Holly Francis

"Alluring Swim"

10" x 2.5" x .5"

Alluring Swim is a paper mache fish made from cut cardboard and painted with acrylic paint. A small hook on the back allows for wall hanging.

Artist Bio:

Holly Francis is a multi-disciplinary artist whose earnest, cheerful illustrations can be found on paper, wood, ceramics and skin.

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Renee Stramel

"Flower Collage XIII"

14 x 12" framed

Flower Collage XIII was created with cut vintage paper and hand-painted elements. It is custom framed in a wood frame by Gravitas Gallery using museum glass to reduce reflections and protect the vintage paper.

Artist Bio:

Renee Stramel is a broad-ranging visual artist with a long commercial career in art publishing and licensing. Renee's abstract work celebrates color and form characterized by a playful, expressive use of geometry. Renee's artwork balances pure abstraction and stylized representations by intuitively blending organic shapes with geometric precision. Color plays a central role with bold, contrasting hues creating striking visual effects. Renee works in various media including acrylic, watercolor, collage, digital and analog photography, and digital design. Originally from Alexandria, VA, Renee has resided in Richmond for 38 years and lives in the Lakeside area with her filmmaker husband Jim Stramel. Inspiration comes from the films of the 1970s and 80s, Mother Nature, and mid-20th century graphic design, she works from her sunny studio creating works for residential and commercial clients.

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Leigh Suggs

"Untitled"

6" x 6" unframed, 11" x 11" framed

This piece was made at Penland School of Craft.

Artist Bio:

Leigh Suggs was born in Boone, North Carolina and currently resides in Richmond, VA. She received her BFA from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 2003 and her MFA from the Virginia Commonwealth University in 2015. Her most recent solo shows include Best, in Pieces (2024) with Cole Pratt (LA), Bent Out of Shape (2022) with Massey Klein Gallery (NYC), Hurry Slowly (2021) at Second Street Gallery (VA), and Reynolds Gallery Keep Coming Round (2021). Her notable group shows include Coined in the South (2022) at the Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC, DRAWN (2021) at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Go for Baroque at the Racine Art Museum in Racine, WI (2016), NCAC Fellowship Exhibition at the Contemporary Art Museum in Raleigh, NC (2014), and Art on Paper (2012) at the Weatherspoon Museum in Greensboro, NC. Suggs has been awarded several grants and honors, including the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship Award, the North Carolina Fellowship Award and two City of Richmond CultureWorks Grants. Her work is a part of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and Weatherspoon Museum collections. And her work is included in several corporate collections, including the Federal Reserve Bank, Honeywell, Capital One, Markel Corporation, Truist Bank and Fidelity Investments.

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Sayaka Suzuki

"Origami Blues: Fold/Unfold"

Crane 10"x 10" (framed)

Sumi ink, acrylic and pen on paper

Origami Crane has come to be known as a symbol of peace, healing and resilience in Japan following WW2. I created this piece to mark the act of folding and unfolding of a crane, unfolding of peace, healing and resilience. I was thinking about both the cultural significance as well as the meaning a simple crease in paper can hold.

Artist Bio:
Suzuki creates works that explore her deep roots in Japanese culture in conjunction to her new adopted identity as an American immigrant.
Exploring colors, designs and traditions of Japanese textiles, she explores this dual identity in forms of drawings, sculptures and installations.

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