Silent Auction Preview (I-Z)
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Marvin Johnson |
| Title: |
Survival |
| Medium: |
Charcoal on paper |
| Size: |
24" x 32" |
| Statement: |
When we open ourselves to nature we are rewarded with innumerable life-affirming lessons. |
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dayjohnson@aol.com |
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Norma Kaline |
| Title: |
Apple Blossoms |
| Medium: |
Etching |
| Size: |
16" x 20" |
| Statement: |
To donate to an organization benefiting nature is welcoming. When I'm alone in nature I am happy. When I do my art, I am happiest -- and alone. |
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http://www.sfwomenartists.org |
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| Artist: |
Jeff King |
| Title: |
Wooden Book—32 Pages from Washington and Divisadero |
| Medium: |
Wood (pitosporum) & steel |
| Size: |
10" x 18" x 14" |
| Statement: |
The wood in this sculpture is pitosporum. It is from a street tree (one of two) that was knocked over by a reckless driver. It was located on the northwest side of Washington at Divisadero. There are two magnolias where this tree and its companion once stood. |
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| Artist: |
Victoria Kirby |
| Title: |
Bark and Leaves II, 2005 |
| Medium: |
Monoprint (solarplates and watercolor) |
| Size: |
13" x 32" |
| Statement: |
Trees in the Bay Area and near Mt. Shasta - the infinite variety of their colors, shapes and textures - inspired Bark & Leaves, printed from solarplates (etched using sun & water only) and watercolored by hand. |
| Website: |
http://www.iTheo.com |
| Email: |
vickirby@sbcglobal.net |
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| Artist: |
John O. Koelsch |
| Title: |
Of This |
| Medium: |
Digital Photograph |
| Size: |
14" x 11" |
| Statement: |
Enjoy quaking aspen, here photographed in sepia, as you walk in the urban forest of Strybing Arboretum giving yourself a moment of peace as cars whiz by on nearby Lincoln Blvd. |
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| Artist: |
Colette Lafia |
| Title: |
Blue Storm |
| Medium: |
Ink, crayon, charcoal & acrylic on paper |
| Size: |
10" x 10" |
| Statement: |
The storm that surrounds this tree erupts in a burst of blue. |
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lafiacolette@yahoo.com |
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| Artist: |
José Ramón Lerma |
| Title: |
Re-Birth (1972) |
| Medium: |
Mixed media on paper |
| Size: |
20.5" x 16.5" |
| Statement: |
In 1972 I was visiting a friend in Iowa City. His family donated a portion of the family farm, called Indian Lookout, to a conservation organization. It was the place where the elderly, women and children were taken during wartime. All native trees had been cut. My friend planted thousands of native trees—wild oaks, wild cherries, wild walnuts and many original wild flowers.
