Earth Mobius

2021

9"x9"x6"

Stoneware clay.

I am a Chicago-based visual artist who is interested in the connection between the subconscious mind, physical body and objects. I use clay as a medium to connect to inner child and let the creative process be a play time. I am interested in creating abstract shapes and forms freely, isolating the rational mind. My educational background is in industrial design. This gives me some leverage with my building techniques. One of the shapes I repeatedly make is Mobius strips. Their one surface and one edge structure fascinate me and brings out the element of curiosity that I want to include in my work. I have a studio at Lillstreet Art Center since 2019. I also install art at galleries & private homes and work with space organization.

FMV $450.00

Untitled

2022

21"x29"

Vintage paper ephemera, shake paint.

Matt DeFrain is currently the creative director at Grant Design Collaborative. His work has been featured in AIGA 365, Communication Arts, STEP, Contract Magazine, Graphic Design USA, HOW, Interior Design, Metropolis and Print. Shortly after high school, DeFrain's juxtaposition of graphic design and fine art merited attention from Flint, MichiganÕs Downtown Development Authority. Putting his renegade graffiti to good use, the city retained DeFrain to spray paint murals on their waterfront amphitheater. Matt went on to graduate from Western Michigan University with a Bachelor of Science in Graphic Design. In his spare time, Matt can be found challenging himself at CrossFit or creating fine art. DeFrain's fine art assemblages are represented in several art galleries and have been recognized with a Best of Show in Chattanooga, TN, and honored by the American Craft Council with an Award of Excellence.

FMV $400

Elizabeth Taylor

2022

17"x14"

Pencils on Mixed Media Paper.

My drawings are a convergence of the things I love and the process of learning my craft. I am inspired by people and the things I love and an artist who believes in advocating positivity and kindness through the arts.

FMV $500

Zebra

2018

16"x20"

Drawing on canvas as crayon melts.

Art for me started my junior year of high school. 3 years later I obtained an Associates of Applied Science degree in Graphic Design December of 1999. I worked in the field for a year designing pattern pieces for cold air inflatables before returning to college to graduate with a Bachelors of Applied Science degree in Graphic design June 2003. After a couple of kids, my husband and I started an art business. We built it over 10 years impacting people left and right. My mixed media images depict feelings that everyone encounters at some point in their life. The crayon ties in those childlike feelings of safety and comfort. I use other items to tie in the meaning. I include a dictionary cutout relevant to the overall theme so one can visualize the emotions. Each image has it's own story as a handwritten message that is sealed for one persons eyes. Purchase an original of my work and with it you get a piece of my luggage and legacy.

FMV $500

They Call Me Mellow Yellow

2021

11.5" x 11.5" x 1.5"

Acrylic paint skin and resin.

b. February 5, 1981. Cluj, Romania. Before moving her home studio to Millburn, NJ in 2020, Calina has spent 20 years in New York City, 2 in Italy, and 17 in her native Romania. Driven by an innate inquisitive nature, Calina's work has evolved over the years into the abstract. She pushes the limits of the medium beyond the intended use, as creation is the only way to overcome the mundane and to generate anew. The series embodies her artistic transformation over the years and speaks to her desire of first confronting the undesirable, subsequently revealing its beauty. The usually discarded, dried medium is encased in resin, layer by layer. The result is an aesthetically striking and perfectly still moment of calculated discord. Traditionally-trained in the fine arts from a young age, Calina holds a BFA and AA from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.

FMV $2200

Emerald Ruffian

2022

16x21in

Digital output.

For artists, new media can create two things. The first is a novel set of tools to represent established visual ideas; the shiny new oil paints of the Renaissance led to shiny new renditions of the Baptism of the Virgin. The second is the realization that new materials create new art forms, which both annihilate and embrace the old ones. Picasso fractured the constructed object-in-space of the Renaissance, thanks to the museums. Now, not lapis lazuli in linseed oil, but light, not found objects, but found digital configurations. The unfolding of art through time is both metaphorical and simply concrete. Can the matter of art be created and destroyed? My work is an ongoing meditation on the shape of this question. I create my own soundtracks, and animate my own images. Forms, sounds and time appear as a single organism to the viewer, but appearances are deceptive. They are a result of my method - "Disegno" as they used to call it.

FMV: $2500

Family Time

2022

11"x14"

Digital Collage.

Elana Tenner is an artist and illustrator born and raised in Chicago. Raised in the city, nature has always been particularly fascinating, due to its scarcity in her urban environment. Elana's art is a deep exploration of nature and the universe, often highlighting the mundane. Elana's art is always evolving, as she explores and expands her creative abilities through both traditional and digital mediums, often allowing mediums to combine or influence one another. Experimenting with different materials, techniques, and mediums creates space for imagination and skill to both develop and run free.

FMV $400

Fluffy Steampunk

2021

36"x36"

Digital Art on Canvas.

