A.K. Valkes
Panopticon (2024)
Acrylic and beads on canvas
16” x 20 “
"Use of heavy acrylic for strong texture throughout the piece, with the addition of pearlescent beads creates a work with 3D elements. Multiple eyes, human like & otherwise are scattered throughout, watching."
Courtesy of A.K. Valkes & Hospitality House's Community Arts Program.
Preview in person at MothBelly Gallery, 912 Larkin St. SF
Adam Ansell
Here comes trouble (2023)
Acrylic on wood
16” x 16 “
"I use my experience in fashion and theater to inspire my paintings. After graduating from SF State in 1988 I moved to NY, where I was working in window display, and I also was a member of the 13th Street Repertory Theater Company, I moved back to SF and started my own theater group and have been painting and involved with the arts community here in this apartment with my partner for the past 30 years."
"Here comes trouble. When you see these three together watch out."
Courtesy of Adam Ansell
Preview in person at Rosebud Gallery, 839 Larkin St. SF
Alexis Javellana Hill
Garage (2023)
Oil on canvas
16” x 18 “
Alexis is a fine artist and educator working in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her studio practice centers abstractions of growth at the confluence of manmade and natural and the everyday patterns of public spaces and built environment. Alexis has a BA from Dartmouth College, an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design and is currently a studio artist at Root Division.
Courtesy of Alexis Javellana Hill
Preview in person at Rosebud Gallery, 839 Larkin St. SF
Alice Koswara
Lola (2020)
Acrylic on paper
9 x 12"
Alice Koswara is a graphic designer and contemporary artist living in San Francisco. She was born in Jakarta and moved to the US in 1995 to study graphic design at the Academy of Art University. She started her art career in 2008. Since then she's painted murals and shown in galleries all over the world. Her latest work is a series of female portraits and animals done in acrylic, watercolor and ink.
Courtesy of Alice Koswara
Preview in person at Drawing Room ANNEX, 599 Valencia St. SF
Alvar Jacomet
9/9/2020 (2024)
Acrylic & gel on canvas
30 x 30"
Alvar is an American /Argentinian artist based in San Francisco. He studied fine art in Buenos Aires where he was majoring in sculpture before pivoting to digital art and then painting at SFÂ’s City College.
His personal style has been influenced by architecture from the beginning. Many of his teachers at university had backgrounds in architecture, and some of his biggest inspirations, like Lebbeus Woods, started as architects themselves.
"This piece is a callback to September 9th 2020. I remember testing positive for covid literally the day before, and then waking up to an orange sky. Although we were untouched, SF was surrounded by fires from all around the state. I was glad I couldn't smell anything, and I feel grateful that I was able to wait out the many different kinds of storms of that year here in San Francisco."
Courtesy of Alvar Jacomet.
Preview in person at Drawing Room ANNEX, 599 Valencia St. SF
Lot# 206
Amanda Bristow
Suma Jane (2022)
Acrylic on canvas
18 x 24"
Amanda Bristow is an MFA candidate at California College of the Arts. Working in painting, drawing, and sculpture, her art addresses themes of marginalization, ableism, death, and the experience of having a body.
"Suma Jane is a depiction of a fat woman sunbathing in a fluorescent bikini. I was inspired to create this piece as a way to celebrate unconventional beauty. I thought about the way that some bodies have less access to joy, recreation, and rest, and wanted to change that narrative."
Courtesy of Amanda Bristow
Preview in person at Drawing Room ANNEX, 599 Valencia St. SF
Amandalynn
Secret of the Garden (2023)
Acrylic on canvas
12"
Amandalynn is a Muralist and Fine Artist based in Northern California. Inspired by the feminine in all things, Amandalynn depicts the subtle beauty of the natural world and humankind, through illustrated line work and decorative patterning. Her works can be found in Galleries and Streets all over the world. She began developing her distinct Street Art style mural work in 2001, painting alongside the graffiti community of San Francisco. Amandalynn is very passionate about her outdoor public mural work and still enjoys collaborating with a variety of different artists, as well as creating large solo works. Fine Art also plays a key role in Amandalynn's life, as she continues to develop her career as a professional gallery artist. She has a bachelor’s degree of Fine Art from the San Francisco Academy of Art, and recently has started teaching mural classes in schools ranging from pre school to high school. Amandalynn believes that sharing the creative process with others is the key to living an inspired life.
Courtesy of Amandalynn & Modern Eden Gallery.
Preview in person at MothBelly, 912 Larkin St. SF
Andres "AJ" Serrano
Daddies #16 (2024)
Ceramic tiles
11.5 x 22.5 x 1.75"
Andres Serrano is a ceramicist from Richmond, CA. In his free time, he can be found with his hands covered in clay, glazes, or chocolate from all the Twixes he consumes.
