All That Shines
Featuring work by the artists of 4th Street Fine Art
Artist Reception: December 14, 3 - 5 PM
On display: December 7 - January 3
About Some of our Artists
Prabin Badhia:
I like the gestures, contours, and volume of the human form. Whether the model‘s pose is active or passive, I seek to convey the dynamism and movement of the body. I bring that to action on my canvas - any size, any shape, any gender. Since my college days, I have made more than 100,000 sketches.
Website: prabinbadhia.com
I like the gestures, contours, and volume of the human form. Whether the model‘s pose is active or passive, I seek to convey the dynamism and movement of the body. I bring that to action on my canvas - any size, any shape, any gender. Since my college days, I have made more than 100,000 sketches.
Website: prabinbadhia.com
Sherrod Blankner
Sherrod Blankner is a graduate of Yale University where she studied Art with Tom Roma. She focuses on painting architecture, whether in city or rural scenes. Ms. Blankner’s current Southern tableaus are based on photographs by one of her artistic collaborators, Christina Huntington, of Memphis, Tennessee.
Website: sherrodblankner.com
Sherrod Blankner is a graduate of Yale University where she studied Art with Tom Roma. She focuses on painting architecture, whether in city or rural scenes. Ms. Blankner’s current Southern tableaus are based on photographs by one of her artistic collaborators, Christina Huntington, of Memphis, Tennessee.
Website: sherrodblankner.com
Rachael Brogdon
Website: http://www.greenpiscesdesigns.com
Website: http://www.greenpiscesdesigns.com
Debbie Claussen:
Whether it be City Scenes, Ballet Dancers or Animals, Debbie's paintings are about movement and personality. Debbie developed her flawless drawing technique at a young age. Debbie's work is collected internationally, has been featured in Art Show at The Dog Show, American Kennel Club, Colored Pencil Society of America and Artists Magazine.
Website: claussenart.com
Whether it be City Scenes, Ballet Dancers or Animals, Debbie's paintings are about movement and personality. Debbie developed her flawless drawing technique at a young age. Debbie's work is collected internationally, has been featured in Art Show at The Dog Show, American Kennel Club, Colored Pencil Society of America and Artists Magazine.
Website: claussenart.com
Mara Galvao:
Mara Galvao is a Brazilian born artist that has been living in the San Francisco Bay Area since 2000.
She is an innate artist that has found a way to express her feelings through painting and tapestry. Motivated by her curiosity to find innovative ways to express herself, Mara is constantly learning new techniques and renewing her style, which is translated through the different media and techniques you see in her art.
Mara Galvao is a Brazilian born artist that has been living in the San Francisco Bay Area since 2000.
She is an innate artist that has found a way to express her feelings through painting and tapestry. Motivated by her curiosity to find innovative ways to express herself, Mara is constantly learning new techniques and renewing her style, which is translated through the different media and techniques you see in her art.
Bernice Gross:
Bernice Gross is known for her vividly-painted scenes of middle-class America in the ‘50s and ‘60s. Her spot-on eye for images that capture awkward, familiar, and intimate family moments has made her a national reputation as an inimitable painter.
Website: bernicegrossart.com
Bernice Gross is known for her vividly-painted scenes of middle-class America in the ‘50s and ‘60s. Her spot-on eye for images that capture awkward, familiar, and intimate family moments has made her a national reputation as an inimitable painter.
Website: bernicegrossart.com
Gera Hasse:
I have been spending time with a person with dyslexia. That experience has made me see letters and numbers as objects rather than the words we leap to when we see them. In these six pieces I have played with convention and relationships of those objects. It is necessary to move things around in your head to make sense of them. That is a valuable ability. I have used letters that are rigid to show the freedom we can have inside a preordained structure. Other elements in the collage give a sense of the foundations of numbers and letters. Basically I am playing with ideas. Hope you can play too.
Website: 4thstreetfineart.com/gerahasse
I have been spending time with a person with dyslexia. That experience has made me see letters and numbers as objects rather than the words we leap to when we see them. In these six pieces I have played with convention and relationships of those objects. It is necessary to move things around in your head to make sense of them. That is a valuable ability. I have used letters that are rigid to show the freedom we can have inside a preordained structure. Other elements in the collage give a sense of the foundations of numbers and letters. Basically I am playing with ideas. Hope you can play too.
Website: 4thstreetfineart.com/gerahasse
Maggie Hurley:
Lately I’ve been inspired by the sea: I find the ocean to be grounding. It’s a place of elegance, power, and grace amidst constant change. There is something settling about the sea for me, and creating the work for this show has been very meditative. I swim a lot, and growing up, I spent most of my time in the ocean.
Website: maggiehurley.com
Lately I’ve been inspired by the sea: I find the ocean to be grounding. It’s a place of elegance, power, and grace amidst constant change. There is something settling about the sea for me, and creating the work for this show has been very meditative. I swim a lot, and growing up, I spent most of my time in the ocean.
Website: maggiehurley.com
Jeff and Wendy Photography:
We are passionate about the out-of-doors and have also been bitten by the travel bug! Our cameras accompany us on all of our adventures so we can capture images of spectacular places we have visited.