I'm a digital artist from Northbrook, IL. I am well-known for my digital artworks embodying contemporary abstract and surreal designs with vibrant colors. Although I was born with a speech and small motor skill disability, I have always aspired to pursue excellence to my best ability and have found my place in the world of digital art, whereby I can utilize my computer skills to create artworks. I began my lifelong passion for vivid and abstract imagery as a youngster with a paintbrush in an art class, where the instructor encouraged me to learn Picasso's artistic skills. I received my B.A. in Graphic Design from Lewis University, Romeoville, IL. In each of my artworks, I use various powerful Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator tools to deliver distinctive artistic effects of digital paint. My artworks are often inspired by my diverse passion for nature, animals, or lyrics from my favorite singers.

FMV $850

Community Matters 55 (pi: 342...937)

2021.

37 x 38 x 2 inches

Acrylic felt, 2-ply polyester organza, sashiko thread, roofing nails.

Yvette Kaiser Smith is an artist who uses number sequences to create wall-based, geometric abstractions, where values of digits direct a compositions formal structure. Exploring simple and direct ways to combine disparate materials, as slow stitching binds layers together, her new mixed-media work considers perception of the other and other as part of us. A resident of Chicago since 1991, Yvette was born in Soviet occupied Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1958, and immigrated with family to Dallas, Texas in 1969. Her 1990 BFA from Southern Methodist University focused on sculpture and photography and includes a fellowship to Yale School of Art Summer Program in Norfolk, Connecticut which was anchored in painting. Since receiving an MFA in Sculpture from University of Chicago in 1994,

FMV: $2250

Empathic Stares

2018

18x24x3in

Resin, artboard, mixed media.

My body of work is a conglomeration of my past, present, and even future perceptions of life's fascinating and enigmatic happenings. At first glance, my work might seem dark in context with an intentional juxtaposition of vibrant colors. But I challenge you to venture deeper - beyond the canvas surface - and identify what each piece evokes within you. Much of the satisfaction I gain from sharing my mind's creations is witnessing how the minds of others translate each piece according to their own life's occurrences and individual perceptions.

FMV $1800

Can You Catch A Hot Dog Over Your Back

2021

5x7in

Oils, pastels, crayons, acrylic, watercolors, pen, works.

The artist task a retrospective reinforced by the verbal remains of the image identify these elements they are seen afresh with expanded expression of color and patterns it's not gender nor identity the complicated issues still matters leaving visible traces of contemporary art mix media works.

FMV $400

Never Rob a Bank "if the getaway car has a flat tire"

2021

5x7in

Oils, pastels, crayons, acrylic, watercolors.

The artist task a retrospective reinforced by the verbal remains of the image identify these elements they are seen afresh with expanded expression of color and patterns it's not gender nor identity the complicated issues still matters leaving visible traces of contemporary art+ mix media design works..

FMV $400

Look My Balls Are Black & Blue

2021

5x7in

Oils, pastels, crayons, acrylic, watercolors pen.

The artist task a retrospective reinforced by the verbal remains of the image identify these elements they are seen afresh with expanded expression of color and patterns it's not gender..nor identity the complicated issues still matters leaving visible traces of contemporary art+ mix media design works..

FMV $400

You Don't Get Your Boobs Done By A Dentist

2021

5x7in

Acrylic, watercolors, pen, oils.

The artist task a retrospective reinforced by the verbal remains of the image identify these elements they are seen afresh with expanded expression of color and palette it's not gender nor.. identity the complicated issues still matters leaving visible traces of contemporary art+ mix media design works.

FMV $400

Punchin Up

2022

20"x30"

Mixed media on canvas.

Bonobo Stone is a fun vivant and portrait artist. He has been creating his unique style of digital collage since 2011 when he purchased his first iPad.

FMV $1500

Winter's Silent Words

2016

12" x 24"

Encaustic infused with pigment, paper, moss and driftwood.

Maja Bosen, artist, dreamer, a visual poet whose present encaustic work weaves wax, pigment, and various materials both man-made and of nature into potential moments of reflection on our shared intimacy with nature and times passage. Observing the interconnectivity of nature and humanity, I attempt to create an intimate space to reflect upon our shared cycles the rise, fall, ebb, flow, evolution, fruition, and ultimate dissipation. These quiet moments of grace are a celebration of what is, was, and remains but is not yet gone. This journey influences my drawings, paintings, and sculptures. As well as having received her BFA from the Art Institute of Chicago, Maja has pursued studies at Parsons School of Design, the New School for Social Research in NYC, and has an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute.

FMV $1500

Candy Land

2022

16" x 12" x 1-1/2"

Mixed Media.

Diana majored in Fine Arts and went on to become Art Director at Northwestern University. Diana is back to Fine Art and is now an artist-in-residence at Chicago's Zhou B Art Center. She is well established in the Chicago art scene with numerous group shows, solo shows, gallery representations and multiple publications including two book covers. CBS News also done several special segment on her and her art. She has designed and painted public art statues owned by Chicago dignitaries including Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Diana was commissioned, by Special Olympics, to create a painting to be used nationally and internationally to promote their 50th Anniversary. The painting is now owned by Timothy Shriver in DC. Most recently she co chaired an art exhibition at the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art for Special Olympics.

