GDCA is pleased to announce our August, 2020 Group Exhibition:
"Blush"
August 6th - 31st, 2020
Featuring painting, mixed media, digital photo-collage, photography and sculpture.
As our souls derive strength and comfort from nature, we wanted to create a visual garden of serenity, beauty and joy. Please enjoy an assortment of floral abstractions and interpretations to provide much needed healing in these times of high anxiety and uncertainty.
Participating artists -
Susanne Belcher, Mark Brosmer, Edem Elesh, Andrew Eyler, Siri France, Sylvia Hamilton Goulden, Suki Kuss, Kathe Madrigal, Jane Marshall, Crystal Michaelson, Sali Swalla, Daniela Schweitzer, Bill Sherwood, Dane Smith & Linda Stelling.
Feel free to contact us anytime with questions or to arrange for a masked & socially distanced in person appointment during our temporary business hours: Wednesday through Sunday from 12noon - 5pm!! 😷
GDCA's Delson Lounge is pleased to announce our August, 2020 Solo Exhibition:
Carol Cirillo Stanley "Still Life"
August 6th - 31st, 2020
Curated by Hilary Chapman & Petra Wright.
"Carol Cirillo Stanley plays with the traditional notion of the still life as black and white portraiture. The flora act as her subjects as she examines their unique personalities and characteristics.
Here their true selves begin to unfold; sassy, sweet, demure, bitchy, strong, supportive, and courageous. Enjoy their whimsy, strength, and spirit, and most of all, get to know them!"
Feel free to contact us anytime with questions or to arrange for a masked & socially distanced in person appointment during our temporary business hours: Wednesday through Sunday from 12noon - 5pm!! 😷
Carol Cirillo Stanley, "Grace, Light and Determination" (1/20). Archival BW Photograph.
(24" x 20") $850. Framed
(40" x 32") $1,700. Framed
Carol Cirillo Stanley, "Pollen Freckles, Early Morning" (1/25). Archival BW Photograph.
(20" x 24") $850. Framed
(32" x 40") $1,700. Framed.
Carol Cirillo Stanley, "Sense of Place" (1/20). Archival BW Photograph.
(24" x 20") $850. Framed
(40" x 32") $1,700. Framed
Carol Cirillo Stanley, "Rose Is My Name, Truly" (1/15). Archival BW Photograph.
(20" x 24") $850. Framed
(32" x 40") $1,700. Framed
Carol Cirillo Stanley, "Spirit of the Dance" (1/25). Archival BW Photograph,
(20" x 24") $850. Framed
(32" x 40") $1,700. Framed.
Carol Cirillo Stanley, "I AM" (1/15). Archival BW Photograph,
(24" x 20") $850. Framed
(40" x 32") $1,700. Framed
Carol Cirillo Stanley, "Reinvigorating Resilience" (1/25). Archival BW Photograph,
(20" x 24") $850. Framed
(32" x 40") $1,700. Framed.
Carol Cirillo Stanley, "All In One" (1/15). Archival BW Photograph,
(24" x 20") $850. Framed
(40" x 32") $1,700. Framed
Carol Cirillo Stanley, "She Spent Time Abroad, But There's Only One Home" (1/20). Archival BW Photograph,
(24" x 20") $850. Framed
(40" x 32") $1,700. Framed
Carol Cirillo Stanley, "Le Grande Dame" (1/15).
Archival BW Photograph,
(24" x 20") $850. Framed
(40" x 32") $1,700. Framed
Carol Cirillo Stanley, "Natural Electricity" (1/15). Archival BW Photograph,
(24" x 20") $850. Framed
(40" x 32") $1,700. Framed
Carol Cirillo Stanley, "Entwined Entities" (1/15). Archival BW Photograph,
(24" x 20") $850. Framed
(40" x 32") $1,700. Framed
Carol Cirillo Stanley, "The Encounter" (1/15). Archival BW Photograph,
(24" x 20") $850. Framed
(40" x 32") $1,700. Framed
Carol Cirillo Stanley, "Wisdom" (1/25). Archival BW Photograph,
(24" x 20") $850. Framed
(40" x 32") $1,700. Framed
"The feminine emerges in this series of mixed media photography with ints of figurative ink and pastel drawings. Surrounded by sweets and flowers, the viewer is invited to surrender to acceptance and the pleasures of sensuality and beauty."" - Susanne Belcher
Susanne Belcher, "Birthday Surprise", Digital Photo Collage on canvas, (18" x 22"). $675.
