Shadow

Exhibition Dates: Saturday, September 23 – Sunday, October 29, 2023

1 Commandant’s Lane, Benicia

Renny Pritikin, Juror

Juror’s Statement

Sponsored in part by High End Uniforms

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 23, 4 – 6 pm
Family Art Day: Sunday, October 22, 1 – 3 pm.
Family Art Day is sponsored in part by Metlsaw and The Perfect Purée of Napa Valley

The use of shadow in artwork can add depth and realism, suggest mystery and illusion, or create patterns and abstract imagery.

“The eye is always caught by light, but shadows have more to say.”

Gregory Maguire

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Participating Artists:

Marnie Alban| James Aliferis | Robert Anke | Roger Bass | Elizabeth Bernstein | Allen Birnbach | Bonnie Blake-Drucker | Mark Bremer | Alys Briggs | Philip Józef Brubaker | Mark Coggins | Beverly Conley | Jennifer Cordery | Jamie Dietze | Melinda diSessa | Dean Evans | Judith Ganz | Rocco Grassano | Chris Harvey | Robbin Légère Henderson | Alyson J Barton | Karen Josephson | Robert Kaputof | Bette Kauffman | Holly King | Gerald Klein | Ken Konchel | Donald Kratt | Steve Mainini | Michael Manente | Douglas Marshall | Sonya McAlister | Julie Meridian | John Mills | Lawrence Montgomery | Kate Moriarty | Melissa Newman | Sho Peng | Bruce Pope | Anita Rama | Robert Schwiebert | Arena Shawn | Kim Smith | Bob Stern | Ann Stoddard | Akiko Suzuki | Jennifer Tachera | George Tomberlin | Roger Walkup | Ken Weichel | June Yokell | Zak | Susan Zimmerman

Alban

Marnie Alban and Alan Dean (Vallejo, CA)
Yucca Spine
Paper Print
13.5″ x 10.5″
$250
Artist Statement & Bio

Aliferis

James Aliferis (Walnut Creek)
Pershing Square, Los Angeles, CA
Photograph
16″ x 20″
$350
Artist Statement & Bio

Anke

Robert Anke (Benicia, CA)
Green Ridges
Oil on Stretched Canvas
11″ x 14″
$299 (Sold)
Artist Statement

J-Barton

Alyson J Barton (Roaring Branch, PA)
Remembered Land (Storm)
Chromogenic Silver Halide
20″ x 20″
$795
Artist Statement
Bio & CV

Bass

Roger Bass (Walnut Creek, CA)
Whiskey 29 Downwind
Acrylic on Canvas
20″ x 16″
$350
Artist Statement Bio

Bernstein_01

Elizabeth Bernstein (San Rafael, CA)
Paired, Berkeley, CA
35mm Film Photography
8″ x 12″
$200

Bernstein_02

Elizabeth Bernstein (San Rafael, CA)
Morning, Berkeley, CA
35mm Film Photography
8″ x 12″
$200

Birnbach

Allen Birnbach (Vallejo, CA)
Starlight #21
Photograph
13.25″ x 20″
$1,500

Blake-Drucker

Bonnie Blake-Drucker (Oakland, CA)
Ando-San Ramp at ChiChu Museum on Naoshima, Japan
Digital Photograph
12″ x 12″
$225 (Sold)

Bremer

Mark Bremer (Benicia, CA)
Fractures
Pencil on Paper
21″ x 18″
$850

Briggs

Alys Briggs (Walnut Creek, CA)
Noir Moderne
Photography
13″ x 10″
$295
CV & Bio

Brubaker

Philip Józef Brubaker (Gainesville, FL)
Warehouse
35mm Black and White Photography
20″ x 24″
$500

Coggins_01

Mark Coggins (Napa, CA)
Shadow Play
Archival Pigment Print
10″ x 10″
$400
Artist Statement

Coggins_02

Mark Coggins (Napa, CA)
Alcazar Hallway
Archival Pigment Print
15″ x 10″
$400

Conley

Beverly Conley (Benicia, CA)
Porter Washing His Barrow, London England
Digital Print
6.5″ x 9.5″
$400
Artist Statement Bio