FMV $1200

Rock Around the Clock 5:00

2022

43x51x7in

Acrylic, vinyl records, clay, metal, wood, ArtResin, clock mechanism, spinning turntable on board.

Laura Junge is a Chicago based artist with a flair for the Surreal. A self-declared fascination with movement typifies almost all of Junge's artwork, which ranges dramatically from abstract and surreal paintings, to the worlds of mixed media three dimensional installations and sculpture. Junge has exhibited across the United States and her artwork can be seen in numerous public and private collections. Junge is the proprietor and signature artist at Jackson Junge Gallery in Chicago

FMV $3550

Hues Of Hope

2022

12"x12"x1"

Encaustic Mixed Media Working with fluid art materials.

Tammy Haman has a whimsical style that makes your imagination go wild! Her art journey has gone through many explorations eventually landing in encaustics, which blends textural elements into painting with beeswax and fire. Tammys current series, Fractured Memories, is dedicated to her Mom who has Dementia. Tammy shares, Each abstract flower that I create has cracks and one of a kind patterns to it. Just like life, when things get tough and the cracks are visible, we still need to persevere. Visit tammyhaman.com to learn more about her art journey!

FMV: $400

Urban Shore Series #28

2020

30x30x2

Mixed media on canvas.

Darren Jones is a Chicago based artist who captures natural beauty in his paintings which awaken emotion and a sense of humanity. Born in Canada, he is a self-taught artist who enjoys working in acrylic, oil and mixed mediums on canvas or wood panels. The world and its never-ending natural surroundings inspire my soul, my thinking and my work. Water, flora, fauna and dramatic landscapes heavily influence his work. With his current Urban Shores collection shown here, he tries to evoke a sense of peace, place and calm within ones soul. Moving from the simple to the complex while maintaining a sense of order. The use of an emotive color palette combined with acrylics, beach sand, shredded papers, plaster and recycled fibers create a profound message along with their interplay of light which focus on the dynamic shapes of the natural world.

FMV $1800

Unearthed # 11

2021

8"x8"

Acrylic and paper collage on crackle texture on a wood panel with a coat of resin.

The work of Greta Olivas is full of color, which is usually the first thing people are drawn to. As the paintings are examined more closely their energy draws the viewer in. She describes her work as energy, or emotions that come through and end up on the canvas. They may seem like celestial bodies, but to her, they are a bigger understanding of the universe and our place within it. She has always been drawn to abstract work and the power it has. When someone states they felt the painting, or it provokes emotion in someone, she knows she was successful in transmitting the energy through the painting. Greta has been an artist since she was a child. She has studied in several workshops, but is mostly self-taught. She was born in New York City, grew up in Argentina, and has resided the majority of her life in Austin Texas.

FMV $400

Winter Orchid

2018

42"x48"x1"

Mixed media (paper and acrylic on cardboard).

Kasia studied Architecture at the Wroclaw University of Technology (Poland), where she acquired a solid foundation in drawing and composition. After moving to the United States in 1989, she continued her art training at Harper College, numerous workshops, and spent many years self-educating and refining her artistic skills. She notably invented and refined a uniquely special technique that combines the properties of acrylic paints and paper. Her inspiration comes from nature's mysterious beauty, and from the belief that all elements of the Universe are intricately connected. Kasia is an active member of the Chicago art community, showing and selling her works, doing commissions, and organizing art events. She received many awards and exhibited her works in the United States and abroad.

FMV $4000

"Lava Kai" Where The Sea Meets Lava

2021

20 X 30in

Signed Matte Print original was pour painted on canvas. This is a print.

I am an artist in Hawaii who is from a family of artists. I enjoy being creative, so I registered as a collage artist with the Hawaii Artist Society years ago. It's just the way my mind thinks. I enjoy photography and often take too many pictures trying to create the best shot. Shadows, mirrors and mixed media are my favorite. I fell in love with pour painting about 5 years ago, and I am self taught by all the wonderful artists sharing their work on YouTube. I practice, practice, practice small paintings mostly to try and master the many different techniques. I am currently working a few days a week at the Byodo-in Temple in Hawaii as one of their featured artists.

FMV $600

#131

2019

48"x48"x2"

Acrylic on Canvas

Gary Lee is a perpetual creator, born to discover and contemplate. He has an intimate relationship with the built environment, a dialogue explored in his paintings. Using acrylic paint, Lee responds to the colors, textures, and materials that surround us, creating an experience through his search for solace and subtlety. Using a burnishing technique, he shares this journey through various brush movements and the layering of unexpected color palettes. The method is active. Lee uses sweeping arm movements, often in a circular fashion, to spread and reveal the many layers of paint. Each composition arrives at a unique destination, baring the relationship between Lees movements and what the viewer sees.

