Lot #201

A.K. Valkes
Panopticon (2024)
Acrylic and beads on canvas
16” x 20 “

"Use of heavy acrylic for strong texture throughout the piece, with the addition of pearlescent beads creates a work with 3D elements. Multiple eyes, human like & otherwise are scattered throughout, watching."

Courtesy of A.K. Valkes & Hospitality House's Community Arts Program.

Preview in person at MothBelly Gallery, 912 Larkin St. SF

Lot #202

Adam Ansell
Here comes trouble (2023)
Acrylic on wood
16” x 16 “

"I use my experience in fashion and theater to inspire my paintings. After graduating from SF State in 1988 I moved to NY, where I was working in window display, and I also was a member of the 13th Street Repertory Theater Company,  I moved back to SF and started my own theater group and have been painting and involved with the arts community here in this apartment with my partner for the past 30 years."

"Here comes trouble. When you see these three together watch out."

Courtesy of Adam Ansell

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

Lot #203

Alexis Javellana Hill
Garage (2023)
Oil on canvas
16” x 18 “

Alexis is a fine artist and educator working in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her studio practice centers abstractions of growth at the confluence of manmade and natural and the everyday patterns of public spaces and built environment. Alexis has a BA from Dartmouth College, an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design and is currently a studio artist at Root Division.

Courtesy of Alexis Javellana Hill

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

Lot# 204

Alice Koswara

Lola (2020)

Acrylic on paper

9 x 12"

Alice Koswara is a graphic designer and contemporary artist living in San Francisco. She was born in Jakarta and moved to the US in 1995 to study graphic design at the Academy of Art University. She started her art career in 2008. Since then she's painted murals and shown in galleries all over the world. Her latest work is a series of female portraits and animals done in acrylic, watercolor and ink.

Courtesy of Alice Koswara

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

Lot# 205

Alvar Jacomet

9/9/2020 (2024)

Acrylic & gel on canvas

30 x 30"

Alvar is an American /Argentinian artist based in San Francisco. He studied fine art in Buenos Aires where he was majoring in sculpture before pivoting to digital art and then painting at SFÂ’s City College.

His personal style has been influenced by architecture from the beginning. Many of his teachers at university had backgrounds in architecture, and some of his biggest inspirations, like Lebbeus Woods, started as architects themselves.

"This piece is a callback to September 9th 2020. I remember testing positive for covid literally the day before, and then waking up to an orange sky. Although we were untouched, SF was surrounded by fires from all around the state. I was glad I couldn't smell anything, and I feel grateful that I was able to wait out the many different kinds of storms of that year here in San Francisco."

Courtesy of Alvar Jacomet.

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

Lot# 206

Amanda Bristow
Suma Jane (2022)
Acrylic on canvas
18 x 24"

Amanda Bristow is an MFA candidate at California College of the Arts. Working in painting, drawing, and sculpture, her art addresses themes of marginalization, ableism, death, and the experience of having a body.

"Suma Jane is a depiction of a fat woman sunbathing in a fluorescent bikini. I was inspired to create this piece as a way to celebrate unconventional beauty. I thought about the way that some bodies have less access to joy, recreation, and rest, and wanted to change that narrative."

Courtesy of Amanda Bristow

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

Lot# 207

Amandalynn

Secret of the Garden (2023)

Acrylic on canvas

12"

Amandalynn is a Muralist and Fine Artist based in Northern California. Inspired by the feminine in all things, Amandalynn depicts the subtle beauty of the natural world and humankind, through illustrated line work and decorative patterning. Her works can be found in Galleries and Streets all over the world. She began developing her distinct Street Art style mural work in 2001, painting alongside the graffiti community of San Francisco. Amandalynn is very passionate about her outdoor public mural work and still enjoys collaborating with a variety of different artists, as well as creating large solo works. Fine Art also plays a key role in Amandalynn's life, as she continues to develop her career as a professional gallery artist. She has a bachelor’s degree of Fine Art from the San Francisco Academy of Art, and recently has started teaching mural classes in schools ranging from pre school to high school. Amandalynn believes that sharing the creative process with others is the key to living an inspired life.

Courtesy of Amandalynn & Modern Eden Gallery.

Preview in person at MothBelly, 912 Larkin St. SF

Lot# 209

Andres "AJ" Serrano

Daddies #16 (2024)

Ceramic tiles

11.5 x 22.5 x 1.75"

Andres Serrano is a ceramicist from Richmond, CA. In his free time, he can be found with his hands covered in clay, glazes, or chocolate from all the Twixes he consumes.

"The work presented explores the intersectionality of history, culture, queerness, and function to visually display themes of men, homosexuality, and gay erotica onto ceramic tiles. Using cobalt blue and tin white, traditional materials of both Iberian azulejo and Mexican talavera, my body of work re-envisions classic tile art by rejecting its oppressive colonialist past through what I call a “homosexual gay-ze,” that is, to display the male body from a gay mans’ perspective. The work also connects how ceramics is inherently queer–how prevalent clay and ceramics are while cruising men for sex. From public bathrooms, locker rooms, parks, and other public areas, all these locations are connected through the usage of ceramics (tiles, urinals, toilets) and clay (mud/dirt from parks)."

Courtesy of Andres "AJ" Serrano.

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

Lot# 210

Angela Baker

Sympathy For Atlas (1999)

Oil on canvas

34 x 30"

Angela Baker moved to San Francisco in 1998 from Columbus, OH. Most of Angela's paintings are figurative, exploring psychology of human relationships and tensions. She skillfully employs color and texture to reveal mood and figures. Baker draws on memories, thoughts, and emotions to create her narratives.

Courtesy of Paul Ybarbo.

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

Lot# 211

Ann Marie Krulick

Snow Queen of Loudin (2023)

Acrylic, oil pastel on canvas

18 x 16"

Ann Marie Krulick (she/her) is a Philadelphia based artist who currently lives and works in Oakland, CA. She earned her BFA in Painting and Drawing from Tyler School of Art (2013) and has recently shown work at Good Mother Studio (Oakland, CA), Martha's Contemporary (Austin, TX) and is a former member of the Artist Collective, New Boone(e) in Philadelphia, PA. This will be her second year submitting work to the Art Auction for Hospitality House. It's a wonderful way to connect with fellow artists and support the amazing programming HH offers to the community!

Courtesy of Ann Marie Krulick

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

Lot# 212

Anna Ovchinnikova

Hope (2023)

Acrylic on canvas

20 x 20"

Anna is a versatile artist with a background in fine art and industrial design, holding master's degrees in both fields. Beginning her career as an art director in Moscow, Russia, she later immigrated to the United States, where she flourished as an art educator, inspiring thousands of young students.

Now based in San Francisco, Anna explores her own artistic style as an independent artist. Her portfolio predominantly features abstract still life pieces, characterized by vibrant colors and expressive compositions.

"Trust that it is there, even if you can't see it clearly. You are almost touching it. Don't give up!"

Courtesy of Anna Ovchinnikova

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

Lot# 213

Anna Runnalls

The Tarot Reader (2024)

Acrylic on wood

12 x 12"

"'The Tarot Reader' is an elegiac work that honors the late San Francisco witchy store The Scarlet Sage, which was lost to the city due to COVID-19 disruptions and red tape. It was a beloved little shop with stones, herbs, books, and, of course, an assortment of tarot cards. The Valencia location held a special place in my heart, and was proof in a way that I was living in the right place."

Courtesy of Anna Runnalls

Preview in person at MothBelly, 912 Larkin St. SF

Lot# 214

Apexer

Electric relaxation (2023)

Spray paint on wood

Approx 32 x 8"

A San Francisco public artist that loves to paint colorful geometric murals.

"The skateboard design plays off the movement of skating on asphalt through the city. The abstract art starts out bold and clean then melts away towards the bottom."

