Art Work

Suzie Buchholz is a Bay Area-based abstract painter with a playful yet rebellious approach to the tradition of Abstract Expressionism. Her process is highly physical, driven by an instinct for harmony of color and form. Inspired by the tangled and fragile moments of daily life, her work combines a gritty, street-wise sensibility with an uncanny, painterly tenderness.

Buchholz holds a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and Certificat from the Atelier du Soleil, Aix en Provence, France. She is the recipient of several residencies, including Djerassi Artists Program, the Bay Area Discovery Museum, and Sant’Anna in Camprena, Pienza, Italy. Her work has been exhibited throughout the US and Europe, including Galerie Ruban Vert in Aix-en-Provence, France, Colorida Gallery in Lisbon, Portugal, Galerie Mani in Berlin, Germany and Galleria di Biblioteca in Pienza, Italy. A multimedia installation “Pills for Parents” was exhibited at Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, and was part of the Zero1 Biennial. Her work is the collections of Presidio of San Francisco, Bay Area Discovery Museum, Djerassi and numerous corporate and private collections.

These layered, textural paintings and collages are created out of an intuitive process. Christine Kelly often chooses a palette first and then begins with a single stroke. She creates and destroys as she goes, leaving behind remnants of each layer as she builds the paintings.

Her intent is for viewers to discover what is there, but to continue to see new things the longer they look at her paintings. Kelly believes her work is about emotion and that the viewer is free to feel and to see what they want, even if she didn’t intend it.

About the artist: Christine Kelly is a San Francisco Bay Area painter. She grew up in an artistic environment, living in San Francisco with her grandfather, who was a painter and illustrator. After studying interior design she established her own business, Kelly-Kirby Designs, in San Francisco. Her design experience, including her love of pattern, fabric, and texture, can be seen in her work, where collage has become an increasingly important element.

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Paula Valenzuela’s mixed media abstract paintings explore the interconnection of conscious and unconscious aspects in our lives--the complexity of personality, that which we show to others and that we keep to ourselves, and the interplay of darkness and light within us. 

Her inspiration comes from the textures and colors found in nature, especially the desert, the skies and the collective symbols used by ancient cultures. Valenzuela's process is almost archeological. Using a combination of paint, collage, and mixed media, she builds many layers and then excavates into them, bringing the hidden history to the surface. Textures, color, and organic forms are woven into a complex visual dialogue that hints at the underlying feelings and complexity of our lives.

About the Artist:
Originally from Chile, Paula Valenzuela is a mixed media artist located in the Bay Area. She was interested in art from an early age and 15 had begun studying with many Chilean artists. But her academic studies eventually led her to pursue a professional career in Clinical Psychology and Public Health, while keeping her art as a more private passion. When Valenzuela moved to the US in 2013 she reclaimed her art practice and now, art is her own therapy, self-discovery, and way to connect with the local community.

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Mustafa Alami is a Sausalito based illustrator and designer who finds inspiration in literature and our local beauty. He is almost always sketching small images which over time evolve into paintings, prints, cards, or even a story or an app. 

He typically paints with acrylic paint on canvas or wood. His art prints are printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Metallic paper with archival inks. He has chosen a natural white cotton paper for its special silvery-shimmering surface finish.

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(Also available are cards printed from the original artwork.)

Pamela Kogen’s abstract paintings and drawings are an abstract response to her environment. Spending several months a year living on a sailboat, immersed in a continually shifting tidal landscape, deeply inspires and influences her work. Her time “afloat” reminds her over and over again of the constancy of change, and the endless circuitous endeavor of capturing fleeting moments and emotions. Her intention is to lift you up and open a door into another way of seeing.

“As an artist, playing with an arsenal of color-my brush and crayons magic wands, creating is the ultimate freedom.”

Pamela Kogen is one of the featured artists in the recently published book ‘Artists of the Bay Area- Volume Il’ curated and published by Jen Tough Gallery. Pamela received her BFA from Parsons School of Design (NYC), lives in San Francisco and works out of a studio in the historic ICB building in Sausalito. 

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These abstracts art prints explore the relationship with the environment by incorporating natural elements as themes. All printed on cold press watercolor paper of 140 lb/300g. Each measure 9”x12”.

About the artist: Fernanda Martínez is a Mexican artist based in Oakland. Her work is best recognized for its highly expressive spirit and botanical inspiration.