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The Special Edition Pulse of L.A. Exhibition launches our new online venue. The artworks dually speak to the unique experience of being a visual artist in Los Angeles amid a global crisis. The myriad forms, materials, and ideas result in a compelling exhibition. Do enjoy! Many thanks to Melissa Reischman for designing this beautiful online exhibition.
- Karen Schifman
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shelley hefflerQuarantine Blanket
2020 Vinyl 60in x 42in The material of this work are vinyl banners that once were displayed around the city. I am deeply aware of the destruction of our throwaway society that is leading to our collective destruction. Modern times has resulted in treating the earth as a disposable resource. Through the action of painting and deconstructing, I attempt to restructure and form material to reclaim and restore a healing presence through the work.
Vivian Wenhuey ChenIn Time of Quarantine - We Shop, We Pray, We Meditate
2020 pencil, charcoal and ink on collage paper 17in x 42in This set of automatic drawings were executed during the time of quarantine. Food shopping, pray and meditation and of course work on art were the major activities.
linda roletti"DAY, NIGHT AND HOPE"
2020 Fiber Felt 20in x 24in Linda Roletti is a Felting Artist, who’s work has been shown in Santa Barbara, Morro Bay, Burbank, Cambria, and Pasadena. She has won Honorable Mention awards in the Floral Still Life Division. Linda’s artwork was also featured in the online Magazine “Voyage LA”. Also two online Galleries FusionArt and LightSpaceTime. Linda also demonstrate the techniques of felting. But Linda started out as an Architect student and was a draftsperson both Engineering and Architectural for years. Her love of nature & fiber brought to art.
Bonnie J. SmithWhat To Say
2010 kona cottons, linen, cotton & polyester threads, fabric ink, polyester batting. 30in x 40in Having just visited a State Museum on a visit to my home town in the Midwest I was stunned when I saw this huge display on the KKK and how they recruited families. I drug anyone I could get to come with me to see this awful sight. My question to them was always the same, 'is this education or bragging rights'. The answer was always 'bragging'. Any trip in the years back to my old town never has let me down on how racist the area can be. In this time of Covid 19 I was already at my wits end now this. What do we say? Enough!
Ann StorcCoronabegone
2020 Yarn on canvas 20in x 16in My fabric piece is in response to The pandemic. It shows healthy lungs kicking out the virus
Stacey ZimmermanDax and Barbara and the Roadrunner
2020 Postcard, book pages, paper, glue and scissors 12in x 12in I've collected vintage postcards for some time now. One day on Instagram, I saw a fellow artist who collaged upon the postcard itself, which I just found brilliant and was totally inspired to finally use my postcards for something other than gathering dust. As of this entry, I've made approx. 20 collages on my dear old postcards, some on the front, some on the back. This is one of my favorites.
kerrie smithEquipoise Sunburst
2020 Acrylic/Canvas 36in x 36in x 2in Equipoise Sunburst -I make reference to a world that is constantly changing via incredible leaps of technology and unbelievable strains upon the environment. This has caused me to ask, “How we can arrive at a place where balance has been found between technology and nature?“. At what point do we begin to realize that we are not moving through a passive landscape? In this series, I imagine portraits of organisms capable of lasting thousand of years, shining a light on our planet’s resilience in the face of human intervention.
Sandra Mueller Unveiling
2020 16in x 14in Archival Digital Print So much unveiled - may new growth happen.
dwora fried Coronart #1
2020 16in x 15in x 6in Mixed media assemblage in a wooden box This time of Quarantine in LA feels very familiar to me. Not only because my studio is in the back of my home and I am used to work in isolation, but also because of the sense of danger lurking outside permeated my childhood. Growing up with a holocaust survivor familiarized me with the sense of dread, isolation and hopelessness.
Nurit Avesar Farewell
2020 12in x 12in mixed media on wood panel During the Corona Virus crisis, I have been creating a series of small paintings because our world has become small and confined. Those pieces are mostly about anxiety. This painting, Farewell is about saying good bye to a passing friend (unrelated to the Covid 19 Virus). It is about passing and about rebirth.
