Susan J. Christensen

Shaman Reveals the Moon's Rings

watercolor, ink, and acrylic on Shizen hot press paper

12 x 9 inches

Unframed

At the edge of an enchanted wood at sunset, a small shaman manifests her vision. The Moon appears in her cloak of Night, holding aloft a token of her betrothal to the sky.

"My images flow from intuition in response to a random underpainting. Always, I want to offer light and joy to a world often deficit of hope." - Susan J. Christensen

Joan Beard

Witness: 6689

digital c-print on matte paper and mounted on styrene

10 x 15 inches

Unframed

"Over the past nine years, I have become extremely aware of the deterioration of our planet due to manmade pollution and exploitation. As part of my journey to understand what we can do to help support the healing process, I spend many hours in deep gratitude observing and learning: witnessing my surroundings."

"I take photos with love and respect." - Joan Beard

Flora Ramirez-Bustamante

Marthe
oil on canvas
11 x 14 inches
Unframed

"Pierre Bonnard and Edouard Vuillard were very interested in cameras and both produced a large number of snapshots of their mistresses and wives outdoors in the nude. I have been collecting copies of those snapshots because I find them very intriguing, very undefined, and imprecise. Passages from dark to light are also mysterious. I have always been interested in working on producing an interpretation of these black and white images into oil paintings. This one is based on a snapshot by Pierre Bonnard. The original photo says: "Marthe with her back to the camera, holding her nightgown. 1900-1901."

"I am a Spanish-born artist and a self-taught artist. My works are metaphors of nostalgia and draw an awkward beauty out of humble materials, creating pieces that reflect the fragility of my world." - Flora Ramirez-Bustamante

Karen Johanson

Tsunami

cyanotype

11 x 7 inches (original); 19 x 15 x 1 inches (framed)

Framed

Abstract cyanotype that juxtaposes the movement of waves with the energy of street art. Printed on watercolor paper. Signed and framed with Bainbridge polished silver metal frame and acid-free mat board.

"Karen Johanson is a photographer whose work utilizes the alternative process of cyanotypes to showcase urban imagery- everything from graffiti to architectural elements."

Lisa Sheets

How We Survive

mixed media collage on wood panel

12 x 24 x 1 inches

Unframed

This mixed media collage incorporates vintage imagery and actual pieces of ephemera, like vintage sewing patterns, to explore our experience of the current pandemic and how we share common threads with those who survived the 1918 flu pandemic.

"Lisa Sheets uses combinations of religious and historical iconography and pop culture images to create a lens to examine how our past influences our present."

Hugo Moro

Pioneer Square Group

mixed media on paper

12 x 12 inches

Unframed

"These recycled woven paper strip works are the genesis of my present interest in engaging the public in matters of ecology."

"The work exists in a multitude of forms, and is transmitted across multiple media, from hyperrealist drawings to community interventions." - Hugo Moro

Erika Rier

Through The Mountains 11

ink on bamboo paper adhered to a cradled, painted wood artist panel

30 x 40 inches

Unframed

A group of women struggle, fight and contemplate amidst blue mountains. The work is all created in the same indigo blue, some as a wash and some as fine linework. This work is ready to hang but not framed.

"Erika Rier is an interdisciplinary artist who creates work about the inner lives of women in a folk surrealist style."

Juan Alonso-Rodrí­guez

Baranda 1

acrylic on canvas

30 x 30 inches

Unframed

This mid-century abstract-inspired work is based on the railings Juan's father designed and fabricated for their family beach house in Santa Maria del Mar, Cuba in 1956.

"My work is an exploration of abstraction based on forms both found in nature and those conceived by human ingenuity." - Juan Alonso-Rodrí­guez

Steve Jensen

Lime Lake Canoe

oil on recycled wood

20.5 x 24.5 inches

Framed (artist made)

"The image of the boat in many cultures symbolizes a voyage or journey, perhaps the voyage to the "other side" or the journey to the "unknown." - Steve Jensen

Carole Landisman

Long Time Coming 2

pigments and acrylic media on wood

24 x 24 x 2 inches

Unframed

"Occasionally my dreams of artwork are so vivid, they stay with me for years. This piece, and one I made in 1999, came to me in high school, when I was just realizing my passion for art but had not yet developed the tools or context to make them."