My images, which I saw from my window, had been struck by lightning. The tree roots started to send out shoots. Its rebirth was the inspiration for my art piece. |
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| Artist: |
G Levy |
| Title: |
Hills of San Francisco I |
| Medium: |
Oil on canvas |
| Size: |
22" x 28" |
| Statement: |
Urban landscape of San Francisco hills at Gough and California Streets. |
| Website: |
http://www.glevyart.com |
| Email: |
trudy@DIG-MAR.com |
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| Artist: |
Nora Lindahl |
| Title: |
Firebird Tree |
| Medium: |
Watercolor and gouache |
| Size: |
12 7/8" x 10" |
| Statement: |
Nora Lindahl is a San Francisco psychotherapist who has enjoyed making art since childhood. She has studied painting and drawing in New York, San Francisco, and at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence. Painting for her is the work and play of putting colors, lines and shapes on paper and having the fun of watching new worlds emerge. |
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noralindahl@yahoo.com |
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| Artist: |
Candace Loheed |
| Title: |
Hope Springs |
| Medium: |
Digital photo collage |
| Size: |
14" x 11" |
| Statement: |
I like to take photos of the urban environment. This is a wall in Berkeley, a floor in Paris, a laundromat chair painting I did in San Francisco and a leaf inspired by Chinese flash cards which I found on the streets of Chinatown along with various leaves I pick up. The leaf is the symbol of the struggle of the urban forest's survival as nature coincides with the unlikely juxtapositions which happen in all cities. I like the tenacious qualities of nature and people as they attempt to live in harmony. |
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candaceloheed@comcast.net |
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| Artist: |
Ann Ludwig |
| Title: |
Afternoon |
| Medium: |
Acrylic on canvas |
| Size: |
12" x 9" |
| Statement: |
The light filtered through a forest is magical. I have tried to capture the feeling created by the interplay of light and shadow in Afternoon. |
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anacanasta@aol.com |
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| Artist: |
Leslie Lusardi |
| Title: |
Under the Tree on Market, 2005 |
| Medium: |
Oil on canvas |
| Size: |
18" x 18" |
| Statement: |
I find myself inspired by the world moving about under the urban trees. |
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| Email: |
lusardi@sbcglobal.net |
| Gallery: |
Hespe Gallery |
| Gallery Site: |
http://www.hespe.com |
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| Artist: |
Gianna Marino |
| Title: |
Cosmos Seashells |
| Medium: |
Gouache on paper |
| Size: |
16" x 14" |
| Statement: |
I have developed a passion for painting plants, from the simplicity of my own garden variety to those exotic plants on the other side of the world. I am constantly looking for better ways to "see" the roots, the veins and leaves, the texture in flowers and the striations in stems. My paintings are gouache studies on paper. |
| Website: |
http://www.giannamarino.com |
| Email: |
giannamarino@mindspring.com |
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| Artist: |
Patricia Mednick |
| Title: |
White Birch |
| Medium: |
Acrylic on canvas |
| Size: |
16" x 20" |
| Statement: |
"I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree" - Joyce Kilmer. I grew up in western Canada and have always loved the white birch. |
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| Email: |
mednick@aol.com |
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| Artist: |
Carolyn Miller |
| Title: |
Paulownia Tree, Luxembourg Gardens |
| Medium: |
Acrylic, watercolor, crayon & pencil |
| Size: |
24" x 28" |
| Statement: |
Every May, the paulownia trees in Paris burst into bloom with fragrant lavender flowers. This painting was inspired by the row of paulownia trees in the Luxembourg Gardens. |
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| Email: |
cmiller355@aol.com |
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| Artist: |
Dianne Morgan |
| Title: |
Rooftops No. 5 |
| Medium: |
Oil on canvas |
| Size: |
24" x 18" |
| Statement: |
Dianne Morgan paints figurative oils, currently city portraits connecting the urban landscape and human scale. |
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| Email: |
diannemorgan@pacbell.net |
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| Artist: |
Elizabeth Murray |
| Title: |
The Great Chestnut Tree |
| Medium: |
Hand rendered SX70 Polaroid enlarged and printed as a giclee print on watercolor paper, then hand painted with oil pastels, pencils and oils. |
| Size: |
32" x 32" |
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| Website: |
http://www.elizabethmurray.com |
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Golden Oak (Saratoga) |
| Gallery Site: |
http://www.goldenoakgallery |
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| Artist: |
Patty Neal |
| Title: |
Tree Portrait, Golden Gate Park |
| Medium: |
Oil on panel |
| Size: |
14 1/2" x 10" |
| Statement: |
Trees are always graceful, individual and above all, expressive. Imagine a world without them. Unbearable. In my work, trees often stand in for the human form. |
| Website: |
http://www.pattyneal.com |
| Email: |
cluvis99@yahoo.com |
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| Artist: |
Derek Nunn |
| Title: |
A Rarely Tree |
| Medium: |
Acrylic |
| Size: |
24" x 30" |
| Statement: |
This painting is of an ancient tree from my imagination. |
| Website: |
www.art4lifesf.net |
| Email: |
derek@art4lifesf.net |
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| Artist: |
Francesca Pera |
| Title: |
23rd Avenue Tree |
| Medium: |
Gouache on paper |
| Size: |
25 3/4" x 20" |
| Statement: |
One of several trees I painted a few years back, 23rd Avenue Tree attracted me for its quirkiness. My current work (as presented on my website) is very different from my tree portraits, yet I continue to marvel at trees and their unique personalities. |
| Website: |
http://www.francescapera.com |
| Email: |
francescapera@mac.com |
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| Artist: |
Ben Peterson |
| Title: |
Tree Ring |
| Medium: |
Ink and graphite on paper |
| Size: |
8" x 10" |
| Statement: |
This piece, as well as other recent works, looks at the many levels of what we commonly refer to as nature, and how one idea of nature can take precedence over another.