Courtesy of Apexer

Preview in person at MothBelly, 912 Larkin St. SF

Lot# 215

Ariel Cooper

Red eyes means friend (2024)

Hooked rug tapestry made with t-shirts and burlap coffee sack

14 x 7.5”

"This tapestry was made using traditional rug hooking methods. I take old t shirts and cut them into very thin strips and using a special rug hook, I hook those fabric strips into consecutive loops through the weave of a burlap coffee sack to form the image, switching colors when necessary then binding the edges with the same materials. "

Courtesy of Ariel Cooper

Preview in person at MothBelly, 912 Larkin St. SF

Lot# 216

Astara Moon

The Sweetest Symphony of a Dream (2024)

Colored pencil on toned paper

8 x 12"

"In this piece there were a variety of emotions that came through during the creation process but the most prominent theme is the demonstration of how nurturing the vulnerable parts of oneself allows for an out pouring of love from the spirit to the physical. The biggest inspiration was Vincent Van Gogh's master piece "Starry Night." His artistic expression was the spark that made me want to pursue art as a career."

Courtesy of Astara Moon & Hospitality House's Community Arts Program.

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

Lot# 217

Audra Miller

Leonard (2024)

Ink

8 x 10"

Audra Miller has been an artist, illustrator, and professional portrait photographer in San Francisco for the past decade. Her work has been seen at the San Francisco Public Library and many other galleries across the city.

"This piece was done in ink but drawn in a style to mimic a linocut to represent the copycat nature we sometimes find ourselves in. Leonard pushes those boundaries and is just plain silly. We should all strive to be Leonard."

Courtesy of Audra Miller

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Lot# 218

Aunia Kahn

MYSTERIES WRAPPED IN ROOTS (2023)

Mixed media

16 x 19 "

Aunia Marie Kahn (B. 1977 Detroit, Michigan) is an award-winning and collected American contemporary painter, illustrator, curator, and entrepreneur. Her work blends figurative subjects with symbols and elements from nature, featuring recurring themes including depictions of women and animal subjects, nature and the profound explorations of mortality and rebirth. Kahn draws her inspiration from a turbulent upbringing and a series of near-death experiences due to chronic illness.

Courtesy of Aunia Kahn & Modern Eden Gallery.

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

Lot# 219

Austen

Nesting (2023)

Hand cut recycled collage; found cardboard and paper

18 x 24”

Austen Zombres, originally from Sonoma Valley, has been collecting recycled cardboard and paper in San Francisco for over a decade. With a colorful library of found cardboard, he meticulously hand cuts intricate collages. His detailed pop culture, food and floral still life’s barely resemble collages. These hand cut upcyled assemblages read more as paintings. People are surprised to learn found trash can be something beautiful or even seem delicious.

"'Nesting' is a depiction of a bird caring for its eggs on a forest floor. Memories of the Sonoma Valley forests continues to be a strong influence on my art."

Courtesy of Austen and Incline Gallery

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Lot# 220

Bob Nugent

Untitled (unknown)

Mixed media on paper

26.25 x 34"

Bob Nugent received his Master of Fine Arts Degree in Painting from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1971. Since that time he has been awarded numerous grants and fellowships including a Tiffany Foundation Fellowship, NEA Fellowship, Fullbright Travel Grant and a California Arts Council Grant for his work in Brazil. In 2005, after 34 years of teaching painting and drawing, Bob retired from Sonoma State University. The following year he was elected to Professor Emeritus in Art at Sonoma. Bob has had over 120 solo exhibitions and has been included in over 650 group exhibitions throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and South America.

"Bob Nugent first became interested in the Indigenous peoples and rain forest of South America in the summer of 1984 during a trip to Sao Paulo, Brazil to see an artist friend. Over more than 30 years he has made repeated sojourns to South America and in particular the Amazon Basin of Brazil. Returning to Brazil now one to two times a year, Bob continues his research and study of the flora and fauna of the Amazon Region as well as other parts of the country. But it is the vital layer, as Nugent calls it, which interests him the most."

Courtesy of Dennis Kane.

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Lot# 221

Brandon Joseph Baker

WINNEBEGO AFFORABLE HOUSING CRISIS IMMOLATION (2024)

Mixed media collage on wood panel

8 x 8"

Brandon Joseph Baker is a photographer and collage artist. His mixed media art begins with source material he photographs, digitally arranges, prints, cuts, reassembles and paints. His postmodern work juxtaposes themes of home, sex, death, birth and the environment while examining how humans interpret and influence these tropes.

"Winnebego Affordable Housing Crisis Immolation is a piece from Brandon Joseph Baker's Doom Loops series about life and the experiences ubiquitous to The Bay Area. The housing crisis impacts everyone and the loss of a "home", physical or emotional taxes the human experience differently for each individual. Sunflowers in Baker's work represent home and their immolation signifies the change of his definition of home in 2024."

Courtesy of Brandon Joseph Baker

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

Lot #222

Brookelee Borchardt
Mother Nature Prevails - 1
Mixed media on wood block (2024)
4 x 4"

"This piece was inspired by the blooming of greenery in San Francisco amongst the manmade architecture. Mother Nature can be demolished by our species, but she prevails, and peeks through artificial structures."

Courtesy of Brookelee Borchardt.

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

Lot# 223

Caity Salamanca

Chrysalis (2024)

Mixed media on canvas

20 x 24 x 2”

"Chrysalis represents the transformation I have gone through to allow my work to reach into me. This allows me to trust my intuition and allow my risks to be seen by the viewer."

Courtesy of Caity Salamanca

Preview in person at MothBelly, 912 Larkin St. SF

Lot# 224

Camila Fernandez

Skull Kitty (2024)

Oil on panel

9.5 x 12.5"

Camila Fernandez started her artistic journey with a degree in sculpture from the Academy of Art in 2005. Over the years, her creative focus shifted towards the canvas, where she found a connection with the expressive possibilities of oil painting. Inspired by the life that surrounds her, Camila dedicates her time to creating works of her family, life and creatures. She uses vibrant color and rich textures to form a contemporary approach to the timeless tradition of painting.

Courtesy of Camila Fernandez

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

Lot# 225

Carolynn Haydu

Disco Topo (2023)

Painted paper collage on wood panel

16 x 20"

Carolynn Haydu received her BFA from UC Berkeley and MFA from NYU. She has shown recently at the de Young Open and Hashimoto Contemporary. Her art will be featured in San Francisco Art Market this April.

Courtesy of Carolynn Haydu & Mixx Gallery.

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

Lot# 226

Charlotte Beck

Untitled (2023)

Cyanotype

8 x 8”

Charlotte Beck (b 1991) is a research artist based in Oakland, California. Using (mostly) camera-less photography, Beck explores symbolism through an occult lens, presenting her findings using cyanotypes and other antiquated darkroom techniques. Her current body of work draws inspiration from divination, alchemy, and the Jungian concept of the collective unconscious.

Charlotte Beck received her B.A. in Art and Art History from San Francisco State University and is a former studio artist at Root Division, a non profit arts organization in the Bay Area. She has participated in the Recology Artist-in-Residence program and has exhibited at numerous galleries throughout the city of San Francisco.

Courtesy of Charlotte Beck

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

Lot# 227

Chris Farris

Like A Motherfuckin Halo (2023)

Acrylic, graphite and mixed media on stretched canvas

16 x 20”

"My artistic practice involves exploration of thought processes and experience by means of daily writing and drawing that leads to more involved and complex work in the form of conceptual visual and sculptural work, discussion, and performance.

I’m fascinated by the nature of “quality” of artwork. Can the same artwork be both a failure and success?

I enjoy integrating text and language in visual work, and aesthetically I’m interested in too much color, poorly paired colors and surprise. I believe that humor is a necessity for survival, and that art is too important to be treated too seriously."

Courtesy of Chris Farris & The Space Between Gallery.

Preview in person at MothBelly, 912 Larkin St. SF

Lot# 228

Chris Harvey

On The Street (2023)

Oil on wood

24 x 30"

"I am a figurative painter working primarily with oil on wood. I am also a songwriter."

"The painting is of a photograph I took on a street in Berkeley. It is both sad and beautiful."

Courtesy of Chris Harvey

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

Lot# 229

Chris Koehler

rebuild it better (2020)

Acrylic on panel

14 x 14"

Chris Koehler is an award-winning illustrator and artist from San Francisco specializing in movie posters, editorial illustration, and comics.

