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OPTIC ILLUSION AUCTION ART

Images of auction artwork as of April 18, 2008.
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Artists to be featured in the Live Auction:
Adrianne Colburn, Christopher Duncan, Ala Ebtekar, Kota Ezawa, Tara Foley, Stephen Galloway, Benicia Gantner, Jim Goldberg, Doug Hall, Todd Hido, Terry Hoff, David Ireland
Chris  Johanson, Yoon Lee, Michael Light, Kara Maria, Christian Maychack, Dennis McNulty, Paul Mullins, Hilary Pecis, Alena Rudolph and William Swanson, Andrew Schoultz, Leslie Shows, Jennie Smith, Tracey Snelling, Weston Teruya, Catherine  Wagner, and Carrie Mae Weems.

 

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Adriane Colburn

Untitled, aluminum and ink, 25" x 13 1/4", 2008

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Ajit Chauhan

Safe Travels to the Now/Ass You Like It, ink and graphite on paper, 17 1/2" x 13", 2007

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Ala Ebtekar

Untitled (Study for the Synthetic Epic), graphite on paper, 14" 8 1/2", 2006

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Alika Cooper

Twiggy, gouache on paper (framed), 11" x 11", 2007

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Alison Pepworth

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Amy Berk

Recoverings (blush twice), linen and thread, 31" x 13", 2006-7

This piece is part of a series reflecting on surface, memory, and the idea of the table that was exhibited at the Magnes Museum in 2007. Playing with optics and illusion, and using stains as the markings of time and experience, the napkins making up Recoverings (blush twice) are presented as paintings, providing a space for reflection as well as a platform for aesthetic contemplation.
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Andrew Schoultz

Bound to Destructive Manors; ink, arcylic and gouche on paper; 10" x 10"; 2008

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Apollonia Morrill

Transbay Transit Terminal, San Francisco, CA; aluminum-mounted chromogenic print; 20" x 20", 2004

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Benicia Gantner

Stone City, Striped Sky; vinyl on paper; 25" x 37" (framed); 2006

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billy o'callaghan

potato (Local, Organic Sample), polaroid construction (original), 4" x 8" (7" x 12" framed), 2006

the first photo in the series "polaroid samples", life-sized portraits of subject matter found in daily life in san francisco at the beginning of the 21st century.  these environmental self-portraits have a 1-1 ratio with the items depicted.
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Brion Nuda Rosch

Study on Optic Illusion (For SoEx), Paper on Found Book Page, 10" x 17", 2008

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Bruce Tomb

Portal #10, (de)Appropriation Project, mixed media, 80" x 24.5", February 8, 2004

One of twelve "Portals" from 2/8/04. The entire wall up to 80" was skinned.
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Carrie Mae Weems

I Beseech You, chromagenic print, 20" x 24', 1996

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Casey Jex Smith

Heavens, mixed media on paper, 13" x 13" (framed), 2007

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Catherine Haley-Epstein

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Catherine Wagner

Delilah Back, lambda print, approx 20" x 24", 2005

This is a unique print from the series "Re-Classifying History" that was exhibited at the inaugural xhibition at the de Young Museum.
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Charlene Tan

Scales, mixed media, 14" x 7". 2008

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Chris Bell

Untitled, acrylic and masonite, 12" x 12" x 12", 2007

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Chris Duncan

Apathetic America..., mixed on panel, 16" x 15", 2006

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Chris Johanson

Perception #4, color sugarlift aquatint etching, 22 3/4" x 28 3/4", 2007

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Chris McCaw

About to Hear the Rail Ding, Santa Nella Pool, CA, 2003 (#1/25); platinum/palladium direct contact print; 7" x 17"; 2003

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Chris Sollars

FREE TIBET MADE IN CHINA, pencil on paper, 8.5" x 11", 2008

FREE TIBET button made in China
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Christina Mazza

Sea Grass V, archival limited edition print of ball-point pen drawing, 14" x 17" (framed), 2007

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Christina Mazza

Forsaken Aricles: Human I, archival limited edition print of ball-point pen drawing, 14" x 17" (framed), 2007

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Christopher Culver

House, gouache and watercolor on mylar, 23" x 35 1/2", 2008

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Claire Droney

First in a series of disappointments; photography, graphite and acrylic on rag paper; 16" x 20"; 2008

