GDCA is pleased to announce our September, 2021 Group Exhibition, "Touch"
Featured Artists:
Teri Dryden, Cheryl Hrudka, Stan Johnson & Suki Kuss.
Exhibition Dates: September 7th - September 30th, 2021
2nd Thursday Downtown Art Night - Thursday, September 9th from 5pm - 9pm.
JOIN US FOR AN IN-PERSON GALLERY RECEPTION - Saturday, September 25th from 6pm - 10pm.
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!! 😷
EXTENDED BY POPULAR DEMAND - GDCA's September, 2021 Solo Exhibition:
Cynthia Ann Swan: "Circles of Life"
"Circles of Life" continues the retrospective, offering new collections of the glass artist's most celebrated series.
2nd Thursday Downtown Art Night - Thursday, September 9th from 5pm - 9pm.
JOIN US FOR AN IN-PERSON GALLERY RECEPTION - Saturday, September 18th from 6pm - 10pm.
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!! 😷
"The soul of my work is rooted in the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi, which celebrates the beauty in things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. With an emphasis on process, I create highly textured surfaces by responding to the changes in the picture as I explore and interact with my materials by layering paint and paper, mark-making and erasing, altering and adjusting. This exercise of adding and subtracting allows me to reduce the image to the essence of my visual narrative." - Teri Dryden
Teri Dryden, "Glory Days", Mixed Media Collage and Acrylic on Canvas, (36" x 36"). $2,800.
Teri Dryden, "The Burning Place, Mixed Media Collage and Acrylic on Canvas, (36" x 36"). $2,800.
Teri Dryden, "Shout to the Top", Mixed Media Collage and Acrylic on Canvas, (30" x 24"). $1,800.
Teri Dryden, "In Dreams 1", Mixed Media Collage on Panel, (14" x 11"). $750.
Teri Dryden, "In Dreams 2", Mixed Media Collage on Panel, (14" x 11"). $750.
Suki Kuss
“The size and shape of a canvas does not dictate the time and amount of work that goes into the piece. This series of 12x12 collages are delicate and detailed, requiring many hours of intense work and scrutiny. Working on small canvases allows me the opportunity to enlarge and magnify areas of my larger pieces and work not yet created but living within me.
The work, Music City, is 20x60 in size and does contain color. The building and shaping of the piece required a lyrical note and the color added a musical note to the piece.
Night Music, also 20x60, was created in the palette that I live with and is the soul of this body of work. The movement is intriguing and mysterious to the viewer and asks questions to be answered by the individual.” - Suki Kuss
Suki Kuss, "Night Music #7", Mixed Media Collage on Paper, (20" x 60" ). $2,400.
Suki Kuss, "Music City", Mixed Media Collage on Paper, (20" x 60" ). $2,400.
Suki Kuss, "Dazzle III", Mixed Media Collage on Canvas, (12" x 12"). $750.
Suki Kuss, "Golden Sphere", Mixed Media Collage on Canvas, (12" x 12"). $750.
Suki Kuss, "Asian Temple VIII", Mixed Media Collage on Canvas, (12" x 12"). $750.
Suki Kuss, "Mystic Shadow", Mixed Media Collage on Canvas, (12" x 12"). $750.
Suki Kuss, "Secret Message II", Mixed Media Collage on Canvas, (12" x 12"). $750.
Suki Kuss, "Night Lite I, II & III" (Triptych), Mixed Media Collage on Canvas, (12" x 12"). $750.
Suki Kuss, "Capture", Mixed Media Collage on Canvas, (12" x 12"). $750.
Suki Kuss, "Dazzle II", Mixed Media Collage on Canvas, (12" x 12"). $750.
Suki Kuss, "Red Sphere", Mixed Media Collage on Canvas, (12" x 12"). $750.
Suki Kuss, "The Artist Brain" Mixed Media Collage on Canvas, (12" x 12") . $750.
Suki Kuss, "Under Growth", Mixed Media Collage on Canvas, (12" x 12"). $750.
Suki Kuss, "The Observer", Mixed Media Collage on Canvas, (12" x 12"). $750.
Suki Kuss, "Secret Message III", Mixed Media Collage on Canvas, (12" x 12"). $750.
Suki Kuss, "Ikebana" Mixed Media Collage on Canvas, (12" x 12") . $750.
"There is definitely an evolutionary process to being an artist. Somewhere along the line, we each picked up a camera and started taking photos of what we each thought was interesting. With each photograph we learned what we enjoyed and practiced our techniques, especially in Street Photography. With each day spent in our darkrooms, we learned the excitement of developing those photographs, as well as the art of manipulation. Eventually, we took our photographs and started manipulating them on the computer. Our abstracts were created, and another step in the evolution process was embraced. From using our photographs, to creating an abstraction from scratch was a logical progression. With the vast array of computer art software, we have evolved from ‘where we were’, to ‘where we are’. For each of us the evolution of our abstract images continues and shows no signs of slowing down." - Cheryl Hrudka / Stan Johnson ( Recent Developments, LLC)
Cheryl Hrudka, "Out from Center".
3-D Digital Painting Construction on Aluminum, (57" x 70" x 3"). $7,898.
Stan Johnson, "Metronome".
3-D Digital Painting Construction on Aluminum, (60" x 48" x 3"). $5,355.
Cheryl Hrudka, "Inside a broken Geode".
3-D Digital Painting Construction on Aluminum, (58" x 48" x 3"). $5,195.
Cheryl Hrudka, "Nonagons".
3-D Digital Painting Construction on Aluminum, (60" x 30" x 3"). $5,175.
Stan Johnson, "Where it all Went", Digital Painting on Aluminum, (24" x 30") . $1,215.
Stan Johnson, "Watching John Wayne Walk", Digital Painting on Aluminum, (24" x 30"). $1,215.
