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Lot# 352

Susan Birnbaum

Love Meter (2022)

Yarn

11 x 8 x 2.5”

"Honored to be included in numerous group shows in wonderful local galleries and always try to bring joy with my pieces as well as a sense of humor."

"The arrow on the love meter moves between a lot, passionately, a little , meh and like crazy. The backside says “spread love”. By bidding on this piece you can show your love for the wonderful work Hospitality House does."

Courtesy of Susan Birnbaum

Preview in person at Drawing Room ANNEX, 599 Valencia St. SF

Lot# 353

Suzanne Cowan

Portrait of a Young Man (2022)

Pastel on paper

18 x 24"

"I have been drawing and painting all my life, drawing most of my subjects from people and objects I see around me every day in the urban environment. Although it is not overtly "political," my work is strongly conditioned by social and political reality. I am especially sensitive to the status of people in contemporary society and strive to depict them in a way that highlights both the reality of their circumstances and their inner life."

"This portrait, done in white pastel and charcoal on black paper, is based on a photo which inspired my imagination. I felt a strong affinity for the subject's expression, which seems bold and yet vulnerable."

Courtesy of Suzanne Cowan

Preview in person at Rosebud Gallery, 839 Larkin St. SF

Lot# 354

Tamsin Spencer Smith

Firebird / Friend (2023)

Acrylic on wood panel

16 x "20

Smith is a self-taught painter, whose work has been shown broadly throughout Northern California in galleries including Adobe Books Backroom Gallery, Incline, Modern Eden, Guerrero Gallery, and the Occidental Center for the Arts. Bold color combinations and a story-driven approach to figuration are signature elements of her work. Smith is also a published poet, essayist, and songwriter.

"This sweet little bonbon of a painting captures my friend Emilio playing his new Gibson Firebird, which was the go-to choice of Stones guitarist Brian Jones. Player and instrument are stripped of detail with an eye to illustrating the merger of man and music. I wanted to capture the joy of exploring a new toy and Emilio's evident delight in connecting with a hero in this way."

Courtesy of Tamsin Spencer Smith

Preview in person at Drawing Room ANNEX, 599 Valencia St. SF

Lot# 355

Tana Quincy Arcega

Secret Pavilion (2018)

Hand towel, fiberglass screening, spackling paste and wood glue

20 x 14"

Born in Nebraska 1977, Tana Quincy Arcega obtained a BFA from the University of Nebraska and an MFA from the New York Academy of Art where she studied figurative painting and sculpture. Her painting practice explores the immanent qualities of materials, rooting downward. A coinciding contemplative practice probes upward towards transcendence. At the coalescence of these is a centeredness on compassion, healing, and able-ness. She is represented by Re.riddle Gallery.

"Stirred by Mother Teresa’s recently published writings in “A Call to Mercy: Hearts to Love, Hands to Serve,” Quincy Arcega invites us to contemplate how compassion can exist within our complex contemporary times. Towels express tangible acts of caring-- they touch bodies and scrub floors, their humility and service know no bounds. Household repair items such as spackling paste and wood filler are extruded through gridded substrates and sewn into the towels culminating in a visceral yet delicate display of constructed textures which map the imagined floor-plans of interior spaces for the unhoused. Each of these gestures is an invocation that those literally marginalized to our sidewalks and streets will be invited back inside." 

Courtesy of Tana Quincy Arcega & re.riddle.

Preview in person at Drawing Room ANNEX, 599 Valencia St. SF

Lot# 356

Tara Daly

Untitled (2021)

Low fire ceramic

14 x 6"

Tara Daly is a California artist who makes sculptures, paintings and textiles in material driven processes that explore power, collapse and connection.  She has exhibited at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the Richmond Arts Center, Museum of Craft and Design, Contemporary Craft Center among other non-profit art centers and galleries nationally.  A graduate of the Santa Monica College of Design, Art and Architecture and the San Francisco Art Institute, Tara has been an artist in residence at Anderson Ranch Center for the Arts, Penland School of Crafts, the Santa Fe Art Institute and was a recipient of Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center. 

Courtesy of Tara Daly

Preview in person at Hospitality House’s Community Arts Program, 1009 Market St. SF

Lot# 357

Tess Davis Cheek

ebb & Flo (2022 - 2024)

Sterling silver, fine silver, abalone, & "lemon jade"

16"

"ebb & Flo was created intermittently over the span of 3(ish) years. it speaks to the ebbs & flow of creativity, capacity, attention span, and the changing seasons of life. I started this piece in 2022, then got busy, disinterested, distracted and forgot about it. In 2023, after getting pregnant, I had returned to this piece, then again, got busy, disinterested, distracted and gave birth to my first and only child, Flo. In 2024, in my fragile, overwhelmed, sleep deprived and HYPER CREATIVE state, found this piece once again, and finally completed it. 

