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GEMS V

Exquisite, Intricate, Intimate, Small Works of Art

Exhibition Dates: November 19th – December 18th, 2022

Susan Aulik, Juror

Juror’s Bio + Juror’s Statement

Arts Benicia Member and Artists Preview: November 17th, 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Opening Reception: November 19th, 4:00 – 6:00 pm

Sponsored in part by Olson Realty, Amports, Hamann Real Estate, and Happy Life Pottery

 The exhibition features small-scale works in a variety of media.

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.

Juror’s Bio + Juror’s Statement

Artists A-L

Artists M-Z (See Below)

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Participating Artists:

Valerie Allen | Dina Farris Appel | Salma Arastu | Valentina Arenas | Lynn Arnold | Charlene Asato | Steffani Bailey | Carla Marie Bratt | Mark Bremer | Joel Brown | Margie Caldwell-Gill | Melanie Christie | Helen S. Cohen | MJ Coleman | Jane Yuen Corich | Mary Lou Correia | Adele Crawford | Rick Crawford | Carol Dalton | Vicki Dennis | Jamie Dietze | Barbara Duvall | Linda Ellinwood | Mary Pat Ettinger | Amanda Eve | Donna Fenstermaker | Linda Fitz Gibbon | Larnie Fox | Deborah Benioff Friedman | Susan Fuller | Shelley Gardner | Jayne Garvick Boyd | Virginia George | Josie Grant | Saira Grube | Vicki Gunter | Margot Hartford | Karl Hauser | Michelle Headstrom | Lynette K Henderson | Frank Hoeffler | Hannah Klaus Hunter | Clint Imboden | Sharon Jeniye Cohen | Carolie Jensen | Lesley Jensen | Rose Kelly | Mary Frances Kelly-Poh | Stephanie Kolpy | K. Daphnae Koop | Joseph Kosdrosky | Diana Krevsky | Charles Kruger | Carol Ladewig | Ninette Larson | Diana Lawrence | Karen Leoni | Judy Levit | JoAnn Lieberman | Fernando Lopez | Patricia Ludovici | Steve Mainini | Susan Marcus Sachs | Pamela McCauley | Elizabeth McKinne | Cecile McNulty | Tanis Meyers | Sidney Mullen | Ebba Navas | Jann Noddin | Anne Morrison Rabe | Nancy Roberts | Judith Rohrer | Stephanie Rosendorf | Michiko Sakai | Maggie Sanftleben | Robert Schwarzenbach | Margaret Seamer | Arena Shawn | Kim Smith | Charlene Steen | Melissa Stephens | Akiko Suzuki | Patty Taylor | Sabine Thompson | Dee Tivenan | Toby Tover | Nancy Vachani | Cathy Valentine | Mark Vogel | Morrie Warshawski | Jack Weaver | Sue Weil | Angela White | Mira White | Jared Wickware | Kathryn Wills | Angela Windin | Ruby Wolfman | Melissa Woodburn | Misty Youmans