FMV $4800

Winter Will Most Certainly
Arrive

2022

18" x 14"

Acrylic and acrylic glass on canvas.

Drew Harris is a Canadian artist currently living in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. His paintings are in important collections in North America and across Asia. Drew's body of work largely consists of abstract paintings.

His paintings exist in a complex construct of tension, beauty, chaos, control and freedom; all coexisting side by side. To trace Harris's work across time is to observe his devotion to painting as an act of respect for life and a way to assimilate the constantly changing world around him.

"My paintings are about longing and the loneliness that comes with being a foreigner in a land that is not my home. During the last two years of a global pandemic, I became intensely reflective of my home country of Canada." --Drew Harris

FMV $4500

Aquaria

2020

16in x 10in

Oil Pastel on paper

Representation matters.
Growing up, I never saw queer representation, and when I did it wasn't always shown positively. It made me question who I was and hide it for many years. When I got into the arts, I began to see more people like me, and that's when both myself and my art began to blossom. With my pieces, my goal is to create that representation for those looking for it by highlighting the beauty of the LGBTQIA+ community through portrait work. My goal through my work is to help others see that representation in a positive light so they can start to feel comfortable with who they are and accept themselves.
I'm constantly inspired by drag queens with the confidence they exude, and the artistry in their makeup and garments."

FMV $400

We'll Get There, It's Fine.

2021

40 x 30 x 1.5in

Acrylic on Canvas.

Bumpy Wilson graduated in 2018 with a degree in Visual Arts with a focus in Expanded Media at The University of Kansas. He started in the Visual Arts Program without a clear path but he felt compelled to be creative. Bumpy did not fit the typical art student mold, he was in a fraternity and was provided an ultimatum at one point, drop my class or drop your fraternity. He looked towards Illustration in the Design School because the creative but formal structure was appealing to him at that time. He was later kicked out for gaining notoriety for partaking in other forms of visual art. His approach is informed by climate change, social issues, love and the lack of. He believes that the overwhelming aspects of his everyday life helps generate his ambition to create artwork. After exploring many different creative avenues he found the most genuine medium to be painting.

FMV $600

The Light In The Room Does Not Change, So It Is Plain What Is Happening.

2021

16x20

Oil on canvas

Norbert Marszalek lives, works and was born in Chicago. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Northeastern Illinois University and has also studied at the American Academy of Art and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His paintings, works on paper, and sculpture have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout the United States, including the George Billis Gallery in Los Angeles; the Richard Levy Gallery in Albuquerque; the Fort Wayne Museum of Art in Fort Wayne, Indiana; and the Beverly Arts Center in Chicago. Marszalek also has work in numerous permanent collections including the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art in Iowa.

FMV $1500

Sweet Antici

2020

18x14x1.5in

Oil on Canvas.

Benji Alexander Palus was born in 1972 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is the middle of five siblings, having two older brothers and two younger sisters. Noticing early his interest in drawing and colors, his parents had him tested for artistic ability when he was just two years old. Testing at very high levels, Palus was encouraged from this young age to explore and develop his artistic nature. In 1995 Palus received an associates degree in commercial art, but was disillusioned by the world of paste-ups and copy art at a time when the business was rapidly shifting into the digital world. He decided to continue his art education on his own, studying and practicing traditional Realism. For over twenty years. His paintings are a study in intimacy, exploring the unique qualities of the figures that he paints as they are revealed in quiet, solitary moments, for which he exclusively uses a small group of close friends as his muses.

FMV $950

Blowin Smoke

2003

36x30x1in

Oil on Canvas.

Sarah Bailey is a Chicago area Art Teacher who earned her Masters of Art in Teaching at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago. In addition to oil painting, she also draws Manga. Her art style incorporates meticulous detail and sweeping single stroke compositions. She lives in Waukegan with her partner and son.

FMV $1080

Bird Before Sunrise

2022

12"x12"

Acrylic on Birch Panel

Tamara Wasserman is a Chicago-based fine artist with a studio at Bridgeport Art Center (Chicago's South Side). Tamara is primarily a painter. Tamara was born in Riga, Latvia. As a teenager she moved to Israel with her family. In 1983 Tamara entered the Bezalel Art Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. There she studied under influential Israeli artists of the 1980's Pinchas Cohen-Gan, Dedi Ben Shaul, Zvi Tolkovskiy and Nachum Tevet, graduating with a BFA in Studio Arts in 1987. Wasserman moved to the US and settled in Chicago in 1990. Soon after arriving she joined an experimental theatre company DOORIKA and started exhibiting her art with Sonia Zaks gallery (1992) and Judy Saslow Gallery (1996). In 2007 Wasserman created a puppet theatre, Paper Boat Puppet Group.

FMV $500

Peachy

2017

17.5"x17.5"

Oil on wood.