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Cliff Hengst

Saved by Zero, collage on paper, 5" x 8", 2008

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David Fought

Untitled two 2squares, burnt wire and plaster, 7" x 15" 10", 2008

Similar to a single musical note being the basis for complex melodies, this sculptural moment embodies a simple gesture of how all objects appear as they do. Utilizing line, surface, and volume, I strived for a synergy in the object. When a zenith of sculptural elements is reached the sculpture visually hums. This work finds objecthood the way that color usually finds emotion.
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David Ireland

Dumball, concrete, 3 1/4" x 3 1/4" x 3 1/4"

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David King

It's Almost Time #1 (5 of 15), archival digital print, 8 1/4" x 8 3/4", 2006

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Dennis McNulty

She Must Talk to a Man Who was Ten Immensities Away, paint, solvent inks and vinyl, 17" x 36", 2008

Part of a series of documenting and highlighting Southern Christian culture. Specifically, Southern White culture and its impact when backed or furled by religion.
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Deric Carner

Nordland, ink and acrylic on paper, 22" x 30", 2008

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Dharma Strasser MacColl

Combustion III; watercolor paper, silk thread, ceramic; 10" x 14". 2008

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Dhrama Strasser MacColl

Combustion III; watercolor paper, silk thread, ceramic; 10" x 14". 2008

This is from a series titled "Growth Patterns". Each piece in the series invents a molecular structure.
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Dustin Fosnot

Washing Machine, styrofoam, die board, electronics, 5" x 5" x 5". 2008

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Electric Works Gallery/David Tomb

Ornate Hawk Eagle, pochoir print 6/10, 40" x 28', 2008

Made with stencils.
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Emily Alden Foster

Untitled, mixed media, 12" 10 1/2", 2008

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Emily Sevier

Don't Leave, paper and acrylic, 15" x 20", 2008

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Forest Kelley

Untitled, Inkjet print, 16" x 24", 2007

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Frederick Loomis

DIOS Motherboard, graphite on paper, 9" x 12", 2007

Circuit layout of the DIOS Neurocontroller depicting the underlying connectivity that defines the DIOS Software Switch, derived through the logic of the Soul Code.
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G. Cole Allee

Untitled from the Series Hwy IIIN, Photo (c-print), 30" x 40", 2007

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Hank Willis Thomas

Black Power, digital c-print, 10 7/8" x 18", 2008

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Heather Brubaker

A Special Thanks to Left-Handed Amino Acids, acrylic on panel, 16" x 16" x 2", 2006

Heather Brubaker is an artist in San Francisco whose work explores connections, relationships and patterns inspired by physics, molecular biology, organic forms and the landscape, music, structures, systems and technology. "A Special Thanks to Left-Handed Amino Acids" derives forms from diagrams of proteins and Japanese patterns.
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Heather Sparks

Untitled, hybrid silkscreen drawing, 17" x 20", 2008

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Hilary Pecis

Untitled, ink and collage on panel, 10" x 8", 2008

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Ishan Clemenco

Untitled (six lines irgazine yellow/white) for René Daumal, ground pigment on Polaroid sleevepaper, 5" x 8", 2006

Chalkline drawing on opacified polyester unfixed, unsuspended pigments statically impressed. Dedicated to René Daumal, French poet (1908 - 1944). 
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James S. Pitt

Misty Rider, acrylic paint and wood, 2008

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Jaren Bonillo

Yosemite Valley through the Stereoscope, 3 stereocards and viewer, 2008

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Jason Byers

Jack the Ripper, acrylic on panel, 10" x 10", 2008

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Jeff Morris

031608, graphite on paper, 11" x 14". 2008

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Jennie Smith

Untitled, graphite, watercolor, 22" x 30", 2008

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Jennifer Starkweather

Untitled, ink, gouache, and scratches on paper, 8" x 6.5", 2006

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Jennifer Wofford

Inappropriate (Julio and Aldo), ink on mica paper, 8" x 11", 2006

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Jessica Snow

Untitled, acrylic on paper, 10" x 12", 2007

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Jim Goldberg

Town Water Hole, inkjet print, 10 3/8" x 8 1/4", 2006

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Job Piston

Untitled (Intersection), c-print, 16" x 20", 2007

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John Casey

Hummingbird, pen and ink on paper, 14 3/4" x 11 3/4" (framed), 2007

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John Herschend

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Joshua Pieper

Drawing with Detail, ink and sharpie on paper, 23" x 19", 2007

part of a Drawing with Details series
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Julie Chang

