DRAWING CHALLENGE XX
We would like to congratulate Sherri Hollaender, Gordon Fearey, Stephanie Franks, Dee Shapiro, Jennifer Viola, Kit Warren and Joni Wehrli for being the featured contestants of our Drawing Challenge XX, which was inspired by the following words by
American jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk (1917-1982).
We would like to thank the artist Philip Gerstein for suggesting these lines.
"When you look at the keyboard, all the notes are there already.
But if you mean a note enough, it will sound different.
You got to pick the notes you really mean!”
We are pleased to present the works of ten featured contestants in the accompanying virtual exhibition
All The Notes Are There Already
April 7 - April 30, 2021
Jennifer Viola, Not Yet Titled, 2021, mixed media on black paper, 30 x 44 inches
Gordon Fearey, Path, 2021, watercolor and gouache on Arches paper, 18 x 24 inches
”When I make a ‘path’ drawing, I usually begin on the upper right and end on the lower left. Everything that happens in between depends on calming down, drawing very slowly, and, most of all, caring. I know in advance some of my options, but the variations are infinite. By caring second by second, I find that I know what to do and that I really ‘mean it.’”
-Gordon Feary, 2021
gordonfearey.com
Kit Warren, Altered States (helter skelter), 2021, acrylic and Flashe on wood panel, 36 x 36 inches
Stephanie Franks, Untitled, 2020, mixed media collage, 9 x 7 inches
Dee Shapiro, Saratoga 2, 2017, ink on Arches paper, 23 1/2 x 30 inches
Joni Wehrli, Nothing Is What It Appears to Be, 2020-2021, foam, plastic, paper, plaster cloth, metal, wire, acrylic paint, 10 1/2 x 10 x 8 inches
Sherri Hollaender, Klara and the Sun, 2021, acrylic on styrene with powdered pigment, 24 x 24 inches
James Donahue, Bright Moments, 2021, charcoal on paper, 22 x 30 inches
Gine Werfel, Swept Up, acrylic and mixed media, 50 x 38 inches
ginawerfel.com
”For these large works on paper, I place the paper on the floor of my studio and I work on several of these at once. the painted gestures are made while I listen to music with strong rhythmic contrast such as Thelonious Monk’s ‘Dinah Take 1’ and ‘Dinah Take 2’. The physicality and dance-like strides that I use to make the marks with brush, spray paint and graphite are choreographed in sync with music such as Monk’s.”
Marsha Nouritza Odabashian, F# Below Middle C, Tenuto, 2021, acrylic and onionskin dye, 12 x 12 inches
Alice Zinnes, Taken Away Underneath, oil on canvas, 36 x 44 inches
www.AliceZinnes.com
“I worked on this painting for more than two years, searching for the depth of light within darkness it required. Finally, with the weight of covid isolation surrounding me I have found that depth: I have “picked the notes you [or I] really mean.” Made in response to the ancient Roman novel, The Golden Ass by Apuleius.”
Deanna Sirlin, To Be, 2021, mixed media collage, 9 x 48 inches
www.deannasirlin.com
Eric Banks, At Odds, 2020, acrylic paper fusion on paper, 22 x 28 inches
Emily Berger, Fire and Ice, 2020, oil on wood panel, 48 x 36 inches
www.emilyberger.net
Nancy Berlin, New Focus, 2020, mixed media on found maps, 15 x 21 inches
nancyberlinart.com
Gloria Fiero, Best Regards Blues, 2021, acrylic, 18 x 24 inches
Lisa Hess Hesselgrave, Yellow/Then, 2021, oil on canvas, 20 x 30 inches
www.lisahesselgrave.com/
Mary Flinn, Yellow Blue Landscape, 2021, oil and graphite on gessoed paper, 26 x 34 inches
www.maryflinn.com
”A sensitive touch and application of the paint can bring intention and meaning to the color. Like in the note.”
Tony Moore, Falling Man, 2020, wood-fired ceramic, 22 1/4 x 20 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches
www.TonyMooreArt.com
Ute Hoffritz, Torso, 2019, terracotta, edition 1/7, 6 x 4 x 2 2/5 inches
www.ute-hoffritz.de
Jaynie Gillman Crimmins, Equanimity
www.jayniecrimmins.com
”The Thelonious Monk quote is fitting for this new work. I use shredded catalogs, solicitations and security envelopes to create my work. Junk mail is ordinary, quotidian. I try to take this ordinariness to create new objects and new meaning from what we see daily.”
Nancy Manter, Run On, Flashe on Yupo Paper, 40 x 26 inches
Lee Tribe, Rings and Lapping Lines, 2021, steel worked, welded, treated, painted, waxed, 6 1/2 x 6 x 3 1/2 inches
Win Zibeon, Love in the Time of Covid, 2021,
acrylic on canvas, 12 x 8 inches
www.winzibeon.com
Elaine Norman, Differing Thoughts From Above and Below, 2021, inkjet print on Canson Museum Rag Paper, AP limited edition, 9 x 6 1/2 inches
www.instagram.com/elainenorman
Gerhard Lang, The Process of Seeing Clouds, the village of Schloss-Nauses, Germany, 27 March 2021, Cliché Verre through glass plates, Image: 5 7/10 x 4 1/2 inches, Paper: 10 x 8 inches
www.gerhardlang.com
”Drawing on the glass looking only at the clouds.”
