Thursday, June 30, 2011

Lida Penkova/Daniel Doherty

Lida Penkova/Daniel Doherty
"Shaman's Apprentice"
Linocut, image size 9x12
edition 50
$200
50% donation to Save the Tiger Fund




Lida's wall hangings and Lida and Daniel's linocuts at the Hall Gallery this month, 208 C Street, Eureka.
Openings 6-9:00 Friday July 1st and Saturday July 2nd.
Open by appointment through July as well, 498-0059


"Shaman's Apprentice" is a combination of my interest in and experience with shamanism, "alternate realities", and fascination for Inuit art, especially their stone cuts. I lived in Mexico for many years where I was in a close and regular contact with a shaman-healer, participated in prehispanic ceremonies and healing procedures, and spending time with him and his family. This story is an invention which could go like this:A village boy who appears to be somewhat slow, dim-witted and definitely crazy to many others has a talent to "see" and feel beyond appearances of human behavior. In one of his dreams he sees himself half-human, half-animal (wolf) and pulled to wilderness by a similarly strange human-animal. Out of nowhere a shaman flies by, touches his head and lets him know about the boy's capacity to become a shaman and serve his community as such. But first he needs to learn the trade, the art of healing, to become responsible and understand the human mind. The lino doesn't tell you how the boy decides.....
 



I was born and raised in Czechoslovakia, today Czech Republic. I am a self-taught artist. I began to paint in my early fifties after moving to the US 14 years ago. I have lived in a number of societies and cultures, and worked as a psychotherapist and a researcher for many years. Art came to me as a way of being, as a meditation, as a life lived in silence, after those previous years of much thinking, talking, discussing, and analyzing. However, that first phase served the next; only now can I dedicate myself to creating magical spaces, telling stories, and figuring out textures and colors.

Creative influences have been many: ‘naive’, or ‘outsider’ artists (Art Brut, William Hawkins, Granma Moses, Henri Rousseau, etc.), Indian miniatures, Mexican bark paintings, Australian aboriginal artists, early Renaissance painters, etc.
 


This is my first show together with my husband Daniel Doherty who has been an artist all his life. We began to work on linocuts together only a few months ago.



Art Helps the Planet is a group of professional artists donating part of the proceeds from original art, print and card sales to animal rescue organizations. 





Friday, June 24, 2011

Susan Cooper

Susan Cooper
"Buddy Waiting"
oil painting
sold
Beloved friend in his senior years politely waits to be invited into my sunroom


available as a card to benefit
Sequoia Humane Society





Susan Cooper
"Ashleana and Cody"
from an original oil painting on canvas

sold
Spring dressage anticipation for a young girl and her horse



available as a card to benefit











Cards are $5, $2 from each card is donated to animal rescue organizations. They can be purchased through our Etsy shop, from the C Street Hall Gallery, 208 C Street, Eureka, 498-0059, or by emailing us


see more of Susan's beautiful paintings at
susandillcooper.com



Art Helps the Planet is a group of professional artists donating part of the proceeds from original art, print and card sales to animal rescue organizations. 

Monday, June 13, 2011

Announcing prints

Regina Case
"36 Views of Mt Fuji #37" 
 image size 7x8 7/8"
$20 
20% donation to 
Sequoia Humane Society or 
Save the Tiger Fund
prints are beautiful, Claria 98 year ink on archival photo paper and will last a lifetime. In clear plastic sleeve and mailed in heavy mailer



Regina Case
"Evening River" 
print image size 7x8 7/8" 
$20 
20% donation to
Sequoia Humane Society or 
Save the Tiger Fund



Regina Case
"Evening River with Chaos" 
print image size 4.75x10" 
$20 
20% donation to 
Save the Tiger Fund





Regina Case
"Kauai" 
print image size 5x6.25" 
$12 
20% donation to 
cards are available as well, and for this painting, also the original, see earlier post


Today I was able to make our first donations, $50 to Save the Tiger Fund and $30 to Sequoia Humane- thank you!

Monday, June 6, 2011

Barbara Russell


"Rosie and I at the Burl Table," available soon as a card


contact Barbara for information about purchasing this painting.








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"Jay on Mellon."  sold
available soon as a card


Art Helps the Planet is a group of professional artists donating part of the proceeds from original art, print and card sales to animal rescue organizations. 









North Coast Open Studios this weekend, June 11 and 12th 11:00 to 5:00.

Friday, June 3, 2011

See paintings at C Street Hall Gallery this weekend

Regina Case
"River/Dog/Time 2," 2011
acrylic on paper mounted on canvas with white border. 
$270
$50 from this purchase will go to the 
Sequoia Humane Society

image size 5x7, frame 9x12






See this and paintings from Art Helps the Planet's previous posts this weekend at the C Street Hall Gallery, 208 C Street, Eureka Saturday June 11th 11 to 5:00 and 6-9:00pm, and Sunday June 12th 11-5:00 as part of the North Coast Open Studios as well as June's wonderful show of paintings by Curtis Otto and Peace




Art Helps the Planet is a group of professional North Coast artists selling their art, cards and prints to generate donations for animal rescue organizations. The first two beneficiaries are the Sequoia Humane Society and Save theTiger Fund