Stan Johnson, "The Cage".
3-Panel Digital Painting Construction on Aluminum, (60" x 45"). $5,355.
Stan Johnson , "Cracking a Geode".
3-Panel Digital Painting Construction on Aluminum, (60" x 45"). $5,355.
Cheryl Hrudka, "Blue Seismic".
Digital Painting on Aluminum, (30" x 24") . $1,215.
Cheryl Hrudka, "Blue Seismic II", Digital Painting on Aluminum, (30" x 24") . $1,215.
Cheryl Hrudka, "Storm Brewing Somewhere".
3-Panel Digital Painting Construction on Aluminum, (60" x 45"). $5,355.
Cheryl Hrudka, "Life in the Attic.
3-Panel Digital Painting Construction on Aluminum, (60" x 45"). $5,355.
Cynthia Ann Swan
“Circles of Life”
ArtistStatement
The concept of a circle has been imbued with sacred meanings and considered in philosophical discourse since ancient times. It is the basis of scientific theories, and the foundation of spiritual oneness and continuity.
I have an intense need for seasons. I am deeply moved by nature's cycles of rebirth and inevitable reclamation. The rhythm of seasonal change plays softly in the background of my daily life, measuring my days, and choreographing the dances of my creative muse. It throbs inside me as surely as my own heart beats, reminding me of the certain constant of change.
These circles of art are snapshots of my moments in the dance, always moving and turning, always repeating, yet never the same. Our lives are full of such moments, these tics on the arcs of our lives, marking what was for posterity. Together, they record songs of our soul, the bitter-sweet music of time.
- Cynthia Ann Swan
Cynthia Ann Swan, "Japanese Garden",
| Individual Kiln-formed Recycled Glass on Custom Wall-Mounted Aluminum Presentation Panel.(23" x 19"). Summer Rain Series - Butterfly Collection. $1,200. |
Cynthia Ann Swan, "Japanese Gardens" - Reverse.
| Individual Kiln-formed Recycled Glass, (19" x 23"). Summer Rain Series - Butterfly Collection. $1,200. |
Cynthia Ann Swan, "Wet Irises".
| Individual Kiln-formed Recycled Glass on Custom Wall-Mounted Aluminum Presentation Panel.(23" x 19"). Summer Rain Series - Butterfly Collection. $1,500. |
Cynthia Ann Swan, "Wet Irises" - Reverse.
| Individual Kiln-formed Recycled Glass, (19" x 23"). Summer Rain Series - Butterfly Collection. $1,500. |
Cynthia Ann Swan, "Sun Showers".
| Individual Kiln-formed Recycled Glass on Custom Wall-Mounted Aluminum Presentation Panel.(23" x 19"). Summer Rain Series - Butterfly Collection. $1,200. |
Cynthia Ann Swan, "Sun Showers" - Reverse.
| Individual Kiln-formed Recycled Glass, (19" x 23"). Summer Rain Series - Butterfly Collection. $1,200. |
Cynthia Ann Swan, "Giving Tree".
| Individual Kiln-formed Recycled Glass on Custom Wall-Mounted Aluminum Presentation Panel.(23" x 19"). Saturated Solitude Series - Tree-cycle Collection. $1,300. |
Cynthia Ann Swan, "Giving Tree" - Reverse.
| Individual Kiln-formed Recycled Glass, (19" x 23"). Saturated Solitude Series - Tree-cycle Collection. $1,300. |
Cynthia Ann swan, "Late November Rain" - free Standing.
| Individual Kiln-formed Recycled Glass, (19" x 23"). Saturated Solitude Series - Tree-cycle Collection. $1,550. |
Cynthia Ann swan, "Late November Rain" - wall mounted.
| IIndividual Kiln-formed Recycled Glass on Custom Wall-Mounted Aluminum Presentation Panel.(23" x 19"). Saturated Solitude Series - Tree-cycle Collection. $1,550. |
Cynthia Ann Swan, "Autumn Embers".
| Individual Kiln-formed Recycled Glass on Custom Wall-Mounted Aluminum Presentation Panel.(23" x 19"). Saturated Solitude Series - Tree-cycle Collection. $1,650. |
Cynthia Ann Swan, "Autumn Embers" - Reverse.
| Individual Kiln-formed Recycled Glass, (19" x 23"). Saturated Solitude Series - Tree-cycle Collection. $1,650. |
Cynthia Ann Swan, "Home". Individual Kiln-formed Recycled Glass on Custom Wall-Mounted Aluminum Presentation Panel, (14" Diameter).
Looking Glass Series - Butterfly Gardens Collection. $950.
Cynthia Ann Swan, "Canopy". Individual Kiln-formed Recycled Glass on Custom Wall-Mounted Aluminum Presentation Panel, (14" Diameter).
Looking Glass Series - Butterfly Gardens Collection. $950.
Cynthia Ann Swan, "Morning Dew".
| Individual Kiln-formed Recycled Glass on Custom Wall-Mounted Aluminum Presentation Panel, (14" Diameter). Birds Eye View Series - Butterfly Collection. |
$1,350.
Cynthia Ann Swan, "Conference".
| Individual Kiln-formed Recycled Glass on Custom Wall-Mounted Aluminum Presentation Panel, (14" Diameter). Birds Eye View Series - Butterfly Collection. |
$1,550.
Cynthia Ann Swan,
"For Cynthia Reflections".
| Individual Kiln-formed Recycled Glass on Custom Wall-Mounted Aluminum Presentation Panel, (14" Diameter). Birds Eye View Series - Butterfly Collection. |
$1,350.
Cynthia Ann Swan, "Beautiful Battle Scars", Individual Kiln-formed Recycled Glass, (20" Diameter).
Sea Circles Series -Oceanside Collection. $1,800.