Photography has allowed us to gain a more intimate perspective on wildlife while viewing them through the lens of a camera. We have spent thousands of hours observing and photographing animals-always waiting to capture that perfect light!
Website: jeffandwendyphotography.com
We are passionate about the out-of-doors and have also been bitten by the travel bug! Our cameras accompany us on all of our adventures so we can capture images of spectacular places we have visited.
Photography has allowed us to gain a more intimate perspective on wildlife while viewing them through the lens of a camera. We have spent thousands of hours observing and photographing animals-always waiting to capture that perfect light!
Website: jeffandwendyphotography.com
Georgianna Krieger:
If you asked her, Georgianna would tell you she sees a direct correlation between gestural drawing, her sculpture and jazz improvisation. “The media are quite different” she says, but the conceptual goal: “to explore a fleeting moment”, is the same. Krieger received her BFA in sculpture from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia where she studied with Walter Erlebacher and was the 1990 recipient of The Philadelphia Plastic Arts Society Award. She has created a body of work that includes sculpture in bronze and kiln-cast glass, drawings, paintings and wall hanging works in fused glass.
Website: shesculpts.com
If you asked her, Georgianna would tell you she sees a direct correlation between gestural drawing, her sculpture and jazz improvisation. “The media are quite different” she says, but the conceptual goal: “to explore a fleeting moment”, is the same. Krieger received her BFA in sculpture from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia where she studied with Walter Erlebacher and was the 1990 recipient of The Philadelphia Plastic Arts Society Award. She has created a body of work that includes sculpture in bronze and kiln-cast glass, drawings, paintings and wall hanging works in fused glass.
Website: shesculpts.com
Sally Petru:
Sally began the study of botanical illustration after a 10-year career in landscape architecture and 12 years into raising a family. With experience in watercolor, and a strong background in horticulture, this old art form came comfortably to Sally. She developed her skill through small group classes with local teachers as well as master classes with teachers from Australia, Scotland, Canada and England. She is a graduate from the Botanical Art Certificate Program at Filoli in Woodside. More recently, she has begun to work in pastels.
Website: sallypetru.com
Sally began the study of botanical illustration after a 10-year career in landscape architecture and 12 years into raising a family. With experience in watercolor, and a strong background in horticulture, this old art form came comfortably to Sally. She developed her skill through small group classes with local teachers as well as master classes with teachers from Australia, Scotland, Canada and England. She is a graduate from the Botanical Art Certificate Program at Filoli in Woodside. More recently, she has begun to work in pastels.
Website: sallypetru.com
Cindy Podren:
I have always wanted to paint and began dabbling about twenty years ago. In 2002, I suffered the biggest personal loss of my life and took up painting more intensively at that time. I paint mostly in oils, although I use watercolors when travelling. I paint plein air landscapes, and do studio work from my photographs, hoping to convey my feelings about these sites and the beauty of the ordinary. Cindy Podren
Website: 4thstreetfineart.com/cindy-podren
I have always wanted to paint and began dabbling about twenty years ago. In 2002, I suffered the biggest personal loss of my life and took up painting more intensively at that time. I paint mostly in oils, although I use watercolors when travelling. I paint plein air landscapes, and do studio work from my photographs, hoping to convey my feelings about these sites and the beauty of the ordinary. Cindy Podren
Website: 4thstreetfineart.com/cindy-podren
Michael Sacramento:
My urban collage paintings are inspired by my day to day observations - from street scenes, billboards and posters to often overlooked surfaces, architectural elements and birds. I translate these moments into fragmented images, objects, textures and colors. As I collect and interpret these visual cues, I use them to create a new visual experience. This process for me is purely intuitive and my ultimate form of self expression.
Website: michaelsacramento.com
My urban collage paintings are inspired by my day to day observations - from street scenes, billboards and posters to often overlooked surfaces, architectural elements and birds. I translate these moments into fragmented images, objects, textures and colors. As I collect and interpret these visual cues, I use them to create a new visual experience. This process for me is purely intuitive and my ultimate form of self expression.
Website: michaelsacramento.com
Valerie Sobel:
My work process involves intuition, imagination as well as intellect; serendipity as well as planning and design. I always observe the world around me, consciously noting details and I leave it to my senses to randomly record what they deem worthy of interest. It will trickle down to my consciousness later.
Website: valeriesobel.com
My work process involves intuition, imagination as well as intellect; serendipity as well as planning and design. I always observe the world around me, consciously noting details and I leave it to my senses to randomly record what they deem worthy of interest. It will trickle down to my consciousness later.
Website: valeriesobel.com
Hallie Strock:
Hallie Strock is a graduate of Mills College, in Oakland, CA, with a BA in studio art. Her work, now focused on water-based media and textile arts, hangs in a number of private collections in the United States, and has won significant awards in local and regional juried exhibitions in California. Hallie is a member of the Oakland Art Association.
Website: halliestrock.com
Hallie Strock is a graduate of Mills College, in Oakland, CA, with a BA in studio art. Her work, now focused on water-based media and textile arts, hangs in a number of private collections in the United States, and has won significant awards in local and regional juried exhibitions in California. Hallie is a member of the Oakland Art Association.
Website: halliestrock.com