Elisa R. Boughner was born in the United States, raised in Mexico and studied art in America and Europe. Her work reflects the influence of each of these cultures, and of a range of painting styles from the Impressionists, through the German Expressionists, and finally the Cubist. The result is a unique and highly personal style that brings extraordinary vibrancy to often ordinary subjects. Boughner uses traditional forms such as still life, but animates them through bold, often unconventional color and dynamic brushwork. By using often densely layered colors she achieves a complex, subtle and wide emotional range that transforms studies of external surfaces into exposes of internal feeling. The contrast between her objective subject matter and subjective treatment generates a creative dissonance that brings the paintings richly to life.

FMV $1680

Stage 2 (base 1)

2021

11 x 14 x 1.5 inches

Oil on aluminum.

Anthony Adcock blends his unique experiences working as a Local #1 Ironworker and as an artist to create works that explore the relationship between labor and value. Using hyper illusionistic trompe lÕoeil painting, sculpture, and installation, he distorts the line between reality and perception to question the importance and relevancy of authorship. He received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the American Academy of Art with a specialization in oil painting. His work has been published in New American Paintings, New city Art, the Examiner, and other publications. His artwork has been collected by 21c Museum, the Roy Liechtenstein family, and many other private collectors, nationally and internationally.

FMV $3200

Green Scab

2020

20x24

Oil, oil stick, and plywood on wood panel.

Loren Myhre received his BFA from the University of Florida and his MFA in 2004 from Parsons School of Design in NY. Upon moving to New York in 2002, Myhre had the privilege of studying under sculptor Tom Butter and painter Louise Fishman. Those years would prove to be the most formative for Myhre as he developed both an interest in sculpture and painting. For a number of years, Myhre spent time in St.Augustine, FL where he taught sculpture at Flagler College until in 2017 he uprooted and moved to Kentucky. Loren has exhibited his art nationally in New York, Connecticut, Tennessee, and Florida. He currently lives and works in Louisville, KY.

FMV $1500

Direction

2022

Acrylic 8"x8" (x4)

Paint on Canvas, Acrylic Polymer & Marble Dust.

My name is Julia Voss, I'm a self-taught artist based in Illinois, with a bachelors degree in Business Administration from Olivet Nazarene University. I grew up surrounded by original works of art and sculpture that my father collected from around the world. Quilted Rhino, The Russia Painting, and The Pour Tree were pieces within our home that served as my muse. My young days were spent admiring and recreating the art around me. Into adulthood I earned my BBA and swiftly entered the world of corporate interiors. I was dazzled by interior design and let my intuition guide me to my ultimate truth: my purpose is to create eccentric works of art that evoke curiosity within the viewer.

FMV $1000

Tension

2022

8x10in Triptych

Acrylic on Canvas, Acrylic Polymer & Marble Dust.

My name is Julia Voss, I'm a self-taught artist based in Illinois, with a bachelors degree in Business Administration from Olivet Nazarene University. I grew up surrounded by original works of art and sculpture that my father collected from around the world. Quilted Rhino, The Russia Painting, and The Pour Tree were pieces within our home that served as my muse. My young days were spent admiring and recreating the art around me. Into adulthood I earned my BBA and swiftly entered the world of corporate interiors. I was dazzled by interior design and let my intuition guide me to my ultimate truth: my purpose is to create eccentric works of art that evoke curiosity within the viewer.

FMV $750

Aquatic Dance

2022

36x36in

Oil on canvas.

Self taught artist of 27 years working in oil medium. Born in Austin Texas now residing in southern Colorado my work is a reflection of my life. I have a hard time with Bio stuff. I'm not great at talking about myself and any achievements or lack of. I really paint what feels good to me with no direction other than the color pallets I start with and move me thru the work. I enjoy movement with flow and want to create pieces that feel good when you view them. My work is very original I feel to the abstract and contemporary modern work out there these days. I try to stay humble and enjoy that people enjoy my work.

FMV $3900

Latitude

2021

28 x 22 x 1.5in

Acrylic on panel.

Kristin Wenc (b. 1974) is a principally self-taught, abstract painter who lives and works in Chicago. Midway through undergraduate studies, she paused her studio coursework and spent a large portion of her adult life away from any formal art practice. When Kristin returned to art making, she traded her charcoals and pastels for paint. She embraced the wide-ranging possibilities that acrylic affords when mixed with various gels and mediums and came to rely on many non-traditional tools to achieve her desired surface treatments. Kristin became a Fulton Street Collective studio member in July 2019, with previous studios in Pilsen Art and Design Center and WRK GRP at Taylors Mill. Her work is featured in Volumes 44 and 46 of Studio Visit magazine. Kristin has participated in numerous group shows and exhibitions, including The Other Art Fair Chicago.

FMV $575

Troika

2015

15x11in

Oil and cold wax on Ampersand Artboard.