"These works, from the series "Through the Looking Glassâ??, reference the distortions and disorientation of our current world of shifting sands and shifting truths." - Carole Landisman

Sara Everett

Mending Coast

acrylic, cyanotype, rust, and thread

21.5 x 31 inches

Unframed

Cyanotype is a photographic process invented in 1842 by Sir John Herschel, which was then used by Anna Atkins to illustrate her book British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions. Nowadays cyanotypes are more widely known as sun printing and a non-toxic nature print process explored by children. Adding the unpredictable element of water and environment further expands this photographic process to create more spontaneous effects. Much of the blue in this piece was created by printing along the shoreline of Lincoln Park, capturing the waves of a passing ferry.

"My pieces all begin as several paintings of abstract color play in acrylic, cyanotype, and rust on paper which are then torn apart to find new territories. I stitch my found landscapes together as an act of mending, trying to make sense of the shifting environmental impacts of climate change." - Sara Everett

Mindi Katzman

RED EDGE

graphite and pastel on cradleboard

18 x 22 inches

Unframed

This image is part of a series whose point of departure is skylights. They are drawn directly on cradleboards utilizing the texture of the wood as part of the image. The pencil lines impart motion and energy.

"My current work looks to the abstract geometry of skylights. They are not a Kodak moment, but a transcendent view of the mundane." - Mindi Katzman

Sarah Banks

Mèrtola Staircase

oil on canvas on panel

24 x 18 inches

Framed

Painted during Bank's 2019 artist residency in Portugal. The Mèrtola Staircase leads from the river to the center of town where two millennia of habitation have left mosaics and mosques, languages, and traditions behind.

"In these works, I was exploring the connection between history and place, history and memory." - Sarah Banks

Jody Joldersma

Gemini

acrylic, pencil, pastel, paper on wood

16 x 16 inches

Unframed

Two women interlock hands creating an infinity pattern between them. One stares at the viewer, the second stares at the first.

"Jody layers distressed drawings, acrylic, and original photographs to create visual narratives that explore the interplay of gender, nature, culture and the boundaries surrounding them."

Mikhail Siskoff

Aunt May's Rowboat

collage on paper

6 x 9 inches (original); 12 x 14 inches (with mat)

Unframed

"BRING DEAD PAPER TO LIFE. Collage is like recycling. Iâ??m using the pages of discarded books and magazines to tell a new story. I appreciate the aesthetics of vintage advertising and style and rework it into surreal landscapes or compound, didactic themes." - Mikhail Siskoff

Marissa Sohn

Propoganda

digital photograph

6 x 4 inches

Framed

This photograph was created in Tokyo, Japan in early 2020.

"Marissa Sohn is an artist and general enthusiast currently based on occupied Duwamish territory in the PNW." - Marissa Sohn

Hardmill Industry Apron

Standard Canvas Industry Apron (Natural)

Materials:

• 10 oz. preshrunk canvas
• 5 oz. oil-tanned leather
• Copper rivets

Features:

• Pen pocket
• 36" waist straps
• Apron measurements: 29" wide x 34" tall
• Machine Washable
• Handcrafted in U.S.A.

"Durable Goods of Lasting Quality" - Hardmill

Hardmill Knife Roll

Susan J. Christensen

The Moon, Still

watercolor, ink, and acrylic on paper

12 x 9 inches

Framed

A kind and benevolent full moon sheds calming lavender light over the world symbolized by a figure falling with outstretched arms and the cobalt blue buildings of a dreaming city.

