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Lush – Jana Brike | Ray Caesar | Redd Walitzki | Rodrigo Luff
Lush is an exhibition of sensual paintings by Jana Brike, Redd Walitzki, Rodrigo Luff and Ray Caesar. Brike’s strangely seductive paintings explore our internal lives, with themes of longing, love and pain. Caesar’s neo-Victorian imagery, uncovers the deep desires and secrets we hide from ourselves. Walitzki’s ethereal portraits address unrealistic beauty expectations for women as well as the darker aspects of human impact on the environment. And in Luff’s pieces, goddess-like figures and animals are imbued with a sense of the otherworldly through his use of...
Lush is an exhibition of sensual paintings by Jana Brike, Redd Walitzki, Rodrigo Luff and Ray Caesar. Brike’s strangely seductive paintings explore our internal lives, with themes of longing, love and pain. Caesar’s neo-Victorian imagery, uncovers the deep desires and secrets we hide from ourselves. Walitzki’s ethereal portraits address unrealistic beauty expectations for women as well as the darker aspects of human impact on the environment. And in Luff’s pieces, goddess-like figures and animals are imbued with a sense of the otherworldly through his use of light.
Opening reception: Saturday, Nov 18th, 6pm – 9pm. Exhibition runs until Dec 3rd.
Interviews: Jana Brike, Redd Walitzki and Rodrigo Luff.
Redd Walitzki (United States) finds inspiration in the lush surroundings of her home in the Pacific Northwest and the ornate Baroque ornamentation of her native Bavaria. The vivid muses in her paintings are influenced by the glamour of high fashion, but Walitzki’s works also often explore the darker side of human impact on ecology. Her earliest memories are of painting at the kitchen table with her grandfather, pulling flowers and foxes out of the bright splashes of pigment. This initial passion led her to pursue a career as an artist, and Walitzki completed her B.F.A. from Cornish College of the Arts with a concentration in painting. Walitzki’s work has been featured in galleries on both coasts of the U.S. and in Australia as well as in Hi-Fructose and Juxtapoz.
Rodrigo Luff (Australia) is an Australian artist who was born in El Salvador. Luff creates ethereal figurative works of women and nudes in beautiful dreamlike settings. His works are ornate and lush, replete with elaborate references to the natural world. Luff studied traditional life drawing and painting at the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney from 2006 to 2009. Since graduating, Luff has shown his work in four solo exhibitions in the U.S. and in several group exhibitions. He explores a feeling of the otherworldly by capturing his subjects in trance-like states, dwelling in mysterious atmospheres. Using chiaroscuro effects and traditional figurative techniques, Luff creates a visual world that is painterly and surreal.
Jana Brike (Latvia) was born in Latvia when it was still under Soviet occupation. She began rigorous training in art as a child, spending at least 5 hours per day painting and drawing in an arts elementary school, at some cost to the freedom she might otherwise have enjoyed as a child. By her teens, she was showing her work in international exhibitions; she went on to earn a master’s degree in art from the Art Academy of Latvia. Brike’s work tells pieces of her own story but with themes that resonate universally: love, self-discovery, growth, exploration and longing. The imagery she employs reflects influences of folklore, mythology and Brike’s love of nature as well as her contemplations regarding the “feminine soul space.” Brike has had over a dozen solo shows and has participated in more than 100 group shows.
Ray Caesar (Canada) is known in the fine art world as the grandfather of digital art. Caesar’s works are partly inspired by Vermeer and Jan van Eyck, as well as 18th-century painter Gainsborough and French rococo artists Watteau and Boucher. He is also heavily inspired by Japanese culture. Caesar’s works are visual diaries of his life memories and events. He has paved new roads to the acceptance and transparency of works created completely digitally. His work has been exhibited extensively in solo shows in Europe, the U.S., Canada and Asia and has appeared in numerous prominent publications, including Huffington Post, The Globe & Mail, Vogue Italy, Vogue Japan, Hi-Fructose and Juxtapoz. Caesar’s works are collected by numerous venerated institutions, including the Bristol Museum, as well as prominent collectors such as Riccardo Tisci of Givenchy, the Hearst family and others.
