Explorations in Monochromatic Art

Exhibition Dates: Saturday, March 16 – Sunday, April 28, 2024

1 Commandant’s Lane, Benicia

Leah Rosenburg, Juror (Bio)

Opening Reception: Saturday, March 16, 4 – 6 pm
Family Art Day: Sunday, April 14, 1 – 3 pm

Explorations in Monochromatic Art is a juried exhibition that seeks to showcase exceptional monochromatic artwork in a wide range of genres and mediums.

To purchase a work, please email info@artsbenicia.org and an Arts Benicia staff member will contact you.
Arts Benicia members receive a 10% discount on purchase of artworks.

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Participating Artists:

Explorations in Monochromatic Art

Exhibition Dates: Saturday, March 16 – Sunday, April 28, 2024

1 Commandant’s Lane, Benicia

Leah Rosenburg, Juror (Bio)

Sponsored in part by Happy Life Pottery

Opening Reception: Saturday, March 16, 4 – 6 pm Family Art Day: Sunday, April 14, 1 – 3 pm

To purchase a work, please email info@artsbenicia.org and an Arts Benicia staff member will contact you. Arts Benicia members receive a 10% discount on purchase of artworks.

Sign up to be a gallery greeter

Participating Artists:

Carol Bivins (Denver, CO) Everyone Is Crazy Sometimes Oils 30” x 30” x 1.5” $2100

Kim Cardoso (Oakland, CA) Mother and Child 3 Oil on paper 15” x 11” $600

Kim Cardoso (Oakland, CA) Mother and Child 4 Oil on paper 15” x 11” $600

Chandra Cerrito (Napa, CA) Presence 12 Watercolor on paper 16” x 20” $1200

Jane Yuen Corich (Walnut Creek, CA) Familiar Times Acrylic Mixed Media 24” x 24” x 1.5” $1100

Daisy Crane (Columbia, MO) Found Myself in the Rocks Oil on panel 24” x 18” x 1.5” $2000

Mittie Cuetara (Oakland, CA) Glimpse Acrylic on canvas 20” x 16” x 1” $600

Mittie Cuetara (Oakland, CA) Subway Guitars Acrylic on canvas 20” x 16” x 1” $600

Carol Dalton (Benicia, CA) Footprints Acrylic paint 35” x 35” x 2” $3000

Carol Dalton (Benicia, CA) Isolated in Blue Mixed media 28” x 22” x 1.5” $1800

Carol Dalton (Benicia, CA) Water Music II Acrylic paint 24” x 24” x 1.5” $1800

Temple Douglass (Philadelphia, PA) Portrait of the Artist as Melancholy Acrylic and Charcoal on Paper 19” x 16” $2000

Heidi Egerman (Boise, ID) White Iris Photography 23” x 19” x 1.5” $400

Adrienne Emmering (Suisun City, CA) Evening Blue Watercolor 12” x 16” x 0.5” $180

Beth Fein (Berkeley, CA) Hidden Within Woodblock relief mono print on Kitikata; cut to shape 27” x 17” $2400

Beth Fein (Berkeley, CA) A Quarrel of Grief Woodblock relief, mono print framed in color matched wood 28” x 15” $3000

Rona Fisher (Philadelphia, PA) Glass and Knife 923 Oil 14” x 11” x 1” $750

Rona Fisher (Philadelphia, PA) Glass and Scissors 1023 Oil 14” x 11” x 1” $750

Jonathan Gaber (Lafayette, CA) Gold Moire Metallic acrylic paint on canvas 36” x 36” x 1.5” $2000

Jonathan Gaber (Lafayette, CA) Gold Squares Metallic acrylic paint 36” x 36” x 1.5” $2500

Jonathan Gaber (Lafayette, CA) Red/Orange Acrylic paint on wood cradled panel 36” x 36” x 2” $2500

Beth Grimm (Benicia, CA) Study in White Acrylic on canvas 12.0” x 12.0” x 1.0” $175

Jeffrey Hartman (North Bergen, NJ) Brute Fact Gouache 22” x 30” $1400

Jeffrey Hartman (North Bergen, NJ) Tree Behavior is very slow it’s hard to tell when they … Gouache 22” x 30” $1400

Denise Hillman (Martinez, CA) The Conversation Oil on panel 10” x 10” x 1” $275

Phyllis Jenkins (Lenexa, KS) Rain Forest Mixed Media 30” x 40” x 1” $900

Christopher Keating (Benicia, CA) Metamorphic Echos Cast iron 8” x 11” x 8” $2000