Cordery

Jennifer Cordery (Davenport, CA)
Postcard From A Dream
Acrylic and Oil on Canvas
21″ x 30″
$1,000

Dietze

Jamie Dietze (San Luis Obispo, CA)
Ruby at Cayucos
Oil on Canvas
24″ x 24″
$750

DiSessa

Melinda DiSessa (Berkeley, CA)
Tulips #2
Mixed Media
36″ x 36″
$1,200
Artist Statement

Evans

Dean Evans (Martinez, CA)
Egg Shells No. 2
Oil
8″ x 10″
$350 (Sold)

Ganz

Judith Ganz (Oakland, CA)
StepUP_5
Archival Pigment Print
18″ x 12.5″
$650
Artist Bio

Grassano

Rocco Grassano (Pleasant Hill, CA)
Shadow in the Cave
Acrylic and Oil Stick on Paper
29″ x 23″
$1,300
Artist Bio + Statement

Harvey

Chris Harvey (Piedmont, CA)
On The Street
Oil on Paper
18″ x 24″
$650
Artist Statement

Henderson_01

Robbin Légère Henderson (Berkeley, CA)
Car and Agent
Scratchboard Drawing
10″ x 8″
$1,000
Artist Bio + Statement

Henderson_02

Robbin Légère Henderson (Berkeley, CA)
Orizaba, 1940
Scratchboard Drawing
16″ x 12″
$1,000

Josephson

Karen Josephson (Vacaville, CA)
Intersections: Red Cyclist
Oil Painting on Wood Panel
16″ x 16″
$475
Artist Bio + Statement

Robert Kaputof (Richmond, VA)
A Skeptical Future
Wood, Paper, LED Lights, Cut-outs, Toys
60″ x 30″
$2000

Kauffman

Bette Kauffman (Monroe, LA)
Oblique
Archival Pigment Print
11″ x 14″
$250
Artist Statement Bio

Holly King 2

Holly King (Vallejo, CA)
Tell No One
Mixed Media
10″ x 10″
$680
Artist Statement
Bio

Klein_01

Gerald Klein (Elkins Park, PA)
Caregiver’s Afternoon
Chromogenic Archival Photo Print
16″ x 12″
$450
Artist Bio + Statement

Klein_02

Gerald Klein (Elkins Park, PA)
Canal King
Chromogenic Archival Photo Print
12″ x 16″
$450
Artist Bio + Statement

Klein_03

Gerald Klein (Elkins Park, PA)
Great Egret
Chromogenic Archival Photo Print
16″ x 12″
$450
Artist Bio + Statement

Konchel_01

Ken Konchel (St. Louis, MO)
Waves
Silver Gelatin Photography
16″ x 20″
$375
Artist Bio + Statement

Konchel_02

Ken Konchel (St. Louis, MO)
Curvilinear
Silver Gelatin Photography
20″ x 16″
$325

Konchel_03

Ken Konchel (St. Louis, MO)
Exchange
Silver Gelatin Photography
14″ x 11″
$375

Kratt

Donald Kratt (Orlando, FL)
Dominant Eye
Silver Gelatin Print
20″ x 17″
$300
Artist Bio + Statement

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Steve Mainini (Benicia, CA)
Crossroads #3
Acrylic and Charcoal
34″ x 26″
$500

Manente

Michael Manente (Oakland, CA)
Weekend Memory
Oil on Canvas
54″ x 32″
$1,500

Marshall

Douglas Marshall (Benicia, CA)
Bridges
Photography, Brushed Aluminum Print
16″ x 20″
$320
Artist Statement

McAlister

Sonya McAlister (Pine Mountain Club, CA)
Temporal Vision: Glia Cell on Tube
Acrylic Medium on Glass Tube
1″ x 5″
$600

Meridian

Julie Meridian (San Jose, CA)
Whiskey Shift
Acrylic on Canvas
18″ x 36″
$1,200
Artist Statement CV

Mills

John Mills (Hercules, CA)
Contortion Revealed
Photograph
14″ x 11″
$150

Montgomery

Lawrence Montgomery (San Francisco, CA)
Sunrise
Oil on Canvas
30″ x 66″
$3,200

Moriarty

Kate Moriarty (Benicia, CA)
Self, Looking Through #1
Photography
10″ x 8″
$90
Artist Statement

