Artists were given free rein in choosing what to embrace
Embrace (the Weird)
Or, as one of our artists observed thoughtfully: “Right now, it’s all weird.” In the Zoom discussion, silence ensued while the artists considered whether or not any further themes were even warranted. In their art, a number of artists chose to embrace the weirdness of the times, thus making sure we remain awake to it.
Embrace (Nature)
Some shared with us their gratitude for the beauty of Nature, and for the time to explore it, whether in Arizona or on the road.
Embrace (in Love)
Some reminded us of the importance of love, in a time when hugs are mostly virtual.
Suzy Webber
Suzy writes, “I painted this in March and April 2020 as I was working on processing this new reality. It is an abstract intuitive exercise, starting late one night with the lights off, making random marks on a new canvas, choosing paints randomly. As I worked on it over several weeks, images emerged and I began to make more intentional choices. I shared the process on Facebook and friends would comment that they saw stories related to the times we’re living in.”
Title: The Village
Virtual Room: Embrace (the Weird)
Size: 36 x 48 inches
Medium: Acrylic on Wrapped Canvas
Price: $3000
SOLD!
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Wendolyn Abbott
Wendy writes, “Inspired by the beautiful Arizona Sunsets and being in quarantine due to the pandemic, I wanted to create something beautiful in these trying times.”
Title: Quarantined
Virtual Room: Embrace (Nature)
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Size: 18 x 24 inches
Price: $300
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Jaime Glasser
With her interpretation of “embrace,” Jaime chooses to remind us to love one another.
Title: Take It 1&2 (sold as a pair only)
Virtual Room: Embrace
Medium: monoprints on canvas mixed media with resin ready to hang
original 1/1
Size: 10 x 10 inches each
Price: Both together $300
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Anshu Priya
Title: Embracing the Outdoors: Bell Rock, Sedona Arizona
Virtual Room: Embrace (Nature)
Medium: Watercolor and Ink on Hot Pressed Paper
Size: 8 x 10 inches
Price: $120
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Jackson Kloog
Needing no explanation as to why it embraces the weird, this work was inspired, Jackson tells us, by a song from a favorite band, Awolnation.
Title: Kookseverywhere
Virtual Room: Embrace the Weird
Size: 10 x 20 inches
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Price: $230
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Irene Limon
Irene writes, “My spin on the third eye was how painful a spiritual awakening can be. I then drew light from the experience, allowing others some insight through their dark journey and ’embracing the weird’ in the process.”
Title: Field of Flowers (vision)
Virtual Room: Embrace the Weird
Medium: UV Glow Acrylic Paint with Oil Paint Markers on Canvas
Size: 2’x4’
SOLD!
Dan Pederson
What do you miss most? What did you miss in March? Is it different from what you miss today? Dan Pederson’s heartfelt cry for the normality of a hamburger speaks to the losses of familiar things that we all experienced.
Of this piece, Dan writes: “This piece is my personal response to the goings on in the recent months. It’s my attempt / study if you will of how I went from my personal conversation to in some ways making fun of myself and situations by going to simpler ideas and basics. I will say the process with this piece was a journey, be it euphoric and physical; it took me places that I never conceived of going, even if was just next door and saying hi to my neighbors.”
Title: familiar things (hamburger)
Virtual Room: Embrace the Weird
Medium: Mixed Media on Canvas
Size: 48 x 48 inches
Price: $950
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Nicole Powell
Nicole focuses on the beauty of the everyday and the very small. She writes, “I love realizing beauty in the unnoticed things. I am inspired by nature, old dusty buildings, and even the swirling patterns in rocks.” “Herald” holds a message of hope.
Title: Herald
Artist: Nicole Powell
Virtual Room: Embrace (Nature)
Size: 8 x 8 inches
Medium: Mixed Media and Oil on Canvas
Price: $120
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Andrea Rogers
In this delightful image, Andrea compares us to the frog, leaping into the unknown but leaping nonetheless.
Andrea writes, Like the frog we must steady ourselves, be strong, take the leap into the future and have faith in our human destiny.
Title: Leap
Virtual Room: Embracing the Weird
Medium: Drawing (Prismacolor) on Paper. Unframed.
Size: 12 x 16 inches
Price: $100
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Vanessa Ortiz Zapata
Title: Blue Midnight Love
Virtual Room: Embrace
Medium: Alcohol Ink on Yupo; framed
Size: 9 x 12 inches
Price: $275.00
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Arti Jain
Arti write, “About this work: Arizona is not famous for just some sky but fierce ones. Be fierce, be you!
“During the Pandemic, the silver lining for me was being able to work from home and spend time learning and growing my skills with watercolors while embracing very diverse Arizona as my home.“
Title: Be Fierce!
Virtual Room: Embrace (Arizona)
Medium: Watercolor (original)
Size: 4 x 6 inches painting on 5.5 x 8 inch paper
Price: $150
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Liz Archuleta
In a tender image, a majestic Saguaro embraces the sun. But this image holds far more. The sun is the color of the Arizona sun during the devastating wildfires on the West Coast: smoke gradually moved East, obscuring the sun and affecting the air quality in Arizona. More, the blackened heaps behind our Saguaro testify to devastating fires earlier in 2020, when Saguaros hundreds of years old were destroyed. During the quarantine period, Liz traveled with her young son to document the National Parks and National Forests of the Southwest, and to document the effects of Covid on the Diné reservation. Her passion comes through in all her work.
Title: Saguaro and Sunset
Virtual Room: Embrace
Medium: Watercolor
Size: 7 x 8 inches
Price: $50
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Lucille “Rae” Getz
Heart-shaped cherries: another way to hug. Love is still an option.
Title: Sweet Fall Cherries
Virtual Room: Embrace!
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 12 x 12 inches
Price: $75
SOLD
“Sweet Fall Cherries”
Reserved!
$75.00
Brie Bartz
“With a year like it has been we must all now more than ever remember we are all connected with words, love, actions, reactions, life in general. Lips are so sensual and yet so powerful. They can cause harm or they can raise someone up! The thing we all have to remember is that there is a butterfly effect to everything we say or do. With every word spoken or action taken we are all connected.”
Title: The Butterfly Effect
Virtual Room: Embrace!
Medium: Mixed Media with Oil
Size: 20 x 20 inches
Price: $650
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The Millet House 