Known for her earthy, expressive paintings, Chicago artist Kathy Blankley Roman has been making art of one kind or another as far back as she can remember. She has a background in calligraphy and holds an AA degree in Commercial Art, but she accumulated her current skills mostly through workshops over the years and studying at local art centers. Art making was mostly relegated to spare time status until her retirement in 2010 when she stumbled upon a course in expressive nonobjective painting. Skilled in multiple mediums, Kathy moves easily between acrylics, collage, encaustic and oil & cold wax the common link being her process of working in layers and excavating back through them creating texture and history.

FMV $575

Surrounded By Values

2018

54 x 76in

Oil and graphite on canvas.

I see structure everywhere, even in what others perceive as chaos. The most elemental beginnings of everything fascinate me and I endeavor to understand those elements; how they work together, how they complement, oppose or rely on each other, and what happens if they are broken apart. In my work, regardless of the medium. With no historic art education, I began my professional life as a tax accountant. For the better part of 25 years in the financial industry, structure guided my life. While that life consumed my creativity and time, it enabled me to explore the collecting and viewing side of art: introductions to artists and collecting their work; spending time in museums and galleries around the world; and, building my knowledge base upon which I draw from today.

FMV $5000

Nicholson

2022

16x20in

Acrylic.

I am a self taught artist who works in a variety of media. I am known mainly for my abstract acrylic paintings of musicians and celebrities, but sometimes I venture off to various other subject matters. My work is in numerous collections across the country. My paintings are either acquired through my website or private commissions.

FMV $400

Very Shagadelic!

2021

39" x 57.5" x 1.5"

Acrylic on canvas.

Chicago painter and photographer.

FMV $2350

Braided Rose

2020

12 x 12 x 1in

Acrylic on birch board.

It was a time before television, I was five and lived in my imagination. My creative journey began when I made up a mirror twin named Ila and together, we built a magical world of boundless possibilities.

FMV $500

#144

2019

48"x48"

Acrylic on Canvas.

Gary Lee is a perpetual creator, born to discover and contemplate. He has an intimate relationship with the built environment, a dialogue explored in his paintings. Using acrylic paint, Lee responds to the colors, textures, and materials that surround us, creating an experience through his search for solace and subtlety. Using a burnishing technique, he shares this journey through various brush movements and the layering of unexpected color palettes. The method is active. Lee uses sweeping arm movements, often in a circular fashion, to spread and reveal the many layers of paint. Each composition arrives at a unique destination, baring the relationship between Lee's movements and what the viewer sees.

FMV $4800

Shout

2022

8x10x1in

Acrylic paint on wood panel.

I began exploring art a few years ago after finally succumbing to my inner voice (and my friends' and family's voices) cheering me on to become an artist. I took a class or two, but found that I enjoyed studying ideas on my own without knowing rules for color or layout. The exploration of it all brings so much pleasure and discovery. I like feeling that I figured something out rather than being told and tested on how to achieve certain ideas. I've got a little rebel in me. There are no rules in art.

FMV $400

Rainbow Series #3

2021

12x12x1in

Acrylic on raw canvas mounted on wooden board.

Alicja Swiatlon was born in Poland. She graduated from the University of Arts in Poznan, Poland with Distinction, earning her MFA in Painting, as well as MFA in Art Education. Already as a student Alicja launched a successful career as an artist. Her paintings are studies of colour, inspired by nature and brought into abstract form. In years 2008-2013 Alicja worked as a volunteer in South Africa, many of her paintings are inspired by this beautiful country. She moved to Calgary, Canada in 2013 where she worked as an artist as well as Art Educator. In summer 2021 she moved to Salt Spring Island to live close to nature and continue her career as an artist. Alicja's paintings are in private collections in Canada, America, Europe and South Africa.

FMV $400

InsituLife #3

2021

10x10in

Acrylic inks on canvas.

Minnaz P. Khera is an Indian artist who has been painting for over 25 years. A graduate from the Rajasthan University, India, she went on to complete a course in Commercial Arts, and then a Diploma in Multimedia for 2D & 3D Animation. With a sound art education under her belt, Minaaz practices a combination of the two disciplines - the commercial art and the fine art. She paints in different mediums (watercolor, charcoal, pencils, pastels, oils on canvas and oils on porcelain) and each medium has a unique experience for her. She has also participated in various exhibitions showcasing her work.

FMV $600

Quilt

2022

5.5 x 8.5in Triptych

Duck Cloth and Acrylic on Canvas.

My name is Julia Voss, I'm a self-taught artist based in Illinois, with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Olivet Nazarene University. I grew up surrounded by original works of art and sculpture that my father collected from around the world. Quilted Rhino, The Russia Painting, and The Pour Tree were pieces within our home that served as my muse. My young days were spent admiring and recreating the art around me. Into adulthood I earned my BBA and swiftly entered the world of corporate interiors. I was dazzled by interior design and let my intuition guide me to my ultimate truth: my purpose is to create eccentric works of art that evoke curiosity within the viewer.