He has illustrated for Universal Pictures, Marvel Studios, Penguin Random House, Tor, Pentel Arts, and Popular Science and he is a regular contributor to the New York Times. His work has been recognized by Communication Arts, Society of Illustrators, American Illustration, Spectrum, and 3x3.

In addition to being a freelance brush for hire, Chris has taught in the Illustration and MFA in Comics Programs at California College of the Arts and the Art Studio at UC Berkeley, and regularly guest lectures at colleges across the country. He can often be found hunched over a sketchbook in a coffee shop.

Courtesy of Chris Koehler & Voss Gallery.

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

Lot# 230

Chris Leib

Pandemic Portrait with Beer and Pizza (after Dick Ket) (2021)

Oil

11 x 9"

Chris Leib is an American artist from the San Francisco Bay Area. He began his education in Anthropology at the University of California at Berkeley, later studying at the Academy of Art in San Francisco and apprenticing with the master Italian painter Roberto Lupetti while also working as an illustrator for McGraw-Hill Publishing. Chris Leib has exhibited his artwork across the United States, Germany, France, Denmark, Italy, Austria and Australia.

Courtesy of Chris Leib & Modern Eden Gallery.

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

Lot# 231

CJ IN TL

Where To My Queen? (2024)

Mixed media

11 x 14"

"I have made many pieces that hang in local retailers in S.F. such as HA-RA, Woerners, Liquor Stores, Hyde/Offarrel market, Empire Nortons, Boozeland and more. I was also very honored to have work shown in Mothbelly. I have gifted over 200 of my original pieces to the streets."

Courtesy of CJ IN TL & Hospitality House's Community Arts Program.

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

Lot# 262

Jazzi Manalo Sullivan

Racial Ambiguity (2024)

Acrylic on canvas

18 x 24"

Jazzi studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and graduated with a BFA in 2019. As someone who is mixed race, she creates artwork about identity and how people of mixed race are often viewed and by society. Through her paintings, she communicates images in response to micro-aggressions that have been said to people of mixed heritage regarding their racial ambiguity. This painting is dedicated to all of the past, present, and future mixed children of the world. It is hard to find a single person or image that embodies our experience, but she hopes that "Racial Ambiguity" can be a comfort to those who have been living this experience.

Courtesy of Jazzi Manalo Sullivan

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

Lot# 263

Jessica So Ren Tang

Magnolia Bloom (2020)

Hand embroidery and acrylic on fabric

16 x 20"

"Born and raised in San Francisco, California, I explore my Chinese American identity through textile. Through embroidery, I highlight objects and motifs nostalgic to my childhood while navigating the connection between my ethnic background, gender, and sexuality."

"The figure undresses as the magnolia blooms. Expanding the floral motif beyond the skin of the figure suggests more than a sensual and vulnerable act of undress. The connection between the blooming of the magnolias and removal of clothing becomes more natural in action, navigating away from the sexual connotations of the figures pose."

Courtesy of Jessica So Ren Tang & Modern Eden Gallery.

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

Lot# 264

Jim Knosp

Evidences (2018-2024)

Watercolor, dry point, engraving, oilwash

20 x 24"

"In my prints I start with a thin watercolor wash over which I mount a drypoint engraving on and then suspend colors with an oil wash. Drypoint engraving yields only a few prints no more than 10 or 15 per engraved plate so I treat my prints in different contexts. At times all prints are colored the same and at other times each print is unique. In the second section I am showing large oil pastels where I combine my skill as a musician (amateur only) and my love and knowledge of color and form. It is to the large scale symphonic literature I turn my coupled skills."

Courtesy of Jim Knosp & Hospitality House's Community Arts Program.

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

Lot# 265

Jimmy McCaffrey

7th Rule of Forgiveness (2023)

Acrylic and house paint on 1.5” deep stretched canvas.

20 x 20 x 1.5"

Jimmy's artistic language revolves around the concept of fragmentation and self recomposition. Finding all the disperse facets of himself and allowing the process of paint to catch the experience his existence into the canvas.

A reflection of his own being as a kaleidoscope of elements scattered across time, body, soul, and mind. Each layer in his work serves as a symbolic fragment, capturing moments, emotions, and facets of his being. This fragmentation is not a disintegration but a deliberate deconstruction, an exploration of self that paves the way for a transformative restoration. Delving into the complexity of his existence through the rich interplay of layers.

"In the body of work “Rules of forgiveness club” I made an attempt to heal parts of myself that I haven’t had the courage to forgive for regrettable past actions and shortcomings, using color, depth and texture within a balanced and rhythmic composition. The only way for me to stay grounded in many situations is to let my flow of consciousness lead my physical body in creating works of art that effectively express whatever emotions is happening on the inside, whether that be positive negative or neutral. Painting softer and more balanced abstract compositions help me achieve the inner peace necessary to tackle challenges pertaining to symptoms of bipolar disorder. Once my mind can calm itself and slow down to a reasonable frequency, I’m more ready to think critically and rationally."

Courtesy of Jimmy McCaffrey, Strike-slip Gallery & Galeria Azur.

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

Lot# 266

John Casey

Ceci n’est pas une pipe II (2022)

Pencil and colored pencil on paper

18 x 15"

Born on Friday the 13th in 1964 in Salem, Massachusetts, John Casey started inventing creatures as soon as he could hold a crayon. Drawings from when he was 3 years old reveal an obsession with the figure. The figures in these drawings show a child’s distorted perceptions and a fascination with skulls, teeth, spinographic eyes, and invented body parts. His obsession with strange creatures continues to this day with the introduction of anthropomorphic flora and fauna to his drawings, paintings, and sculptures. John graduated from the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston with a BFA.

He currently lives in Oakland, California with his wife, artist Mary Kalin-Casey.

"Humans have a casual disregard for their environment whether urban, suburban or rural. Cigarette butts litter the planet and I imagine animals that live amongst this human waste can pick up our bad habits inadvertently. Coming across a pigeon smoking a discarded butt would not surprise me."

Courtesy of John Casey

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

Lot# 267

Johnny Karwan

JOYRIDE (2023)

Acrylic on baltic birch

24 x 24 x .75"

"This piece from a collection of wood cutouts (Baltic birch) is inspired by my love of freestyle pattern, and natural expression of spontaneous simplicity and flow. Each calligraphic brushstroke informs the next with an equal amount of abandon and restraint."

Courtesy of Johnny Karwan

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

Lot# 268

Jonathan Runcio

FLEEEA (2024)

Oil paint, rabbit skin glue, plywood

12 x 18"

Jonathan Runcio is a Bay Area-based artist, curator, and founder of CAPITAL (2014-2018) in San Francisco. Solo exhibitions include FAÇADE, Adobe Books, San Francisco; SQUARE BIZ, Brittany, Vallejo; GLASS IN THE GARDEN, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Blue Turns To Grey, Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA. His work has been included in group exhibitions at Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA; Romer Young Gallery. San Francisco, CA; XYZ Collective, Tokyo, Japan; Saint Mary’s College Museum Of Art. Moraga, CA; Walter and McBean Galleries, SFAI, San Francisco, CA; Cue Arts Foundation, New York City, NY; Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, California. In 2011 he was the recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation M.F.A. Grant.

"Tiny decisions of transformation that, in turn, transform our relationship to the world around us. When we begin to see the parts that make up our built environment, we can tap into a bit of that harmony, or revel in a moment of chromatic delight."

Courtesy of Jonathan Runcio

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Lot# 269

Joseph Abbati

Artspeak: "Bearing strong reference to...", (2019)

Acrylic on canvas

12 x 36 x 1.5"

Joseph Abbati is a San Francisco based artist. His work has recently been seen at "The De Young Open" and galleries throughout the Bay Area.

"This painting is from a series titled "Artspeak." Art speak has become an elite vernacular in the art world that creates an abstract language to distance themselves from critique themselves. By placing these descriptions on top of the painting, it forces the viewer to engage with these narratives and the painted background. The viewer is seduced into making the same narrative for themselves but on revelation they become a reflection of what the art world holds in regard."

Courtesy of Joseph Abbati & an.ä.log SF.

