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I Figure

Contemporary Figurative Art

Randall Sexton, Juror
Exhibition Dates: July 23  – August 28, 2022

Arts Benicia Member and Artists Preview: July 21, 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Opening Reception: July 23, 4:00 – 6:00 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.

About the Juror  +  Juror’s Statement

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There is no other subject that commands more attention from artists than the human figure. It’s in our nature to examine our nature. As Bay Area artist Nathan Oliveira said, “I had the desire to paint the figure without painting the figure.”


Participating Artists

Norman Aragones  |  Tom Arie Donch  |  Brandin Barón  |  Alexandra Beaumont  |  Ron Beckham  |  Kayla Becwar  |  Alexandra Bloch  |  Jon Bryson  |  Trung Cao  |  Kendra Connally  |  Robert Creighton  |  Janet Glore Davis  |  Steve Davis  |  Elizabeth Denton  |  Arlene Diehl  |  Melinda diSessa  |  Jessica Dunne  |  Sandy Frank  |  Bonnie Fry  |  Jayne Garvick Boyd  |  Dennis Gerwin  |  Ellen Gust  |  Steven Hampton  |  Asia Hanon  |  Dave Hanson  |  Susannah Israel  |  Renaye Johnson  |  Andrzej Michael Karwacki  |  Mary Kearney Hull  |  John Kim  |  Karen Leoni  |  Weizhen Liang  |  Fernando Lopez  |  Michael Manente  |  Eric Mc Ghie  |  Peter McNeill  |  Pamela Mooney  |  Linda Mucha Karns  |  Ebba Navas  |  Thu Nguyen  |  Jann Noddin  |  Andrew Ogus  |  Caro Pemberton  |  Allison Ping  |  Lisa Reinertson  |  Sandra Rubin  |  Jack Ruszel  |  Preeti Schaden  |  Deidre Shibano  |  Rita Sklar  |  Maryann Steinert-Foley  |  Jeremy Sutton  |  Patty Taylor  |  Toby Tover  |  Chiachen Wang  |  Yuchen Wang  |  Claudia Waters  |  Mira White  |  Milena Wilton  |  Sabina Yates  |  Evany Zirul

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Thank you to Hamann Real Estate and Happy Life Pottery for their sponsorship in part of this exhibition.