FMV $600

Full Speed Ahead

2022

38 x 30 x 1.5in

Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas.

Self-taught and influenced by the New York abstract expressionists of the 1940s and 50s, Marc painted his first abstract paintings in 1991. He remembers being awestruck the first time he saw Jackson Pollock's paintings in person. Blown away by the scale, energy, color, and abstraction of Pollock's art, Marc remembers thinking, I want to do that; I can do that. Although passionate about art and making art, a 25-year career as a K-12 classroom teacher left Marc few opportunities to paint. Why teaching? Marc reveals that the murder of his brother by an African American male in 1982 led him to want to make a difference in the world and to do his part to educate children from poor, underserved communities. In 1994 he began teaching at Markham Middle School in Watts where he taught for four years.

FMV $1140

2021 So Far

2021

16 x 20 x 1.5in

Encaustic paint with shellac burn on a wood cradled panel.

Art for me is a second career that I am exploring, but art was and is one of my first loves. I was drawn to the wax as it obscured parts of the piece and revealed others while adding another level of dimension to the pieces. I did have to ask what Encaustic painting was and when I found out it was painting with molten beeswax and using either a heat gun or torch to create pieces, I couldn't wait to find a class. It was so inspiring and different that I have been taking classes, adding techniques and skills, and have been experimenting ever since. In 2015. Feelings and events in life have a habit of appearing in my art and the pandemic had an impact on the art that I created and one such piece is "2021 So Far" was created in the early part of 2021. The cold of winter influenced the cold whites and blues in the piece. Vaccines were just becoming available, offering a way out of the pandemic.

FMV $400

For My Friend Jon Herald

2020

16 x 16in

Oil on Canvas.

Rebecca Midden is a Chicago based designer and painter with a passion for exploring the landscape as a space to experience a sense of interiority. Rebecca received a March with an emphasis in Interior Architecture from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and her BA from Bowling Green State University in Art History.

FMV $600

Walking Chicago - Crown Fountain

2020

21"x14"

Limited edition museum quality print on Canson Baryta paper, numbered and signed by the photographer.

I'm an artist currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area, working primarily in the medium of photography and digital collage. My work explores themes of memory, dreams, history, and spirituality through a surrealist lens, and was most recently featured in FotoFilmic JRNL 13 and Create! Magazine issue #31

FMV $500

Liquescence 5

2013

24 x 36in

Photographic Archival Print.

Michael Coakes grew up with the influence of the 60s and 70s pop art and pop culture with an attraction to a diverse array of artists from Picasso and Dali to Mucha. He displayed a serious passion for art drawing in particular even in his preteen years. As a mostly self-taught artist he has created many drawings, paintings and photographic works in the years since. His preferred artistic direction early in his career was photo-realist drawing and painting which eventually lead him to photography to render his visions. His signature style is rooted in the power of simplicity. He shows his work in gallery exhibits frequently and his work is in private collections around the world.

FMV $1300

Foresee

2020

38x29in Framed

Photography on aluminum, mixed media.

Through her lens, award-winning artist Gail Mancuso captures the ubiquitous but often overlooked silhouettes and reflections of the urban landscape, as well as the nuance, beauty and strength of the female form. With a discerning eye for color, balance and composition, she utilizes materials uncommon to traditional photography, including paint, torn papers, glass and fabric, along with digital imaging to subtly blur the boundary between photography and painterly impressions. In her evolving abstract compositions, she uses the art of photography as a medium of experimentation. She often uses fragments of photographs together with other artistic elements to explore and develop ideas. Her diverse process is influenced by an ever-evolving aesthetic, which often leads to reinventing something new from its original context, lending a different perspective to the familiar.

FMV $3200

Frog Eyes

2021

17x24in

Photography on paper.

Ami Watanabe is a poet, blogger, and visual artist from Chicago, IL. She attended South Suburban College, Purdue University and Governor's State University. She won the Scriblarean Best Poem Contest, and was Second Place Winner of the Sigrid Stark Undergraduate Poetry. Her poems and articles have appeared in the Spindrift, Scriblarean the Pond, The Calumet Press, and the Southeast Observer. Her photography has appeared in the Chicago Star and Performance Response Journal.

FMV $400

Freedom

2019

23x15in

Photography, printed on aluminium dibond. Monaco based photographer, Maja Kerin, has been honing her skills in abstract photography for the past several years. Originally a portrait photographer, Maja blended photography skills with her spiritual growth journey, bringing about a perfect marriage of her two passions together.

FMV $690

Self Portrait

2022

11x16in

Fine Art Printing.

Hello my name is Beth Anne Anderson and I am a Fine Art Photographer that specializes in capturing emotion + connection. I feel you can look into the soul of art to find a message. Art is a portal that has been birthed through the artist. You have to look within to see what you discover.

FMV $750

Insurmountable

2022.

20in x 16in

Archival Print on Metallic Paper.