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

Lot# 270

Joseph Shook

Fire Escape (2022)

Acrylic on canvas, framed in wood

17 x 21 x 2"

Joe is a visual artist, educator, and designer based in San Francisco, CA.

He is an artist working in pencil, pen, paint, and thread, and his work ranges from intricately detailed representational works to gestural abstracts. Much of Joe’s work is inspired by the natural world, drawing reference from scientific illustration and the beauty of the San Francisco Bay Area landscape.

Courtesy of Joseph Shook

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Lot# 271

Juliet Schreckinger

Boreal (2024)

Ink, graphite, and acrylic on Arches paper mounted to birch panel, varnished

8 x 8"

Juliet Schreckinger is a Long Island, NY based artist whose work is centered around giving a voice to nature and animals, with the goal of showcasing their importance in this world. Through an illustrative take on fine art, she strives to express a story in each drawing. Her work has been featured in both national and international publications, magazines, and galleries with participation in both group and solo exhibitions.

Courtesy of Juliet Schreckinger and Modern Eden Gallery.

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

Lot# 272

K.Banks

Untitled (2024)

Watercolor

12 x 16"

"I have been teaching myself watercolors for 2 + years. From the first time I picked up the brush, I knew I love this medium."

"For work, I drive a truck around the greater bay area, many of the views I see are often where I feed my inspiration. From mountain sunset over the skyline to buildings that touch the sky."

Courtesy of K.Banks

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Lot# 273

Kate Laster

safety + care (2023)

Spray paint on papercut

12 x 12"

Kate Laster is an artist, educator and critical historian from Alaska now based in Oakland.

Working either monumentally or intimately small, Laster makes generative projects connected to the weight of the past, human migration and the effervescent exhaustion of everyday love. Her papercut practice is reflected in one of a kind books and agitprop multiples using non-linear storytelling to acknowledge unseen yet deeply felt emotional labor. Laster was a studio assistant at Hospitality House’s Community Arts Program and currently works at NIAD as a studio facilitator.

Courtesy of Kate Laster

Preview in person at MothBelly, 912 Larkin St. SF

Lot# 274

Kate Razo

Elk, Revealed (2023)

Oil on wood panel

18 x 28"

"I am a self-taught artist, bookseller and educator. I moved to San Francisco in 1985, and continue to enjoy and support our local arts and cultural communities. I have owned and managed Dog Eared Books on Valencia Street since 1992."

Courtesy of Kate Razo and The Drawing Room.

Preview in person at MothBelly, 912 Larkin St. SF

Lot# 275

Katie Seifert

calla lilies, blue & roses (2024)

Acrylic on wood

11 x 14"

Katie Seifert is an American painter based in Oakland, CA. In her work, Seifert explores moments where we teeter on the edge of transformation. Often depicting evocative scenes drawn from her real life as a labor & birth doula as well as abstracted scenes of nature, she creates works that represent moments of intensity and impermanence using bold colors and expressive brushstrokes. Her visual works have been featured over the years at various galleries, stores and block parties in San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley.

"This particular piece represents moving into the next season of life. With the seasonal explosion of calla lilies in Oakland each year comes with it a time of renewed energy and a sense of reaching into the sun and out of the cold. Growing up my mom would plant these bulbs in the earth and then we would forget about them, only to be greeted by then each year come Spring. They have always been a symbol of comfort & hope for me."

Courtesy of Katie Seifert

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

Lot# 276

Kenneth Leland

"Trogan Whale" (2023)

Acrylic on canvas

16 x 18"

Kenneth Leland is an artist born in Connecticut and moved to San Francisco in 2020. He has been an active community member at the Community Arts Program for over six months and has been developing his abstract painting style. The beauty of San Francisco has inspired his color choices and subject matter.

Courtesy of Kenneth Leland

Preview in person at MothBelly, 912 Larkin St. SF

Lot# 277

Kristian Kabuay

Niharika (2020)

Mixed media

12 x 12 x 1"

Kristian is an artist/entrepreneur/futurist specializing in endangered writing systems from the Philippines. As a leading authority for the propagation and instruction of prePhilippine scripts, he launched his own edutainment business specializing in custom art, books, events, technology, and apparel. Kristian has spoken around the world at museums, schools, and companies. His work is wide-reaching that spans across multimedia, traditional practices, and technology. He is currently working on his 8th book, 2nd documentary, education startup, and a traditional tattooing practice.

Courtesy of Kristian Kabuay and Voss Gallery.

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

Lot# 278

Kseniya Makarova

Permission Granted (2024)

Watercolor, pencil, and iridescent paper on archival paper, mounted on wood panel

9 x 12"

Kseniya Makarova is a San Francisco artist, muralist, and designer. Her work has been displayed at the de Young museum, Minnesota Street Projects, and San Francisco City Hall, as well as gracing walls around San Francisco and the greater bay area in public and private mural projects. Kseniya is a Senior Adjunct Professor at the California College of the Arts, which is also her alma mater.

Courtesy of Kseniya Makarova

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Lot# 279

Lacey Johnson

Raggedy Ann Fingernails (2021)

Acrylic and mixed media on canvas

24 x 16"

Lacey Johnson is an interdisciplinary artist, cultural worker and collaborator. Her work is grounded in elevating the everyday to embody the cosmic and divine through accessible mediums.

Courtesy of Lacey Johnson

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

Lot# 280

Lakshmi Karna

Dusk at Stow Lake (2017)

Acrylic on canvas

36 x 36"

Courtesy of Lakshmi Karna

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

Lot# 281

Lara Dann

Fire (2020)

Acrylic on panel

13 x 13"

Lara Dann is a talented American artist who creates amazing paintings that depict fantastical figures in the midst of contrasting themes – such as light and dark, lust and innocence, knowledge and naivete. Her work is inspired by vintage and antique wallpaper tapestry which is featured in most of her underlying work. 

Courtesy of Lara Dann & Modern Eden Gallery.

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Lot# 282

Laura Campos

Happy candy bowl (2023)

Ceramic

8"

Laura Campos (AKA "Alien love" ) is an international artist painting around the world and has been part of HH for the past 15 yrs.

"A happy candy bowl is always nice to have for guests in a party!"

Courtesy of Laura Campos and Hospitality House's Community Arts Program

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Lot# 283

Laurie Blessen

Passage 24 (2024)

Oil based inks on archival paper

35 x 24"

"It was years ago at Community Arts Program where Txutxo Perez relit my love of printmaking. I now have my own press and show work nationally."

"The Passage series is my expression of moving through the many phases of my life. "

Courtesy of Laurie Blessen

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Lot# 284

LeadHead

Aura (2024)

Posca paint markers

12 x 16"

"Conceptually, Aura, in part, is a physical depiction of a migraine. I often listen to a movie while creating—in this case it was Oldboy (2003)."

Courtesy of LeadHead

Preview in person at MothBelly, 912 Larkin St. SF

Lot# 285

Lena Wolff

A New Sun (2021 / edition of 40)

4 color screenprint, hand-pulled

20 x 20"

Lena Wolff is a visual artist, craftswoman, and activist who has lived and worked in the San Francisco Bay Area since the early 1990’s. Her work extends out of American folk-art traditions while also being connected histories of minimalism, geometric abstraction, Op art, social practice, feminist and political art. Her broad interconnected artistic output includes drawing, collage, sculpture, text-based works, frequent collaboration, and public projects.

"This piece is part of a larger body of work from Lena's studio that adapts historic American quilt patterns into a wide range of approaches in drawing, collage and sculpture. Rooted in a pattern called the Golden Dahlia that first appeared in quilt magazines the US in the 1930's, a New Sun was made as a four-color screenprint to commemorate the start of the new year in 2021. The artist's fascination with quilts stems from their inherent spellbinding capacity to mesmerize and their presence as a democratic, accessible artform practiced across communities in the United States for centuries, tapping into a shared visual language symbolic of collective action and imagination."

Courtesy of Lena Wolff and the Sarah Shepard Gallery. Framing courtesy of Small Works SF.

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Lot# 286

Leslie

Glass X 2 pieces (2024)

Ceramic, glaze

5 x 4 x 7"

"I came to the Hospitality House Community Arts Program and fell in love. This community actually saved my life."