Original Art
- JB Burke - 'Caro et Flos I (Flesh and Flower)' - coloured pencil on Arches watercolour paper, mounted on birch panel
- Erika Sanada - 'Bond' - ceramic and cold finish
- Isobelle Ouzman - 'Curiosities of the Soul' - ink and coloured pencil on book
- Michael Campbell - 'Our Mother of Mystery' - urethane resin, epoxy clay and acrylic paint
- Zoe Thomas - 'Amélie Amélie, The Mystic Twin' - paper clay, epoxy clay, wire, cardboard, wood, fabric, acrylic and oil paint
- Shannon Taylor - 'The Lilac Tree' - watercolour collage in antique bubble glass frame
- Jennifer Allnutt - "Oubliette" - oils on custom wood panel arch
- Jennifer Allnutt - "Omertà" - oil on wood panel
- Jennifer Allnutt - 'La Belle' - oil on aluminium composite panel
- Jennifer Allnutt - "Every Silence" - oil on aluminium composite material
- Calvin Ma - 'Growth' - ceramic, resin & acrylic paint
- Calvin Ma - 'Sunny Days' - ceramic, resin & acrylic paint
- Calvin Ma - 'Wired' - ceramic, resin & acrylic paint
- Catriona Secker - "A Figure In The Forest" - graphite on 300gsm cotton paper
- Catriona Secker - "Forest Dwellers" - acrylic on cradled birch panel
- Kim Slate - 'Collectors' - clay, wire, gouache, acrylic, glass, epoxy & wood
- Kim Slate - 'Just Between Us' - clay, gouache, acrylic, wire, epoxy and walnut board
- Kim Slate - 'Bit of Luck' - clay, gouache, acrylic, wire, epoxy and walnut board
- Kim Slate - 'Peace Offering' - clay, gouache, acrylic, wire, epoxy and walnut board
- Kim Slate - 'Safe and Sound' - clay, gouache, acrylic, wire, epoxy and walnut board
- Stella Im Hultberg - 'Fragrant Burdens' - jagae (Korean abalone shell and mother-of-pearl) and acrylic on wood
- Stella Im Hultberg - 'Sanguine' - acrylic on wood
- Stella Im Hultberg - 'Epistrophe' - acrylic on canvas
- Stella Im Hultberg - 'Somewhere in Time' - acrylic on wood
- Stella Im Hultberg - 'Tearache' - jagae (Korean abalone shell and mother-of-pearl) acrylic and graphite on clay
- Stella Im Hultberg - "Unremembered Stories" - jagae (mother of pearl) & acrylic on clay and wood
- Th•rn - 'Dishonest Harmony' - porcelain and glaze with 24ct gold and white gold lustre
- Th•rn - 'Flower Mother' - porcelain and glaze with 24ct gold and white gold lustre
- Rovina Cai - 'Stars' - acrylic & coloured pencil on board
- Vincent Ultramarine - 'Who Left The Window Open' - gouache on watercolour paper
- Ashlea Bechaz - 'King Froggo Holding Court' - acryla gouache on wood panel
- Ashlea Bechaz - 'The Seer' - gouache on paper
- Haejin Yoo - 'Woman in the Bath XVI' - oil on linen, handmade pinewood frame
- Ruby Li - 'Tell Me Your Secrets, They’re Safe With Me' - oil on board
- Stefano Ronchi "Ronch" - 'The Golden Goose' - acrylic on canvas
- Miho Hirano - 'Liberation' - oil on canvas
- Miho Hirano - 'Spring Waltz' - oil on canvas
- Miho Hirano - 'Nostalgia' - oil on canvas
- Miho Hirano - 'With You #2' - oil on canvas
- Pickled Circus - 'Spaghetti Yeti' - epoxy clay & resin
- Pickled Circus - 'Bugs Zombunny' - epoxy clay, ceramic & resin
- Stéphanie Kilgast - "Moving Pictures (Chameleon)" - mixed media sculpture on thrifted videotape
- Stéphanie Kilgast - 'Squid’s Story' - mixed media sculpture on empty paint tube