Susanne Belcher, "Presentation is Everything", Digital Photo Collage on canvas, (18" x 22"). $675.
Susanne Belcher, "Frosting on the Cake", Digital Photo Collage on canvas, (18" x 22"). $675.
"The view that is offered through the prism of California’s rediscovered beloved architectural it-factor, the glass-block, is one of liquification. We experience a fluid dance of colors and rhythm through portals of exquisite distortion.
Filtered through a molten lens, we experience an altered reality… The components are recognizable, the colors feel familiar, but they are rearranged by the gravity of liquefaction.
Stripped of their definition, we are asked to leave behind words and names and meaning… and instead dive into the heart of the matter… we are carried straight into the soul of the world that surrounds us… a world of aqueous splendor." - Mark Brosmer
Mark Brosmer, "Double Vision", Oil on Canvas, (48" x 36"). $9,000.
Mark Brosmer, "Focus", Oil on Canvas, (48" x 36"). $9,000.
The different colored circles show the different strains of Covid 19 that appeared around the world within a matter of days;
Edem Elesh, "Strain". Old globe, guache, 250 push pins, toilet roll, gold paint, wood stand, (12” X 12” X 17”). $2,500.
“The darkness represents the unknown, the flowers between the rocks, the struggle to survive through sacrifice and pain." - Andrew Eyler
Andrew Eyler, "Velvet", Archival Photograph printed on Aluminum. (66" x 41"). $1,500.
"This time for me is so much about paying close attention to my immediate surroundings. These bougainvillea outside my window were fascinating to paint; i found the more I looked the more I discovered in pattern and complexity." - Siri France
Siri France "Bougainvillea", Oil on Canvas, (48" x 36"). $3,000.
"Working with charcoal and pastels when drawing nudes, I began exploring other subjects. These mediums lend themselves to sensitive, soft lines and sometimes quick gestures, allowing for freedom of movement that create a sensual, active image...Working with black ink or watercolor creates a bold statement, empowering the subject matter, even a magnolia blossom or sunflower." - Sylvia Hamilton Goulden
Sylvia Hamilton Goulden, “Magnolia” , Ink on Rice paper, (22.5” x 24”). $550.
Sylvia Hamilton Goulden, “Sunshine Flower”, Pastels, (31.5” x 25”). $850.
Sylvia Hamilton Goulden, “Tall Sunflower”, Charcoal/Pastels (33” x 18”).
$850.
Sylvia Hamilton Goulden, “Sunflower on Blue” , Charcoal, (31.5” x 18”). $850.
Sylvia Hamilton Goulden, "Sunflower Eclipse", Watercolor, (21” x 17”). $650.
"My early work was the beginning of my need for simplicity and yet, feminine power.
of quietude that reflects the delicate touch of a woman’s hand." - Suki Kuss
Suki Kuss, "Sanctuary II", Mixed Media on Canvas, (40" x 12"). $2,600.
Suki Kuss, "To the Flame I", Mixed Media on Canvas, (40" x 12"). $2,000.
Suki Kuss, "To the Flame II", Mixed Media on Canvas, (40" x 12"). $2,000.
Suki Kuss, "Sanctuary I", Mixed Media on Canvas, (40" x 12"). $2,600.
Suki Kuss, "Music City", Mixed Media on Canvas, (36" x 12"). $1,600.
Suki Kuss, "Edge of the world II", Mixed Media on Canvas, (24" x 20"). $1,200.
"Sunday: I wonder...Have you ever cried so hard that the landscape before you becomes a unfocused vision of pure color? Is this Gods way of soothing us? Again, a yin/yang of life. (Moss St.)