Courtesy Ratio 3 Gallery |
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| Email: |
ratio3@mac.com |
| Gallery: |
Ratio 3 |
| Gallery Site: |
http://www.ratio3.org |
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| Artist: |
Fred Reichman |
| Title: |
While Watching The Rice Warm Up |
| Medium: |
Alkyd on canvas |
| Size: |
22 3/4" x 22 1/2" |
| Statement: |
Fred Reichman (b.1925) has lived, taught, and painted in the Bay Area since 1934. Blending Eastern and Western influences, his work focuses on personal themes at home and in nature. |
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| Email: |
areichman123@hotmail.com |
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| Artist: |
Liz Ross |
| Title: |
St. Remy |
| Medium: |
Photograph |
| Size: |
10" x 8" |
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| Artist: |
Corinne Rummelsburg |
| Title: |
French Trees |
| Medium: |
Oil pastel on paper |
| Size: |
25" x 32" |
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| Artist: |
Laureen Sabella |
| Title: |
The Healing Tree |
| Medium: |
Mixed media |
| Size: |
23 1/2" x 34 1/2" |
| Statement: |
The healing tree collage is a "ghost" folder based on personal influences, memories, borrowed images and words. How did I relate to trees when I was young? Reverence. Now? Reverence, fear, and confusion. |
| Website: |
http://www.thehealingtree.blogspot.com |
| Email: |
laureen@sabella.com |
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| Artist: |
Barbara Sapienza |
| Title: |
Plane Tree Song |
| Medium: |
Oil on paper |
| Size: |
30" x 22" |
| Statement: |
My work as an artist-painter is inspired by my relationship with the natural world. I like to think that individuals, like trees, are conduits between sky and earth. In my work I strive to bring these forces together. |
| Website: |
http://www.sausalitoarts.com/artists/sapienza.htm |
| Email: |
begail@comcast.net |
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| Artist: |
Peter Scherrer |
| Title: |
Woods 1 and 2 |
| Medium: |
Ink, acrylic on paper |
| Size: |
2 paintings, each 7" x 10" |
| Statement: |
Saving art is like saving trees. |
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| Email: |
scherrerpeter@hotmail.com |
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| Artist: |
Linda K. Smith |
| Title: |
Orchard Study |
| Medium: |
Artist's book, mixed media |
| Size: |
6" x 9" |
| Statement: |
This piece is my tribute to the simplicity, beauty, and power of the orchards my husband and I have driven by on our regular trips between San Francisco and the Sierra Foothills for almost 20 years. |
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| Email: |
coheeandsmith@aol.com |
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| Artist: |
Helene Sobol |
| Title: |
Bark Series XXVIII |
| Medium: |
Photograph, giclee print |
| Size: |
28" x 22" |
| Statement: |
Planning to photograph animals at the San Diego Zoo in 2002, I also came away with the beginnings of an unexpected collection—The Bark Series. Bark offers abstract patterns, striking colors, bold shapes, and intricate textures - an irresistible photographer's canvas! |
| Website: |
http://www.helenesobol.com |
| Email: |
hfs@helenesobol.com |
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| Artist: |
Cari Jaye Sokoloff |
| Title: |
Linea Oliva |
| Medium: |
Hand-cast bronze pulls |
| Size: |
15" x 4 1/2" x 2 3/4" |
| Statement: |
Artist Cari Jaye Sokoloff adheres to her leading creative principle, integrity of design and materials when designing her decorative hardware. Sokoloff resides in San Francisco where she is Founder and Creative Director of Soko. The Linea Oliva Collection olive branches represent peace and translate to tranquility in your space. |