"The work presented explores the intersectionality of history, culture, queerness, and function to visually display themes of men, homosexuality, and gay erotica onto ceramic tiles. Using cobalt blue and tin white, traditional materials of both Iberian azulejo and Mexican talavera, my body of work re-envisions classic tile art by rejecting its oppressive colonialist past through what I call a “homosexual gay-ze,” that is, to display the male body from a gay mans’ perspective. The work also connects how ceramics is inherently queer–how prevalent clay and ceramics are while cruising men for sex. From public bathrooms, locker rooms, parks, and other public areas, all these locations are connected through the usage of ceramics (tiles, urinals, toilets) and clay (mud/dirt from parks)."
Courtesy of Andres "AJ" Serrano.
Preview in person at Hospitality House’s Community Arts Program, 1009 Market St. SF
Angela Baker
Sympathy For Atlas (1999)
Oil on canvas
34 x 30"
Angela Baker moved to San Francisco in 1998 from Columbus, OH. Most of Angela's paintings are figurative, exploring psychology of human relationships and tensions. She skillfully employs color and texture to reveal mood and figures. Baker draws on memories, thoughts, and emotions to create her narratives.
Courtesy of Paul Ybarbo.
Preview in person at Drawing Room ANNEX, 599 Valencia St. SF
Ann Marie Krulick
Snow Queen of Loudin (2023)
Acrylic, oil pastel on canvas
18 x 16"
Ann Marie Krulick (she/her) is a Philadelphia based artist who currently lives and works in Oakland, CA. She earned her BFA in Painting and Drawing from Tyler School of Art (2013) and has recently shown work at Good Mother Studio (Oakland, CA), Martha's Contemporary (Austin, TX) and is a former member of the Artist Collective, New Boone(e) in Philadelphia, PA. This will be her second year submitting work to the Art Auction for Hospitality House. It's a wonderful way to connect with fellow artists and support the amazing programming HH offers to the community!
Courtesy of Ann Marie Krulick
Preview in person at Drawing Room ANNEX, 599 Valencia St. SF
Anna Ovchinnikova
Hope (2023)
Acrylic on canvas
20 x 20"
Anna is a versatile artist with a background in fine art and industrial design, holding master's degrees in both fields. Beginning her career as an art director in Moscow, Russia, she later immigrated to the United States, where she flourished as an art educator, inspiring thousands of young students.
Now based in San Francisco, Anna explores her own artistic style as an independent artist. Her portfolio predominantly features abstract still life pieces, characterized by vibrant colors and expressive compositions.
"Trust that it is there, even if you can't see it clearly. You are almost touching it. Don't give up!"
Courtesy of Anna Ovchinnikova
Preview in person at Drawing Room ANNEX, 599 Valencia St. SF
Anna Runnalls
The Tarot Reader (2024)
Acrylic on wood
12 x 12"
"'The Tarot Reader' is an elegiac work that honors the late San Francisco witchy store The Scarlet Sage, which was lost to the city due to COVID-19 disruptions and red tape. It was a beloved little shop with stones, herbs, books, and, of course, an assortment of tarot cards. The Valencia location held a special place in my heart, and was proof in a way that I was living in the right place."
Courtesy of Anna Runnalls
Preview in person at MothBelly, 912 Larkin St. SF
Apexer
Electric relaxation (2023)
Spray paint on wood
Approx 32 x 8"
A San Francisco public artist that loves to paint colorful geometric murals.
"The skateboard design plays off the movement of skating on asphalt through the city. The abstract art starts out bold and clean then melts away towards the bottom."
Courtesy of Apexer
Preview in person at MothBelly, 912 Larkin St. SF
Ariel Cooper
Red eyes means friend (2024)
Hooked rug tapestry made with t-shirts and burlap coffee sack
14 x 7.5”
"This tapestry was made using traditional rug hooking methods. I take old t shirts and cut them into very thin strips and using a special rug hook, I hook those fabric strips into consecutive loops through the weave of a burlap coffee sack to form the image, switching colors when necessary then binding the edges with the same materials. "
Courtesy of Ariel Cooper
Preview in person at MothBelly, 912 Larkin St. SF
Astara Moon
The Sweetest Symphony of a Dream (2024)
Colored pencil on toned paper
8 x 12"
"In this piece there were a variety of emotions that came through during the creation process but the most prominent theme is the demonstration of how nurturing the vulnerable parts of oneself allows for an out pouring of love from the spirit to the physical. The biggest inspiration was Vincent Van Gogh's master piece "Starry Night." His artistic expression was the spark that made me want to pursue art as a career."
Courtesy of Astara Moon & Hospitality House's Community Arts Program.
Preview in person at Hospitality House’s Community Arts Program, 1009 Market St. SF
Audra Miller
Leonard (2024)
Ink
8 x 10"
Audra Miller has been an artist, illustrator, and professional portrait photographer in San Francisco for the past decade. Her work has been seen at the San Francisco Public Library and many other galleries across the city.
