2nd "Faces" Art Exhibition - February 2024
Best in Show
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Bob Moskowitz
“Eliza at Ten”
Oil on Canvas
Dimension: 30″x20″
Price: NFS
If there is power in the mundane, I attempt to record moments of human significance in the commonplace. The work suggests aspects of the human condition in context with the subject’s culture which can be revealed through observation and a peeling back of the layers. Although the subjects mask their emotions and feelings, close observation begins to reveal the specifics of content and meaning. The viewer is a participant in the un-masking of the innermost and universal motivations of people who would be otherwise be un-observed and ignored. We are each are own microcosm of the human experience. Every individual is at once different, yet the same. We share the need for shelter, food, and belonging. Vulnerability is universal. How this manifests for each individual makes us unique. In my work I attempt to slowly pull back a curtain to expose a truth.
Born in Newark, New Jersey, Bob Moskowitz moved with his family to the Bronx where he lived through kindergarten until they moved to Philadelphia, where he lived for 22 years. He earned a B.A. in Liberal Arts from Westchester University and later a four-year certificate from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. There he won a Franklin Watkins Grant and a Scheidt European Scholarship. In 1977 he moved to St.
Louis, Missouri to attend graduate school at Washington University where he met his wife, artist Margie Moskowitz. He earned an M.F.A. in Painting in 1979 and taught in St. Louis and Illinois until moving to California to teach at Ventura College where he was the art department chair for 21 years. He currently maintains his studio in Southern California.
Where the Human Spirit
meets
the Canvas…
1st, 2nd and 3rd Place Winners
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1st Place
Growing up as an identical twin, my personal view of self was skewed; we were usually referred to as “the twins” or “the girls” as it was easier than getting the two of us mixed up. As I entered adolescence, this lack of self and identity became prevalent, and I turned toward art to appease the longing for my own identity. Through my portraits, I aim to enthrall the viewer by using exaggerated color, secondary objects, and by intimately capturing every pore, scar, wrinkle, and blemish in utmost detail. Hyperrealism enhances my painting practice as it allows for intimacy and investigation between my work, the viewer, and the medium. I use these techniques to express societal, religious, cultural, and interpersonal factors of identity. As a portrait painter, my work aims to connect people in a way that is much more intimate than everyday interactions. I use my lived experiences of chronic mental and physical health conditions in my work as I often swing between ability and disability. Specifically focusing on the relationship between mental health and perception, I invite my audience to join this uncomfortable journey, experience empathy, and challenge the stereotypical depictions of mental health disorders.
My artwork is driven by a need to understand the experiences that shape our internal narratives. We all have seminal moments that shape our conception of who we are; some of these moments are shared by many, and others reflect the unique experience of the individual’s path in life. These moments craft our perception of fate, resilience, joy, grief, community, and loneliness. These constructed identities color our memories, shape our behavior, and form bonds between people. My work strives to identify these defining moments and defining stories.
2nd Place
3rd Place
Michelle Weeks
“Into the Light”
Charcoal
Dimension: 11×14
Price: 1500.00
Instagram @MWeeks17
I am a charcoal artist and love doing portraits. I am fairly new to the art sharing world but have enjoyed drawing for family and friends. I’ve recently fallen in love with trying to draw in more hyper realism style. It’s such a challenge and yet so rewarding to be able to create a drawing that looks like it could be a photo.
Artwork was judged on a variety of criteria:
Craftsmanship
Technique
Theme Relevance
Originality
Creativity
Honorable Mentions
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Crystalyn Hutchens
Title: Metamorphosis
Medium: Oil and chalk pastel on oxidized steel
Dimension: 22in x 25.5in x 3mm
Price: NFS
Finalists
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Xiaobin Su
Pondering Emotions: Faces Unveiled in Multiple Exposure
Inkjet Print Photograph
Dimension: Width 24″ x heights 36″
Price: 800
Jay Rivera Marcano
“Nel giardino di mia madre I”
Photography
Dimension: 24 x 36″
Price: $1,500
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Anne Cullum
“Ms. Wanda’s Been a Real Good Neighbor”
Acrylic
Dimension: 24 x 30
Price: $800.00
Felipe Contreras
“O Rei (The King)”
Mixed Media on wood panel
Dimension: 18 x 15.5 x 1 inches
Price: $600
Gayle Miller
“T & Me”
Watercolor
Dimension: 16 x 20″
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