"I let my pieces create themselves. There is very little planning involved in my process."

Courtesy of Leslie and Hospitality House's Community Arts Program.

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Lot# 287

Leslie Lowinger

A pencil for Getting Things Done - from the Series Objects to Reduce Anxiety (2016)

Etching on paper

10 x 36"

Leslie Lowinger was born in New Orleans and grew up in Detroit. Her work has been shown various in places including: the Janet Turner Print Museum, the Bronx Museum, Fashion Moda, and the Detroit Institute of Arts. Her work is in the various collections including the DIA Foundation, and the Library of Congress.

"About my series 'Objects to Reduce Anxiety': These pieces were created to help the viewer feel more powerful, more in control. Who knows how much we could accomplish if we could just calm down?"

Courtesy of Leslie Lowinger & Chemers Gallery.

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

Lot# 288

Leslie Morgan

Egg (2023)

Acrylic, resin on wood panel

20 x 20"

"Most of my work is about Water. I was raised in the desert and had asthma and being a swimmer saved my health and my happiness!"

"Using resin works well with my watery themed work and this piece comes from the series Water Vessels. It is a cheerful, relaxing piece!"

Courtesy of Leslie Morgan

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Lot# 289

Lillian Shanahan

The upgrade (2023 ; Ed. 5/15)

Linocut print

16 x 20"

Lillian Shanahan is a multimedia artist from San Francisco. She received her BA in art from University of California Santa Barbara College of Creative Studies.

"I am a pattern seeker. I look for repeating information in my environment, collect this data and later draw conclusions from what I find. The series “The Upgrade” came from repeatedly seeing discarded personal items on sidewalks in San Francisco. I am a big proponent of reusing, donating, and free exchange. However, the magnitude of "donated" street items struck me as a perversion of generosity. It's not goodwill, but overconsumption stemming from a lack of personal responsibility. Like most things left outside for too long, I watched as the environment began to absorb and reclaim them. This is why I used local graffiti and street art in the series, to create another layer of conversation about the discarded and unwanted."

Courtesy of Lillian Shanahan

Preview in person at MothBelly, 912 Larkin St. SF

Lot# 290

Linda Larson

Long way from home. (2024)

Oil on panel

10 x 8"

Larson sold out her recent solo art exhibition and had one of her paintings selected for the 2023 De Young Open.

Courtesy of Linda Larson

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Lot# 291

livia

Red Man with Bird (2023)

Oil on panel

24 x 24"

"I am a painter and do mixed media work as well. I have been working and teaching I the Bay Area for 30 years. My work has been exhibited widely in the United States and elsewhere.

I give a respectful nod to surrealism and irreverence in my work."

Courtesy of livia and Transmission

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

Lot# 292

Liz Mamorsky

Mackerel Sky at Twilight (2021)

Photo print: dye sublimation on metal

12 x 12"

"Since graduation from Bennington College in 1960, I have exhibited my unique reclaimed materials sculpture, studio furniture, visionary paintings, drawings and photography nationally and internationally, starting with The International Young Artists Exhibition in Osaka, Japan. My work resides in numerous public and private collections including: Tonellerie Taransaud, Cognac; The Spertus Museum, Chicago; The Oakland Museum of California, Sony Corporation, First National Bank of Arizona, Francois Freres, St. Romain, France, and Paramount Pictures for the set of Star Trek: Voyager."

"I am an urban explorer, fascinated by the photographic possibilities of everyday life. Drawn to the strange and quirky, I feel like I'm living in a film, framing shots as I move along, my painter’s eye visually reclaiming bits and pieces of the environment. The streets are teeming with all sorts of wonderful images just waiting to be captured; serendipitous events of irony, beauty, humor and pathos.…I love them all!"

Courtesy of Liz Mamorsky

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Lot# 293

Lora Danley

Village Funk (2020)

Metal c-print

12 x 18"

"The piece is called Viilage Funk in part because most of the images contained in it were shot from the graffiti and paint drippings in the East Village of New York City. Various images were blended together on the computer, while erasing some parts and amplifying others. The red and white lines throughout the image give a feeling of vibrance and movement, while the darker tones of blues, blacks, and browns, give a more calming and hypnotic feel."

Courtesy of Lora Danley

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Lot# 294

Lucky Rapp

“IN ORDER TO EXCEL…” WILLIE MAYS (2023)

Mixed media, resin, found object

12 x 12 x 2.5”

"My work combines inquisitive, whimiscal statements that play with both language and the potency of graphic communication, while pushing the three-dimensional nature of layered resin forms."

"From Babe Ruth to Jackie Robinson, to Yogi Berra, to Willie Mays, to Hank Aaron, and to all the quotes and idioms throughout time, we celebrate America’s greatest pastime to this very day. From the “Say Hey Kid”, to the breakthroughs of Jackie Robinson, the trailblazer of equality, to the “GOAT”–we observe throughout history the game of Baseball as it reflects life, as it parallels through the words and quotes from the greatest players of all time. My series, ‘PLAY BALL!’, reflects the past as it relates to the present. It is a study of the relationship between our lives throughout history and “the greatest sport of all time”, as Babe Ruth said."

Courtesy of Lucky Rapp

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Lot# 295

Lump

"Rafael Dudley" (2023)

Acrylic on wood

16 x 20"

Matt Lumpkins is a painter who has been making art since childhood. He has been a community member at CAP for two years and is influenced by comic books.

Courtesy of Lump & Hospitality House Community Arts Program.

Preview in person at MothBelly, 912 Larkin St. SF

Lot# 296

Maja Planinac

Thoughts (2016)

Metal print in a black frame

19 x 13"

"I find a way to express what is inside of me through surreal self-portraits. Once I discovered photography, it felt like I had found my voice, and I began to communicate—not just with others through my work but also with myself. The process itself is intimate. I capture the emotion that resembles what I feel. I don't show my face in my work, leaving space for others to see themselves."

Courtesy of Maja Planinac & the Pamela Walsh Gallery.

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

Lot# 297

Mario Navasero

Vessel of Happiness #1 (2022)

Acrylic & spray paint on wood

12.5 x 15.5 x 2"

Courtesy of Mario Navasero and Voss Gallery.

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

Lot# 298

Mary Kalin-Casey

Inside/Outside I (2022)

Acrylic on panel

31 x 25”

"My previous series, Dressed, explored themes of isolation while also playing with pattern in abstract compositions. Inside/Outside continues that emotional focus in more narrative, personal settings. All of the subjects in this series face an internal debate, asking themselves, 'How ready am I to face the world?'"

Courtesy of Mary Kalin-Casey

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

Lot# 299

Maureen Shields

Gastropods, Polyplacophorans, and Cephalopods (2023)

Mixed media on wood

24 x 24"

Artist Maureen Shields was born and raised in Southern California. She earned a BFA in Drawing and Painting from California State University Long Beach and a MFA from New York University.

She makes mixed media works on wood that combine paint, collage, handmade stickers, gold leaf, and glitter. Her printed matter and source material range from vintage LIFE magazines from the 1950s to vintage Playboy magazines from the 1970s and 80s.

Courtesy of Maureen Shields

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

Lot# 300

Mayetta Steier

Skating Bird Candelabra (2024)

Ceramic

15 x 8 x 3"

"I create functional ceramic ware that is meant to serve the inner child in every person. Bringing as much joy and silliness as possible into the world is my prerogative. The healing power that creating with clay can foster has led me to want to bring more people into the clay world through collaboration and teaching."

Courtesy of Mayetta Steier

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

Lot# 302

Michael Campbell

Natura Naturans: The Garden (2021)

Mixed media

8 x 14 x 11"

Courtesy of Michael Campbell & Modern Eden Gallery.

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

Lot# 303

Midori

Hannya (2022)

Ceramic, glaze, rope

10 x 10"

Midori is a local interdisciplinary artist who works across a range of media that includes, ceramics, painting, soft sculpture and collage. She has been a community member at the Community Arts Program for over 17 years.

Courtesy of Midori & Hospitality House’s Community Arts Program.