Tamara Krendel, Night Flight, or Kind of Blue, 2021, watercolor on mat board , 20 x 16 inches
www.tamarakrendel.com
Julie Shapiro, Links in a Chain, 2021, mixed media on collaged monoprints, 22 1/2 x 22 inches
www.julieshapiroart.com
Dana N.A. Sirois, Seeing You / Seeing Me, 2014, ink, pen, thread on gessoed newspaper, 11 x 22 inches
www.danasirois.com
Sam Marroquin, Soft Voices Never Die, 2021, charcoal, paper and tempera paint collage on paper, 18 by 24 inches
www.smarroquin.com
Mark Younkle, Bum Rush, collage on record sleeves, 12 x 12 inches
”I like the quote that Philip chose by Thelonious Monk. It immediately brought to mind a series of collage that I had done using 12 x 12 in. record sleeves. The bit scraps of paper I had used in this series had to be the visual equivalent of sound. In "Bum Rush" the collaged material I selected from a wealth of scraps cohered in such a way as to suggest a propulsive force emanating from the center of the sleeve. In essence, I picked the notes I really meant!”
Sarah Sutro, Syncopation
www.sarahsutro.com
”It's about the rhythm of life, the awareness that life keeps percolating no matter what happens. The abstract dots are energies, feet. When deliberately chosen they make a joyful chaos.”
Jaynie Gillman Crimmins, Equanimity #1, 2021, shredded NewYorker magazines and security envelopes over post consumer armature, 10 x 10 x 1 inches
www.jayniecrimmins.com
Ellen Hackl Fagan, Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue_Air Capture, 2020, ink, pigment, acrylic on clay board panel, 8 x 10 inches
www.ehfaganstudio.com
Yael Dresdner, Galapagos Memory: The Uncertainty of Form 4, 2015-2016, oil on canvas, 20 x 20 inches
www.yaeldresdnerdesign.com
Jeanne Tremel, Interstellar Low Ways, 2020, gouache, watercolor, ink and sequins on watercolor paper, 5 x 4 inches
jeannetremel.com
Alicia Rothman, White Rhinos, 2021, oil on gessoed wood, 5 x 7 inches
www.aliciarothman.com
John McDevitt King, Point of View, 2016, black lead and colored pencil on paper, 30 x 24 inches
www.johnmcdevittking.com
Zoe Keramea, Whirlwind III, 2016, graphite drawing, 6 x 4 inches
www.zoekeramea.com
Moses Hoskins, Untitled, 2021, acrylic & oil with pencil drawing on canvas, 36 x 32 inches
moseshoskins.net
Marjorie Sopkin, In Reverie, 40 x 30 inches
www.sopkinart.com
Yvette Cohen, Strength and Vulnerability, 2020, acrylic and wood dowels on shaped canvas, 22 1/2 x 24 inches
www.yvettecohen.com
Linda Schmidt, Untitled (0382), 2021, fabric, 12 x 10 inches
www.LindaKamilleSchmidt.com
Ann Sgarlata, Line of Fire, 2020, watercolor & gold ink, 12 x 12 inches on 18 x 24
www.annsgarlata.com
Ann Ledy, Queens Beard, acrylic on vellum, 10 x 10 inches
Blinn Jacobs, Cuatro, 2004, ink, graphite on mylar, 11 x 8 1/2 inches
www.blinnjacobs.com
Cora Jane Glasser, Vault Lights, #5, 2020, oil on linen, 20 x 16 inches
cjanepaint.com
Philip Gerstein, Irresistible, 2021, oil stick, acrylic & textural media on wood panel, 24 x 36 inches
www.PhilipGerstein.com
Aga Ousseinov, Metronome II (Celestography), 2017, mixed media on panel, 24 x 30 inches
www.agaousseinov.com
Cody Jones, Rhythm, 2020, oil on canvas, 10 x 10 inches
www.codyjonesart.com
Jane Sangerman, Foray D81, 2018, mixed media on panel, 20 x 16 x 1 1/2 inches
www.janesangerman.com
“There is no doubt, a romanticism in the decay of urban entropy, but it is also a record-a blueprint of lives lived. Shapes are granted a new entity and transfer their energy to the tapestry of the surface as they become one, bound in a textured field.”
Elaine Forrest, Gentle Flight, 2021, pen and ink, watercolor, 30 x 40 inches
Peter Brown, Different Drummer, 2021, oil on linen 24 x 24 inches
Simonetta Moro, Reverse Window Shopping (Rhythm of 14th street, New York City), marker and tape on acetate, 30 x 40 inches
Kaya Jolie Sirois, Storm, acrylic on paper, 20 x 16 1/2 inches
www.danasirois.com
Julia Bloom, Elevate, charcoal on paper, 22 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches
www.juliabloom.net