- Stéphanie Kilgast - "Snapshot" - mixed media sculpture on thrifted camera
- Stéphanie Kilgast - 'Sylvestre' - mixed media on tin can
- Stéphanie Kilgast - "Pandora" - mixed media sculpture on thrifted jewellery dish
- Stéphanie Kilgast - "Unicorn" - mixed media sculpture on thrifted Polly Pocket toy
- Stephanie Kilgast - "Rainbow Buddha (Toddlerpillar Customisation)" - mixed Media and vinyl Toddlerpillar
- Sr. Papá Chango - 'From Fruit To Life' - acrylic on canvas
- Sr. Papá Chango - 'Fresh Eucalyptus' - acrylic on canvas
- Jon Ching - 'Refresh' - oil on wood
- Jon Ching - 'Midas' - oil on wood
- Hannakin - 'Subterranean Isopod' - wool felt, thread, glass beads, Sculpey, wire and mixed media on raw pine wood base
- Hannakin - 'The Collector' - wool felt, thread, glass beads, vintage lace trim, Sculpey, wire and mixed media on raw pine wood base
- Hannakin - 'Hermit Gastropod' - wool felt, thread, embroidery floss, Sculpey, wire and mixed media on raw pine wood base
- Hannakin - 'Radish Dicapitae' - wool felt, thread, magnet, glass beads and mixed media on raw pine wood base
- Hannakin - 'Amphibious Clover' - wool felt, thread, wire, Sculpey and mixed media on raw pine wood base
- Jana Brike - "The Wayward Traveler" - oil on canvas
- Jana Brike - 'Lady and Her Green Boy Lover' - oil on linen
- Jana Brike - 'A Lady and a Dream' - oil on linen
- Jana Brike - 'Quiescence' - oil on linen
- Jana Brike - 'Bluebeard’s Bride and Her Moon of Honey' - oil on linen
- Jana Brike - 'Siren Song in a Storm' - oil on linen
- Jana Brike - "The Wild Madonna and Her Daughter" - oil on linen
- Jana Brike - 'Honeydew' - oil on linen
- Jana Brike - 'Triad' - oil on linen
- Jana Brike - 'A Maiden Hiding From Angels' - oil on linen
- Jana Brike - 'Last Days of Summer' - oil on linen
- Emilio Garcia - 'Jumping Brain - Black, Beinart Gallery edition' - resin sculpture, edition of 2
- Emilio Garcia - 'Brain Heart - Black /Gold' - resin, edition 1/1
- Jessica Dalva - "Biblically Accurate Cherubim" - mixed media, epoxy clay, gold leaf, acrylic paint, vintage wooden base and vinyl Toddlerpillar
- Jason Limon - "Cosmic Coffin" - acrylic on panel
- Jason Limon - "Outlines" - acrylic on panel
- Jason Limon - "Stargaze" - acrylic on panel
- Jason Limon - "Infinite Glow" - acrylic on panel
- Marco Pennacchia - 'Where I Fade' - oil on canvas
- Adrianna Karwacka - 'The Hermit' - textile sculpture with wire, gouache and antique pot
- Adrianna Karwacka - 'The Family' - textile sculpture with wire, gouache and antique pot
- Ben Ryan - 'A Gut Feeling: After Goya's Saturn Devouring His Son' - oil on panel
- Georgie Seccull - 'Between Worlds' - treated stainless steel sculpture
- David Hourigan - 'Poon's Restaurant' - foam, metal, wood, plastic & plaster
- Katie Barron - 'Cherry Tree' - oil on panel
- Samara Owens - 'Mygistic Light' - felted wool and fibre, armature wire, glass beads, copper metal clay, resin, cotton thread & timber
- Meagan "Magpie" Rodgers - "Agape" - acrylic on wood
- Meagan "Magpie" Rodgers - 'Ambivalence' - graphite on paper
- Meagan "Magpie" Rodgers - "Succumb" - acrylic on board
- Meagan "Magpie" Rodgers - "Louder Than Words" - acrylic on clay