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

Lot# 304

Miklos

Party out of bounds (2021)

Lead free ceramic

13 x 13 x 4.5"

New York, London, Paris, Munich. Miklos has been creating art in the Tenderloin for over 35 years.

"Work inspired by the great Peter Shire"

Courtesy of Miklos and Hospitality House’s Community Arts Program

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Lot# 305

Miles Epstein

Incline (2022)

Mat board with artist made frame

14 x 22"

"Incline is made of cut and assembled blocks of mat board. The works explores the weight of color and the perception of movement."

Courtesy of Miles Epstein and an.ä.log SF

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Lot# 306

Miriam Klein Stahl

16th street (2024)

Woodcut and watercolor

12 x 13"

Miriam Klein Stahl is a Bay Area artist, educator and activist and the New York Times-bestselling illustrator of Rad American Women A-Z and Rad Women Worldwide . In addition to her work in printmaking, drawing, sculpture, paper-cut and public art, she is also the co-founder of the Arts and Humanities Academy at Berkeley High School where she’s taught since 1995.

Courtesy of Miriam Klein Stahl

Preview in person at MothBelly, 912 Larkin St. SF

Lot #307

Misia Soup
starlite (2022)
Acrylic and screen printing ink on poster paper
22" x 29"

Artemisia Farris (aka Misia Soup) is an artist born and raised in Fri$coooo <3 She works primarily in illustration and painting but also sometimes works in textile, ceramics, photography, writing, and tattooozeee. Her biggest inspirations are dreams, subconscious, and all of the amazing people that she is so lucky to call her art family and community :0)

Courtesy of Misia Soup and Space Between Gallery

Lot# 308

MrBlack

Cultivate (2022)

Screen print ink on paper

12 x 18"

Micah Black, is a multidisciplinary visual artist versed in painting, printmaking and large scale murals.

Originally from Oklahoma, Black grew up in Northern California, where he was influenced by comic book art, graffiti and 20th-century art movements at an early age.

He combines aspects of these influences to create a unique hieroglyphic style using tessellate shapes, symbols and colors to construct a landscape that reads like a haiku of pictographs. His work explores themes centered around the interconnection of living things, self-perception and mythology.

Several of his works can be found at home and abroad through mural projects, art shows and his own curated events.

"'Cultivate' is a hand made screen print. The art is part of my first ever series of paintings on paper. The content and imagery within each piece circled around life during 2020 and 2021 when Covid 19 was a part of everyday life."

Courtesy of MrBlack & 111 Minna Gallery.

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Lot# 309

n.jasper

Golden Home (2024)

Watercolor on paper

30 x 22"

https://www.njasper.live/about

Courtesy of n.jasper

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Lot# 310

Nathan Kosta

Sunset Over the Golden Gate Bridge, From Grizzly Peak Blvd (2017, 3/5)

Archival photographic print, walnut frame

24 x 18"

Nathan Kosta is a visual artist, educator, and photographic technology researcher. His work explores issues relating to surveillance capitalism, photographic image recognition, machine learning, and land use. He currently teaches photography at San Francisco State University.

Courtesy of Nathan Kosta

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

Lot# 311

Nathaniel J. Bice

Architectural Abstraction: Purple (2022)

Acrylic on wood panel

16 x 16"

"My paintings encourage their viewer to celebrate the beauty in their environments, and in the Bay Area specifically. I look for new perspectives on everyday sights and things, and play with the border between literal observation and subjective interpretation. I am exploring simplification, abstraction, and blending my sense of realism with a taste of invention."

Courtesy of Nathaniel J. Bice and an.ä.log SF

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Lot# 312

Nic Griffin

Margo (2021)

Acrylic on canvas

16 x 20"

"I am a San Francisco based mixed media artist creating Paintings, Sculptures and Assemblage works. I have also built giant puppets for street fairs and Trashion designs for runway shows. My Trashion name is Lotta Rubbish!"

"This painting is a portrait of my Mother added to a Plein Air painting of the Golden Gate as viewed from near the Legion of Honor museum."

Courtesy of Nic Griffin

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

Lot# 313

Nick Despota

Photosynthesis (2022)

Acrylic eyeglass lenses, brass

9 x 23 x 6"

"I made art when I was a young man, exhibited, received an MFA from a top-ranked art school — then stopped. To help support my family with a more reliable income, I developed a career in electronic media work; video, web design. Now retired, I’m again cultivating the practice of making art objects."

"'Photosynthesis' was inspired by the leaves of trees, which both collect and refract light. And like a tree, a viewer can appreciate both by looking at it and looking through it."

Courtesy of Nick Despota and an.ä.log SF

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Lot# 314

Nick Melle

Bacon Street Overpass (2023; Ed. 2/5)

Archival pigment print

18 x 24"

"I am a San Francisco based artist working in photography, collage, and multimedia. My current photographic work is focused in and around the southeast neighborhoods of San Francisco. Photographing my neighborhood has been a way to try and find a new relationship to spaces I have increasingly found myself overlooking or disconnected with in my daily life."

Courtesy of Nick Melle

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

Lot# 315

Nicole Hayden

Fresh Like Springtime (2022)

Acrylic and gold leaf on panel

16 x 16"

"This is the first piece of a new series where I focus on foliage as pattern. Using vintage Playboy magazines as my reference, I reinterpret the playmate into a new figure-ground relationship."

Courtesy of Nicole Hayden

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

Lot# 316

Nicole Shaffer

Untitled (2024)

Mixed media on ceramic

3 x 2 x 2”

Courtesy of Nicole Shaffer

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Lot# 317

Noelle Castro

Intuition (2024)

Ceramic, glaze, beads

7 x 12"

"I work in many meduims all of them speak to me, different voices speaking the same language. The topics vary so I find it best to listen to what my works says to you."

Courtesy of Noelle Castro

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

Lot# 318

Olivia Cunningham

Giddy up cuff (2024)

Sterling silver, vintage turquoise.

2.5 x .5”

Olivia Cunningham is a SF based metalsmith who grew up making leis with her aunties and beaded geckos during the summer. She has been a metalsmith for the past 5 years.

Courtesy of Olivia Cunningham

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

Lot# 319

Pablo Bautista

Footprint (2024)

Archival pigment print

18.25 x 22.25 x .75"

"As a street photographer, I am drawn to chance and to happy accidents. I am inspired by the stories that emerge from making photographs of such found objects."

Courtesy of Pablo Bautista

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Lot# 320

Patricia Araujo

Golden Gate Theatre II (2013)

Oil on panel

18 x 24"

"While living in San Francisco’s SoMa (South of Market), I witnessed the changes taking place in this redeveloping neighborhood and found myself enchanted by the rich architectural history of that area and the decayed beauty that remains. For over a decade, I’ve painted the facades of both iconic city landmarks and downtown buildings. My fascination with domes, towers, sacred and municipal structures began with daily observations of the Golden Gate Theatre at Sixth and Market.

"Golden Gate Theatre II” (oil on panel) features a cropped side view of the theatre seen in abstracted shapes and painted in bright tones under an emerald-green sky. The Golden Gate Theatre, a marvelous Art Deco structure and dome with spike atop, was built by G. Albert Lansburgh in the 1920’s and it showed silent films for over 50 years. During the 1960’s, it was converted into a two-screen theatre, and it was later restored as a single auditorium. The theatre reopened in 1979 as a Performing Arts Center and to this present day it continues to host performances. A glorious theatre to visit!"

Courtesy of Patricia Araujo

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Lot# 321

Philippa Renshaw

Material movement (2024)

Hand embroidery and freehand machine embroidery on digitally printed fabric on canvas

10 x 8"

Philippa Renshaw is an Artist, Designer, Maker, based in San Francisco. She creates surface patterns by employing often undervalued printmaking and textiles processes.

Renshaw holds an MFA from San Francisco State University, USA, along with an MA in Design Futures and a BA in Textile Design both from Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK.

"Living in a neoliberal capitalist society, I mourn the loss of quality. In my work I illuminate the relevance of handcrafts in a technological world through in-depth exploration of materials and techniques to create surface patterns. Choosing to focus on the mundane pleasures that can be observed when we slow down and take in our physical surroundings, I look for joy in the chaos of daily life, operating between risk and certainty."

