, including VISA International.
At the Beach, 201448" x 48"
oil on canvas (framed) $14,000
Cover: Scott YeskelThe Getaway Spot, 201448" x 60" oil on canvas (framed) $7,800
Each Passing Moment, 2014 30" x 40" oil paint, text & photo imagery on wood panel $8,500
Sherry Karver
In my work the documentary nature of the photographmerges with the painterly qualities of oil, establishing a dialogue and tension between the two. I mount my black &white images on top of 2 5/8” deep wood panels, andhand paint them with numerous layers of oil glazes to buildup the color, combining the old master technique of glazingwith contemporary photo/digital technology. This gives eachpiece a lush surface and makes it stand out as a painting,rather than a print.
Lingering Observations, 2014 40" x 20" oil paint, text & photo imagery on wood panel $7,200
Imagination, 2015 20" x 20" oil paint, glitter, text & photo imagery, resin on wood panel
$3,600
Now Boarding Track 11, 2015 24" x 24" oil paint, glitter, text & photo imagery, resin on wood panel
$5,200
Aqueduct and the Tehachapi Mountains, 2015 14" x 20" oil on duralar on board (framed) $2,800
Mary-Austin Klein
The ability to contain vast and deep landscapes into small, flat paintings makes me feel like a wrangler of space. Afteryears of painting cityscapes, purchasing a desert cabin in Twentynine Palms led me to painting panoramic desert landscapes.These paintings became dense with a sense of place, distances stretching on forever and mountains glowing with aninner light. The power to capture the magic of the California desert and contain it within a frame is enthralling.
Lawns and Palms, 2015 10.5" x 16" oil on duralar on board (framed) $2,100
The Inland Empire (aka The I.E.), 2014 10" x 8" oil on duralar on board (framed) $1,400
Palm Springs Dream VI, 2015 20" x 12" oil on duralar on board (framed) $2,600
Pier Cruise, 2015 8" x 10" oil on wood $900
Jason KowalskiNew things that have fresh coats of paint and clean lines command our visual awareness. Things that have been used and wornout are often naively labeled unattractive. My work is both a statement of the effect of time on a location, as well as a vehicleto arouse attention to things that are often forgotten. Growing up in the Midwest I was constantly surrounded by things thatdeteriorated over the natural course of time. Human nature dictates that we ignore or look past such blemishes. Abandonedand left in a state of neglect, places and things are consumed and discarded like pieces of trash.
Candy Apple Red, 2013 24" x 24" oil on wood $3,800
Sante Fe Entrance, 2014 12" x 8" oil on wood $1,100
Minn-Iowa, 2015 16" x 22.875" oil on wood $2,400
The Continental (Triptych), 2014 36" x 62" (42" x 68" framed) reduction linocut, 7 colors, editon of 6 $7,500
Dave Lefner
The main goal of my work is about preservation and documentation. As a native-born Angeleno, I’ve always had a lovefor the city around me. My work reflects a nostalgia for its aging but unique storefronts, signage, and architecture from allLos Angeles areas, ranging from the Valley to my current home of Downtown L.A. For me, the urban landscape, completewith its burnt-out neon, faded, peeling advertisements and movie posters, and possibly even the occasional graffiti piece,serve as the perfect inspiration for my detailed, limited-edition linocut prints.
LIFE Magazine, 2013 18" x 36" (24" x 42" framed) reduction linocut, 5 colors, editon of 5 $3,400
LOOK Magazine, 2013 13" x 34" (19" x 40" framed) reduction linocut, 5 colors, editon of 5 $3,400
Diving Board, 2014 20" x 16" oil on canvas over panel (framed) $4,500
Glenn Ness
Painting is a way for me to tell stories, celebrating our need to connect to eachother and to our surroundings. It is notenough for me to just paint a man walkingup the stairs. I am intimately involved in thatmoment as soon as I choose to paint it. Iwonder about His story and how it relatesto mine. Often I choose not to paint a figure in a scene at all, which overstates anobvious absence. To me, this implies a nar-rative that lends itself to being internalizedin some way.
I like to paint both around urban andrural scenarios. My current work is a crosssection of both. Cityscapes give me anopportunity to visually explore very complexmultiple perspectives and light sources fromscenes we may walk through every day. Therural pool scene with its undulating linesand shocks of light and color have a hyp-notic effect on me that pulls me inward. Bothhave a subject matter that celebrates theeverydayness of being in the moment andnot missing it.
The Awaited, 201412" x16"
oil on canvas stretched over panel (framed)
$3,500
Lifesaver, 201412" x 16" oil on panel (framed) $3,500
Eternity #42, 201450" x 22"
oil on canvas (framed) $9,000
Siddharth Parasnis
The works of Siddharth Parasnis are inspired by a vastarchive of architectural images that he collects during histravels. He translates the rustic architectural structures on tothe canvas, abstracting and simplifying them in order tostrike a balance between likeness and abstraction. His workresonates on both an abstract and representational level,which makes them familiar and foreign at the same time.Born in India, Parasnis received his B.F.A. from theDirectorate of Art, Bombay, India and then received hisM.F.A. from the Academy of Art University in SanFrancisco, California.
Neighborhood #7, 201442" x 30"
oil on canvas (framed) $9,000
Solitude #3, 201430" x 30" oil on canvas (framed) $7,000
Yellow Tube, 201433" x 33" oil on canvas $8,500
Upside Down, 201429" x 29" oil on canvas $7,000
David Shevlino
David Shevlino was born in Jersey City, NJ in 1962. A graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and theUniversity of Pennsylvania, he also studied at the Art Students' League in New York. Growing up near NYC, Shevlino wasexposed to art as a teenager. He began making trips to art museums at age 15 and developed a love of traditional figurative painting. During this time he found himself especially drawn to the old masters; his interest in modern art was cultivated considerably later. Those early museum visits provided a sense of the origins and history of painting and instilleda love of drawing and the creative process.
In Shevlino's current work, the canvas has increasingly become a place to experiment with different techniques of paintapplication. He is particularly interested in exploring the line between the traditional representation of the figure and theabstraction of it, and his paintings reflect his simultaneous use of both approaches.
Diver in Green, 201418" x 14"
oil on panel (framed) $2,400
Desert Pool, 201324" x 24" oil on canvas (framed) $2,400
Scott Yeskel
Los Angeles based artist Scott Yeskel has been painting his love/hate affair with Southern California since his relocation tothe area six years ago. Traffic snarls, boxy apartments and occasional car crashes often act as Yeskel’s muse.
It is when Scott switches to his abstract work that his love affair with the spirit and color of the West appears. That’sright, Scott paints both abstract and representational landscapes, switching back and forth using many of the same colorsand themes. Inspired by mid-century masters such as Diebenkorn and Richter, yet original in both content and style, Yeskel’soil paintings are true statements of contemporary California living.
Yeskel’s frequent visits to Ventura have served as a nice respite to his hectic Hollywood neighborhood. The sea andcrisp air inspired a current mix of colorful visions of the seaside town mixed in, of course, with his iconic L.A. cityscapes.
Pool Chairs, 201318" x 18" oil on wood (framed) $1,800
Oasis, 201318" x 18"
oil on canvas (framed) $1,800
Robert Townsend
Robert Townsend was born in Downey, CA. He paints highly finished images of the icons of an American Pop mythology. His unfailing eye for color and texture produce a vision of America’s material culture that vacillates
between nostalgia for what is lost and optimism for the continuation of American ingenuity.
The Swimming Pool, 2014 47" x 50" oil on panel $14,500