Lisa Myers Bulmash

Nice Wheels

collage on board

20 x 16 x 1.5 inches

Unframed

This collage was inspired by 1960s slang found in vintage Ebony magazines. The piece centers on a woman with long legs who appears to have fallen while roller-skating. She looks upward at a Greyhound bus ad showing a man and woman, also skating; the ad text reads "It's summer! Let us be your wheels!" Maps of 19th and 20th century American and British colonies appear in the background of the collage.

"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."

Juan Alonso-Rodríguez Studio Visit

Join renowned Artist Juan Alonso-Rodríguez for a 2-hour studio visit. Juan will host 5 adults for a studio talk, wine, and hors d'oeuvres. The visit will take place early evening in March 2022.

Experience the art. Engage with the Artist. Enjoy an evening of exclusive access.

Bid now for a priceless memory.

ST Rivera

Contemplating Creation

india ink and gel ink on 400 series bristol smooth paper

8 x 8 inches

Framed

"I wanted to create a piece that was blue and was in the shape of a square. So one night, I went to sleeping thinking about it and focusing on a blue square. I dreamt about a god with a ball of life-potential pulsating in her hands. She looked over it in deep thought, debating on whether or not to create life." The piece was professionally framed by Seattle Custom Framing in Belltown, Seattle. It is in a white 16" x 20" frame with a weighted mat and UV protected museum glass.

"I consider my "circlism" work is a fine craft conceived through obsessive repetition and meditation. My doodles are brain vomit, "an uncontrollable reaction to the world." - ST Rivera

Gary Manuel Salon Gift Basket

Includes:

• $200 gift card for services at South Lake Union and Pioneer Square locations (only for services, cannot be used on products)
• Full-size Shampure Shampoo
• Full-size Shampure Conditioner
• Full-size Shampure Body Lotion
• Travel size Shampure Hand Relief
• Travel size Control Force Hairspray
• Travel size Foot Relief
• Full-size Shampure Composition Oil

"Making people feel good about themselves in an atmosphere of innovation and excellence, enriching our clients, our community and ourselves." - Gary Manuel Salon

Juan Alonso-Rodríguez

Joshua (Ocher)

powder-coated 1/4" steel

14.25 x 18 x 4 inches

Table-top sculpture inspired by the piles and rock formations of Joshua Tree National Park, CA.

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

Joan Beard

Witness: 6244

digital c-print on matte paper

20 x 30 inches

Unframed

"My work is a prayer, a question, a meditation, and /or an observation about the world around me. My artistic practice includes listening to the land, talking with people, creating photographs, and writing, all with the goal of engaging people in a dialogue about how we can live more fully with our world."

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

Dave C. Clay

Unphased

oil on wood panel

62 x 38 x 3 inches

Unframed

A figure standing strong enveloped and reflected in a torrential atmosphere. One of a few paintings done during the Seattle BLM protests in 2020, reflections on the people who made up that community, who were vulnerable yet courageous.

"Dave Clay's work portrays the human figure, reaching for empathy and relying on the emotional connections within the viewer's own experiences." - Dave C. Clay

Dave C. Clay

Idle

oil on wood panel

48 x 36 x 3 inches

Unframed

Figure sitting idle, inward, in some sort of contemplative state. The painting portrays a non-idealized nude figure and reaches out to the viewer requesting empathy, at the same time reflecting the viewer's own emotional state.

"Dave Clay's work portrays the human figure, reaching for empathy and relying on the emotional connections within the viewer's own experiences." - Dave C. Clay

Dave C. Clay

Sovereign
oil on wood panel
38 x 60 x 3 inches
Unframed

Sovereign was started and finished in 3 days for the CoCA marathon and auction. Sovereign is a human figure standing vulnerable against an abstract environment reflecting light from himself. He looks outwards, holding himself inwards. While his gesture and nudity commonly describe a vulnerability, I prescribe a strength in bare humanity, in its ability to connect emotionally with each other. His look outward may be a search for connection, it may be a warning, a threat. Our relationship with him is a reflection of our own relationships.