"My images flow from intuition in response to a random underpainting. Always, I want to offer light and joy to a world often deficit of hope." - Susan J. Christensen

Susan J. Christensen

A Dry Vessel

watercolor, ink, and acrylic on paper

12 x 9 inches

Framed

A meditation on drought brought on by global warming. A Dry Vessel is a figurative red and black drawing depicting a person holding an empty water jug above a scorched forest.

"My images flow from intuition in response to a random underpainting. Always, I want to offer light and joy to a world often deficit of hope." - Susan J. Christensen

Sara Everett

Mending Measures 8.10

acrylic, rust, watercolor, and thread on paper

8 x 10 inches

Framed

The Mending Measures series is all created from torn scraps of larger paintings. Freeform abstract color play on paper is later torn apart to reveal the landscape within. This piece was created after a vacation to the Oregon coast.

"I create found landscapes out of torn paintings that are stitched together, symbolizing environmental issues of habitat restoration." - Sara Everett

Sara Everett

Mending Measures 8.2

acrylic, rust, watercolor, and thread on paper

8 x 10 inches

Framed

The Mending Measures series is all created from torn scraps of larger paintings. Freeform abstract color play on paper is later torn apart to reveal the landscape within. This piece was created after a vacation to the Oregon coast.

"I create found landscapes out of torn paintings that are stitched together, symbolizing environmental issues of habitat restoration." - Sara Everett

Carole Landisman

Don't Call Me Sunshine

pigments and acrylic media on wood

18 x 18 x 1.5 inches

Unframed

From a conversation about the language of racism.

"These works, from the series "Through the Looking Glass," reference the distortions and disorientation of our current world of shifting sands and shifting truths." - Carole Landisman

Carole Landisman

RAGE [9:29]

acrylic media, pigments, and aluminum powder on wood

12 x 12 x 1.5 inches

Unframed

For George Floyd. George Floyd's death detonated a bomb of rage: rage against Derek Chauvin who cruelly and carelessly took his life, against the police bystanders who did nothing, against a community who allowed this to happen, against a country filled with violence and racism, and our internal helpless rage that most of us who have power and privilege did so very little, despite the growing list of lives cut down for the months, years and decades before George Floyd.

"These works, from the series "Through the Looking Glass," reference the distortions and disorientation of our current world of shifting sands and shifting truths." - Carole Landisman

Hugo Moro

Mandala, 2017

mixed media on paper

12 x 12 inches

Unframed

"These recycled woven paper strip works are the genesis of my present interest in engaging the public in matters of ecology."

"The work exists in a multitude of forms, and is transmitted across multiple media, from hyperrealist drawings to community interventions." - Hugo Moro

Lisa Myers Bulmash

Safe/Not Safe (PDX)

collage on paper

11 x 14 x 1 inches

Framed

Collage exploring vulnerability and futile attempts at self-isolation, both physical and emotional. A translucent, vintage image shows a girl seated on a water tower. But she only appears 'safe' from "enemies" from below; anyone could reach her by climbing the water tower ladder.

"Lisa Myers Bulmash makes collage and altered books, using vintage images to explore contemporary questions. Her work is part of Seattle and Shoreline's art collections."

Flora Ramirez-Bustamante

Mapping Myself as a Building Plan 2

mixed media on paper

17 x 10 inches

Framed (custom frame)

"This piece belongs to a whole series of works where I explored the representation of myself as a building using different materials and mediums, but all of them set up on paper."

"I am a Spanish-born artist and a self-taught artist. My works are metaphors of nostalgia and draw an awkward beauty out of humble materials, creating pieces that reflect the fragility of my world." - Flora Ramirez-Bustamante

Judith Rayl

Rain On Green Mountains #2/5

single-capture photography

28 x 30 inches

Framed

In this raw, single-capture natural abstraction, a reflected bridge abutment and refracted image of tidal waters rushing into a harbor converge. "Rain On Green Mountains" offers a cleansing moment of movement, confluence, and healing. This is #2 from the limited edition of 5 photos. It is a hand-signed and numbered archival pigment print, framed by the artist using archival materials and low-glare plexiglass. It has been shown in 4 exhibitions thus far, and is a single-capture natural abstraction, using no layering, double images, nor filters. It is from Rayl's "Bridge" Series.

