Artist Statement: JJ Galloway is an internationally collected artist known for whimsical paintings and sculptures of people, animals and food or any combination of the three! Carefully executed in a traditional style using oils, watercolors or mixed media; JJ’s art can be found in both public and private collections world-wide. “My paintings make people feel happy and often nostalgic. Food paintings tap into all your senses and memories! Food is art and chefs are artists!”
Dimensions: 18 x 24 x 2 Media: Watercolor on paper, framed in a natural wood frame with a white mat Artist Statement : JJ Galloway is an internationally collected artist known for whimsical paintings and sculptures of people, animals and food or any combination of the three! Carefully executed in a traditional style using oils, watercolors or mixed media; JJ’s art can be found in both public and private collections world-wide. “My paintings make people feel happy and often nostalgic.” JJ regularly participates in shows in major cities including NY, London, Miami, Chicago and LA. She has a queue for her culinary animal commissions. JJ resides in the Annapolis, Maryland area of the United States.
Artist Statement: JJ Galloway is an internationally collected artist known for whimsical paintings and sculptures of people, animals and food or any combination of the three! Carefully executed in a traditional style using oils, watercolors or mixed media; JJ’s art can be found in both public and private collections world-wide. “My paintings make people feel happy and often nostalgic. Food paintings tap into all your senses and memories! Food is art and chefs are artists!”
Dimensions: 24 x 18 x 1 Media: watercolor on archival paper Artist Statement : JJ Galloway is an internationally collected artist known for whimsical paintings and sculptures of people, animals and food or any combination of the three! Carefully executed in a traditional style using oils, watercolors or mixed media; JJ’s art can be found in both public and private collections world-wide. “My paintings make people feel happy and often nostalgic.” JJ regularly participates in shows in major cities including NY, London, Miami, Chicago and LA. She has a queue for her culinary animal commissions. JJ resides in the Annapolis, Maryland area of the United States.
Artist Statement: Judy Guenther enjoys photographing a wide variety of subjects during her world travels. Capturing the beauty and art in nature and the people of the world is a special joy for her. She also loves photographing details and abstracts in architecture. She has won several awards, most recently the grand prize in the Washington Post’s 2022 Travel Photography Contest and Honorable Mention in their 2023 Contest. She is a member of the Northern Virginia Photographic Society, The Art League Gallery of Alexandria, the Maryland Federation of Art in Annapolis, and the F11 Women’s Photography Collective. Her web site is www.judyguentherphotography.com and her Instagram account is @guenther.judy
Dimensions: 20 x 16 Media: Digital Photography Artist Statement : This small soft-boiled egg stand was outside my quaint Onsen in Japan. People come to these towns to enjoy the natural hot springs that abound and fill their shared baths. The eggs were steamed in some of those hot springs.
Artist Statement: Judy Guenther enjoys photographing a wide variety of subjects during her world travels. Capturing the beauty and art in nature and the people of the world is a special joy for her. She also loves photographing details and abstracts in architecture. She has won several awards, most recently the grand prize in the Washington Post’s 2022 Travel Photography Contest and Honorable Mention in their 2023 Contest. She is a member of the Northern Virginia Photographic Society, The Art League Gallery of Alexandria, the Maryland Federation of Art in Annapolis, and the F11 Women’s Photography Collective. Her web site is www.judyguentherphotography.com and her Instagram account is @guenther.judy
Dimensions: 16 x 20 Media: Digital Photography Artist Statement : Luscious fruit being served at a stand in a local cherry blossom festival in Kyoto
Dimensions: 16 x 12 Media: Digital Art Artist Statement : Inspired by the gnarly vines of a tomato cluster I photographed and used them as the focal point of this piece and embellished them with the red, circular graphic representation of the tomatoes themselves and surrounding structural forms.
Juror's Choice Artist Statement: I strive to create pleasing, fictional, and sometimes surprising objects from wood, along with having fun in the process. Acquiring knowledge about the different kinds of wood and the skills needed to use wood turning tools is rewarding. I search for wood that engages one’s imagination upon viewing the turned results. The intriguing shapes of multi-axis items are especially gratifying to make and invite speculation on how they were crafted.
Dimensions: 8.5 x 4.5 x 4.5 Media: multi axis wood object, Spalted Holly with walnut oil finish
Artist Statement: I strive to create pleasing, fictional, and sometimes surprising objects from wood, along with having fun in the process. Acquiring knowledge about the different kinds of wood and the skills needed to use wood turning tools is rewarding. I search for wood that engages one’s imagination upon viewing the turned results. The intriguing shapes of multi-axis items are especially gratifying to make and invite speculation on how they were crafted.
Dimensions: 2.5 x 7.5 x 7.5 Media: Wood: White Oak Burl with walnut oil finish
Artist Statement: My Art deals with the darker side of existence. i explore themes that are personal to me and my life experiences. i also use Art to deal with my bipolar 1 issues and past addiction issues.
Dimensions: 46 x 16 x 4 Media: Reclaimed tombstone crate, tin cans, and can labels Artist Statement : This piece about the kinds of food seniors often end up eating due their food budget rather than buying fresh food and vegetables.
Artist Statement: My Art deals with the darker side of existence. i explore themes that are personal to me and my life experiences. i also use Art to deal with my bipolar 1 issues and past addiction issues.
Dimensions: 72 x 12 x 12 Media: Metal stand, old rusty frying pan, and cooking utensils Artist Statement : This is about the enjoyment of eating fried food.
Dimensions: 9.25 x 11 x 0.75 Media: Cut Paper Collage Artist Statement : Being a kid is sometimes tough, especially if you are different in some way. Children need to learn that it's our differences that make us unique and special. Bip McBumpernickle is a modern fable highlighting our longing to belong and how kindness and the love of food can bring us together.
Dimensions: 16 x 20 x 3 Media: Cut Paper Collage Artist Statement : Since childhood I have been fascinated by folklore, mythology and stories of the supernatural. The similarities shared by various cultures around the globe in regard to creation myths and oral tradition serve as reminders that we are one human family. This concept has never been more paramount. As an illustrator, many of my pieces are personal interpretations of these themes. K'uk'ulkan Brings Chocolate to the Maya, represents how important nature and specifically food sources are to the development of our global society.
Dimensions: 12 x 12 x 11 Media: wine bottles, digital collage Artist Statement : Au Revoir Chardonnay is a piece I made for my sister who stopped drinking with the help of A.A.
Dimensions: 13 x 19 x 2 Media: digital collage with small digital collage folded and glued on surface Artist Statement : With the old animal cracker box on the right the animals are in cages. In 2018 the box was redesigned and the animals were removed from the boxcars and run free.
