John Landry Carpe Diem Vita Brevis Photograph, 9″ x 7″ $40. from the feature exhibit: Vanitas, June 2013 “Notes of music disappear not long after they are sounded; a bottle of good spirits has its temporary taste and temporary effect; and we contemplate the skeletal remains of the day, which remind us of just how transient we are; what is ripe will soon be stale; what is exciting will soon be tiresome; what is au courant becomes old school.” John Landry…
Deborah Barba Society is Forcing Alternate Views of Ourselves Oil on tissue paper on canvas, 24″ x 18″ $450. from the feature exhibit: Vanitas, June 2013 “See What You Want was from the magic in art.” Deborah was planning to paint a sad woman, pondering her existence, but as Deb was blocking in the face in the mirror, her scull came out so perfectly, Deb knew it had to stay, she was pondering far deeper than she had envisioned, her existence, the universes existence. We are not just skin deep….…
Leah Jay Last Flight Acrylic over watercolor, 14″ x 14″ $150. from the feature exhibit: Vanitas, June 2013 Inspired by a sparrow she found in her back yard. It had recently been shot by a pellet gun. Even in the stillness of death, it was still transforming, transitioning…she envisioned the spirit leaving its body.…
Nicolas Caesar The Insignificance of Death Acrylic on canvas, 14″ x 11″ SOLD from the feature exhibit: Vanitas, June 2013 Nic’s piece is about the insignificance of death, stripped to its core, death is nothing more than a dried fly on the windowsill.…
Erica Atreya I Can Quit Anytime Acrylic on canvas paper, 16″ x 20″ $150. from the feature exhibit: Vanitas, June 2013 Erica’s piece for Vanitas show “I can quit anytime” Showing a young woman hairless from chemo therapy looking at her lung and brain ex rays still smoking. It Represents her battle with smoking since a young age and the inevitable truth that if she keeps smoking she most likely will die of lung cancer as her mother did. People say “I can quit anytime” Well one things for sure (You will quit when you’re dead).…
Michele Guieu Carpe Diem Digital Collage, 8.5″ x 8.5″ (framed 13.5″ x 13.5″) SOLD from the feature exhibit: Vanitas, June 2013…
Brandy Damian Creatures Panting, 18″ x 24″ $225. from the feature exhibit: Vanitas, June 2013…
Lucy Liew Sentinel Acrylic on canvas, 21.5″ x 17.5″ $850. from the feature exhibit: Vanitas, June 2013…
Lacey Bryant Fade, Burn, and Rot Oil on wood, 19″ x 21″ $375. from the feature exhibit: Vanitas, June 2013…
Albert Almondia Upon Exit Oil, acrylic on gessoboard, 24″ x 18″ $500. from the feature exhibit: Vanitas, June 2013 The title of this piece and the question scrawled along the bottom sums up what he wanted to ask of himself, and maybe wanted others to consider, before we move on from this place. money, flowers (beauty) and other things we obsess over won’t matter when it’s time to go. His expectation is that at some point we return to a time, if there ever was one, where we value our interdependence and relationships to one another above all else.…