Norman Aragones (San Jose)
Growing Up
Metallic
16” x 20” x .75”
Tom Arie Donch (Vallejo)
Dream of a Boy Interrupted
Cold Cast Copper
16.5” x 21.5” x 1”
Brandin Barón (San Francisco)
Jesus of the Otters
Silkscreen and Stencil Print on Parchment with Mixed Media
16” x 19”
Alexandra Beaumont (Minneapolis)
Me seeing me for you, as I hope you see me for me
Cotton, Graphite, Embroidery Thread
30” x 27.5”
Ron Beckham (Roanoke Rapids, NC)
Lil’ Girl
Oil on canvas
20” x 16” x 2”
Kayla Becwar (Denver)
Lovie #1
Fiber Art: Faux Fur, Tags
40” x 12” x 9”
Kayla Becwar (Denver)
Lovie #2
Fiber Art: Faux Fur, Needles
26” x 14.5” x 10.5”
Alexandra Bloch (Black Mountain, NC)
Elena in Suspense
Oil
20” x 16”
Jon Bryson (Willis, TX)
Idle Worship
Digital Sculpture/3D Print
8” x 8” x 6”
SOLD
Trung Cao (Vallejo)
Inspiration Flow
Oil
20” x 20” x 2”
Kendra Connally (Boise, ID)
Untitled Self (in Vibrant Red)
Alternative Photographic Process
25” x 19” x .25”
Robert Creighton (Dundas, Canada)
Eclat
Lithograph/Chine Colle
13” x 13”
Janet Glore Davis (Novato)
Codex of Healing Light
3D Mixed Media Shrine on Wood Panels
10.5” x 14” x 4.5”
Steve Davis (San Jose)
All I Wanted Was a Scrambled Egg for Breakfast
Cast Aluminum
72” x 36” x 36”
Elizabeth Denton (Benicia)
Intuitive Alert
Ceramic Sculpture
24” x 16” x 12”
Arlene Diehl (San Francisco)
Untitled. Merav
Compressed Charcoal on Paper
36.5 x 22 x 1.5”
Melinda diSessa (Berkeley)
Portrait/Looking Away
Mixed Media
20” x 20” x 1”
SOLD
Jessica Dunne (San Francisco)
Signe Standing
Graphite on Polyester
17.6 x 14.75
Sandy Frank (Sebastopol)
Male Figure – Full
Stoneware, paint, graphite, wax, plexiglass
18” x 4” x 4”
Bonnie Fry (Concord)
Chalk on the Sidewalk
High fired clay
6” x 8” x 16”
Bonnie Fry (Concord)
Musical Droid
Hand Built Clay
19” x 5” x 4.5”
Jayne Garvick Boyd (Benicia)
Hidden
Ceramic Raku Sculpture
13” x 5” x 4”
Jayne Garvick Boyd (Benicia)
Willing
Ceramic
5.6” x 18” x 8”
Dennis Gerwin (Charlotte, NC)
Venus Figure 3
Wood-fired Stoneware
23” x 12” x 11”
Ellen Gust (Palo Alto)
Beach Brothers
Pastel
11” x 14”
Steven Hampton (Claremont)
A Great Catch
Oil on Canvas
48” x 36” x 2”
Asia Hanon (Gastonia, NC)
The Vision: Part 1
Graphite Pencil on Paper
25” x 20”
Dave Hanson (Price, UT)
Ascension
Photography
13” x 18”
Susannah Israel (Oakland)
Voices of Fire
Terracotta
13.5” x 26” x 8”
Renaye Johnson (Clayton)
Day Dreaming
Acrylic Paint
20” x 20” x 1”
Andrzej Michael Karwacki (Oakland)
RGB/equality
Acrylic and mixed media on panel with resin
12” x 12” x 3”
Mary Kearney Hull (Lewisville, TX)
Protecting The Future Nest Egg
Oil on linen panel
18” x 14” x 1”
John Kim (Benicia)
Stefano of Prato
Bronze on Belgian Marble
16” x 7” x 11”
John Kim (Benicia)
A Waiting Man
Finished Plaster
38” x 27” x 24”
Karen Leoni (Walnut Creek)
Evening Stroll
Oil
20” x 16” x .50”
SOLD
Weizhen Liang (Santa Rosa)
Tibetan Prayer
Oil on canvas
9” x 12” x 2”
Fernando Lopez (Stockton)
Ballet Scenes: The Jester
Acrylic on Canvas
30” x 15” x 2”
Fernando Lopez (Stockton)
Romeo
Pencil on Paper
7” x 5” x 1”
Michael Manente (Oakland)
Heather of the Corner
Oil on Canvas
42” x 26”
Michael Manente (Oakland)
The Fisherman
Oil on Canvas
42” x 30”
Eric Mc Ghie (Fair Oaks)
Vacant
Acrylic
12” x 12” x 2”
Peter McNeill, Walnut Creek
Reclining Figure
Conte on Paper
16” x 20” x 1”
Pamela Mooney (San Francisco)
Danielle
Oil on Canvas
30” x 24”
Linda Mucha Karns (Plano, TX)
Scars and Stories 6
Watercolor on Transparent Drafting Film
19” x 16” x 2”
Ebba Navas (Benicia)
Ninja Dreams
Mixed Media
14” x 11” x 1”
Thu Nguyen (Pepeekeo, HI)
Hatshepsut/حتشبسوت
Oil and 24 kt gold leaf on aluminum panel
25” x 21” x 3”
Jann Noddin (Oakland)
Summer Evening
Acrylic on Canvas
20” x 20” x 1”
Andrew Ogus (San Francisco)
Sea Nymph 17
Acrylic, Graphite, Color Pencil
18.25” x 18”
Caro Pemberton (Santa Rosa)
Edge of Night
Marble
18” x 8” x 7”
Caro Pemberton (Santa Rosa)
Eve
Marble
20” x 10” x 8”
Allison Ping (Fairfield)
Dad, Selfie with Glasses
Woodcut on paper
15” x 11”
Lisa Reinertson (Benicia)
Sentient Beings
Ceramic
74” x 22” x 22”
Sandra Rubin (Sebastopol)
Inner Portrait
Oil on Canvas
28” x 22”
Sandra Rubin (Sebastopol)
Here
Oil and charcoal on gessoed paper
30” x 22”
Jack Ruszel (Benicia)
The Gift
Wood Sculpture
50” x 34” x 36”
Preeti Schaden (Ann Arbor, MI)
Transforming
Dye Sublimation Chromaluxe Aluminum Photograph
16” x 24” x 2”
Deidre Shibano (St. Helena)
Old Man
Oil on Canvas
Rita Sklar (Castro Valley)
Climbing the Walls
Watercolor
22” x 15”
Maryann Steinert-Foley (Sonoma)
No Means No
Ceramic
60” x 14” x 16”
Jeremy Sutton (San Francisco)
Jaycee
Graphite, Pastel and Ink on Paper
16” x 23” x 1”
Patty Taylor (Walnut Creek)
Pompeii
Ceramic Raku and Pit Fired
13” x 7” x 4”
Toby Tover (Benicia)
Jersey Shore
Acrylic, markers on archival corrugated on canvas
40” x 30” x 1.5”
Chiachen Wang (Emeryville)
Reminiscent
Oil on Linen
12” x 9”
SOLD
Chiachen Wang (Emeryville)
Unknown
Oil on Panel
20” x 16” x 0.125”
SOLD
Yuchen Wang (Davis)
Dream the Butterfly II
Photography
8.5” x 11” x 1”
Claudia Waters (Benicia)
Shoreward Gaze
Oil on Linen
40” x 29”
Mira White (Walnut Creek)
The Turn
Oil, cold wax, pigment sticks,soft pastel on canvas, on panel
48” x 36” x 2”
Milena Wilton (Red Bank, NJ)
Unsure
Oil Paint
10” x 8” x .25”
Sabina Yates (Benicia)
Hands
Graphite on Paper
10.75” x 20”
Evany Zirul (Fresno)
Holding Peace
Welded steel coat hangers and steel
36” x 30” x 36”

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