Saturday: I’m walking home from the farmers market when all of a sudden a whip of wind tears the bouquet from my hand and I’m surrounded by a liquified blur of peonies. A yin/yang of destruction and creation. (Peonies) " - Kathe Madrigal
Kathe Madrigal, "Moss St.", Oil on Canvas, (21" x 31"). $2,600.
Kathe Madrigal, "Peonies", Oil on Canvas, (32" x 30"). $2,900.
"An airplane view of the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest jungle appears endless and broccoli green, a blanket folded neatly and spreading as far as the eye can see and way into the horizon.
My painting is called "Jungle Tangle". I am not a scientist, nor a botanist, I am a naturalist who paints life at the edge of a flower." - Jane Marshall
Jane Marshall, "Jungle Tangle", Oil on Canvas, (48" x 48"). $7,500.
"My art expresses the interplay I have with my environment. intuitive marks and gestures guide me through a process of layering, constructing, deconstructing and reconstructing. The work dictates when it is time to stop. Visceral. Immediate. Raw." - Crystal Michaelson
Crystal Michaelson, "White Grid #11", Mixed Media on canvas, (40" x 40"). $3,600.
"My figurative abstractions reflect the appreciation for human existence and the internal feelings of the people aroundme. The gestural part of my art resides more in the core of emotions and
feelings toward the subject.” - Daniela Schweitzer
Daniela Schweitzer, "The Moment", Oil on Canvas, (30" x 30"). $3,050.
"Families Tree reflects generational growth and the flowering life" - Bill Sherwood
Bill Sherwood, "Families Tree", Acrylic / Mixed Media on Plexiglass, (60" x 48"). $4,900.
"The painting, with all its visceral colors bouncing and colliding into one another, up close it looks like turmoil and chaos... but when you step back you really can see the beauty in it all. This was a representation of how I was feeling at the time, in turmoil and chaos, but when I stepped back and looked at it from a different perspective I could see the beauty in myself and everything that had happened ...and that everything happens for a reason... and I began to AWAKEN." - Dane Smith
Dane Smith, "Awaken", Oil on Canvas, (36 x 96"). $3,200.
"I am a contemporary artist living and working in Los Angeles where sunlight feeds everything I do. The studio where I work is built like a big treehouse overlooking colorful gardens and water features and from this point of view I can focus my energy.
In my work, I attempt to connect curvilinear shapes to human emotion, memory and dreams, resulting in an interaction of dynamic elements and often leading to circular shapes. Circular shapes can mean many things; certainty, completion, or a sense of calm as life may be in balance. These shapes are a personal fascination that keeps finding a way in and out of my consciousness and my work.
I strive to bring as much joy and love into the work because I feel like this is why we are here on this planet, to “Dream Love” - Linda Stelling
Linda Stelling, "A Rose by Any Other Name, Acrylic on Canvas, (36" x 24"). $3,200.
Linda Stelling, "Paris Poppy I", Acrylic on Canvas, (50" x 32"). $4,000.
Linda Stelling, "Paris Poppy II", Acrylic on Canvas, (50" x 32"). $4,000.
Linda Stelling, "Red Poppy I", Acrylic on Canvas, (30" x 40"). $3,600.
Linda Stelling, "Red Poppy II", Acrylic on Canvas, (30" x 40"). $3,600.
"My process mirrors the effects of life experiences on an individual as they grow and evolve. Often early events and what lies beneath are not in view, yet essential to the individual’s identity. If one looks closely enough, traces of these earlier marks are discovered to bring about a wholeness. Such is the journey of the soul and the journey of the artwork.
I hope to make visible the invisible worlds that move, motivate and guide us as soulful beings. My deepest wish for the work is for it to make the viewer pause, even for the briefest of moments, to reflect on or connect with their deeper selves. To make visible to them something that has only ever been a feeling or a dream." - Sali Swalla
Sali Swalla, "Devotion", Mixed Media on Panel, (48" x 36"). $2,000.