Steve Mainini (Benicia)
The corner of East B St, and East 2nd St
Ballpoint Pen
$500
Steve Mainini (Benicia)
Salt ‘N’ Peppa
Ballpoint Pen
$500
Susan Marcus Sachs (Benicia)
From a Distance #12
Mixed Media on Canvas
$300
Pam McCauley (Lafayette)
Circle Study 1
Collage, Acrylic Paint, Ink, Pencil, & Oil Pastels
$400
Elizabeth McKinne (Napa)
Untitled 2
Gouache & Crayon on Kaolin Clay Panel
$175
Elizabeth McKinne (Napa)
Untitled 4
Gouache & Crayon on Kaolin Clay Panel
$175
Cecile McNulty (Benicia)
American Kestrel
Oil on Canvas
$300 SOLD
Tanis Meyers (Lenexa, KS)
A Prayer #2
Fiber Art/Found Object
$62 SOLD
Tanis Meyers (Lenexa, KS)
Mended Heart #2
Fiber Art/Found Object
$215
Tanis Meyers (Lenexa, KS)
Summer Dreaming #1
Fiber Art
$150
Sidney Mullen (Oakland)
Family Two
Watercolor
$400
Ebba Navas (Benicia)
“Sup?”
Mixed Media
$250
Jann Noddin (Oakland)
Halloween Gang
Acrylic
$350
Jann Noddin (Oakland)
My Parents’ Habits
Acrylic
$350
Jann Noddin (Oakland)
When My Parents Were Happy
Acrylic
$450
Anne Morrison Rabe (Lafayette)
Hosta 2
Digital Photography – iPhoneography
$150
Anne Morrison Rabe (Lafayette)
Pop Poppy
Digital Photography – iPhoneography
$150
Nancy Roberts (Oakley)
Clocktower View Improv
Acrylic on Panel
$200
Nancy Roberts (Oakley)
Spring Color, Locke
Acrylic on Canvas
$500
Judith Rohrer (Concord)
Are U There?
Mixed Media
$300
Judith Rohrer (Concord)
Before the Dawn
Mixed Media
$300
Judith Rohrer (Concord)
Night and Day
Mixed Media
$300
Stephanie Rosendorf (Atlanta, GA)
Conversation with Friends
Porcelain Sculpture
$500
Stephanie Rosendorf (Atlanta, GA)
Natural Improvisation
Porcelain Sculpture
$500
Stephanie Rosendorf (Atlanta, GA)
Verdant Oasis
Porcelain with Glaze
$575
Michiko Sakai (Benicia)
Gentle Breeze
Oil on Canvas
$1,300
Michiko Sakai (Benicia)
Sunset on the City
Oil on Canvas
$850
Maggie Sanftleben (York, ME)
On the Train 1
Encaustic with Pan Pastel, India Ink, Charcoal, and Oil Stick
$250
Robert Schwarzenbach (San Francisco)
White/0211
Oil on Canvas
$125
Margaret Seamer (Vallejo)
At the Beach
Rust marks, green tea, cotton and silk threads on paper
$375 SOLD
Arena Shawn (Carrabelle, FL)
Breakfast in Paris
Oil on Ampersand Museum Panel
$445 SOLD
Arena Shawn (Carrabelle, FL)
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
Oil on Linen
$395
Arena Shawn (Carrabelle, FL)
Strawberry Wild
Oil on Linen
$495
Kim Smith (Benicia)
Circus #2
Encaustic with Pan Pastel, India Ink, Charcoal, and Oil Stick
$500
Kim Smith (Benicia)
Furoshiki #3
Watercolor Mounted on Board
$500
Kim Smith (Benicia)
Surprise Ball #2
Watercolor
$500
Charlene Steen (Napa)
Mystic Landscape
Acrylic
$100
Charlene Steen (Napa)
The Old Man
Monoprint
$100 SOLD
Melissa Stephens (Walnut Creek)
Globe Thistle Pond
Encaustic Paint and Pigment Stick on Cradle Board
$160
Akiko Suzuki (Benicia)
10 by 10 Black
Cardboard, Antique kimono fabric, Thread, Sumi ink
$700
Akiko Suzuki (Benicia)
10 by 10 Original
Cardboard, Antique Kimono fabric, Thread, Sumi ink
$700
Akiko Suzuki (Benicia)
10 by 10 Gold
Cardboard, Antique Kimono fabric, Sumi ink
$700
Akiko Suzuki (Benicia)
10 by 10 White
Cardboard, Antique Kimono fabric, Sumi ink
$700
Patty Taylor (Walnut Creek)
Alexandria Mc
Ceramic Raku fired
$400
Sabine Thompson (Vallejo)
Dreaming Chair
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
$225
Dee Tivenan (Orinda)
Joining
Mixed Media on Yupo on Panel
$135
Dee Tivenan (Orinda)
Meeting in the Sky
Mixed Media on Yupo
$50
Toby Tover (Benicia)
Englishman in Pub
Acrylic and Resin
$350
Toby Tover (Benicia)
Neighborhood Good Guy
Acrylic and Resin on Canvas
$350
Nancy Vachani (Orinda)
Urban Ore
Encaustic
$200
Nancy Vachani (Orinda)
Woman with Yellow Flower in Her Hair
Casein
$250 SOLD
Cathy Valentine (Mt. Shasta)
Indigo Window
Encaustic, Oil Stick, Silk Thread
$450
Mark Vogel (Lancaster, PA)
3-25-2021
Acrylic on Panel
$1,500
Mark Vogel (Lancaster, PA)
7-5-2020
Acrylic on Canvas
$1,500
Mark Vogel (Lancaster, PA)
9-17-2020
Acrylic on Canvas
$1,500
Morrie Warshawski (Napa)
Hashtag – Mosquito Bay
Mixed Media
$300
Jack Weaver (Benicia)
Harpa Nephra 2
Sculpture
$1,500
Sue Weil (San Rafael)
Love Dichotomy
Handwoven Tapestry
$725
Sue Weil (San Rafael)
Love On A Breeze
Handwoven Tapestry
$550
Sue Weil (San Rafael)
Oh Yeah!
Handwoven Tapestry
$725
Mira White (Walnut Creek)
Crumbling Wall
Collage, Mixed Media on Panel
$250
Mira White (Walnut Creek)
Playtime in Circles
Watercolor
$500
Mira White (Walnut Creek)
Serendipity
Encaustic, collage on panel
$175
Angela White (Benicia)
Sublime Chaos
Encaustic on wooden cradle
$275
Jared Wickware (Honolulu, HI)
Cloud Practice
Copper Engraving
$750
Jared Wickware (Honolulu, HI)
Life In The Line
Copper Engraving
$750
Kathryn Wills (Danville)
Deep Water Legend
Oil on Cradled wood
$500
Kathryn Wills (Danville)
Mountain Switchback
Gouache on Paper
$150
Angela Windin (San Francisco)
Moped Monkey
Acrylic on Masonite
$155 SOLD
Ruby Wolfman (Berkeley)
Help Is On the Way
Ceramic, Acrylic paint, Found objects
$450
Ruby Wolfman (Berkeley)
Holy Toledo
Ceramic, Acrylic paint, Found objects
$450
Ruby Wolfman (Berkeley)
Out of the Pan
Ceramic, Acrylic Paint,
$450
Melissa Woodburn (Novato)
Miniature Basket with Porcupine Quill Stopper
Pine needle, Waxed thread, Ceramic, Porcupine quills
$75
Melissa Woodburn (Novato)
Treasure Keeper With Ceramic Swirl Lid
Pine needle, Ceramic, Seed beads
$98 SOLD
Melissa Woodburn (Novato)
Treasure Keeper With Flame Topper
Pine needle, Waxed thread, Ceramic
$125
Misty Youmans (Vallejo)
Listen With Your Heart
Found materials, Fabric, Stitching, Stenciling
$400

Artists A-L

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