- Katie Barron - 'Sugar Mama' - oil on panel
- Alex Garant - "Gold Study 1" - oil on cradled canvas panel
- Alex Garant - "Is This a Dream Or a Mirage?" - oil on canvas
- Alex Garant - "Is this a Mirage Or a Dream?" - oil on canvas
- Kristen Egan - "Inia" - gourd, wood, paper clay, acrylics, metal leaf, brass and seashells
- Kristen Egan - "Boto" - gourd, wood, paper clay, acrylics, metal leaf, brass and seashells
- Kristen Egan - "Delphinus" - gourd, wood, paper clay, acrylics, metal leaf, brass and seashells
- Calamity Cole - 'Feeding the Cave Cat' - Charcoal, oil and iridescent decoupage on watercolor paper mounted to wooden plaque
- Nom Kinnear King - 'Vedette' - oil on panel
- Nom Kinnear King - "Lueven" - oil on wood
- Nom Kinnear King - 'The Fallow Wood' - oil on wood
- Nom Kinnear King - 'Onwards' - oil on wood
- Nom Kinnear King - 'Etched in Vines' - oil on wood
- Nom Kinnear King - 'Note Threads' - oil on wood
- Nom Kinnear King - 'By and By' - oil on wood
- Nom Kinnear King - 'Seeds Sewn' - oil on wood
- Nom Kinnear King - 'Harken' - oil on wood
- Nom Kinnear King - 'To the Flame' - oil on wood
- Nom Kinnear King - 'Fiametta' - oil on wood
- Nom Kinnear King - 'By the Shallows' - oil on wood
- Nom Kinnear King - 'Pottinger' - oil on wood
- Nom Kinnear King - 'The Heigel Woods' - oil on wood
- Nom Kinnear King - 'Theandia' - oil on wood
- Nom Kinnear King - 'The Light Warden' - oil on wood
- Paola Ciarska - 'Glitch (2097)' - gouache on board
- Scott Listfield - "Old Man Of The Mountain" - oil on canvas
- Scott Listfield - "Building 71" - oil on canvas
- Scott Listfield - "Building 30" - oil on canvas
- Scott Listfield - "Pink flock" - oil on canvas
- Scott Listfield - "Blue Moon" - oil on canvas
- Scott Listfield - "The City Has Eyes" - oil on canvas
- Scott Listfield - "Building 25" - oil on canvas
- Scott Listfield - "Ultraviolet Spectrum" - oil on canvas
- Scott Listfield - "Chemical Sky" - oil on canvas
- Scott Listfield - "Crystal Oracle" - oil on canvas
- Scott Listfield - "The Face With One Eye" - oil on canvas
- Brian M. Viveros - 'KO' - oil & acrylic on wood panel
- Brian M. Viveros - 'Dreamer' - oil & acrylic on wood panel
- Brian M. Viveros - 'Nine Lives' - oil & acrylic on wood panel
- Brian M. Viveros - 'Wild at Heart' - charcoal, pastel & graphite
- LIFO - 'Birth' - gouache on kraft board
- Dulk - 'Puffin' - pencil and acrylic paint on japanese paper
- Dulk - 'Otter' - pencil and acrylic paint on japanese paper
- Tina Yu - 'Wish Tree' - epoxy clay, acrylic paint & epoxy resin
- Jesús Aguado - "The Day of Bones" - acrylic on wood panel
- Jesús Aguado - "Eyelashes of Pain" - acrylic on panel
- Jesús Aguado - "Emancipated Ear" - acrylic on cradled panel
- Jesús Aguado - "Emancipated Smell" - acrylic on cradled panel
- Jesús Aguado - "Pig Supplies" - acrylic on birch panel
- Clémentine Bal - "Carte Postale" - aerosol, acrylic, pastel on a mixed media sculpture
- Clémentine Bal - "Chien Rose " - aerosol, acrylic, coloured pencil, pastel on mixed media sculpture
- Clémentine Bal - "Meilleure Vie" - aerosol, acrylic, pastel on a mixed media sculpture
- Clémentine Bal - "Gardienne" - aerosol, acrylic, pastel on a mixed media sculpture