Liz Keefe (Kensington, CA) Night Sky Weaving 13” x 13” x 1” $345

Liz Keefe (Kensington, CA) Waves Weaving 12” x 15” x 1” $345

Pamela Kieffer (Lake Oswego, OR) Fearful When The Sky Is Full of Thunder Analog Collage 8” x 8” x 1.5” $275

Pamela Kieffer (Lake Oswego, OR) Make Way For Penguins Analog Collage 8” x 8” x 1.5” $300

Joseph Kosdrosky (Novato, CA) Cool Lavender Nights Acrylic on canvas 6” x 6” x 1” $150

Joseph Kosdrosky (Novato, CA) Day Dream in Pink Acrylic on canvas 10” x 8” x 1” $225

Joseph Kosdrosky (Novato, CA) Electric Green Thinking Acrylic on canvas 6” x 6” x 1” $150

Diana Lawrence (Vallejo, CA) Group Play Colored porcelain 6” x 3” x 3” $200

Mary Ann Leff (Berkeley, CA) As If It Was On Fire Acrylic and acrylic medium 30” x 24” x 1.5” $2100

Ronna Leon (Benicia, CA) Angles Monotype Papers Collage 18.5” x 24.5” x .75” $750

Tibby Lerner (Benicia, CA) Fountain Fantasy Photo Collage 20” x 16” x 1” $250 (Sold)

Tanya Lieberman (Davis, CA) Kitchen Shibori Fiber Art (Shibori Indigo-Dyed Cotton) 21” x 21” x 1” $300

Tanya Lieberman (Davis, CA) Sushi Mat Shibori Fiber Art (Shibori Indigo-Dyed Cotton) 21” x 21” x 1” $200 (Sold)

Lori Lorenzo (Sacramento, CA) Tempted by Topiary Acrylic, collage, colored pencil on masonite 12” x 12” $350

Lori Lorenzo (Sacramento, CA) Red Acrylic, collage, colored pencil on paper 10” x 8” $250 (Sold)

Brenda Man-Fletcher (Sedona, AZ) Inner Lives Digitally enhanced image of Sumi ink on porcelain, printed on paper 11” x 8.5” $200

Frances Metcalf (McKees Rocks, PA) Element No. 1 Monoprint 6” x 4” x .1” $400

Frances Metcalf (McKees Rocks, PA) Feathering Monotype 9” x 7.5” x .1” $350

Cathy Miranker (San Francisco, CA) Lapis Geometry Textile Art 45” x 15” x 0.125” $2500

Suze Castillo Munoz (Benicia, CA) Green Sentry Photography 20” x 16” x 1” $150

Margaret E. Murray (San Francisco, CA) Four Elements II Intaglio Print 12” x 12” x 1” $650

Margaret E. Murray (San Francisco, CA) Four Elements III Intaglio Print 12” x 12” x 1” $695

Margaret E. Murray (San Francisco, CA) Red Field Relief print 12” x 12” x 1” $725

Ebba Navas (Benicia, CA) In the Garden at Midnight Acrylic on Canvas 10” x 10” x 1.5” $250

Mary Oros (Benicia, CA) Three As One Concrete 32.5” x 21” x 22” $18000

Denia Phipps (Benicia, CA) Midnight Sojourn Acrylic on Canvas 20” x 24” x .5” $475

Anne Morrison Rabe (Lafayette, CA) Past Her Prime Multiple Exposure Photography – iPhoneography 31” x 31” x 2” $1200

Paul Ransohoff (Menlo Park, CA) Female Torso with Skeleton Hand, after Rodin Colored inks 14” x 10” $900

Keely Reyes (Benicia, CA) Midnight Poppies Acryla Gouache on Wood Panel 16” x 12” x 1.5” $775

Nikhil Sharma (San Francisco, CA) Mountain Sunset Interior paint on canvas, cardboard 37” x 54” x 5” $1800

Sue Weil (San Rafael, CA) Just a Glimmer Handwoven Tapestry 30” x 34” x 0.5” $1600

Sue Weil (San Rafael, CA) Pacific Midnight Handwoven tapestry 51” x 25” x 0.5” $1100

Sue Weil (San Rafael, CA) Sailing on Stardust Handwoven tapestry 27” x 27” x 0.25” $5500

Stephen Wozniak (Los Angeles, CA) Blauer Reiter MDF, acrylic paint 8.5” x 2.5” x .75” $777

Marian Yap (Pacifica, CA) Language Of Color #1 Acrylic 20” x 16” x 1” $550

Junzhong Zhao (Shanghai) Dome 17 Acrylic on aluminum board 50 cm x 50 cm x 5 cm $7000

Junzhong Zhao (Shanghai) Dome 14 Acrylic on corrosion resistant plate 50 cm x 50 cm x 5 cm $7000

Opening Reception: Saturday, March 16, 4 – 6 pm
Family Art Day: Sunday, April 14, 1 – 3 pm

To purchase a work, please email info@artsbenicia.org and an Arts Benicia staff member will contact you.
Arts Benicia members receive a 10% discount on purchase of artworks.

