Basically Black and White
Featuring work by the artists of 4th Street Fine Art
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Artist Reception:
June 19, 2-4pm PST

On View: June 11 - July 25
View Exhibition Online
4th Street Fine Art presents our new exhibit, “Basically Black & White,” a moody, intriguing
exhibition to celebrate the power of black and white. New artist Hannah Stanke brings her
gorgeous acrylic pours, and always original Celena Peet presents “Stomach Slip.” Masterful
charcoal and pencil work lies next to classic silver gelatin prints. A striking show for a striking
time. Come visit us!
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4th Street Fine Art has a wide selection of hand-made, local art, including painting, prints,
photography, sculpture and jewelry. From safari shots of leopards to one-of-a-kind handcrafted
necklaces to oil nudes and paper collage, we have it all. Our gallery features several artists’
work spaces, so you can see the tools of the trade. We’re conveniently located right off the
University exit in Berkeley, two blocks from the Apple Store. You can visit us along with the
other fine shops of 4th Street for your holiday gift buying. See you soon

About Some of our Artists

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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.
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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. 
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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.
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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. 
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  • Georgianna Krieger
Georgianna Kreiger 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.
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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 traveling.  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. 
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Patricia Tostenson
I love to make jewelry and love even more seeing my friends, family and customers wearing my designs.  My goal is to create pieces that are art to wear.  Pieces that are a little bit different - come join me if you can.​
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Celena Peet
Making art lets me tell the unlikely stories that are in my head, and express the tenuous connections that I see in the world and in disparate materials. Craft a coherent narrative from my sometimes incoherent thoughts. Create order.