November 4 -December 17, 2011 — NINE CONTEMPOARY ARTISTS

STILL LIFE NOW

STILL LIFE NOW

NINE CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS

Jane Coan Ellefson

Preparator, Gallery and Art Collection

College of Lake County

Grayslake, Illinois

Carl Holzman

Chicago, Illinois

Steven T. Jones

Curator

College of Lake County

Grayslake, Illinois

Tamara Peterson

Associate Professor

Columbus College of Art And Design

Columbus, Ohio

Sangita Phadke P.S.A.

Colts Neck, NJ

Christopher Ryan

Chair and Associate Professor of Art

Hiram College

Hiram, Ohio

Lowell Tolstedt

Professor Emeritus

Columbus College of Art & Design

Columbus, Ohio

Dennis J. Wojtkiewicz

Professor of Drawing and Painting

Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green, Ohio

Pamela Workman

New York, New York

Lowell Tolstedt

Cherry, Apricot and Strawberry

with Reflections, 2007.

Colored pencil, 7" x 11 1/4".

Composition with Mixed Nuts,

2009. Colored pencil,

13 1/4" x 21".

Four Candies, 2007.

Colored pencil,

4 7/8" x 8 3/8".

Paper Bag with Jelly Beans,

2009. Colored pencil,

13 3/8" x 19".

Red & Yellow Flowers, 1999.

Colored pencil,

17 3/8" x 14 1/2".

Dennis J. Wojtkiewicz

Horn Melon Series #2-1, 2011

Oil on canvas, 38" x 60".

Pamela Workman

Flash Gordon, 2003.

Oil on canvas, 44" x 55".

Peach Series #8-2, 2011

Oil on canvas,

38" x 60".

Horn Melon Series #1-1, 2011

Oil on canvas,

38" x 60".

Love, 2005.

Oil on canvas,

40 1/2" x 47 1/4".

English Embroidery, 2005.

Oil on canvas,

33 3/4" x 31 3/4 ".

Popeye and Nancy, 2005.

Oil on canvas,

44 3/8" x 56 3/4 ".

Marble No. 13.

Oil on canvas,

15" x 14 ".

CURATOR’S STATEMENT

In the early 1990’s, Norman Bryson wrote Look-

ing at the Overlooked: Four Essays on Still Life

Painting, a text which attempts to remedy the

marginalization of still life in formal art history.

This exhibit, Still Life Now, should also aid in the

process of focusing on a sometimes overlooked

genre.

Most ordinary viewers actually like still life—

what’s not to like? Many home owners are com-

fortable with gentle paintings of apples or fuzzy

watercolors of sunflowers on their walls.

But Still Life Now attempts to stretch the bounda-

ries a bit by including works in a variety of media,

with some unusual subjects, or with original sty-

listic variations—whether the crowded plenitude

of Tamara Peterson’s allusive still lifes or the

monumental and sometimes eerie fruit of Dennis

Wojtkiewicz. In some cases, this exhibit hopes to

evoke this response: “Well then, what is still

life?” and to encourage viewers to interrogate the

use of such terms as “still life” or “natura morta.”

While ArtSpace/Lima has a mission to showcase

important area artists, it also embraces the neces-

sity of introducing the works of artists from out-

side our community. Thus, Still Life Now in-

cludes artists from a wider area—including New

York and Illinois as well as Columbus, Hiram,

and Bowling Green. They all help us to see that

contemporary still life is not a “simple” art form

by any means and that when we look carefully, it

repays our attention.

Mary Ann Sullivan

Emerita Professor of Art History

Bluffton University

Still Life with

Blue and Orange Marble, 2011.

Oil on panel, 10"x 10".

Apple and Lemon with Dovetailed

Box, 2011. Oil on linen panel,

7" x 7".

Oranges on a Silver Plate, 2010.

Graphite, 2.25" x 3.25".

Jane Ellefson

Pewter Pitcher with Oranges, 2007.

Oil on linen,

14.75” x 14.75”.

Carl Holzman

Still Life with New Potatoes, 2011.

Oil on Canvas, 18" x 18".

Still Life with Blood Orange,

2011. Oil on canvas, 16" x 16". Still Life with Plums,

2011. Oil on canvas, 18" x 18”.

Sangita Phadke

Mr. Aubergine, 2011.

Pastel, 11" x 14".

Christopher Ryan

Olive Branch, 2006.

Oil on linen, 16" x 16".

One Fateful Morning, 2002.

Oil on canvas,

28 ½" X 28 ½ ".

Look & Scatter, 2004.

Oil on canvas,

10" X 10 ".

Found Opportunity, 2005.

Oil on canvas,

10" X 10 ".

Siren, 2008.

Acrylic, oil on canvas,

48" X 48 ".

Skull & Birds, 2009.

Oil & acrylic on canvas,

10" X 10 ".

Masks & Sweets, 2010.

Oil, acrylic on canvas,

22" X 22 ".

Steven T. Jones

Books and Strings II, 2009.

Oil & tempera on panel,

36” x 24”.

Lady of the Lake, 2011.

Oil & tempera on panel,

18" x 24".

Reclining Napkin, 2008.

Graphite on paper, 4.25" x 8".

Altar 4, 2011.

Graphite, 2.25" x 3.25".

Altar 1, 2010.

Graphite, 2.25" x 3.25".

Tamara Peterson

RUIN, 2008.

Acrylic on panel, 12" x 24"

SIN, 2010.

Acrylic on panel,

24" x 12".

Old Vintage, 2009.

Oil & tempera on panel,

36" x 24".

All that Glitters…, 2011.

Oil & tempera on panel,

18" x 24".

Wasted Resources, 2009 .

Oil & tempera on panel,

20" x 16".

Still Life with Yukon Gold

Potatoes, 2011.

Oil on canvas, 18" x 18".

Still Life with Kiwi Fruit, 2011.

Oil on Canvas, 18" x 18".

BANG, 2004.

Acrylic on canvas,

40" x 40".

WIN, 2001.

Watercolor on paper,

20" x 20".

WORK, 2001.

Watercolor on paper,

29" x 29".

Colorful Pear, 2010.

Pastel,

11" x 14".

A Lemon and Two Limes,

2011. Pastel,

16" X 16".

A Sunflower for Fukushima,

2011. Pastel,

20" x 20 ".

FUEL, 2004

Acrylic on canvas,

40" x 40".