"This piece was done in ink but drawn in a style to mimic a linocut to represent the copycat nature we sometimes find ourselves in. Leonard pushes those boundaries and is just plain silly. We should all strive to be Leonard."
Courtesy of Audra Miller
Preview in person at Drawing Room ANNEX, 599 Valencia St. SF
Aunia Kahn
MYSTERIES WRAPPED IN ROOTS (2023)
Mixed media
16 x 19 "
Aunia Marie Kahn (B. 1977 Detroit, Michigan) is an award-winning and collected American contemporary painter, illustrator, curator, and entrepreneur. Her work blends figurative subjects with symbols and elements from nature, featuring recurring themes including depictions of women and animal subjects, nature and the profound explorations of mortality and rebirth. Kahn draws her inspiration from a turbulent upbringing and a series of near-death experiences due to chronic illness.
Courtesy of Aunia Kahn & Modern Eden Gallery.
Preview in person at Drawing Room ANNEX, 599 Valencia St. SF
Austen
Nesting (2023)
Hand cut recycled collage; found cardboard and paper
18 x 24”
Austen Zombres, originally from Sonoma Valley, has been collecting recycled cardboard and paper in San Francisco for over a decade. With a colorful library of found cardboard, he meticulously hand cuts intricate collages. His detailed pop culture, food and floral still life’s barely resemble collages. These hand cut upcyled assemblages read more as paintings. People are surprised to learn found trash can be something beautiful or even seem delicious.
"'Nesting' is a depiction of a bird caring for its eggs on a forest floor. Memories of the Sonoma Valley forests continues to be a strong influence on my art."
Courtesy of Austen and Incline Gallery
Preview in person at Drawing Room ANNEX, 599 Valencia St. SF
Bob Nugent
Untitled (unknown)
Mixed media on paper
26.25 x 34"
Bob Nugent received his Master of Fine Arts Degree in Painting from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1971. Since that time he has been awarded numerous grants and fellowships including a Tiffany Foundation Fellowship, NEA Fellowship, Fullbright Travel Grant and a California Arts Council Grant for his work in Brazil. In 2005, after 34 years of teaching painting and drawing, Bob retired from Sonoma State University. The following year he was elected to Professor Emeritus in Art at Sonoma. Bob has had over 120 solo exhibitions and has been included in over 650 group exhibitions throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and South America.
"Bob Nugent first became interested in the Indigenous peoples and rain forest of South America in the summer of 1984 during a trip to Sao Paulo, Brazil to see an artist friend. Over more than 30 years he has made repeated sojourns to South America and in particular the Amazon Basin of Brazil. Returning to Brazil now one to two times a year, Bob continues his research and study of the flora and fauna of the Amazon Region as well as other parts of the country. But it is the vital layer, as Nugent calls it, which interests him the most."
Courtesy of Dennis Kane.
Preview in person at Drawing Room ANNEX, 599 Valencia St. SF
Brandon Joseph Baker
WINNEBEGO AFFORABLE HOUSING CRISIS IMMOLATION (2024)
Mixed media collage on wood panel
8 x 8"
Brandon Joseph Baker is a photographer and collage artist. His mixed media art begins with source material he photographs, digitally arranges, prints, cuts, reassembles and paints. His postmodern work juxtaposes themes of home, sex, death, birth and the environment while examining how humans interpret and influence these tropes.
"Winnebego Affordable Housing Crisis Immolation is a piece from Brandon Joseph Baker's Doom Loops series about life and the experiences ubiquitous to The Bay Area. The housing crisis impacts everyone and the loss of a "home", physical or emotional taxes the human experience differently for each individual. Sunflowers in Baker's work represent home and their immolation signifies the change of his definition of home in 2024."
Courtesy of Brandon Joseph Baker
Preview in person at Rosebud Gallery, 839 Larkin St. SF
Brookelee Borchardt
Mother Nature Prevails - 1
Mixed media on wood block (2024)
4 x 4"
"This piece was inspired by the blooming of greenery in San Francisco amongst the manmade architecture. Mother Nature can be demolished by our species, but she prevails, and peeks through artificial structures."
Courtesy of Brookelee Borchardt.
Preview in person at Drawing Room ANNEX, 599 Valencia St. SF
Caity Salamanca
Chrysalis (2024)
Mixed media on canvas
20 x 24 x 2”
"Chrysalis represents the transformation I have gone through to allow my work to reach into me. This allows me to trust my intuition and allow my risks to be seen by the viewer."