Carol Bivins (Denver, CO)
Everyone Is Crazy Sometimes
Oils
30” x 30” x 1.5”
$2100

Kim Cardoso (Oakland, CA)
Mother and Child 3
Oil on paper
15” x 11”
$600

Kim Cardoso (Oakland, CA)
Mother and Child 4
Oil on paper
15” x 11”
$600

Chandra Cerrito (Napa, CA)
Presence 12
Watercolor on paper
16” x 20”
$1200

Jane Yuen Corich (Walnut Creek, CA)
Familiar Times
Acrylic Mixed Media
24” x 24” x 1.5”
$1100

Daisy Crane (Columbia, MO)
Found Myself in the Rocks
Oil on panel
24” x 18” x 1.5”
$2000

Mittie Cuetara (Oakland, CA)
Glimpse
Acrylic on canvas
20” x 16” x 1”
$600

Mittie Cuetara (Oakland, CA)
Subway Guitars
Acrylic on canvas
20” x 16” x 1”
$600

Carol Dalton (Benicia, CA)
Footprints
Acrylic paint
35” x 35” x 2”
$3000

Carol Dalton (Benicia, CA)
Isolated in Blue
Mixed media
28” x 22” x 1.5”
$1800

Carol Dalton (Benicia, CA)
Water Music II
Acrylic paint
24” x 24” x 1.5”
$1800

Temple Douglass (Philadelphia, PA)
Portrait of the Artist as Melancholy
Acrylic and Charcoal on Paper
19” x 16”
$2000

Heidi Egerman (Boise, ID)
White Iris
Photography
23” x 19” x 1.5”
$400

Adrienne Emmering (Suisun City, CA)
Evening Blue
Watercolor
12” x 16” x 0.5”
$180

Beth Fein (Berkeley, CA)
Hidden Within
Woodblock relief mono print on Kitikata; cut to shape
27” x 17”
$2400

Beth Fein (Berkeley, CA)
A Quarrel of Grief
Woodblock relief, mono print framed in color matched wood
28” x 15”
$3000

Rona Fisher (Philadelphia, PA)
Glass and Knife 923
Oil
14” x 11” x 1”
$750

Rona Fisher (Philadelphia, PA)
Glass and Scissors 1023
Oil
14” x 11” x 1”
$750

Jonathan Gaber (Lafayette, CA)
Gold Moire
Metallic acrylic paint on canvas
36” x 36” x 1.5”
$2000

Jonathan Gaber (Lafayette, CA)
Gold Squares
Metallic acrylic paint
36” x 36” x 1.5”
$2500

Jonathan Gaber (Lafayette, CA)
Red/Orange
Acrylic paint on wood cradled panel
36” x 36” x 2”
$2500

Beth Grimm (Benicia, CA)
Study in White
Acrylic on canvas
12.0” x 12.0” x 1.0”
$175

Jeffrey Hartman (North Bergen, NJ)
Brute Fact
Gouache
22” x 30”
$1400

Jeffrey Hartman (North Bergen, NJ)
Tree Behavior is very slow it’s hard to tell when they …
Gouache
22” x 30”
$1400

Denise Hillman (Martinez, CA)
The Conversation
Oil on panel
10” x 10” x 1”
$275

Phyllis Jenkins (Lenexa, KS)
Rain Forest
Mixed Media
30” x 40” x 1”
$900

Christopher Keating (Benicia, CA)
Metamorphic Echos
Cast iron
8” x 11” x 8”
$2000

Liz Keefe (Kensington, CA)
Night Sky
Weaving
13” x 13” x 1”
$345

Liz Keefe (Kensington, CA)
Waves
Weaving
12” x 15” x 1”
$345

Pamela Kieffer (Lake Oswego, OR)
Fearful When The Sky Is Full of Thunder
Analog Collage
8” x 8” x 1.5”
$275

Pamela Kieffer (Lake Oswego, OR)
Make Way For Penguins
Analog Collage
8” x 8” x 1.5”
$300