Ginko Pony, acrylic and inkjet on paper, 17" x 31", 2007

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Julio Morales

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K C Rosenberg

Flapjacks with Dark Cloud, acrylic on canvas, a5" x 15.5", 2008

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Kari Orvik

Kite (from January 2003 Peace March), Color C-Print - unframed, 20" x 30", January 2003

This photo was taken at a peach march in San Francisco before the U.S. invaded Iraq.
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Kathryn Kenworth

Untitled, acrylic on paper, 9 1/2" x 13 1/2", 2008

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Katrine Hildebrandt

Dust; Recordings of Transient Forms, watercolor on paper, 8 1/2" x 11", 2007

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Kerri Lee Johnson

Untitled (Prada Loafers), gouache and ink on paper, 12 1/2" x 16 1/2", 2008

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Kyle Mock

Spellcaster, acrylic on canvas board, 7" x 9", 2007

A Spellcaster refers to a creature capable of casting magic spells.
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Lacey Jane Roberts

superhotwindsock; yarn, wooden dowel, wire; 10' x 5"; 2008

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Laura Mappin

Fuck Doily, thread and beads, 13 1/2" x 6", 2008

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Lauren Anderson

Folding Chair, Softly; fabric, poly-fil, buttons, thread; 18" x 40" x 2"; 2006

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Lauren Davies

Limits of All Known Ice/Drawing #2, graphite drawing on vinyl upholstery material, 13" x 16", 2006

This drawing is from a series titled Limits of All Known Ice about the International Ice Patrol's procedures for counting and identifying icebergs. This drawing was on eof a series presented at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts' "Cultivating Creativity" exhibition in 2007.
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Leigh Wells

Untitled (Grey Tangle), acrylic on paper, 14" x 17", 2007

My ongoing series of tangled drawings is an attempt to convey what I see as the overwhelmingly complex and unknowable nature of reality.
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Lena Wolff

Black Flowers and Cloud, acrylic, graphite, collage, and pinpricks on paper, 22" x 17", 2007

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Lisa Congdon

Radiolarians, gouache and pencil on scrap plywood, 19" x 19", 2007

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Lisa Ricci

New York Hello, graphite on paper, 9" x 12", 2008

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Maizie Gilbert

45, from the series Mostly After Dark, archival pigment print, 16" x 20", 2004

This series of images describe a non-specific narrative. They are an attempt to capture a quiet still lingering, a kind of disassociation. It seems truer for this story to have gaps in it and not very much information about the ending. Like watching a movie in a foreign language without subtitles, apprehending the general narrative but escaping the details.
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Margaret Silverman

Israeli Tank, sumi ink on paper, 17" x 14", 2007

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Margaret Tedesco

Untitled 2007, digital color photograph on archival paper

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Maria Forde

MicroMoog (part of series called "Musical Instruments that I like because of how they look and sound"), hard ground etching on paper handcolored, 2008

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Marisa Aragona

from the series "Piles and Pyramids", Photo (c-print); 8" x 10", 2008

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Mark Luthringer

Excercise Machines, digital print (framed), 13" x 19", 2007

From the series Ridgemont Typologies, which uses grids of digital images to examine the chaos, excess, and redundancy of our current age of consumption.
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Martin Machado

Untitled; gouache, fiberglass cloth, panel, epoxy; 15" x 32"; 2008

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Michael Bartalos

Trialogue, wood, wire, hardware, paint, and a plant, 16" x 9.5", 2008

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Michael Light

Montgomery Creek at 500', Benton, CA, from Some Day Space; pigment print on aluminum, handmade paper; 24 " x 30", 2003

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Michael Swaine

Now Watch; felt, linen, wood; small watch size, 2008

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Michelle Blade

Sweeping the Universe for the New Renaissance, acrylic ink on paper, 15" x 15", 2008

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Michelle Mansour

Little Mystery; acrylic, ink, silicone on muslin on panel; 11" x 14", 2005

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Misako Inaoka

Leo Aris, mixed media, 6 1/2" x 6 1/2" x 2", 2008

This piece was made to start off a large hybrid series to be developed at the de Young Museum residency in March of '08. With the help of museum visitors, more than 300 new species were created during the residency program. 
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Nathan Lynch

