Access Institute | Spectrum 2005 Artists


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Spectrum Artists 2005		Sample of artist's work

Brian Anderson	Photography		Preview of Spectrum 2005 auction piece, "Samantha"
Guests at Spectrum have enjoyed Brian's work for years. He's been responsible for the beautiful and dramatic decor for our events. This year, we've got a lovely product of his sharp eye, that's actually small enough to fit in a house!

Victor Arimondi	Photography		Returning Artist
Geras Tousignant Gallery / The Victor Arimondi Estate Victor Arimondi's photography brings people from many different realms together. They are all united by his use of the camera as the great equalizer, giving each person their own space, time, and recognition. His images fall into four general, but in no way tidy, categories: fashion, portrait, still life, and erotic. He pushed the limits of one genre into the next, resulting in diverse works open to interpretation.


Jerwyn B. Austria	Photography		Returning Artist Preview of Spectrum 2005 auction piece
Originally from Boston, Jerwyn is trained in many photographic mediums, including large format, 35mm, point-and-shoot and digital. Now a resident of San Francisco, his work continues to describe the world, places and spaces around him.

Kevin Bean	Painting		Returning Artist Preview of Spectrum 2005 auction piece So Many Ways to be Happy LIVE AUCTION PIECE!
Charles Campbell Gallery Kevin Bean is a San Francisco artist and lecturer at Stanford University, who specializes in oil paintings in both figurative and abstract work.

Alyson Belcher	Photography		Returning Artist
Freddie Fong Contemporary Art "My work combines pinhole photography with improvisational performance, and stems from the idea that everything we experience is stored somewhere in our bodies. Our bodies are constantly communicating with us, but we rarely take time to listen." Alyson currently teaches at the Academy of Art College and she frequently collaborates with Joe Goode Performance Group.

Andrew Belschner	Watercolor		Returning Artist Preview of Spectrum 2005 auction piece Veils #174
My work celebrates the intricacies of translucency. As the layers of watercolor overlap, blend, and mingle, shapes take form that may suggest mood or substance. The act of making a painting can involve the application of pigment in various ways, but the translucency of watercolor is always there, sometimes strongly defined, at other times more subtly a part of the final composition. The several layers of a painting can reflect both a simplicity and a complexity that I enjoy exploring.

Ellyna Berglund	Pastel
Ellyna Berglund was trained in illustration at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan and has been working in pastels for the past nine years. Her style can best be described as whimsical and energetic, with aggressive study in movement and color.

Paul Brigham	Painting		Returning Artist Preview of Spectrum 2005 auction piece, "Vermillion Flycatcher"
Hang Gallery "Paul Brigham's work concerns the mystery and beauty of the environment and the interdependence of all living things. He creates his images of environmental awareness by building up their surfaces with layers of paint, sand, collage and transfers, then scratching and sanding between layers of media." - www.hangart.com

Eric Brooks	Painting
"The indirect connection between artist and canvas can be seen in the seeming static nature of color and emotion, which connect the viewer to individual portions along with the piece in whole. These abstracts blend beauty and deformity while letting you pick and choose as to which is in control. Every piece is unique with what it holds and what it hides."

Michael Burns	Photography
Gift of Joyce Lindenbaum

Joy Caves	Photography		Preview of Spectrum 2005 auction piece, "Landscape #9, Japanese Tea Garden"
"I'm engaged in the process of using photographic materials to create landscape images that evoke emotional responses through a sense of place. Currently my work is created using a pinhole camera and large format Polaroid photographic materials to record time and motion through long exposures, shown digitally outputted at 11x14 inches. This process creates textures in the images similar to painting and allows for formal considerations and collaging effects to be capitalized on within the work."

Andrea Cornell	Painting


Timothy Cummings	Painting
Gift of Dr. Milton Schaefer A self-taught artist, Cummings curiously employs a highly rendered and finely crafted style often associated with “high” art and classical training. Cummings’ subject matter is portraits, mostly of himself, and enigmatic narratives in which he or a figure resembling him often plays a central role. Cummings is interested in portraying the terrain between fact and fiction, exacting likeness and quirky fantasy. -Catharine Clark Gallery

Sidnea D'Amico	Painting, Mixed Media
My work is a combination of painting and mixed media. My process involves building a surface, then scratching away most of what was originally painted. The more I scratch, the more I am in touch, literally and metaphorically with the painting. Some images survive, others are buried ,some remain large while others become more intimate in scale. This whole process is physically and emotionally very complex.

Geoffrey Dryan	Photography		Returning Artist
"Most of my photos capture people in emotional states that are highly interpretable. I seem to capture people in ambivalent moments. Ideally, then, each person viewing my work may see a different picture, a different story. And in this way, my work becomes a kind of projective instrument allowing the viewer to see the reflections of their own emotions inside those captured in my photos."