"Dave Clay's work portrays the human figure, reaching for empathy and relying on the emotional connections within the viewer's own experiences." - Dave C. Clay

Ray C. Freeman III

Perspective Distortion No. 1-4

acrylic on board

24 x 24 inches (each panel)

Unframed

"In 1998, I built a room-sized installation for Pedro Alexander's show Encounters with Place. This room was a zig-zag maze that took the viewer past a series of ever-smaller aligned viewports that altered one's sense of distance and scale. These paintings were added to the second month of the exhibition based on my observations of people interacting with the original piece."

"I am a problem solver and a producer. My media is whatever it takes. Sometimes the result is art, sometimes it is not." - Ray C. Freeman III

Jody Joldersma

Satyrical Nature, 2011

acrylic, pencil, paper on wood

24 x 36 inches

Unframed, mounted on a wooden cradle

A satyr enjoys his natural abode with his rabbit companions.

"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."

Flora Ramirez-Bustamante

Vowelling 03

mixed media on paper

35 x 14 inches

Framed (custom frame)

"This piece belongs to a whole series of works where I explored the connection between linguistics and art, marks and alphabets, marks as symbols, symbols as pictorial gestures."

"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

Eddie Reed

Respect Your Self

acrylic, collage on wood board

36 x 48 inches

Unframed

Commentary on the need to embrace who we are and not what others want us to be. To have fun loving you.

"The elements I combine together are intended to raise awareness, evoke hope and project determination in the face of the demeaning experiences faced by the poor, colored diaspora." - Eddie Reed

Kyle Rees

Moon Ring

sterling silver

Size 7 1/2 (cannot be resized)

Textured and oxidized sterling silver band accented with two rose-cut, grey diamonds along with a 7mm rose cut rainbow moonstone.

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

Kyle Rees

Pebble Pendant

sterling silver, champagne diamonds, sterling silver chain

18 inch chain, 1/2 x 3/4 x 1/4 inch pendant

Hollow constructed pebble pendant with surface texture and 3 champagne diamonds as an accent.

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

Kyle Rees

Tri Frame Necklace

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

18 inch chain, 1 x 3/4 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

Erika Rier

RITUS 3

ink and gouache on bamboo paper, adhered to a stretched cotton panel

15 x 40 inches

Unframed

RITUS was a series of drawings and paintings that followed a group of women through an imagined initiation ritual. This is the final, celebratory scene of the series. This piece is on a stretched panel that is ready to hang, but it is not framed.

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

Erika Rier

Upon Our Bones

ink and gouache on cotton paper, adhered to a hand-painted cradled wood artist panel

18 x 24 inches

Unframed

In this piece, women interact with each other, not always kindly. Another woman walks a two-headed cat. Yet another is on the ground. This piece is not framed but is ready to hang.

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

Nick Riesland

TUMBLE

oil on canvas, mounted on a cradled birch panel

18 x 24 inches

Unframed

The history of humanity is the history of a tumble, a stumble, a crumble. As suggested by the victims of Vesuvius in 79 AD, the collective we have continued towards some inscrutable and likely non-culmination.

"Humanity tumbles, maybe downward, maybe upward, through its own confusion and ignorance, yet evolving, devolving, learning, ignoring, through love, through hate, indifference, yet searching." - Nick Riesland

ST Rivera

orbital debris

india ink on 400 series bristol smooth paper

12 x 9 inches

Unframed

"This piece started during one of the live drawing sessions with artist, Kyle Krauskopf. He chose the theme "Space." I knew that the SpaceX + NASA launch was going to be happening soon and my mind went to the impacts of space exploration. A couple of years ago, I listened to a podcast about orbital debris, also known as space junk.

Did you know that there are millions of pieces of space junk flying around Earth? They are pieces left over from collisions, parts of rockets and satellites, basically remnants leftover from 50+ years of space travel. There are no international laws about who is responsible to clean it up, however, every country that has traveled to space should share the responsibility of doing so. If humans do end up living on the red planet, will they be more mindful about how they treat their new home? Or is it another colonial conquest driven by greed, pride, and ego? A future of the haves living on Mars and the have nots left behind on Earth, surrounded and filled with debris."

"I consider my "circlism" work a fine craft conceived through obsessive repetition and meditation. My doodles are brain "vomit," an uncontrollable reaction to the world." - ST Rivera

Mikhail Siskoff

If they don't find you handsome...

collage on paper

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

Unframed

If they don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.

"Collage on paper from found materials (magazines). A man's head is replaced by a large hand which reminded me of the old saying on the Red Green Show, which I borrowed for the title."

"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