"My photography presents the healing seen at the confluence of Nature and the human-made. My innovative single-capture abstractions use no layering nor filtering." - Judith Rayl

Kyle Rees

Loop Earrings

sterling silver, fine silver, 14k gold, diamonds

1.5 x 1 inch

These earrings are constructed of sterling silver stamped and textured frames with 14k gold settings around 2mm colorless diamonds.

"When times get tough or strange... I can always grab my hammer & create!" - Kyle Rees

Kyle Rees

Pebble Keum-boo

sterling silver, fine silver, 24k gold, sterling chain

18 inch chain, 1 x 1/2 x 1/4 inch pendant

Oxidized fine silver and sterling Silver highlight the gilded 24k gold added to the surface of this piece.

"When times get tough or strange... I can always grab my hammer & create!" - Kyle Rees

Kyle Rees

Oval Frame Necklace

sterling silver, 14k gold, champagne diamond, sterling silver chain

18 inch chain, 1 1/4 x 1/2 inch pendant

Sterling silver textured frame pendant accented with 14k gold and champagne diamond.

"When times get tough or strange... I can always grab my hammer & create!" - Kyle Rees

Nicole Robinson

Egyptian Inspired Leather Bib Necklace

jewelry

Total length of necklace: 18 inches; Width of bib: 8 inches; Length of center panel: 3 inches

Inspired by the Egyptian collar necklace, this one-of-a-kind piece is made of soft upcycled black leather, hand-painted with gold, silver, and rose color asymmetrical accents. When worn, it lays flat against the skin, creating a uniquely elegant statement. Leather cording connects the seven panels of the bib, allowing each to flow freely. An additional leather drop piece is attached to the center panel to create depth and a central point of interest.

"I am the owner/designer of Niro Designs, a Baltimore-based company specializing in handcrafted jewelry with a focus on sustainability." - Nicole Robinson

Lisa Sheets

Her Triumph

mixed media collage and encaustic on wood panel

16 x 16 x 1.5 inches

Unframed

Mixed media collage with encaustic incorporating vintage imagery, illuminated manuscript, and vintage sewing pattern. Includes steampunk hot air balloons. A surreal dream-like vision.

"Lisa Sheets uses combinations of religious and historical iconography and pop culture images to create a lens to examine how our past influences our present."

Lisa Sheets

Deliverance

mixed media collage on wood panel

9.75 x 19.75 x 1 inch

Unframed

Mixed media collage on wood panel. This piece incorporates acrylic paint, rubber-stamped asemic writing, vintage imagery, and a vintage sewing pattern. Depicts women rebuilding after a catastrophe.

"Lisa Sheets uses combinations of religious and historical iconography and pop culture images to create a lens to examine how our past influences our present."

Mikhail Siskoff

The Future is Analog

collage on paper

7 x 9 inches (original); 16 x 20 inches (with mat)

Unframed

"BRING DEAD PAPER TO LIFE. Collage is like recycling. I'm using the pages of discarded books and magazines to tell a new story. I appreciate the aesthetics of vintage advertising and style and rework it into surreal landscapes or compound, didactic themes." - Mikhail Siskoff

Marissa Sohn

Untitled (Hallway)

digital photograph

6 x 4 inches

Framed

This photograph was created in an abandoned Onsen while exploring the Ibaraki prefecture of Japan at the beginning of 2020.

"Marissa Sohn is an artist and general enthusiast currently based on occupied Duwamish territory in the PNW."

Marissa Sohn

Outgrown

digital photograph

6 x 4 inches

Framed

This photo was created in a small ghost town east of Mt Fuji in Japan in early 2020.

"Marissa Sohn is an artist and general enthusiast currently based on occupied Duwamish territory in the PNW."