DRAWING CHALLENGE XVII
Happy New Year!
We would like to congratulate Lisa Hess Hesselgrave, MaryKate Maher, Aga Ousseinov, and Lee Tribe for being the featured contestants of our Drawing Challenge XVII, which was inspired by Bertolt Brecht's introduction to his Svendborg Poems (Denmark, 1939), a work composed in exile.
We would like to thank Amy Bassin for suggesting them.
We are pleased to present the works of eleven featured contestants in the accompanying virtual exhibition
Yes, there will be singing. About the dark times.
January 6 - February 2, 2021
MaryKate Maher, Surface (28): Landscape for a Dark Night, 2020, collaged paper, 16 x 20 inches
Suejin Jo, Singing about the dark times, 2020, oil and acrylic on canvas, 28 x 24 inches
Lisa Hess Hesselgrave, Waiting Woman, 2012, pastel and mixed media on board, 8 x 8 inches
Lee Tribe, As We Walked Along The Front, 2020, steel, formed & welded with paint & white-washed patina, 5 1/2 x 6 x 2 inches
Michael Kukla, Untitled #4-2012, 2012, Gouache on paper, 11 x 15 inches
Tamara Krendel, Fireflies into Stars, watercolor on mat board, 20 x 16 inches
Alice Zinnes, Never More, charcoal on tinted archival paper, 27 ½ x 35 inches
www.AliceZinnes.com
Carol Diamond, Sturm und Drang, 2020
www.caroldiamond.com
Jane Sangerman, Pirl 2 D109, 2021, mixed media on Arches paper, 41 x 29 1/2 inches
John King, Incident, 2020, Black lead and colored pencil on paper, 30 x 22.5 inches
www.johnmcdevittking.com
Nancy Berlin, Varied Perspectives, 2020, mixed media on found paper, 14 1/2 inches x 13 1/2 inches
www.nancyberlinart.com
Elisa Decker, Williamsburg Dog in the Window, 2017, archival pigment print, 5 x 5 inches
www.instagram.com/artwallah_decker
Susan Hostetler, Songbirds with Echoes, graphite, gouache on mylar, 36 x 53 inches
www.susanhostetler.com
Amy Bassin, Heavenly Bodies No. 1, 2019, collage, colored pencil on paper, 9 x 12 inches
www.amybassin.com/altared-truths
Lorraine Tady, Illumination (Lithium Sequence 1-7), 2020, mixed media on paper, 41 x 35 inches
”As I often do, I return to “unfinished drawings” when a series begins to form. This one resurfacing due to several works investigating varying tones of magenta. I have been energized by alchemical thoughts: Theosophist Thought-Forms “radiating affection”; my summer zinnias (whose color change from fresh to weathered amaze); and a (somewhat) mythological chemistry—Lithium, the leveler—turns pinkish reddish when burned with a flame (acknowledging its presence.) The diagrammatic directional lines in this work on paper suggest a striving and reaching “up and through” above the "fog" to resonate for Drawing Challenge XVII. While preparing the work for submission, I recognized a reflection of the recent convergence of Jupiter and Saturn. This was not planned but also seems appropriate for our time."
Alica Rothman, Border, 2020, 8"x10" oil and handcut stencils on wood
www.aliciarothman.com
Karen Margolis, Antipode
Karen Shaw, Black Scaffold, 2020, mixed media, 32 x 40 inches
Eric Banks, Dark Times, 1985/2019, repurposed plastic, metal, wood fabric, acrylic and enamel paint 40x26x24 inches (Wall oriented)
Blinn Jacobs, Crush, graphite, oil pastel on gridded vellum, 22 x 17 inches
www.blinnjacobs.com
Frie J. Jacobs, Song for Seclusion, 2020, fire (soot) and pencil on paper, 10 x 14 1/2 inches
www.frie-j-jacobs.be
Moses Hoskins, Untitled, 2020, oil on canvas, 32x 36 inches
www.moseshoskins.net
Agnes Wyler, FRAGMENT AUS VIS-À-VIS, 2019 – 2020
www.agneswyler.com
Friederike Oeser, Babylon, 2020, clay, 20 x 17 x 15 inches
www.friederike-oeser.de
Vivian Tsao, Sycamore in Winter, 2020, pastel on paper, 23 x 17 inches
Leo Löhr, Utrechtsestraat V: Couple under christmas street decoration, 2020, coal, black chalk+coffee on stone paper, 23 3/5 x 18 1/2 inches
www.flying-leo.de
Philip Gerstein, Pele's Song, 2020, 40 x 30 inches, oil stick, acrylic, glitter & textural media on wood panel
www.PhilipGerstein.com
Julia A. Coash, There’s A Crack In Everything ….. #6, 2020 (Series: 2016-2020), oil, collage, colored pencil, mixed media on paper
www.juliaacoash.com
Stephanie Franks, Pink Studio, 2020, acrylic and oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches
www.stephaniefranks.net
Julia Bloom, Permission Slip November 10, 2020, charcoal on vintage Royal Quiet De Luxe Typewriter Ink on paper, 7 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches
www.juliabloom.net
Laurie Heller Marcus, THE MELODIC GLOW & SWIRL OF THE DARK EXPANSE, 2020, acrylic ink on paper, 8 x 8 inches
Aga Ousseinov, The Sun Seems to be the Moon, 2018, charcoal, gouache and pencil on paper, 22 x 22 inches
www.agaousseinov.com
Anne Krinsky, Mackerel Sky 1, 2020, Archival Pigment Print on Hannemuhle German Etching Paper, Image size: 16 1/2 x 20 inches; Paper Size 18 1/2 x 22 inches
www.annekrinsky.com
Marcia Cooper, I See You, 2020, colored pencil and ink, 6 x 9 inches
www.marciacooperstudio.com
Suzanne Unrein, The Animals Are Dancing, 2020, ink, acrylic and gouache on paper, 40 x 49 1/2 inches
www.suzanneunrein.com
Laura Mosquera, El Sueño (The Dream), 2020, colored pencil on paper, 14 x 10 3/4 inches
Nancy Cohen, Song of These Times, 2020, Glass, metal, wire, aquaresin and handmade paper, 36 x 100 x 5 inches
Dino Blanche, Eye To Eye - Double Blind, 2018, pencil on paper, 4 x 5 1/2 inches
www.instagram.com/dinoblanche/
Claire McConaughy, Black Water Rainbow, 2020, acrylic on paper, 16 x 48 inches
www.clairemcconaughy.com
Theresa DeSalvio, Cooking in a Barrel, 2020, oil paint on Arches oil paint paper, 22 x 30 inches
www.theresadesalvio.com
Mary Pinto, Autumn Sun II, 2020, cyanotype on paper, 11 x 14 inches