Joseph Kosdrosky (Novato, CA)
Cool Lavender Nights
Acrylic on canvas
6” x 6” x 1”
$150

Joseph Kosdrosky (Novato, CA)
Day Dream in Pink
Acrylic on canvas
10” x 8” x 1”
$225

Joseph Kosdrosky (Novato, CA)
Electric Green Thinking
Acrylic on canvas
6” x 6” x 1”
$150

Diana Lawrence (Vallejo, CA)
Group Play
Colored porcelain
6” x 3” x 3”
$200

Mary Ann Leff (Berkeley, CA)
As If It Was On Fire
Acrylic and acrylic medium
30” x 24” x 1.5”
$2100

Ronna Leon (Benicia, CA)
Angles
Monotype Papers Collage
18.5” x 24.5” x .75”
$750

Tibby Lerner (Benicia, CA)
Fountain Fantasy
Photo Collage
20” x 16” x 1”
$250 (Sold)

Tanya Lieberman (Davis, CA)
Kitchen Shibori
Fiber Art (Shibori Indigo-Dyed Cotton)
21” x 21” x 1”
$300

Tanya Lieberman (Davis, CA)
Sushi Mat Shibori
Fiber Art (Shibori Indigo-Dyed Cotton)
21” x 21” x 1”
$200 (Sold)

Lori Lorenzo (Sacramento, CA)
Tempted by Topiary
Acrylic, collage, colored pencil on masonite
12” x 12”
$350

Lori Lorenzo (Sacramento, CA)
Red
Acrylic, collage, colored pencil on paper
10” x 8”
$250 (Sold)

Brenda Man-Fletcher (Sedona, AZ)
Inner Lives
Digitally enhanced image of Sumi ink on porcelain, printed on paper
11” x 8.5”
$200

Frances Metcalf (McKees Rocks, PA)
Element No. 1
Monoprint
6” x 4” x .1”
$400

Frances Metcalf (McKees Rocks, PA)
Feathering
Monotype
9” x 7.5” x .1”
$350

Cathy Miranker (San Francisco, CA)
Lapis Geometry
Textile Art
45” x 15” x 0.125”
$2500

Suze Castillo Munoz (Benicia, CA)
Green Sentry
Photography
20” x 16” x 1”
$150

Margaret E. Murray (San Francisco, CA)
Four Elements II
Intaglio Print
12” x 12” x 1”
$650

Margaret E. Murray (San Francisco, CA)
Four Elements III
Intaglio Print
12” x 12” x 1”
$695

Margaret E. Murray (San Francisco, CA)
Red Field
Relief print
12” x 12” x 1”
$725

Ebba Navas (Benicia, CA)
In the Garden at Midnight
Acrylic on Canvas
10” x 10” x 1.5”
$250

Mary Oros (Benicia, CA)
Three As One
Concrete
32.5” x 21” x 22”
$18000

Denia Phipps (Benicia, CA)
Midnight Sojourn
Acrylic on Canvas
20” x 24” x .5”
$475

Anne Morrison Rabe (Lafayette, CA)
Past Her Prime
Multiple Exposure Photography – iPhoneography
31” x 31” x 2”
$1200

Paul Ransohoff (Menlo Park, CA)
Female Torso with Skeleton Hand, after Rodin
Colored inks
14” x 10”
$900

Keely Reyes (Benicia, CA)
Midnight Poppies
Acryla Gouache on Wood Panel
16” x 12” x 1.5”
$775

Nikhil Sharma (San Francisco, CA)
Mountain Sunset
Interior paint on canvas, cardboard
37” x 54” x 5”
$1800

Sue Weil (San Rafael, CA)
Just a Glimmer
Handwoven Tapestry
30” x 34” x 0.5”
$1600

Sue Weil (San Rafael, CA)
Pacific Midnight
Handwoven tapestry
51” x 25” x 0.5”
$1100

Sue Weil (San Rafael, CA)
Sailing on Stardust
Handwoven tapestry
27” x 27” x 0.25”
$5500

Stephen Wozniak (Los Angeles, CA)
Blauer Reiter
MDF, acrylic paint
8.5” x 2.5” x .75”
$777

Marian Yap (Pacifica, CA)
Language Of Color #1
Acrylic
20” x 16” x 1”
$550

Junzhong Zhao (Shanghai)
Dome 17
Acrylic on aluminum board
50 cm x 50 cm x 5 cm
$7000

Junzhong Zhao (Shanghai)
Dome 14
Acrylic on corrosion resistant plate
50 cm x 50 cm x 5 cm
$7000