Each charm was started in a different year and marks the state of mind and body at the time— pre, pregnant, and post creation of Florence Soleil."

Courtesy of Tess Davis Cheek.

Preview in person at Hospitality House’s Community Arts Program, 1009 Market St. SF

Lot# 358

The Tracy Piper

I Love You IV (2021)

Acrylic on canvas

12 x 12 x 1.5"

The Tracy Piper (b. Oakland, CA, 1987) is a female-identifying, contemporary painter, muralist, author and art activist. Best known for her vibrant portraits and figurative acrylic paintings, Piper’s illustrative work tackles social constructs in an abstract-realist style. She has shown at SCOPE and SELECT in Miami, FL; stARTup Art Fair in San Francisco and Los Angeles, CA; SCOPE New York, NY; and exhibits internationally. In 2017 Tracy competed on the GSNTV show “Skin Wars: Fresh Paint” and emerged victorious! Tracy’s murals span both coasts with a focus on positive and inclusive messaging. Her debut book "Worthy," along with the latest "SEEN" and "SEEN Vol. 2," are available through Voss Gallery Books. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Illustration from California College of the Arts and is represented by Voss Gallery.

"This vibrant canvas is not just a splash of colors but a bridge between worlds, symbolizing the power of American Sign Language (ASL) to unite diverse communities with the universal message of love. This painting was debuted at SCOPE Art Show in Miami with Voss Gallery during Art Basel in 2021."

Courtesy of The Tracy Piper & Voss Gallery.

Preview in person at Drawing Room ANNEX, 599 Valencia St. SF

Lot# 359

Timothy Wells

One Hundred Years of Fountains (2017)

Watercolor

13.25 x 13.75"

"'One Hundred Years of Fountains' is a fictitious commemorative postage stamp painted in watercolor at actual stamp size (four individual stamps comprising a group that together forms an image of Marcel Duchamp’s 1917 readymade sculpture “Fountain,” which consists of a porcelain urinal signed "R. Mutt”)."

Courtesy of Hilary Rand.

Preview in person at Rosebud Gallery, 839 Larkin St. SF

Lot# 360

Tom Seligman

Appropriation (ReAppropriation) (October 2021)

Ink on watercolor paper

20 x 24"

MFA 1968 School of Visual Arts New York. Exhibited occasionally until retiring from directing the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University. Regular exhibitions at galleries 2020-present.

"During Covid I did a series of 50+ large ink drawings based upon the theme of "Appropriation". I appropriated design images from cultures I have worked extensively with and then added my own intense line drawing to each work, including a few iconic works of western artists."

Courtesy of Tom Seligman

Preview in person at Drawing Room ANNEX, 599 Valencia St. SF

Lot# 361

Victoria

Bunny Tea Pot (2023)

Ceramic, glaze, sand

9 x 9 x 9"

Victoria is a college graduate who studied both the Fine Arts and the Humanities and graduated honors. She traveled around the world whichs influnences her artwork today.

"The Bunny Tea Pot is celebratory of the year of the Rabbit which comes around every 12 years. The rabbit made it accross the river before the dragon did which symbolizes patience."

Courtesy of Victoria & Hospitality House's Community Arts Program.

Preview in person at Moth Belly, 912 Larkin St., SF

Lot# 362

VVCHNTE

Happy Hour (2020)

Acrylic on canvas

18 x 22"

"I’m continuously balancing the anxieties of being a self-taught artist with my life as a Special Education teacher, in a journey that I only find tremendous joy from. From my art, I can only hope to smile while exploring the borderlands that aim to separate my psyche."

"A visual brainstorm and inquiry on the meaning of going to happy hour."

Courtesy of VVCHNTE

Preview in person at Rosebud Gallery, 839 Larkin St. SF

Lot# 363

Zach Searcy

Pollinator (2023)

Paper pulp, acrylic, and gouache on wood panel

12 x 9"

Courtesy of Zach Searcy

Preview in person at Hospitality House’s Community Arts Program, 1009 Market St. SF

Lot# 364

Zoe Ani

Wave Series 17 (2023)

Watercolor and ink on paper

11.75 x 14.25"

Zoe Ani is a visual artist based in San Francisco. They articulate their practice from the lens of their Hawaiian and indigenous cultures. Leaning on their studies in Traditional Chinese Medicine, they explore the concept of balance inspired by patterns in nature, place, memories, dreams and music. They have exhibited at San Francisco City Hall, the Napa County Library, and the 2023 deYoung Open. They are a 2024 grant recipient from the Cenote Foundation.

"The Wave Series uses a water motif as a reference to healing. The vertical bars allude to the barriers felt all around real and imagined. The ink markings weave through the tumult of the sea communicating that nothing is still, the barriers are an illusion and we are all interconnected."

Courtesy of Zoe Ani

Preview in person at Drawing Room ANNEX, 599 Valencia St. SF