- Clémentine Bal - "Emma" - aerosol, acrylic, pastel on a mixed media sculpture
- Kremena Chipilova - 'The Golden Bird' - oil on panel
- Kremena Chipilova - 'The Offering' - oil on panel
- Kremena Chipilova - 'Thorns And Honey' - oil on canvas mounted on ACM panel
- Kremena Chipilova - 'The Gift' - oil on panel
- Hine Mizushima - 'Anatomical Heart, Inhabited (Deep)' - felt, beads, sequins, yarn, wood, wire and glass dome
- Hine Mizushima - 'Anatomical Heart, Inhabited (Shallow)' - felt, beads, sequins, yarn, wood, wire and glass dome
- Agatha Black - 'Jinky Twins Artdoll' - mohair, resin, ceramic, wire, cotton, acrylic and oil paint
- Agatha Black - 'Chubby Bird' - mohair, resin, ceramic, wire, cotton, acrylic and oil paint
- Agatha Black - 'Pale Bat' - mohair, resin, ceramic, wire, cotton, acrylic and oil paint
- Josh Keyes - "Red Snow" - acrylic on birch panel
- Super A - "Warped" - acrylic on linen
- Josie Morway - "Dawn" - oil on canvas
- Josie Morway - "Dusk" - oil on canvas
- Dewi Plass - 'A World of Kindness' - acrylic on cradled birch panel
- Dewi Plass - 'All That Is Dear' - acrylic on cradled birch panel
- Dewi Plass - 'Habitat (Soul Nourishments)' - acrylic on cradled birch panel
- Dewi Plass - "Stuck (through the motions)" - acrylic on cradled birch panel
- Dewi Plass - "Transform (the magic we create)" - acrylic on cradled birch panel
- Adriana Artmeier - 'You're So Funny' - acrylic on wood
- Kathie Olivas & Brandt Peters - "Alive: 3 Tots in 1" - oil, acrylic, epoxy resin on UV resin, vinyl, and wood
- Jolene Lai - 'Birdcage' - oil on wood panel
- Jolene Lai - 'Rainbow's End' - oil on wood panel
- Dolaana Davaa - 'Black & White Demon Mask' - wood pulp, tempera and synthetic hair
- Samuel Farnham - 'Cloak' - graphite on archival paper
- Samuel Farnham - 'First Glance' - graphite on archival paper
- Samuel Farnham - 'Inner Child' - oil on panel
- Samuel Farnham - 'Spoiled Thoughts' - graphite on archival paper
- Daniel Danckert - 'Invitation' - ink on paper
- Daniel Danckert - 'The Procession' - pen and ink on paper
- Daniel Danckert - 'Woman of the Mire' - clay, resin and wood
- Gigi Chen - 'A Sparrow's Song' - acrylic on wood
- Gigi Chen - 'A Collective Glow' - acrylic on wood
- Gigi Chen - 'From Above' - acrylic on wood
- Gigi Chen - 'From Within' - acrylic on wood
- Gigi Chen - "Shimmer" - acrylic on wood
- Gigi Chen - "Let's Make This Work" - acrylic on wood panel
- Gigi Chen - 'At A Glance' - acrylic on wood
- Gigi Chen - 'Murmurations' - acrylic on wood
- Jeff Christensen - 'A Thousand Cuts' - oil on panel
- Jeff Christensen - "Calling Forth Darkly" - oil on panel
- Jeff Christensen - "Headspace" - oil on canvas
- Jeff Christensen - "Draugr" - oil on board
- Wiley Wallace - "End Together" - acrylic on panel
- Wiley Wallace - "Canyon Search" - acrylic on panel
- Wiley Wallace - "All Over" - acrylic on panel
- Wiley Wallace - "Bright Night" - acrylic on panel
- Wiley Wallace - "Prism Sunrise" - acrylic on panel
- Ginklet - 'James' - ceramic and underglaze
- Ginklet - 'Big Jimmy' - ceramic and underglaze
- Ginklet - 'Casper' - ceramic and underglaze
- Ginklet - "Burt and Lionel" - ceramic clay and underglaze
