Dimensions: 24 x 24 x 0.5 Media: Oil on Linen Artist Statement : I live up the road from the water. In all seasons I look, drawn to the light and energy of water, land and sky. Moved by my experience, the paintings are recollections of elemental things filtered through memory: the quality of light where rock meets shore; the changing sky, marsh and grass; some angle of land meeting water, altered only by the moving tides night and day.
Putting images together, taking them apart, I allow the images to become resolved with paint. Memory, time and space are part of my vision as I work a dance between the specificity of the landscape and the language of paint.
On physical plane, the viewer connects to the natural world and one’s relationship with our most important resource: water, while light and water may be seen as symbols of the spiritual realm, the inner workings of being and of nature.
Dimensions: 52 x 56 x 52 Media: Acrylic on cotton, paper, wire Artist Statement : This artwork is part of my Earth Sanctuary series that explores African Americans relationship to the earth through the lens of Black women gardeners. In this installation I sought to create an enclosed space that evoked safety and the promise of rest in tandem with nature. The draped painting over a wire cage is covered with a pattern of tomato leaves and contrasting bright orbs that recall moons in a night sky. The wire cage is commonly seen in the garden and acts as a support for climbing vines searching for the sun. African Americans relationship to the earth has been a tumultuous one since our feet first touched the soil as enslaved Africans. In this body of work I visually investigate the concept of the garden as a resting point and place of restoration and healing for the spirit and soul.
Dimensions: 15 x 10 Media: Monotype - Oil based ink on paper Artist Statement : This monotype is part of my Earth Sanctuary series that explores African Americans relationship to the earth through the lens of Black women gardeners. Black Americans' relationship to the earth has been a tumultuous one since our feet first touched the soil as enslaved Africans. The land we were forced to till and toil for others' profit was back-breaking and cruel. America benefited from our agricultural knowledge brought from Africa that fueled the economy of this nation. This artwork was carefully printed from plant matter generously given to me by two local gardeners I studied and interviewed in Virginia. The leaves, stems, and flowers were placed on gelatin plates that had been inked with a roller. Paper was then placed on top, pressure applied to the surface by hand, and then peeled to make an impression.
Dimensions: 14 x 18 Media: Acrylic on canvas panel Artist Statement : The title of this painting is drawn from Shirley Jackson’s short story where to be the winner of the lottery is not actually desirable. The elements of earth, air, fire, and water are all at play on this landscape.
Dimensions: 10 x 23 Media: Archival print of digital photograph Artist Statement : This photo was taken from the top of a dune as we (and everyone else) fled from an oncoming storm with an unusually stunning cloud formation.
Dimensions: 24 x 30 x 1.5 Media: Acrylic painting on gallery-wrapped canvas Artist Statement : My paintings are in the Abstract Expressionist style. I paint with emphasis on color and mood. The works are non-representational; and each piece evolves as color and shape and assumes its own character. The viewer is then free to experience the paintings intuitively without a prescribed subject or focus. My aim is to make forms and color evocative, experiential, and capable of eliciting emotion and mood.
Dimensions: 24 x 24 x 1.5 Media: Acrylic painting on gallery-wrapped canvas Artist Statement : My paintings are in the Abstract Expressionist style. I paint with emphasis on color and mood. The works are non-representational; and each piece evolves as color and shape and assumes its own character. The viewer is then free to experience the paintings intuitively without a prescribed subject or focus. My aim is to make forms and color evocative, experiential, and capable of eliciting emotion and mood.
Autumnal No. 1 - Smoke Tree with Frontal Passage Sky
Steve Ember
$225.00
Dimensions: 10 x 10 x 1 Media: Acrylic Print Artist Statement : On an afternoon in late October, the vividly colored leaves of a smoke tree provide a counterpoint to an ominous-looking frontal passage sky.
Dimensions: 15 x 12 x 1.5 Media: Epson Archival Print from a Film Image, framed with UV Protection Conservation Glass Artist Statement : When Mother Nature, Boeing, and Airbus collaborate to create abstract art.
Along a rural byway in northern Virginia, the photograph was made on Kodak BW400CN film in a Nikon FA, through a Nikkor 85 mm f/1.4 lens with #29 dark red filter.
Dimensions: 16 x 8 x 1.5 Media: Acrylic with collage papers, plaster, and stucco patch. Artist Statement : The artwork showcases an earthy, textured landscape that communicates a sense of summer heat and rugged natural beauty. The composition is built upon layers of colors blending harmoniously, predominantly in shades of browns and oranges. These colors create a warm, almost nostalgic atmosphere that draws the viewer into the scene. The varying textures throughout the piece mimic the roughness and diversity of the natural terrain, which indicates a proficient use of impasto technique. This adds depth and dimensionality to the work, making it feel more lifelike and engaging.
Dimensions: 16 x 20 x 1.5 Media: Photography Artist Statement : Death Valley National Park is an other worldly landscape. I was stopped by the vision of these many people walking in a line through the sand of the almost dried lake bed, a lake that has not formed for many years.
Dimensions: 16 x 20 x 1.5 Media: Photography Artist Statement : The history of Samurai sword making goes back for centuries. This small custom steel shop in Seki, Japan, still makes some of their swords by hand, beating metal alloy until it is the right formula. Sometimes as they pound it, the sparks fly everywhere! It's a sight to see.
Dimensions: 24 x 18 x 1 Media: Acrylic on canvas
24x18 Artist Statement : Most everyone has experienced the smell of on coming rain. You can see the storm in the distance and when it finally arrives, it swells streams, ponds, lakes and rivers. Plant life is refreshed and continues the growth for a new season. Water is remarkable of how it can change the land by harshly cutting it or bringing colorful life to the landscape.
Dimensions: 17 x 24 x 12 Media: laser cut reclaimed plexiglass, cast aluminum with black patina, found object (driftwood), wood ash, salt Artist Statement : In a ground of wood ash and salt, small cast aluminum elements drift alongside a root burl. The landscape teeters upon a stratified form of reclaimed plexiglass. This work brings together found and reclaimed components, waste and remnants into an island — in reference to the motif of the floating island found in fantasy and science fiction. Thematically, the isolated or “undiscovered” island has long served as a site for utopian or alternative ways of being in political theory and science fiction. Geologically speaking (and perhaps metaphorically), an island is formed by shifts, collisions, or eruptions. Materially, with driftwood, salt, and wood ash, the work alludes to weather events; flooding and fires. Water is not a physical material in the work, but is present nonetheless.
Dimensions: 16 x 12 Media: Digital Photography Artist Statement : While visiting the Cinque Terre in Italy I looked over the cliff across the sea and discovered a group of individuals on the beach of Monterroso enjoying the shoreline on an overcast day below.
Dimensions: 12 x 18 x 1 Media: Encaustic (purified natural beeswax and Damar resin) medium with pigments. Artist Statement : This abstract encaustic painting, measuring 12" x 18", is rendered on a sturdy spruce/pine/fir panel and represents the stratification of the earth. Near where I live in Southwest Virginia, a new freeway onramp was being built. The stratification of the earth that was revealed by the construction was the inspiration for this work.
