"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Arcadia 2007


Host Committee

  • Co-Chairs
  • Janet Bishop
  • Anne & Paul Wattis
  •  
  • Gretchen Berggruen
  • Catharine Clark
  • Jeffrey Fraenkel
  • Raman Frey
  • Ed Gilbert
  • Ann Hatch & Paul Discoe
  • Charles Hespe
  • Dorka Keehn
  • Thomas Reynolds
  • Lawrence Rinder
  • David Sifry
  • John Trippe
  • Mark Ulriksen
  •  

Arcadia Committee

  • Amber Bieg
  • Kristin Brewe
  • Christine Cariati
  • Liz Hager
  • Anne Hector
  • Joann Lee
  • Kelly Quirke
  • Mireille Schwartz

Arcadia Curator

  • Christine Cariati

Event Artwork

  • Paul Madonna

Arcadia Web site

  • Cliff Gerrish

Event Production

  • CapirasoBing Consulting
 

Tor Archer

  • Tree of Life with a Night Sky
  • Assemblage
  • 30" x 10.5"
  • See Live Auction

Statement
I often use trees in my imagery both from mythological, religious and art historical sources. Most often they represent the germinal force of nature as positive images of hope.

Learn more about Tor Archer
Contact:
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Visit Tor Archer’s Website:
http://www.torarcher.com
Gallery: Charles Campbell Gallery
http://www.charlescampbellgallery.com

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Marlene Aron

  • Healing Circle
  • Earth, acrylic, resin, Chinese herbs, cloves & bark on canvas
  • 18" x 18.375" x 1.25"
  • See Live Auction

Statement

The earth as it heals,
the herbs as they heal.
Sitting on a rock
through all time—
the light through trees,
through branches,
through leaves.

Learn more about Marlene Aron
Contact:
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Visit Marlene Aron’s Website:
http://www.fiberscene.com
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Jane Baker

  • Lake Leelanau
  • Burnt tool box lid
  • 10" x 23"
  • See Live Auction

Statement

I enjoyed burning a peaceful water scene on wood for an event that celebrates trees. The trees, heat, and water came together to create a little quiet, hopefully.

I found the old tool box on a street corner in San Francisco. It took 2 months for it to dry out in the sun before I could burn it, so I was given slow quiet time to get to know the patterns in the worn lid.

Before my time the box had held tools for a partner in trade for many years—its weathered panels record that loyal companionship.

Learn more about Jane Baker
Contact:
nulljaneeeb@aol.comnull
Visit Jane Baker’s Website:
http://www.janebakerart.com
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Karen Barbour

  • Untitled
  • Collage, cut-up books, photos
  • Variable size
  • See Live Auction

Statement
Artist will install on site for the buyer.

Learn more about Karen Barbour
Contact:
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Reneé Bareño

Statement
I love the distinct palette of trees, the lines drawn by their twigs and branches and the complexity of their blossoms. I often draw or paint leaves because I am drawn to the structure of their veins...a reminder that just like we, they are living things.

Learn more about Reneé Bareño
Contact:
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http://reneebareno.com
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Elizabeth Barlow

Statement
The primal beauty of the curve of a neck. A glimpse into shadows. The place where two shapes meet and touch. A spirit that illuminates from within. These are the essences I search for and strive to reveal in paint.

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Contact:
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Richard Bassett

  • The Burden of Myth and Memory #3
  • Cold rolled steel
  • 6" x 6" x 6"
  • See Live Auction

Statement

I consider the Lincoln Log cabin toy an icon of Americana. By replicating it in steel with a gun metal finish it now suggests the harsh reality that lies behind our romanticized American historical narrative.

There are six different cabins in this series, each an edition of three.

Learn more about Richard Bassett
Contact:
nullrbassett@jps.netnull
Visit Richard Bassett’s Website:
http://richardbassettart.com
Gallery: Tatar Gallery
http://www.tatargallery.com/

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Susan Bostrom-Wong

Statement
A very simple translation of wabi-sabi would be, sad beauty, particularly acceptance and contemplation of the imperfection, and impermanance of all things.

Learn more about Susan Bostrom-Wong
Contact:
nullsusanbwpaints@yahoo.comnull
Visit Susan Bostrom-Wong’s Website:
http://www.parkpresidioart.com
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Beate Boultinghouse

Statement
The first signs of Spring in San Francisco are the blossoms on the trees— Plum, Asian Magnolia, Tulip, Cherry. The renewal of life, the cycle of the seasons, and another year begins, offering us hope for goodness, beauty and life eternal.

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Donald Bradford

  • Open Book/
    Oxfordshire Oaks
  • Acrylic & oil on canvas
  • 22" x 30"
  • See Live Auction

Statement
These tree images, depicted in the book "Regarding Beauty" are from the photographic series "Oxfordshire Oaks" by the contemporary artist Rodney Graham. In this series his photographic inversion mirrors the way humans as well as cameras process visual imagery. To me it is an invitation to look at the world from a different perspective.

