Poker face

Drawings by Yvette M. Buigues & Ceramics by Julie Stevens

Artist Closing Show Party Saturday September 5th, 6 to 9pm

Show runs July 19th, through September 6th 2015

 

 

 

 

 

Two passionate Oakland artists explore a more whimsical side of life.

Yvette M. Buigues - Drawings

Yvette M. Buigues lives and works in Oakland, California. Her inspiration comes from no one place in particular; in her work one can see and feel her exploration of the emotional, physical and spiritual aspects of everyday life. Through bold images she speaks to relationships between people, the state of the world, the human condition. The mulitple layers of color and detail often times contain subtle observations and a darker sense of humor. Buigues works most often with acrylic paint. she finds great pleasure and touches base with whimsy in her pen and ink drawings, and experiments in seriography. About the drawings: I have always kept a journal of drawings. Until recently they mostly stayed there, not meant for others to see. At the suggestion of a friend, I began posting them on Instagram and Facebook, the response was inspiring, so here they are. Whimsical yet possessing plenty symbolism and emotion, I find these entertaining with a life of their own.  heavyblackline.com  buigues.tumblr.com
 

Julie Stevens - Ceramics

ulie Stevens is Bay Area artist who loves to work with color, texture and different shapes. Architectural shapes being a favorite. She is a painter and a ceramicist. A fan of all things in favor of Oakland and the diverse, wonderful folks who live here... you can also find her most days at her day job cutting and styling hair in Oakland. Her paintings can be found on  Pintrest.

Parallel Universe

Paintings, illustrations and sculpture of Karl Hauser & Scot Maupin

Artist Party Saturday April 25th, 6 to 9pm

Show runs April 6th, through May 30th 2015

Artists Karl Hauser & Scot Maupin work crosses the line into a parallel universe, that is, if a line exists at all.

Karl Hauser

In my drawing, I'm interested in seeing how characters can portray emotional reality. Years ago, a visitor to a curated show featuring my work wrote a comment in the guest book recommending that I see a psychiatrist.  While therapy can be very useful, it doesn't offer as direct a relationship to the ineffable.  Most of the time I have no idea what I'm doing, or where, the drawing will lead. I enjoy the process of mark making, the unknowable and uncertain outcome. In parallel with that investigation, I enjoy ongoing experimentation with the formal dimension of art making.  ArchitectureofAgony.com

Scot Maupin

Scot Maupin is a Bay Area Artist. This series of pieces were all done with colored pens he fell in love with while living in Japan. As the son of an elementary art teacher, Scot has always found doodling on anything and everything to be useful for both filling his time, and emptying his mind.
These pieces are mostly 'stream-of-consciousness' drawings. Faces, nearby objects, and underwater creatures seem to find their way into the work more often than not, but Scot is never sure where the picture is going until he finishes. Reversing the usual order, the colors are chosen first, then the line dictates what shape is being drawn, and that in turn determines what object it could become. Drawing this way in ink makes him commit to the line, and look always forward in the process, not backward to erase or correct. Once Scot can see the shape in the cloud, he adds detail so that others will see it too.   smaupin.com

The science of beauty Photography by Donovan Rittenbach Sculpture by Benjamin T. Smith

Artist Party Saturday March 14th, 6 to 9pm
Show runs February 23rd, through April 4th 2015

Two fearless artists explore the natural world through dreams, sacred geometry, magic and monsters.

Donovan Rittenbach, M.A. - Photographer
Donavan is a beekeeper, magician and amateur scientist. He will reveal the world of honeybees like you have never seen them before, through a microscope. His intimate portraits of these invaluable insect allies will fill you with awe and wonder. His photographic studies of flowers will reveal the mathematical secret of beauty found in flowers, that fills our lives in magical and mysterious ways  donovanrittenbach.com

Benjamin T. Smith - Sculptor



















Since the beginning I was pursued by monsters in my dreams. Until one night I stopped short and said, “If you’re going to run behind me, follow me, don’t chase me!” Since then they have been my subjects. 
   There’s the friendly monster story. Alternately, there is the horror of the momentum of our current trajectory.  My art is a static representation of hallucination. My favorite piece is a painting by Brueghel, the Blind Leading the Blind.  
   When you see a face in a grain of wood where is that coming from?
I’m sure we have all also seen other things that are even harder to explain. Anyway I do, everyday, in every little piece of junk around me. Incessantly, they call out to be saved. -Benjamin T. Smith   benjamintsmith.wordpress.com

Auspicious

An illuminated group show

Artist Party Saturday January 24th, 6 to 9pm
Show runs January 8th, through February 21st 2015

Stephen Widmark
I received my degree in physics from UC Berkeley before joining the Air Force to fly F-111s.  After my discharge, I became a high school physics teacher.  I’ve been making art most of my life, first as a painter and then as a maker of illuminated art.  Lately I’ve become interested in conceptual SciArt and have been producing works that are informed by my background in physics.  I’ve exhibited in shows throughout the San Francisco Bay area.  paleoneon.com

Michael Clarke
Clark works entirely in garbage, illuminated garbage. What others can find no use for, he sees as a medium to reproduce the natural beauty in the world.

“I am a conservationist and peripheral visionary, together I create perfectly imperfect light from within” – Michael Clark   theinnershade.com

R+D
R+D fabricates steel tables that take on the identity of animated, industrial sculpture by combining organic shapes and smooth postures. These sturdy, functional art pieces are hand crafted originals created in collaboration by artists Peter DeLucchi and Jeff Ritter. R+D is based in Oakland.
 peterdelucchi.comm

Cheryll MacIntyre
Playfulness, that’s me + art. It is the playground in which I am free, to experiment. to explore.
to smile at the many layers of paint. to break. to trust . to be, in each and every moment.   coloursoutsidelines.com