PAST SHOWS 2022
Pulp: Book & Paper Arts
SEBASTOPOL CENTER FOR THE ARTS
282 S High Street, Sebastopol, CA
Thursday–Sunday 10am–4pm
Alicia Bailey and Helen Hiebert, jurors
Show coordinators are Renée Owen and Jenny Lynn Hall
THROUGH SEPTEMBER 4, 2022
This Journey to Ixtlan. Original artist’s book, 4 x 25" Sumi ink and gold leaf on Arches Text Wove paper.
artfluent
motion
A Virtual Exhibit of 78 paintings
chosen from 564 entries from a total of eight countries from around the world.
See exhibit here
Days on End. 12 x 30" Sumi ink and gold leaf on watercolor paper.
Turning Pages: the book as an art form
Santa rosa art center
312 South A Street, Santa Rosa, California
Friday, Saturday and Sunday 11am–3pm, 12–3pm Thursday and by appointment 707-293-6051
THROUGH OCTOBER 1, 2022
Marking Time — page spread 4 x 6" inspired by the painting below. Both on view at show.
This Journey to Ixtlan. 30 x 12" Sumi ink, acrylic ink, gold leaf on watercolor paper.
This Journey to Ixtlan
They say it never happened,
this journey to Ixtlan.
That this knowledge of ancient peoples
existed only in Carlos Castenada’s mind.
That my whole belief system —
wisdom of the unknown,
this opening to the wonders of the world,
places beyond what I can conceive
and want to touch —
they say he made it all up.
They say that Indian natives
don’t have this culture,
that you can’t “stop the world,”
that knowing the difference between
hunter, warrior and sorcerer
doesn’t lead to a life of knowledge.
But all my spiritual growth began here,
when Paul gave me this book
and worlds opened up.
For others it was Herman Hesse,
for me it was the teachings of Don Juan.
And while drugs and
going back to the land
didn’t have the same resonance,
I knew sacred wisdom was out there
for me to discover
at some point in my life —
the ways of indigenous people,
the life that cannot be
logically explained.
They say what he taught
isn’t true
but something inside me
knows that it is.
©Sherrie Lovler
PAST SHOWS 2020
O’HANLON CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Mill Valley, California (online only)
GOLDEN HOUR
KIM EAGLES-SMITH, JUROR
Beginning October 5, 2020
REUNITING WITH BEAUTY
In Reuniting With Beauty the richness of gold fills this painting. On top of the gold are flower-like petals made by twirling a piece of balsa wood dipped in gesso. The hint of a teardrop comes from the center of the main flower, noting that to fully appreciate beauty one needs to experience the depth of life, which comes with its own sadness. Still, there is lightness, in the wisp of the leaves, where my calligraphic marks pull the painting together.
ARTS BENECIA
GET THE MESSAGE: WORDS AND IMAGES
DEWITT CHENG, JUROR
A Virtual Exhibit
November 14 – December 31, 2020
SOFT EMERGENCE
I have no idea what it will be like
to hug people again, to be close,
to look them in the eye
without a screen between us,
to see their smile—in real time.
I can’t imagine
eating out of the same bowl—
taking a handful of nuts
that others have touched,
buying food without washing it,
not seeing people
as carriers of disease,
not scrubbing down
everything in sight.
When this is over
will my cells jump for joy?
Will I come out okay?
Or will there be dark holes
that linger,
the scent of rubbing alcohol
bringing it all back?
I wonder if my heart
will explode when the veil lifts.
Or will there be
a soft emergence,
one foot put slowly
in front of the other,
not too far, not too fast,
like toes dipping into a cold stream,
and pace my arrival gently
into the new world—
whenever that may be.
©Sherrie Lovler