Courtesy of Philippa Renshaw

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Lot# 322

Phillip

Blueprint 3D (2024)

Ceramic

14 x 14 x 14"

"My name is Phillip and I am a ceramicist. This is my first time doing this. I want to bring my creation to life."

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

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Lot# 323

Renée DeCarlo

Contact Tracing (2021)

Ink and pigment on wood panel

24 x 24 x 2"

"This piece was one of created during the COVID shutdown and represents one of many weeks I focused intently on a piece of work, letting all of the emotion, confusion and new knowledge be processes through my drawing and mark making week. The series was in hopes to document each new week that emerged - full of new terms, fears and realities. The terminology inspired new ways to interpret the meaning of the words themselves. "Contact Tracing" - in this piece I focused on using the foundation marks to drive the marks and pigments that followed, allowing them to trace the lines and places where wood and ink meet."

Courtesy of Renée DeCarlo & The Drawing Room Gallery.

Preview in person at MothBelly, 912 Larkin St. SF

Lot# 324

Reza Alhosseini

Borders of The New World #5 (2020)

Mixed media on canvas

14 x 14"

Reza Alhosseini is an Iranian Contemporary Painter based in San Francisco, California.

"The catastrophic civil wars that are happening in the Middle East inspired me to create this painting series."

Courtesy of Reza Alhosseini & Luna Rienne Gallery.

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Lot# 325

Robert Bowen

Up Front Impersonal (2020)

Acrylic on canvas

30 x 40"

Robert Bowen is a visual artist based in San Francisco, CA. He got his start in the graffiti and street art scene before shifting to focus on fine art. Bowen has exhibited his work throughout the U.S. and abroad for over twenty years. His work has been shown at galleries and museums, including the de Young Museum, the Crocker Art Museum, 111 Minna, Luna Rienne, and Modern Eden.

"I have so many questions about the future of the natural world and what role humans will play in it. How will we try to solve problems like rising ocean temperatures or colony collapse disorder? Will we intercede by creating mechanized replacements of the animals we lose?

In my “Machines” series, I meld animals with machinery, playing mad scientist in a laboratory that should never really exist. . . are these just surreal visual experiments, or do they foretell a tragic, not-so-distant future?"

Courtesy of Robert Bowen

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

Lot# 326

Rocky Angel

Phantom Dirt (2005)

Oil on canvas

28 x 22"

"A reflection on the role organized religion, and the expectations of society that go with it, in a young person's life."

Courtesy of Rocky Angel

Preview in person at MothBelly, 912 Larkin St. SF

Lot# 327

Rosa Lumina

Bas-Reliefs of SF Flash Sheet (2023)

Micron and ball point pen on coffee stained watercolor paper

13 x 19"

"I am a twenty-six year old tattoo artist from rural Northern California. I have been drawing and painting all my life, but what I love about tattooing is that it requires working with another human being to make it possible. With tattoos we get to live and breath with the art everyday."

"I take long walks through the city and started taking photos of the unique details on old San Francisco buildings. I love these ornate, yet everyday markings of the city, and wanted to make them into tattooable designs. Traditionally, flash sheets are laid out on hand stained watercolor paper so that is what I did. I would like to add in this auction piece the opportunity to get one of these designs tattooed by me. I work at Black and Blue Tattoo, a legacy tattoo shop in the Mission."

Courtesy of Rosa Lumina

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

Lot# 328

Rouz

Speechless (2024)

Oil on canvas

12 x 16"

"I am an oil painter who has been practicing for the past 20 years. Yet recently, I have decided to take my technical ability to the next level by studying the academic pursuit of classical arts."

"This piece, which was painted of a cast still life, represents to me what it might feel like inside when we are out of words to express ourselves."

Courtesy of Rouz

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

Lot# 329

Ryan De La Hoz

Bull On Parade (2023)

Digital collage with raised foil overlay

18 x 24"

Ryan De La Hoz has lived in San Francisco for 19 years. His work has been exhibited worldwide and published by Juxtapoz, IdN, Tunica, Gestalten, the SF Chronicle, and the New York Times.

"Weapons not food, not homes, not shoes

Not need, just feed the war cannibal animal

I walk the corner to the rubble that used to be a library

Line up to the mind cemetery now

What we don't know keeps the contracts alive and movin'

They don't gotta burn the books they just remove 'em

While arms warehouses fill as quick as the cells

Rally 'round the family, pockets full of shells"

Courtesy of Ryan De La Hoz

Preview in person at MothBelly, 912 Larkin St. SF

Lot# 330

Sabreena Haque

(2022)اعزازی نشان

Photograph of hand drawn mehndi patterns

11 x 17"

Classically trained mehndi artist and tattooist based in San Francisco. Sabreena Haque puts a modern twist on a classic art form.

"Ephemeral patterns written on skin with natural elements using cross cultural inspiration. These designs are worn with honor and have been enriching skin for lifetimes. Photography credit to Tiana Hunter."

Courtesy of Sabreena Haque

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Lot# 331

Saly

New life in darkness meeting loved ones (2023)

Oil pastel

"My art is an expression of my soul every drawing I create tells a story of my inner self. "

"This art piece was created as I was going through tough times and it tells a story of a new chapter of life."

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

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Lot# 332

Sam Cheng

Mok Kok Station (2023)

Acrylic paint on canvas

11 x 14"

"I have been making art at the Community Arts Program for one year and I enjoy to paint. I draw inspiration from the architecture in Hong Kong and SF. I will spend many weeks on a single painting working on all the details while I listen to music."

Courtesy of Sam Cheng & Hospitality House's Community Arts Program.

Preview in person at MothBelly, 912 Larkin St. SF

Lot# 333

Sanaz

Chooqa II (2024)

Acrylic on canvas

32 x 24 x 1"

Maryam “Sanaz” Safanasab (b. Tehran-Iran) is a visual artist whose work is rooted in exploration of hybridity and the concept of opacity within cross-cultural contexts.

Safanasab holds an MFA in Art from San Francisco State University and received the Cadogan Contemporary Art Award and the Graduate Student Award for Distinguished Achievement, among others. Her work has been exhibited at SOMArts, 500 Capp Street, SFAC, and more.

Courtesy of Sanaz

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Lot# 334

Sasi Kladpetch

Inner Circle #8 (2022)

Concrete, moss and soil

11.75 x 11.75 x 2"

Sasinun Kladpetch is a San Francisco based multimedia artist. She was born and raised in Bangkok, Thailand. Kladpetch received her Bachelor’s degree in Decorative Art at Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. In 2016 she graduated with a Master’s degree from San Francisco Art Institute, California.

"I have been experimenting with materials such as clay, soil, plaster, concrete, plants etc. My works has involved the creation of conceptuality based on natural materials. I decide to use raw materials collaborate with human-made materials to show the coherence of beauty."

Courtesy of Sasi Kladpetch

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Lot# 335

Sawyer Arkilic

Hungry/Love #flipside (2024)

Colored pencil on paper

11 x 14 "

"This piece can be viewed right-side up or up-side down which represents the flipsides of our feelings and moods that change day to day. Specifically, I find myself thinking about the relationships in my life (love) and at other times I find that my stomach is rumbling (hunger). I use symbols and patterns in my work which people can decide if they hold positive or negative meanings. Just like life, I like my art to include both sides."

Courtesy of Sawyer Arkilic

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Lot# 336

Scott Solano

Untitled (2020)

Mixed media on canvas

16 x 20"

"My name is Scott Salano and I am an artist. I have always been an artist but it hasnt been until the last year or two that I have called myself that. Now I know and I am so confident to say that I am an artist."

"This art piece was made in 2020 in a crowded cluttered space. I was figuring out my style and what mediums I like and I think its a good piece that represents my growth. Thank you HH for everything!"

Courtesy of Scott Solano & Hospitality House's Community Arts Program.

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Lot# 337

Shady Clay

Daisy Vase (2024)

Colored porcelain

8 x 10”

"My upbringing around textile arts as well as having an engineer father led me to a career in apparel design. I love to build with my hands and cannot ignore my fascination with color and pattern. I recently found the technique of Nerikomi- colored clay and pattern work and fell deep into exploring the opportunities which ceramics and. colored porcelain in particular have to offer."