Learn more about Donald Bradford
Contact:
nulldonald@roomcreative.comnull
Visit Donald Bradford’s Website:
http://www.donaldbradfordart.com
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F. Joseph Butler

  • Persistence
  • Pencil, watercolor, rubber mask on paper
  • 20" x 16"
  • See Live Auction

Statement
In spite of the loss of its main trunk, this California Buckeye along Strawberry Creek thrives in full bloom in a poetic form on the Faculty Glade, U.C. Berkeley. Inspiration from nature!

Learn more about F. Joseph Butler
Contact:
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Teresa Camozzi

  • Maple Leaves
  • Tinted poly-resin embedded with maple leaves
  • 12" x 12" x 1"
  • See Live Auction

Statement

My work addresses the fragility of our environment, its beauty, and its desecration. My core belief is that the beauty of nature lifts us toward a higher state of spirituality and consciousness; by basing my art in the mathematics of nature I seek to achieve a balance of mind and heart. My objective is to assist viewers in attaining inner equilibrium so that they may make wise choices in their everyday lives and salvage our ecology.

Plastic is my sculptural medium as its longevity makes a visceral statement. In fact, the plastic elements of my work may become archaeological finds in the future. My ongoing sculptural series, Time Pieces, is concerned with the preservation and documentation of our current natural and urban environment. Liquid plastic is poured into molds with such elements as photographs, letters, flora, stamps, feathers, broken glass, seeds, mechanical parts, computer chips, and international coins. It is through such juxtapositions that I present information. To know an object is to know its meaning, but seeing that object in relationship to another object often releases new and different meanings.

Learn more about Teresa Camozzi
Contact:
nulltcamozzi@comcast.netnull
Visit Teresa Camozzi’s Website:
http://www.teresacamozzi.com
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Christine Cariati

  • In the Garden
  • Gouache on paper
  • 15.5" x 15"
  • See Live Auction

Statement

'We behold the face of nature bright with gladness. We do not see, or we forget, that the birds singing around us live on insects or seeds, constantly destroying life.'
-Charles Darwin

My bird and insect paintings provide a glimpse into the natural world, using birds as a metaphor for the cycle of life and death and the progress of the soul. By portraying imaginary birds, often in a stylized theatrical format, I explore the profound, dark, and unknowable dramas unfolding in nature, just out of our sight.

Learn more about Christine Cariati
Contact:
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Visit Christine Cariati’s Website:
http://xcariati.echovar.com
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Lana Costantini

  • Mt. Tam Mazanita
  • Photograph
  • 11" x 14"
  • See Live Auction

Statement
I came upon this gorgeous wind-worn manzanita while hiking on Mt. Tam. Possessing both beauty and strength, it reminds me that trees grace our world in so many splendid, silent ways.

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Maeve Croghan

  • Simpson Lane Pears
  • Oil on canvas
  • 16" x 20"
  • See Live Auction

Statement

I make my paintings outside in my subjects' environment, intensely observing and painting. There, I am able to deeply understand my subject and its home. I am particularly attracted to old forms of life. Aged & gnarled trees, vines and rocks possess a deep intelligence to me.

My paintings are completed in the studio. At this point, I work from memory and feeling. As the work evolves, it sometimes changes from the original scene, taking on its own life. The painting eventually becomes a symbol of my experience with the environment I painted.

The paintings are composed to convey a certain feeling. I want the the viewer to go deeply into the painting, directly experiencing the natural world I have painted.

Learn more about Maeve Croghan
Contact:
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http://www.maevecroghan.com
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Pablo D'Antoni

Statement
Courtesy of Hespe Gallery

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Penelope Douglas

Statement
My studio is in an attic with wonderful light and fresh air. A huge tree fills the view out the west window and I feel like I am artist and tree-dweller at once.

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Regina Elkan

  • Red Calla
  • Photograph, printed with archival pigmented inks on archival fine art paper
  • 18" x 14"
  • See Live Auction

Statement
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Learn more about Regina Elkan
Contact:
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Paul Ferney

  • California and Davis
  • Oil on board
  • 16" x 12"
  • See Live Auction

Statement
I love that feeling when you know youre seeing something amazing. Painting for me is a way to share these moments of "beauty."

Learn more about Paul Ferney
Contact:
nullpaul@paulferney.comnull
Visit Paul Ferney’s Website:
http://www.paulferney.com
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Randy Figures

  • Painted Ladies on Guerrero Street
  • Ink and charcoal on paper
  • 36" x 29"
  • See Live Auction

Statement
It is noble for one person to plant a tree. It is nobler still for a group of people to plant a forest. Special thanks to the Friends of the Urban Forest for their dedication to their mission, and for their efforts to beautify and vitalize our city streets with greenery.

Learn more about Randy Figures
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