LIVE AUCTION 2005
MIGUEL OSUNA
el avance de la noche
oil on canvas, 12" x 96"
Represented by Baxter Chang Patri Fine Art
Retail value $3850
Starting bid TBD
Blurring the lines between representation and abstraction, Osuna’s landscapes are fragmented snapshots of California. His preoccupation with the effects of light, color, surface, and perspective result in mysterious impressions, momentary glimpses or suggestions of familiar Californian vistas, as though they are photographs shot from the viewpoint of a moving vehicle.
Osuna’s re-presenting of familiar vistas and landscapes of California provoke the viewers to reevaluate, and in many ways rediscover their ideas, experiences (and for some nostalgic memories) of living in and visiting this "golden" state. From Baxter Chang Patri press release, may 2005
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. From his home in Los Angeles, Osuna is racking up the frequent flyer miles; showing his work all over the world. We're happy that he'll be at Spectrum, and that he has made such a generous gift. For more on Osuna's work, visit his gallery page.
REX RAY
Untitled #2078
oil, acrylic and mixed media on wood, 16"x16"
Represented by Michael Martin Gallery and Gallery 16
Retail value $1200
Starting bid $800
"Whether we like it or not, we live in a Rex Ray world."
--David Bonetti, San Francisco Examiner
Well known San Francisco artist Rex Ray has created an extensive oeuvre in a wide variety of art forms since launching his career over two decades ago. Ray produces cutting-edge paintings, collages, prints and photographs. He is also an accomplished and award-winning graphic artist having carried out distinctive and striking designs for books, magazines, posters and CD covers including recent projects for Steven Spielberg and David Bowie. Ray is represented n the permanent collection of The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Gallery 16
BILL SAMIOS
I see Faeries #1
Painting and Collage, 22x28
Retail value $800
Starting bid $300
"As a working artist for the past 25 years, my work has been acquired by collectors both here in the U.S. and internationally. 'I See Fairies' is part of a current collage / painting series that deconstructs Old Master paintings and breathes some whimsy into them."
KAREN GANZ
Puppet
Photogravure etching on paper, 11"x14"
Represented by Kidder Smith Gallery, Boston
Retail value $500
Starting bid $200
Seattle based artist Karen Ganz says of her work "My approach to painting has been influenced by early films of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton that I arrived at by way of Twyla Tharp and Samuel Beckett." Her public commissions, including a large installation at Seattle’s SEATAC Airport, are testament to the appeal of her particular twist on the "everyman" character. For more information on her work, including reviews in Art in America and The Boston Globe, visit her website.
EMILY PAYNE
Arch of Triumph
Mixed media sculptural painting, 68"x28"
Represented by Cecile Moochnek Gallery
Retail value $1850
Starting bid $800
Book covers, though two dimensional, lend themselves well to sculptural form. One day, someone decided these books had had their time and needed to be retired. In the context of my work, it is the story of these books’ travels and where they have come from that captures my attention, rather than their content.

As I sift through the books, themes start to appear: journeys on ocean liners, animal tales, fathers and sons, travel logs, stories of love and war. A stack of blue books becomes a piece on the ocean and sky and all the travelers they carry. Another stack of faded, well used covers reminds me of a painting of bathers by the sea and a piece on ocean, sand, sun drenched clothes, skin and late afternoon light emerges. In my studio, I will give these books a new life. I will recycle them and use their parts, disassembling them, ending their role as containers for words, now they are objects in cloth, joining other covers and taking their original shape again as part of a sea of material. Now their histories merge and while their stories can not be read, they can be seen as part of a new constellation of colors. Emily Payne
KEVIN BEAN
So Many Ways to be Happy
Oil on canvas, 50"x50"
Represented by Charles Campbell Gallery
Retail value $5600
Starting bid $1800
Kevin Bean is a San Francisco artist and lecturer at Stanford University, who specializes in oil paintings in both figurative and abstract work.
JULIE B. MONTGOMERY
Silver Lining VIII
Oil painting, 24"X18"
Retail value $1700
Starting bid $950
Julie B. Montgomery works and lives as an artist in San Francisco, with additional studios in Sonoma and Santa Barbara. Her abstract, earth tone paintings have a peaceful, contemplative quality while suggesting landscapes, water and figures. These versatile pieces bring an atmosphere of distinction, elegance and warmth to environments both personal and professional.

Julie’s works can be found in private collections throughout Europe, including the UK, Denmark, Switzerland, Italy, France and Spain, and on both coasts in the US. Recently she has been showing in the Bay Area, France and Spain. Her works have been published in SF Magazine, The Marin Independent Journal, Midi-Libre, Le Depeche, L’Independent, as well as Katherine Masson’s book, Sonoma Valley Style, from Rizzoli Press. She was invited as a fellow to the artist-in-residence programs at Masia Can Serrat Centre d’Activitat Artistiques in Barcelona, and Yosemite Renaissance in Yosemite, two years in a row.
VALENTIN TOLEDO
Figuras Ordenadas
Acrylic and polyurethane on tempered glass, 51"x43"
Represented by Baxter Chang Patri Fine Art
Retail value $4000
Starting bid $1500
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.
This piece is from his most recent body of work. For more information visit his gallery page, or better yet, visit Baxter Chang Patri Fine Art at the Hotel Nikko.
DANIEL TOUSIGNANT
Reflection
Mixed Media on Canvas, 22x30
Represented by Geras Tousignant Gallery
Retail value $2,200
Starting bid $600
As both a painter and a glassworker, Daniel Tousignant is particularly interested in capturing qualities of light. His landscapes are a memory of places visited, and are the result of an emotional response to the beauty around him. His training includes the Chicago Art institute and the Royal Academy in London.
He currently has a major public exhibit at the Bank of America building lobby at 555 California St.
He is a partner in Geras Tousignant Gallery, which has been a dedicated supporter of Access Institute, and a major contributor to every Spectrum Auction.
BILL SAMIOS
I see Faeries #1
Painting and Collage, 22x28
Retail value $800
Starting bid $300
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