Paule Dubois Dupuis	Painting
Exploring the abstract scenery of women as motifs enables me to portray the idea of my essence. Abstraction acknowledges and respects the objet d'art for exactly what it is... a pure carrier of feelings ineffable as they are potent. I do not paint the way I observe the world, but how I sense it in my mind, and how I recall the events... I want to entice people into these spaces… my paintings invite a slow contemplative reading.

Glenna Evans	Photography		Returning Artist Preview of Spectrum 2005 auction piece, "Luminous"
"I have a fascination with rich, unusual color, movement, and energy. My subject entices me to reveal its mysteries. So I photograph them in a way to capture that essence. These close-up and personal sessions reveal the spirit, essence, and energy many usually miss."

Josh Feldman	Digital Arts		Returning Artist Preview of Spectrum 2005 auction piece, "Hanging Gardens 3"
"My work mixes graphic design ideals of balance and form with imagery that evokes the technical or scientific. I see each piece as a pure aesthetic exercise combined with the visualization of an imaginary object, dream-like and half-captured in the frame."

Matthew Frederick	Painting		Returning Artist
Geras-Tousignant Gallery Matthew Frederick's creative process centers on the careful balance of structure, color, lighting and mood. His compositions are rendered with a resplendent color palette that captures the nuances of his subjects and emulates the patterns and sensations found in nature.

Karen Ganz	Photogravure		Returning Artist Preview of Spectrum 2005 auction piece, "Puppet". LIVE AUCTION PIECE!
The images in my work emerge from a process which begins with small-scale artist books in which I combine painted, invented images with ones that I lift through various xerox processes. The images in my work are from old 1920's cartoons, of a universal character, the company-man. I use these images and very gestural painting as metaphors for psychological states of mind. Attachment, questions of being an individual within the group, assimilation and role-playing interest me. I use a frankenstein-like approach to piece together figures/images and use multiple broken-up canvases to further the fragmentation of those images.

Greg Gawlowski	Photography		Returning Artist Preview of Spectrum 2005 auction piece, "Kiva Ladder".
"I feel that our society's pace is increasing at a monumental level, and I strive to create images that are calming, peaceful, and healing. There's too much chaos in our lives, and if I can provide some respite for others in my photography, then I'm happy." Greg’s work is regularly published as calendar, posters and fine art prints. He was the 2003 poster artist for the KPFA holiday craft fair.

James Scott Geras	Photography		Returning Artist
Geras-Tousignant Gallery James Scott Geras records the intersection between wilderness and humanity to reveal the coincidence between a specific moment and timelessness. “My work has been called a blend of fantasy and reality... and that all things are not as they seem. The inconsistency of the constant and the fact reality is always just beyond the boundary of imagination, has allowed my work to evolve through the years.”

David Lance Goines	Printmaking		Returning Artist Preview of Spectrum 2005 auction piece, "Eat Drink & Be Merry"
David Lance Goines is one of the most recognized and recognizable graphic artists working today. His artwork is represented in both public and private collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Museé de la Publicité, Paris, and the Hiroshima Museum of Modern Art. Locally, he designs the anniversary posters and cookbooks of Chez Panisse.

Norman Green	Watercolor		Returning Artist Preview of Spectrum 2005 auction piece, "Orange Poppies"
Norman Green's watercolors are a personal forray from a life as a commercial illustrator. His work combines the softness of floral subjects with bold architectural structures.

Tracy Taylor Grubbs	Painting
I am interested in how buildings, constructed by one generation, affect the lives of generations to come even as they are renovated, remodeled, diminished and in some cases, demolished by their inhabitants. My goal is to create forms that vibrate in the important intersection between representation and abstraction.

Audrey Heller	Photography		Returning Artist and Spectrum Curator Preview of Spectrum 2005 auction piece, "Shift Freedom"
Audrey Heller's theatrical photographs have been exhibited at art festivals around the country, and are collected internationally. She likes to play with perception, forcing the viewer to look twice, and reassess their preconceptions. She is glad to be the curator of Spectrum, a task that puts her in touch with a dynamic and generous group of people.

Jonn Herschend	Painting		Returning Artist Preview of Spectrum 2005 auction piece, "Going Down"
Raised in a Midwestern amusement park, Jonn Herschend has always been interested in how the real and the unreal interact. He explores these ideas by building a narrative tension in the play between the quirky characters, anthropomorphized objects, dreamscape scenery, humorous and yet often melancholy moods, and even in the application of the paint itself. - www.hangart.com

Chris Honeysett	Photography		Returning Artist Preview of Spectrum 2005 auction piece, "Sunburst, Presidio"
Chris Honeysett finds his own voice in the rich history of West Coast photography through the lens of a 4x5 view camera. Since 1988, Chris has shown his work at local galleries, and has sold his work at premier art festivals throughout the western United States.