| Website: |
http://www.sokostudio.com |
| Email: |
csoko@sokostudio.com |
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| Artist: |
Rico Solinas |
| Title: |
The World’s Largest Tree |
| Medium: |
Oil on metal |
| Size: |
30" x 7" |
| Statement: |
Courtesy of the artist and John Berggruen Gallery. |
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| Gallery: |
John Berggruen Gallery |
| Gallery Site: |
http://www.berggruen.com |
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| Artist: |
Lynn Sondag |
| Title: |
Golden Gate Park Series, May 20, 2004 |
| Medium: |
Watercolor on paper |
| Size: |
17" x 12" |
| Statement: |
My paintings explore an intuitive response to the natural environment. I walk regularly through the park to gather inspiration, noticing the quality of light or fog and how they change the appearance of the landscape. |
| Website: |
http://www.lynnsondag.com |
| Email: |
lynnsondag@yahoo.com |
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| Artist: |
William Stanisich |
| Title: |
A Grove |
| Medium: |
Watercolor |
| Size: |
23" x 23" |
| Statement: |
I have been painting a long series of watercolors and oils inspired by the landscape of Land's End. (GGNRA) I like to paint intimate scenes, bowers and groves under the canopy. I am fascinated by light finding its way through brush and branches. The forms are craggy and windwhipped, idiosyncratic. I want to convey the presence of wind and a cold light. |
| Website: |
http://homepage.mac.com/wjstanisich/PhotoAlbum1a.html |
| Email: |
wjstanisich@comcast.net |
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| Artist: |
Herb Steinhardt |
| Title: |
Lone Oak |
| Medium: |
Digital print |
| Size: |
14" x 11" |
| Statement: |
Herb Steinhardt is a retired radiologist who loves trees. This tree looked brave and lonely standing on the hillside. |
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| Email: |
herbertt@yahoo.com |
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| Artist: |
Olivia Teter |
| Title: |
Spirit |
| Medium: |
Assemblage |
| Size: |
12" x 24" x 8" |
| Statement: |
This piece is an exploration of the metaphoric relationship between trees (rooted, solid, providing shelter and sustainance) and birds (symbolic of freedom, spirit and transcendence). |
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| Email: |
oliviateter@yahoo.com |
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| Artist: |
Andie Thrams |
| Title: |
This Tree, No.8 |
| Medium: |
Oil on panel |
| Size: |
8" x 8" |
| Statement: |
In Wild Forests
I revere trees for their beauty, grace, and persistent beleaguered guardianship of the planet's well being. I spend extended periods of time walking, drawing and painting in remote wild forests of the west from California to Alaska. I sit on the ground, work in hand bound field journals with ink and paint, and spend time with these other beings who live and thrive, in spite of all that makes it harder and harder to survive as a wild thing. I explore trees as individuals; the mystery of how they disappear into the earth, the sky and each other; the other forest plants and creatures; and the fleeting illumination unique to forests. Mostly I seek to discover what might be revealed by repeatedly visiting particular trees over time. |
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| Email: |
andiethrams@earthlink.net |
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| Artist: |
David Westby |
| Title: |
Reflected Trees |
| Medium: |
Photograph, archival ink print |
| Size: |
10" x 8" |
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