"I am very interested in the unique story telling power of painting. Scientific diagrams. Maps and navigational charts. The shallow relief sculpture of Egypt. The pre-renaissance tapestries of Europe. In each example there is a sacrifice of realism in favor of more direct visual communication. Visual reality is distorted so that the meaning of an image can be more directly conveyed. This is what I hope to accomplish when I sit down to paint."

Mississippi Quilt, 2006
gouache on paper on panel
16" x 20"

Waterway, 2006
gouache on paper on panel
16" x 20"

Waterway II, 2006
gouache on paper on panel
16" x 20"

MICHAEL CAPPABIANCA

"My photography deals with the fabrication of new spaces. The images describe the development of neighborhoods and are infused with a recognition of loss concerning the transformation. I show these images alongside recovered imagery found in the surrounding landscapes to reveal a history that is built upon, erased, and rebuilt by the successive inhabitants."

All works are in edition of 10



Untitled (Blue Room), 2005
C-print
20’’ x 24’’

Berkeley, CA, 2005
C-print
20’’ x 24’’

Orange County, CA, 2005
C-print
20’’ x 24’’





Napa County, CA, 2005
C-print
20’’ x 24’’

Hercules, CA, 2006
C-print
20’’ x 24’’





Dublin, CA, 2006
C-print
20’’ x 24’’





Orange County, CA, 2005
C-print
20’’ x 24’’





Sparks, NV, 2005
C-print
20’’ x 24’’

ALIKA COOPER

Oakland-based artist Alika Cooper approaches two very local sort of 'sunshine noir' icons - Golden Era Hollywood starlets and the often poor rural landscape of Southern California - with an ironic nostalgia that borders on family love, a sort of grotesque, but inevitable, warmth.

Jane (horses), 2007
gouache on paper
9'' x 10''

Twiggy, 2005
gouache on paper
6’’ x 8’’

Greta, 2005
gouache on paper
6’’ x 7’’

Tippi, 2006
gouache on paper
7’’ x 8’’

Tippi (side view), 2006
gouache on paper
10’’ x 12’’

Farrah, 2007
gouache on paper
9'' x 10''

Janet, 2007
gouache on paper
9'' x 11''

Southwind (#8), 2007
13’’ x 10’’
gouache on paper

Truck, 2006
gouache on paper
11’’ x 12’’

House, 2005
gouache on paper
6’’ x 8’’

Driveway, 2006
gouache on paper
11’’ x 14’’

MATT FURIE

"I was born in suburban Ohio in 1979- it was a great place to grow up. I played outside, watched a lot of t.v. and played a lot of video games. I also drew pictures all the time. I liked making up creatures and drawing animals out of the encyclopedia. My drawings these days come from a mix of child-like enchantment and momentary adult situations. A lot of it ends up looking like children’s book illustrations for adults."

Legwarmer, 2006
8’’ x 10’’
Ink and graphite on matte board

Bear Country, 2006
8’’ x 10’’
Ink and graphite on matte board

Creeping Death, 2006
8’’ x 10’’
Ink and graphite on matte board

BRYSON GILL

"My work attempts to find the point where representation becomes abstraction. The way I compose these monumental landscapes, totemic structures, and ambiguous portraits is recognizable enough for the viewer to have a sense of time and position but the forms remain obscure enough to create a spectrum of meanings and emotions. The “totems” serve as signifiers for mysterious and powerful icons. The portraits I create are based on an image of a 19th century painting by an unknown author of an unidentified family. I am drawn to the family’s anonymity. They are void of meaning and all that exists is their generalized appearance, similar to a mask."

Man Looking, 2007
oil on paper
8 1/4" x 8 1/2"

Untitled, 2007
oil on paper
11 5/8"x 8 5/8''

Totem #2, 2007
oil on paper
8 1/4"x 11 5/8''





Totem, 2006
graphite on paper
14’’ x 11’’





Oceanic Room, 2006
graphite on paper
12’’ x 11’’





Man Contemplating an Unidentified Floating Object, 2006
graphite on paper
11’’ x 14''





Podium, 2006
graphite on paper
11’’ x 14''

MELISSA KASEMAN

"Photography has the capability to suspend moments of transition. I am interested in using this to visually describe the space between the events or locations that are significant to my life experience. The body of work ‘another season slips while she lies still’ is an ongoing project that is created during my return trips home to North Dakota. However, the definition of home has become even more skewed. Now, it’s cheap motels by night, and a nursing home by day. Through the use of negative space and a specific palette I create the sense of space that mimics the loneliness and isolation of these return trips."

All works are editions of 7

Hanging Snowflake #1, 2005
C-print
16’’ x 16’’

Hanging Snowflake #2, 2005
C-print
16’’ x 16’’

Behind Motel, 2006
C-print
16'' x 20''

JUSTIN LIMOGES

"In these drawings I'm concerned with taking phenomena apart, isolating motifs and text fragments and then modifying and recontextualizing them on the page with an emphasis on compositional concision. My intention is to convey small aspects of the complexity of living, to look at what feels intractable to me, and try to bring it into the round. I am interested in things as they are in the world, and how the sifting of details can be used to reassess my own habits of perceiving meaning. Also, I believe in and try for a lightness of touch, whether in the form of attempted levity, or through an acknowledgement of human frailty."





Unconditional, 2006
ink on paper
8 1/2 x 11 inches





Dominant Hand, 2006
ink on paper
11 x 8 1/2 inches




KYLE MOCK

"My work revolves around observational humor described through tropes and basic representational imagery; such as the figure, landscape and portraiture. I am attempting to describe profound moments using my own ordinary language. By employing the use of light-hearted anthropomorphization I want to aggrandize the overlooked aspects of daily life to hint at a heightened state of awareness in our surroundings. The works composition revolves around a singular constructed, self-contained, person, place or thing. The isolated nature of the imagery plays a role in creating an opening or space for reflection and contemplation, in both of the viewer and the subject matter."

Mock recently had his first solo show at Triple Base Gallery and has forthcoming exhibitions at Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland and Charlotte Fogh Contemporary, Copenhagen.

The Magic Mirror Pencil, 2007
Acrylic on Paper
12 X .75 (diameter) inches


The Grass is Greener (Cabin), 2007
Acrylic on board
30 x 26.5 inches