"This colorful clay vase I made is a bit of a mash-up of my family's quilting legacy and my career in apparel design. I've woven vibrant hues and intricate patterns into its curves, kind of like a quilt in 3D. Drawing on my fashion background, I've played with colors and designs to give it that extra pop and emotional vibe. Coloring the porcelain, creating pattern blocks which I then slice and form into a mold is a process at brings me great satisfaction and constant surprise."

Courtesy of Shady Clay

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Lot# 338

Shannon Taylor

Ghost of the Pond (2024)

Hand cut watercolor diorama in antique sewing kit

1.75 x 1.5 x 1.5"

Shannon Taylor is a painter, illustrator, craftsman and educator based out of Oakland, California. She is the Assistant Chair of the Illustration Program at the California College of the Arts, and has also been the long-time Director of Art and Restoration at Children’s Fairyland in Oakland. Taylor exhibits her work extensively with galleries Arch Enemy Arts in Philadelphia, Modern Eden in San Francisco, as well as Haven Gallery in New York, and Beinart in Australia.

"This miniature diorama is assembled out of dimensional watercolor paintings, which have been hand-cut/formed and fitted into an antique, travel sewing kit. The outer container is made to look like a silvered, scale walnut, while the inner diorama depicts a solitary ghost, looking over a forest pool."

Courtesy of Shannon Taylor, Modern Eden Gallery & Arch Enemy Arts.

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Lot# 339

Sherri Lu Campbell

Feux d'artifice (Fireworks) (2021)

Garnet; turquoise; aquamarine; mixed media on Japanese bamboo paper

57 x 15"

Sherri Lu Campbell (b.1985) is an award-winning American painter and visual artist from New York City. She blends several traditional techniques from printmaking, water-based painting, and both Eastern and Western calligraphy foundations to create contemporary abstract paintings. Her work has been publicly acquired in London, San Francisco, NYC, Houston, TX, and British Columbia, Canada.

Courtesy of Sherri Lu Campbell & Hospitality House's Community Arts Program.

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Lot# 340

Shikha Hutchins

Lucky You (2024)

Glazed ceramic

10.5 x 5.5 x 5.5"

"I am an artist and teacher living in San Francisco. My work was shown most recently at the Midway SF Gallery, where I was an artist in residence. "

"Lucky You is a hand built ceramic piece that calls upon the memory of that first childhood pet. Goldfish represent luck and prosperity and are considered warm, friendly companions. Lucky You invites the viewer to reconnect to a childlike sense of possibility."

Courtesy of Shikha Hutchins

Preview in person at MothBelly, 912 Larkin St. SF

Lot# 341

SHMDNA

The Tenderloin (2023)

Acrylic canvas

10 x 20"

"The artwork is dedicated to the people of color's revitalization effort of the SF Tenderloin. The effort is permanently on going."

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

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Lot# 342

Shrey Purohit

Nightwalks In Ingleside (Corner of Gogo 7) (2023)

Acrylic on canvas

20 x 20"

Mumbai-born Shrey Purohit, now in San Francisco, BFA from California College of the Arts, urban-landscape painter. Inspired by urban chaos, Shrey has won the PleinAir Salon Award twice. He turns the mundane city life into magical cityscapes.

"This artwork captures my love for night walks in Ingleside neighborhood of San Francisco."

Courtesy of Shrey Purohit

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Lot# 343

silvia poloto

Beauty and the Inner Beast - Reflections on Archetypal Symbolism : PATH/ROAD (2023)

Acrylic and photography on wood

Silvia Poloto, a talented and prolific Brazilian-born mixed media artist, self-taught and inner directed, is not a product of America's art higher-education system, she is an artist committed, almost defiantly, to self-expression and emotion. Her work has been exhibited throughout the US and abroad and resides in many corporate collections several hundred private collections.

"The paintings in "Beauty and the Inner Beast" allude to Classical and Renaissance allegorical paintings (with their symbolic nudes and moral lessons), but outside the belief systems of the past, open to free association and thus more fitting for contemporary culture. They imagine a world of memories, dreams and reflections safe for and saved by the feminine virtues of sensitivity, empathy and compassion."

Courtesy of silvia poloto.

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

Lot# 344

Some Lady

Grounding Portal (2023)

Acrylic & latex paint on canvas

8 x 8 x 3"

Courtesy of Some Lady & Voss Gallery.

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Lot# 345

Sonny

Sheba (2023)

Prisma colored pencilsm ink, on thick cardstock

11 x 15"

"I was paroled from San Quentin in May 2022 after serving 29 years. The first 13 was totally negative. Hating, fighting, administrative lock downs. I was subsequently then introduced to the prisons arts in corrections program and it changed my life from negative to positive behavior. From destructive to creative. From dark to colorful and its still colorful."

"On this particular piece I used black ink to start with and then laid down the prisma colored pencils on watercolor card paper. Other mediums I enjoy working with are watercolors and Acrylics, and pointillism."

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

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Lot# 346

Sophia Lee

Hive (2024)

Cut paper waste with mixed media on paper, board and box

10 x 10 x 2.5”

Sophia Lee is a Taiwanese American multi-media artist working in San Francisco. She loves nature, and spends many hours hoarding waste to create her beautiful layered calligraphic paintings. She works in various mediums from encaustics (beeswax), acrylic, weaving plastics, scratch boards, to Chinese ink on paper. Her murals and installations can be found all over the Bay Area and SoCal.

"I’m always salvaging materials from landfill, and they in turn inspire me to create the next project. The hive like shapes on this paper that’s used to keep food cold gave me the idea to create something more dimensional."

Courtesy of Sophia Lee

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Lot# 347

Steph Kudisch

transverse wave vessel 2 (2022)

Glazed ceramic

2.75 x 6.5 x 6"

Steph Kudisch is a trans genderfluid artist whose work uses mutated intertidal aesthetics and personal storytelling to dwell in in-betweens. Focusing in screenprint, analog + digital sound, and ceramics, Kudisch received their MFA as well as the Isaac M. Walter Sculpture Prize from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2018. They work as a teaching artist as well as a 1:1 Instructor at Creative Growth Art Center.

Courtesy of Steph Kudisch

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Lot# 348

Steve Javiel

Taking the Leap (2021)

Acrylic, oil pastel & spray paint on wood panel

20 x 16 x 1.5"

Steve Javiel (b. Los Angeles, CA, 1981) is an urban impressionist painter based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, CA, and participates in exhibitions along the West Coast.

"The strong presence of color in my abstract flower paintings is a celebration of how we’re all from different backgrounds. Color is powerful and uplifts us when we’re down. The same way color puts me at ease, my hope is that I can help others feel the same. This new series strives to spread positive energy, as being in a positive state of mind is a game changer!"

Courtesy of Steve Javiel & Voss Gallery.

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Lot# 349

Stormi Kenneth Lieth Skies

Feelings & Emotions (2024)

Acrylic on canvas

15 x 20"

Painter Photographer and digital artist for years now. was always painting drawing and making art any way I could

"Inspired by feeling and emotions I felt when I painted these."

Courtesy of Stormi Kenneth Lieth Skies & Hospitality House's Community Arts Program.

Preview in person at MothBelly, 912 Larkin St. SF

Lot# 350

Sue Laurita

Four Cornered Corazon (2018)

Acrylic on canvas

18 x 18"

Sue Laurita is a multimedia artist living and working in San Francisco’s Mission district. Exposed Channels, was the artist’s first solo exhibition at the Community Arts Program and was a culmination of two decades working with paint, collage, drawing, jewelry, and ceramic decoration.

"Sue works across a wide variety of media, using patterns, shapes, and color to bring her interior worlds to life. Moments of bursting, radiating light and colorful threads move outwardly across the surface of her work, weaving spiraling lines together to create energetic mandalas. Repeated motifs of boxes and bows, targets and spirals, flowers and hearts organically form relationships between the works. Sue uses these symbols to visually communicate her movement through and understanding of the world."

Courtesy of Sue Laurita & Hospitality House's Community Arts Program.

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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