Newman_01

Melissa Newman (Nashville, TN)
Allison
Acrylic and Paper Collage on Board
10″ x 8″
$250

Newman_02

Melissa Newman (Nashville, TN)
A Head of Fire
Acrylic and Paper Collage on Board
16″ x 20″
$400

Peng

Sho Peng (Hayward, CA)
My Living Room Interior
Oil on Canvas
40″ x 40″
$2,100

Pope

Bruce Pope (Benicia, CA)
Adirondack Chairs with Fingers
Photography
27″ x 20″
$150 (Sold)

Pope_02

Bruce Pope (Benicia, CA)
Man with Rake
Photography
27″ x 20″
$150 (Sold)

Rama_01

Anita Rama (Reno, NV)
The Caravan
Archival Digital Pigment Print
10″ x 15″
$325

Rama_02

Anita Rama (Reno, NV)
Mitten Shadow, Monument Valley
Archival Digital Pigment Print
10″ x 15″
$325

Rama_03

Anita Rama (Reno, NV)
There Are More Of Them
Archival Digital Pigment Print
15″ x 10″
$325

Schwiebert

Robert Schwiebert (Benicia, CA)
Done for the Night
Photography
20″ x 20″
$200

Schwiebert_02y

Robert Schwiebert (Benicia, CA)
Tomales Bay
Photography
18″ x 24″
$275

Shawn

Arena Shawn (Carrabelle, FL)
Shadow: Sonata III
Oil on Linen
6″ x 8″
$445 (Sold)

Smith_01

Kim Smith (Benicia, CA)
Jesse’s Graduation
Photograph
16″ x 19″
$850
Artist Bio

Smith_02

Kim Smith (Benicia, CA)
Promenade
Photograph
19.5″ x 16″
$850
Artist Bio

Smith_03

Kim Smith (Benicia, CA)
Alcatraz Free Step
Photograph
19.5″ x 16″
$850
Artist Bio

Stern

Bob Stern (San Rafael, CA)
Aspen Shadow
Inkjet Print
20″ x 16″
$500
Artist Statement

Stoddard

Ann Stoddard (Adelphi, MD)
Seeing Things, Personal Devices
Video Recording of Quad Screen Video Electronic Installation
$1,000

Suzuki

Akiko Suzuki (Benicia, CA)
Reflections #4
Own Dyed Cotton, Threads
22″ x 16.5″
$1,200
Artist Biography

Tachera

Jennifer Tachera (Sacramento, CA)
Lipsticks II
Copper Plate Etching
7.5″ x 5.5″
$150

Tomberlin

George Tomberlin (Pt. Richmond, CA)
Untitled (Water Fountains)
iPhotograph, Matted, and Framed
20″ x 16″
$190 (Sold)

Walkup

Roger Walkup (Baltimore, MD)
43 Years
Woodcut Print
12″ x 9″
$350

Weichel

Ken Weichel (Benicia, CA)
Revisions
Digital collage
21″ x 28″
$200
Artist Statement

Yokell

June Yokell (Pinole, CA)
Garage Shadow
India Ink on BFK
22″ x 30″
$1,600
Artist Bio + Statement

Zak_01

Zak (Sonoma, CA)
Mom Shadow
Photograph
10″ x 10″
$500
Artist Statement

Zak_02

Zak (Sonoma, CA)
Man Shadow
Photograph
10″ x 10″
$500
Artist Statement

Zak_03

Zak (Sonoma, CA)
Black Man Shadow
Photograph
10″ x 10″
$500
Artist Statement

Zak_04

Zak (Sonoma, CA)
Black Shadow
Photograph
10″ x 10″
$500
Artist Statement

Zak_05

Zak (Sonoma, CA)
Shadow Monks
Photograph
10″ x 10″
$500
Artist Statement

artwork by Susan Zimmerman

Susan Zimmerman (El Cerrito, CA)
Crinkle Net
Fiber: Linen, Natural Dyes, Acrylic Medium, PVA Glue, Thread
38″ x 32″ x 12″
$1,200
Artist Statement

artwork by Susan Zimmerman

Susan Zimmerman (El Cerrito, CA)
Life Lines
Fiber
36″ x 33″ x 1″
$1,200

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