Deanna Gibson is a gregarious Chicago-land based photographer/artist. As a commercial photographer she has been published in numerous books, magazines, newspapers, marketing materials, advertisements both on and off-line. As an artist she has enjoyed many group gallery shows as well as solo shows. Her artwork consists of traditional and manipulated photography utilizing imagery she stages and captures. She is often the subject and photographer of her images. Cindy Sherman, Salvador Dali and Jim Henson have influenced her work from the beginning. The high relief mixed media works let her explore her love of physical work outside the digital realm. She incorporates her skills of sewing, plaster work, painting and glitter to create women that seem like they could walk off the wall. If you're ever in the same room as Deanna, you'll know it, she's the one with glitter on her face!

FMV $1100

Halographic

2021

20 x 30in

Photography on paper (Framed).

Adamm started experimenting with photography in high school but really honed his photography skills in university. While in university, he studied international relations and linguistics, which is why he speaks 9 languages. However, nearly all of his free time was spent honing his photography skills through photography clubs, meet-ups, help from his mentor and test shoots with local models and actors.

FMV $800

Walking Chicago - Summer Lake Michigan

2020

16x20x0in

Limited edition museum quality print on Canson Baryta paper, numbered and signed by the photographer.

I'm an artist currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area, working primarily in the medium of photography and digital collage. My work explores themes of memory, dreams, history, and spirituality through a surrealist lens, and was most recently featured in FotoFilmic JRNL 13 and Create! Magazine issue #31 These images were made during the three years I lived in Chicago (2018-2021) - walking, biking, and discovering what is now one of my favorite cities.

FMV $500

Rain

2019

11x17in

Photograph on Ultra Premium Photo Paper in Luster.

Midwest based photographer and designer.

FMV $400

I Feel Pink

2019

9x12in

Photography.

Isabella Scott is an illustrator and fine artist from Winnebago, Illinois. She currently lives in Chicago. She has created a wide range of art in a variety of mediums from ballpoint pen to photography. She loves creating a world where she combines fact and fantasy. She has dedicated her career to creating diverse and inclusive work that celebrates the uniqueness of everyone and the world around her. IsabellaÕs work has been seen in galleries, magazines, murals, and editorial publications. Her strong understanding of visual storytelling has helped her create unique, diverse illustrations that have been on display all throughout Chicago and even internationally in Korea. Her work has been featured in the Chicago Reader and Southside Weekly. She has been in numerous gallery shows including Columbia's March of Minis, Portrait Show, and Illustrate the Vote.

FMV $400

Primary Structure, No. 2

2017

H 12.9 x W 9 x D 6 in

Powder-coated & assembled 3 in. (7.6 cm) aluminum tubes.

David Versluis works extensively as an artist, teacher, and graphic designer. He actively produces prints and sculpture, exhibiting regularly in international, national and curated art exhibitions. Versluis has had solo exhibitions at Trinity Christian College, Indiana and Purdue Universities at Fort Wayne, Chicago State University, South Suburban College (in collaboration with Roy R. Behrens), Dordt University, Luther College, and Simpson College. Versluis's larger-scale sculptures have recently been selected for year-long display by the Sioux City Art Center Sculpt Siouxland Inc., Sioux City, Iowa; Public Art Edina (Minnesota); and permanent display on the Dordt University campus. Additionally, he was a contributing artist in the Geometric Complexions exhibition in 2017, curated by Sergio Gomez for the Zhou B Art Center, Chicago.

FMV $1462

Child And Pet

2022

13 x 11 x 6in

Cedar and maple, charred, oiled, and waxed.

Christian creates sculpture, furniture, home goods and decor with hardwoods that he burns and ultimately lets fire control the final outcome of his pieces.

FMV $450

Protect-U (Cans Series)

2021

40" x 1.50" x 1.5'

Cardboard, Papier-mâché Paint.

Lily Szymanski, originally from and working in Chicago, IL, focuses mainly in sculpture. She received her BFA from School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2022. She is interested in the mysteries that are objects and the mysteries that objects present. Lily uses sculpture as a tool to allow for the recreation of objects to bring forth the illusion of familiarity. Her works are a way of understanding the objects, and the objects allowing her to understand them. Exactness is forgotten and the symbols melt into their own way of existence, whispering to her how they want to be seen. An object is never-ending.

FMV $500

Untitled

2005

36 x 36in

Oil Painting on canvas

James Kieran McGonnell 1967-2011. Born in Cork City, Ireland, the artist came to the United States to study Studio Art and Art History at Hunter College in New York City. His innovative artwork was characterized by bold and vivid use of color, incorporating everything from oil paint, watercolors and air brush spray paint, and featured a cavalcade of dazzling imagery from history, mythology, literature and architecture to popular culture and politics. McGonnell did not work in a single style or medium, and he drew on a range of influences and subjects, from the war on terror to transportation to American politics to Celtic mythology and imagery.

FMV $2600