Henry Jackson	Print/Drawing		Returning Artist
Michael Martin Gallery "By taking the figure and removing all that is familiar to me, seeking the soul -- the true essence -- I'm left with something that has a much more deeper grasp of reality -- the human spirit."

Carisa Kaplan	Photography		Returning Artist
Carisa's work as a motion picture editor informs her still photography. She composes her multiple exposure images in-camera, often adding a high degree of chance to the result. Images from different days, shot in different light and different moods, are inextricably bound together in one negative.

Lisa Kristine	Photography		Preview of Spectrum 2005 auction piece Nehn, novice from Laos
Lisa Kristine is a San Francisco based photographer specializing in images of remote indigenous peoples. Initially spending nearly five years in Asia, she immersed herself in world philosophies and religions. Upon her return in 1988, she showed her first body of photographic work. For over 20 years, Lisa has documented in over 55 countries on six continents throughout the world and has been active in publications, galleries, foundations, museums and educational venues.

Carol Ladewig	Mixed Media		Returning Artist


Denise Laws	Mixed Media		Returning Artist
My creations are fueled by a sense of historical and hysterical themes often blended into glamorous, hyper-feminine conceits. My interdisciplinary approach towards art making is expressed through photography, assemblage,performance, sound, garments, animated environments and beauty products. I incorporate sewing, video, digital media and the varied oddments that I collect as a way of investigating my liaison with reinventing the notion of the everyday. Through my often-recurring themes, fetishized objects, images, ideas and desired ephemera, I assemble and narrate my artistic subsistence.

Kenneth Leaf	Photography		Returning Artist Preview of Spectrum 2005 auction piece, "Sixto"
Ken's work brings together sensuality of subject and process. He often works with large format cameras, extended exposures and non traditional techniques. By working in such demanding processes, Ken himself remains an unseen presence in his prints.

Karen McCauley	Photography		Preview of Spectrum 2005 auction piece, "Shadowed"
"I captured this photograph at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Sacramento. The soldier, while expressionless, is rich with emotion, perhaps deep in thought. I see the dark shadow that falls across his face as a metaphor for the shadow that was cast over a nation during this time in our history, and for the dark feelings that this nameless soldier may have endured. The framing of this image also emphasizes empty space, therefore a feeling of isolation or withdrawal." Karen runs operations and development for Access Institute.

Brian McDonald	Painting		Returning Artist
"My paintings, inspired by cartoons and dream logic, deal with issues of aggression and anxiety, which are especially relevant given the recent economic and political climate. A dry and dark humor underscores the mood of my paintings and pokes fun at the absurdity of modern life."

Lauren McIntosh	Painting		Preview of Spectrum 2005 auction piece, "Garden Study"
In addition to being an artist, McIntosh has owned and operatied the mainstay boutique, “Tail of the Yak” in Berkeley for over 20 years.

Julie B. Montgomery	Painting		Returning Artist LIVE AUCTION PIECE!
Belcher Artists Julie lives and works in San Francisco as part of Belcher Artists. Her influences include Klee, Rothko, DaVinci, dreams, dance, meditation, physics, nature, as well as her time living in the United Kingdom and Japan. Her work has been commissioned internationally, and she recently returned from a residency in Barcelona.

Patty Mulligan	Photography		Returning Artist Preview of Spectrum 2005 auction piece, "Chianti IV"
Printing on precious metals gives Patty's work an added dimension. "I take photographs with the eventual transfer process in mind, conceiving how gold or silver will change the emotional resonance. The result is an image that has a luminescence that is changeable depending on the light that strikes it. At the same time my work is also reminiscent of historic photographic techniques."

Tomas Nakada	Painting		Returning Artist
Gallery Paule Anglim These Thomas Nakada paintings are small compositions based on images of cells and chromosomes. With their muted geometry and floating shapes, they appear at first to be abstract. They are, however, studies of the body and, in their own way, connected to figurative painting. Some of the pieces are framed in welded iron and then coated in wax, giving them a translucency and depth. The paintings have an object-like quality, as though they were cloudy shadow boxes into which one peers.

Miguel Osuna	Painting		Detail of 2005 Auction piece el avance de la noche LIVE AUCTION PIECE!
Baxter Chang Patri Fine Art Miguel Osuna's artwork has been celebrated since his first exhibition in his native Mexico. Trained in architecture, he is now acclaimed across borders and media.