Posture, ceramic, fir, 28" x 24" x 8", 2007

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Nicole Hayden

Shot Through the Heart, mixed media, 12" x 17", 2008

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Noah Lang

Don't Worry About the Government, gouache, 14" x 11", 2008

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Oliver Rosenberg

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Owen Takabayashi

Untitled, twist ties and bread clips, 10" x 10" x 11", 2008

Collected materials from street, friends, and family.
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Packard Jennings

Business Reply Panel (Panel #4), Archival Print, 10 3/4" x 7", 2006

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Paul Mullins

Blossom, Acrylic on Canvas, 21" x 24 1/2", 2004

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Rand Colosky

No Title; 40mm bullets, pen on target; 15" x 17"; 2008

This piece was created at the Jackson Arms Gun Range.
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Rhea Fontaine

The Shining II, acrylic and collage on metal, 16" x 20", 2008

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Sandra Wong

Looking, graphite on paper, 8" x 12", 2008

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Sasha Petrenko

Terra Incognita, digital print (archival) and model, 2005-08

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Serena Cole

Spellbound; watercolor, colored pencil, and dye on paper; 19" x 23"; 2007

This painting continues a theme of investigation about beauty and escapism in modern society. Its dark imagery is a nod tothe fundamental angst of our worshipped fantasies as well as tongue-in-cheek reference to Goth icon Siouxsie Sioux. 
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Stephanie Peek

Judging By Appearances, oil on panel, 10" x 10". 2008

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Stephanie Syjuco

Strange Attractors (Empire Style), ink, gouache, and collage on Duralene, 9" x 12" (framed), 2008

Tracings of objects from product catalogs and magazines are outlined to create aggregate "products" that are then juxtaposed with classical and Modernist furnityre. From a series of drawings called "Strange Attractors, Aggregate Economies".
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Stephen Galloway

Valentine 1/5; Lightjet c-print, mounted on aluminum with plexiglass facemount; 40" x 28"; 2005

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Suzanne Husky

Trees, used fabric, plaster, wood, 2' x 2' x 1.5', 2008

Grove of a few trees of different species.
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Suzy Poling

Octopus, C-print, 24" x 20", 2008

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Tabitha Soren

Inheritance, 9801-12; c-print, artist proof; 16" x 20", 2001

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Tanya Hastings Gill

Left (Underskin Series); cut paper, foil, acrylic paint; 101/4" x 9 1/4"; 2006

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Tara Foley

Landscape number 12; gouache, tape, pencil; 34" x 34", 2006

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Terry Hoff

Domestic Structures, mixed media, 17 1/2" x 20", 2008

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The Thing

The Thing Quarterly, gift subscription

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Tia Factor

On a Hill Under a Raven Sky, We Dream of Rainbows; gouache and spray paint on cut paper; 11" x 14"; 2007

This work was made while I was living in Tasmania, Australia, during a residency in 2007. Tasmania is a place where the weather changes so frequently people are fond of saying you experience all four seasons daily. I found this to be true and especially appreciated it while visiting a friend who lived way up in the hills with a fantastic view of the ever changing sky. The medium of gouache is great for capturing the random patterns of moisture in the cloudy sky during a rain storm. 
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Timothy Buckwalter

Untitled drawing (04); acrylic ink, india ink, gallery tape, paper; 19 1/2" x 37"; 2008

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Todd Hido

Untitled, c-print, 8" x 10", 2008

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Tracey Snelling

Bernal heights, 4/5, chromogenic print mounted on aluminum, 16" x 20", 2003

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Tracy Timmins

With a View, oil on panel (framed), 24" x 24", 2008

Featured in article of this month's (April) Artweek (pg. 15).
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Val Britton

building the future from the past, ink and collage on panel, 20" x 16", 2006

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Vanessa Marsh

Men Meeting, c-print, 13" x 19 1/2", 2008

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Weston Teruya

Keeping it Together (Back and Forth), ink, spraypaint, gouache, and cut paper collage on paper, 17" x 19", 2008

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William Swanson and Alena Rudolph

Elemental Navigation (Moving North), acrylic and acrylic ink on wood panel, 17" x 28", 2008

Collaborative
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Yoon Lee

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Youmna Chlala

CitySmash; vellum, ink, lead, eraser, acrylic; 20" x 30"; 2008

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Zefrey Throwell

Syrian Nightmare Mirage, oil on canvas, 52" x 18", 2007

It is the best painting ever.