Andree Carter Ciutadella (from Menorca Series)
2019 30in x 48in Gesso, Flashe, hand-crafted needlepoint, paper collage, modeling paste, and resin on canvas Every individual painting I create is connected to feelings associated with experience, memory, and desire. Through the process of their creation, forms and shapes are revealed, and if successful, form a unified whole. The coupling of grids, both painted and applied, is derived from the personal, and an acknowledgment of the historical antecedents of women who expressed their creativity through craft needlepoint and quilts.
Brenda Hurst100% Pure
2020 33in x 26in x 5in Rusted Tin Cans, Acrylic, Wood Panel During this time of staying at home and trying to deal with the uncertainties created by the COVID situation, many of my friends have been working on jigsaw puzzles. Maybe for the same reasons, I discovered how relaxing it was to work on this piece. A diversion from what was going on in the real world. A way to feel that we still have some control in our lives. “100% Pure,” part of my Arrested Decay series, kept me centered while I concentrated on how to fit its intriguing pieces together so its story could emerge.
Cathy Engel-MarderLady Blue
2020 18in x 7in x 4in Mixed media (polymer clay, abalone shell, glass and shell beads, mounted on industrial spool). How do I write a statement when I have no words? Not only is the coronavirus still lurking, but it has forced us to see clearly the racism and violence still so evident in our society. This little sculpture speaks for me. She is tired. She is blue. My hope is that her inner resources will allow her to survive.
Carole GoldmanZoom In The Time Of Socialization
2020 24in x 24in Portraits(drawn from Zoom) on paper in ink with finish coat The title is. ' Zoom In The Time Of Socialization .It's the best we can do but ........never replacing the sensory experience of engaging with another in person.No touches of an arm to make a point ...along with a hug for goodbyes.One needs to type the right numbers and there we are...sadly
Pam DouglasMama Holds Up the World
2020 48in x 36in x 48in charcoal on linen on burlap with twine and wood For us sheltering at home and those who have little shelter the symbolism of surviving in isolated tents speaks to our time. My multi-year installation “Sanctuary” began as a response to refugees and has grown to a metaphor that we are all refugees now. All 3 Parts of “Sanctuary” use simple materials – charcoal drawings that transform from 2 to 3 dimensions, burlap, rope, clay, wood. “Mama Holds Up the World” is from Part Three, “Shelters,” and praises the women who keep us alive in the Time of Quarantine and all times.
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Barbara TabachnickArt Over News
2020 Mixed media encaustic 8in x 10in "News" means chaos in the time of quarantine.
This represents an attempt the hide the news behind art. 
Dellis FrankRona S(h)eroes
2020 Mixed media: fiber, wood, papier machet, acrylic wire, plaster, cloth 16.5in x 12in x 5in This piece is honoring the sheroes and heroes front line folk during the 2020 pandemic of the Covid-19 virus.
Suzanne PrattVenja
paper + map pins 42in diameter My art is primarily a harnessing of light but is also a celebration of routine. Routine, in the time of the Coronavirus, has taken on an entirely new level of significance since we’ve all had to shelter in place for months. What was previously often undervalued, overlooked and thought of as dull is now something we long for as very grounding and stabilizing. These pieces also represent the 4th dimension: time, thereby signifying the results when you develop and persevere at a routine for an extended period of time.
Yvonne Jongeling"Celestial Viral Orb"
2020 Acrylic polymer mediums, paint and nail polish on unprimed canvas. 6 ft x 4 ft What started out as an outdoor artwork of a rainbow for neighborhood walkers, unconsciously turned into a pink celestial viral orb.
Lynda A LevyCovid-19
2020 mixed media on paper; collage and paint 20in x 29in We've come a long way since January 2020 to learn of a virus sweeping the world until mid March told to quarantine ourselves, indoors, wash hands, don't touch our faces, our eyes our noses because an airborne virus was running rampant. As the numbers of cases and deaths have occurred I was moved to create some pieces that will have a lasting memory honoring the front line responders. Move the needle forward to the George Floyd incident, undeniable police brutality and concurrently the homeless conditions, let's pause!