Suzanne Palmer	Painting and Drawing


Emily Payne	Sculptural Painting		Returning Artist Detail of 2005 Auction piece Arch of Triumph LIVE AUCTION PIECE!
Cecile Moochnek Gallery “My work is varied in scale, from room sized installations, to tiny, intimate objects. I like to find existing materials, take them apart and reconfigure them. I like the play between two dimensional and three dimensional perception. Although my work often appears two dimensional, its sculptural value is as important as the flat surface.”

Danica Phelps	Mixed Media
Michael Martin Gallery

Rex Ray	Digital Arts		Returning Artist 2005 Auction piece Untitled #2078 LIVE AUCTION PIECE!
Michael Martin Gallery and Gallery 16 Well-known San Francisco artist Rex Ray has created an extensive oeuvre in a wide variety of art forms since launching his career two decades ago. Here, working in paper collage and acrylic on wood panels finished with a glossy resin topcoat, Rex Ray creates abstract, graphic compositions of pure form and color.

Bill Samios	Mixed Media		Returning Artist detail of 2005 Auction piece I see Faeries LIVE AUCTION PIECE!
Jon Tomlinson Industries Bill Samios is a painter and stylist, currently living in New York City. "My work expresses the multidimensional way that I experience the world. The paintings are pictures of what memories, feelings or thoughts might look like, and they usually contain multiple layers of imagery. I strive to create work that is visceral, and evocative of the language of dreams, with topics including sexuality, gender, identity, spiritually and nature."

Alex and Viviana Santamarina	Sculpture		Returning Artists
Alex and Viviana collaborate in a number of media, and their work is collected and enjoyed across the country. "Paincil" is from a series in which the iconic yellow pencil takes on a life of its own, where it is freed from the classroom.

Merrillee Snow	Drawing & Painting
Gift of Phyllis A. Kempner, Ph.D. & David D. Stein, Ph.D.

Kirk Stoller	Mixed Media		Returning Artist
"I work with various media, but try to straddle a thin line between 2-D and 3-D surfaces. Through this grey area between painting and sculpture I am hoping to mimic the space where memories and reality meet."

Rebecca Szeto	Painting/Mixed Media		Returning Artist
Rebecca Szeto is an artist living and working in San Francisco, California. Through her work, she searches for the connections between the simple objects and activities of the everyday and her ongoing fascination for themes of power, order and beauty. She has been a recent fellow at CanSerrat in El Bruc, Spain; Banff Centre for the Arts in Alberta, Canada; and Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, Colorado, and was awarded a Pamela Joseph Merit Fellowship.

Valentin Toledo	Mixed Media		Preview of Spectrum 2005 auction piece, "Figuras Ordenadas" LIVE AUCTION PIECE!
Baxter Chang Patri Fine Art Born in Spain, Valentin Toledo now calls Los Angeles home. He is an award winning art director, designer, and photographer whose work has been featured in magazines, publications and galleries around the world.

Daniel Tousignant	Painting		Returning Artist Preview of Spectrum 2005 auction piece, "Reflection" LIVE AUCTION PIECE!
Geras-Tousignant Gallery The unique spirit and energy of every scene Daniel Tousignant paints captures the subtleties of color and light. His landscapes are a memory of places visited, and are the result of an emotional response to the beauty around him. His work is currently on view at the Bank of America building in San Francisco.

Anne Veraldi	Photography		Returning Artist
Linc Real Art "Anne Veraldi is a San Francisco artist who works with the very simplest of means to achieve a subtle complexity in her photographs. For many years, Veraldi has enlisted thousands, if not millions of helpers in the creation of her images. Often working outdoors in the Mission District’s public parks, she begins her art pieces, like many artists, with only a pencil and a piece of paper. What lures her to these parks is the constant availability of free help from her best protégés—the ants."-San Francisco Airport Museums

Audrey Welch	Photography		Returning Artist
Audrey Welch is an emerging artist on the San Francisco scene whose work hangs in numerous private collections throughout the United States. Through the use of color, imagery, and texture, Audrey Welch tries to capture the "humor and weirdness" of daily life, and the complexity of human emotion and personality.

Barbara Winkelstein	Oil Stick/Charcoal		Returning Artist
“I am primarily a figurative painter and have specialized in portraits for many years. I work in oil, watercolor, guache, pastel over watercolor, watercolor and ink, oilsticks, pencil, charcoal and Prismacolor, and take commissions in all of these mediums. I have done countless commissions for adults and children in San Francisco and the Bay Area. I have also done commissions in Southern California, Oregon, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, as well as Italy and Spain.”
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