Courtesy of Caity Salamanca
Preview in person at MothBelly, 912 Larkin St. SF
Camila Fernandez
Skull Kitty (2024)
Oil on panel
9.5 x 12.5"
Camila Fernandez started her artistic journey with a degree in sculpture from the Academy of Art in 2005. Over the years, her creative focus shifted towards the canvas, where she found a connection with the expressive possibilities of oil painting. Inspired by the life that surrounds her, Camila dedicates her time to creating works of her family, life and creatures. She uses vibrant color and rich textures to form a contemporary approach to the timeless tradition of painting.
Courtesy of Camila Fernandez
Preview in person at Rosebud Gallery, 839 Larkin St. SF
Carolynn Haydu
Disco Topo (2023)
Painted paper collage on wood panel
16 x 20"
Carolynn Haydu received her BFA from UC Berkeley and MFA from NYU. She has shown recently at the de Young Open and Hashimoto Contemporary. Her art will be featured in San Francisco Art Market this April.
Courtesy of Carolynn Haydu & Mixx Gallery.
Preview in person at Moth Belly, 912 Larkin St., SF.
Charlotte Beck
Untitled (2023)
Cyanotype
8 x 8”
Charlotte Beck (b 1991) is a research artist based in Oakland, California. Using (mostly) camera-less photography, Beck explores symbolism through an occult lens, presenting her findings using cyanotypes and other antiquated darkroom techniques. Her current body of work draws inspiration from divination, alchemy, and the Jungian concept of the collective unconscious.
Charlotte Beck received her B.A. in Art and Art History from San Francisco State University and is a former studio artist at Root Division, a non profit arts organization in the Bay Area. She has participated in the Recology Artist-in-Residence program and has exhibited at numerous galleries throughout the city of San Francisco.
Courtesy of Charlotte Beck
Preview in person at Hospitality House’s Community Arts Program, 1009 Market St. SF
Chris Farris
Like A Motherfuckin Halo (2023)
Acrylic, graphite and mixed media on stretched canvas
16 x 20”
"My artistic practice involves exploration of thought processes and experience by means of daily writing and drawing that leads to more involved and complex work in the form of conceptual visual and sculptural work, discussion, and performance.
I’m fascinated by the nature of “quality” of artwork. Can the same artwork be both a failure and success?
I enjoy integrating text and language in visual work, and aesthetically I’m interested in too much color, poorly paired colors and surprise. I believe that humor is a necessity for survival, and that art is too important to be treated too seriously."
Courtesy of Chris Farris & The Space Between Gallery.
Preview in person at MothBelly, 912 Larkin St. SF
Chris Harvey
On The Street (2023)
Oil on wood
24 x 30"
"I am a figurative painter working primarily with oil on wood. I am also a songwriter."
"The painting is of a photograph I took on a street in Berkeley. It is both sad and beautiful."
Courtesy of Chris Harvey
Preview in person at Drawing Room ANNEX, 599 Valencia St. SF
Chris Koehler
rebuild it better (2020)
Acrylic on panel
14 x 14"
Chris Koehler is an award-winning illustrator and artist from San Francisco specializing in movie posters, editorial illustration, and comics.
He has illustrated for Universal Pictures, Marvel Studios, Penguin Random House, Tor, Pentel Arts, and Popular Science and he is a regular contributor to the New York Times. His work has been recognized by Communication Arts, Society of Illustrators, American Illustration, Spectrum, and 3x3.
In addition to being a freelance brush for hire, Chris has taught in the Illustration and MFA in Comics Programs at California College of the Arts and the Art Studio at UC Berkeley, and regularly guest lectures at colleges across the country. He can often be found hunched over a sketchbook in a coffee shop.
Courtesy of Chris Koehler & Voss Gallery.
Preview in person at Rosebud Gallery, 839 Larkin St. SF
Chris Leib
Pandemic Portrait with Beer and Pizza (after Dick Ket) (2021)
Oil
11 x 9"
Chris Leib is an American artist from the San Francisco Bay Area. He began his education in Anthropology at the University of California at Berkeley, later studying at the Academy of Art in San Francisco and apprenticing with the master Italian painter Roberto Lupetti while also working as an illustrator for McGraw-Hill Publishing. Chris Leib has exhibited his artwork across the United States, Germany, France, Denmark, Italy, Austria and Australia.
Courtesy of Chris Leib & Modern Eden Gallery.
Preview in person at Rosebud Gallery, 839 Larkin St. SF
CJ IN TL
Where To My Queen? (2024)
Mixed media
11 x 14"
"I have made many pieces that hang in local retailers in S.F. such as HA-RA, Woerners, Liquor Stores, Hyde/Offarrel market, Empire Nortons, Boozeland and more. I was also very honored to have work shown in Mothbelly. I have gifted over 200 of my original pieces to the streets."
Courtesy of CJ IN TL & Hospitality House's Community Arts Program.
Preview in person at Rosebud Gallery, 839 Larkin St. SF