Sinan Leong RevellAfghan
2020 Collage on Bond paper 17 in X 12 in While in quarantine, I turned to collaging pages from home design catalogues. Decor, fashion, travel - all seemed irrelevant .I was left with imagined faces and a catalogue of women made from discarded samples of hardware or fashions for people with nowhere to go, no one to see .A woman weeping for the state of the nation .COVID lockdown was bad enough then global George Floyd/Black Lives Matter protests galvanized the nation.A defining historic moment for people of color around the world.These works assumed a life of their own
Aline MareShedding Skins
2020 Painted on paper 16in x 20in 'Snakeskin on the Brain' is an interpretation of these difficult times in quarantine when in a state of hibernation we are also in a private process of shedding skins.
Darlyn Susan Yee Body Cocoon No. 31
2020 18in h x 14.5 in w x 14.5in d Knitted Polyester and Metal 2020 Manipulating elements of color, texture and line to mimic and exaggerate the human form, I create knitted sculptures that seem to grow, morph and dance before your eyes. Some reach out from the walls, while those suspended from the ceilings sway gently with changes in air currents. The open and transparent nature of the sculptures cast beautiful shadow play. The softer lines and more playful and tactile intent behind my works set them apart from other abstract sculptural works.
Marleene RubensteinRevolve
2015 - present 15in diameter twisted newspaper obituaries This has been a time of retreat for most of us - shut in at home, ordering on line for needed items, and physically distanced from friends and family. However, this pales in relation to those who have lost loved ones to this surreal plague. 'Revolve' is made of twisted newspaper obituaries, slowly created over a period of several years. Old, young, rich, poor, famous or humble; the names and life stories all have death - and loss, in common. It seemed a fitting piece to commemorate those we lost to Covid-19.
Paula Dwyer Aquamarine Dream... (She talks to Angels)
2020 20in x 24in x 6in Mixed found materials While at home checking our phones and opening our screens (during these days when the actual 'concept of time' seems almost irrelevant, yet every minute we are desperate for a global solution), frequently seeing repeated numbers on the clock may convey the potential of a greater significance. - After seeing daily repeated numbers of time throughout the pandemic I began to wonder why... Was it a sign? The clock is ticking...
J. J. L'Heureux Canal Fence
2019 24in x 30in Photograph Venice Beach is a neighborhood in West Los Angeles that is rich in images jammed together wherever one looks. While on a walk to the post office, grocery store or Venice Canals I walk through a variety of environments. It is a place where a park can be jammed with skateboards a few strides from the “walk streets” named for the one sidewalk that tunnels between houses silent, cool and dank. Despite my daily preoccupations, worries and fears there is always a sight that makes me forget everything and smile.
Marta FeinsteinThistle
2020 14in x 9.5in Photograph Photographed from inside, looking out, illuminated by natural light during quarantine. The water drops mirror the contrast of harshness and fragility. The fluidity of water reflects our current time. Thistle is known for its medicinal effects.
Nancy Goodman LawrenceI Knew I Saved Janson History of Art (which featured no women artists) for a Reason
2020 24in x 18in Janson History of Art, found papers, acrylic I was cleaning out my book shelf and decided to finally get rid of Janson History of Art, the required art school bible that featured no women artists. But instead, I cut it up for a mixed media work. I was working on this just prior to the COVID scare, and the mask-like evolution happened to coincide with the pandemic. Title: I Knew I Saved Janson History of Art (which featured no women artists) for a Reason.
Seda SaarPlanet Or Plastic?
2020 24in x 18in New Media To mark the World Ocean Day the poster brings into light information and National Geographics campaign ' Planet or Plastic'. I created the poster using Adobe digital software.
Debra DobkinScarecrow
2020 20in X 16in Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel Starting in the first week of February, I came down with the worst 'Respiratory Virus' that I've ever had. The Pandemic in the US was just a whisper in the evening news and supposedly not happening here at the time. There was no info and no testing available. After a month of Doctor visits, X-rays, & meds, the dark cloud finally lifted. I was so very lucky. This painting is the first thing that I was able to do. I didn't know what this piece was about at the time but now, it's clear.
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