- Ginklet - "Arnold" - ceramic clay and underglaze
- Ginklet - "Tough Baby" - ceramic and underglaze
- Beau White - '2 Minutes to Midnight' - oil on board
- Beau White - "What's Inside A Tardigrade?" - epoxy clay, polymer clay, plastic toothpicks, oil paint & vinyl Toddlerpillar
- Beau White - 'Algal Bloom' - oil on board
- Beau White - "One Toe In The Grave" - oil on board
- Beau White - "Once Upon A Time" - oil on board
- Beau White - "Missing In Action" - oil on board
- Beau White - "Chance Meeting" - oil on board
- Beau White - "Big Toe" - oil on board
- Beau White - "10 Pack" - oil on board
- Beau White - "Not A Robot" - oil on board
- Beau White - 'Lest We Spaghett' - oil on canvas
- Beau White - 'Time Does Pass' - oil on board
- Beau White - 'Clump' - oil on canvas
- Beau White - 'Pop!' - oil on board
- Briana Hertzog - "Little Green Man" - epoxy clay, primer & acrylic paint on vinyl Toddlerpillar
- Diogo Monteiro - "The Little Hugger" - resin with acrylic paint and varnish on a wooden base
- Bayard Baudoin - "The Golden Homunculus" - fiberglass Resin, acrylic and mixed media
- Hannah Chatham - "The Biter" - porcelain teeth, dental acrylic resins
- Helice Wen - "On The Nature of Daydreaming No. 4" - oil and acrylic on wood panel
- Briana Hertzog - "Pompon Dahlia No. 2" - oil on canvas
- Briana Hertzog - "A Day of Rest" - oil on canvas
- Briana Hertzog - "Camouflage No.3" - oil on canvas
- Briana Hertzog - "Camouflage No.2" - oil on canvas
- Briana Hertzog - "Herbivore" - oil on canvas
- Briana Hertzog - "Carnivorous Plant" - oil on canvas
- Briana Hertzog - "Feral Garden No. 1" - oil on canvas
- Briana Hertzog - "Pompon Dahlia No. 1" - oil on canvas
- QimmyShimmy - "Taiyaki (tuna)" - Mixed media
- QimmyShimmy - "Strawberry Parfait" - mixed media
- QimmyShimmy - "Pumpkin" - polymer clay & mixed media
- QimmyShimmy - "Melon" - polymer clay & mixed media
- QimmyShimmy - "Apricots" - polymer clay & mixed media
- Adrian Cogiel - "Toddlerspore" - Epoxy putty, acrylic paint & vinyl Toddlerpillar
- Lix North - "Gilt" - oil on aluminium
- Marco Mazzoni - "Happy" - colored pencils on paper
- Natalia Fabia - "Indulge Me" - oil on panel
- Nicole Evans - "Equilibrium" - oil on cradled birch panel
- Nicole Evans - 'The Lost and Found' - oil on panel
- Brad Gray - 'Leda and the Slug' - oil on panel
- Brad Gray - 'Roving Lemonati' - oil on panel
- Brad Gray - '10,000 Leaves' - oil on panel
- Annita Maslov - 'Ekhidna' - oil on panel
- Annita Maslov - 'Arke' - oil on panel
- Annita Maslov - 'Fauna' - oil on panel
- Annita Maslov - 'Hu Li Jing' - oil on panel
- Justin Boehme - 'Dangerous Mother' - sterling silver and bronze
- Brian Mashburn - 'African Elephant' - oil on basswood
- Brian Mashburn - 'Asian Elephant' - oil on basswood
- Brian Mashburn - 'Tamarin' - oil on basswood
- Brian Mashburn - 'Green Budgie' - oil on basswood
- Brian Mashburn - 'Blue Budgie' - oil on basswood
- Brian Mashburn - 'Ficus with Cat' - oil on panel
- Brian Mashburn - 'Monkey Tree' - oil on canvas
- Brian Mashburn - 'Canis Lupus' - oil on panel
- Brian Mashburn - "Somniferum" - oil on panel
- Zarina Situmorang - "Choice #2" - oil on canvas