Collections: Phantasmagoria

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"Phantasmagoria" - originally a form of niche-horror theatre, it has, over the centuries become more commonly associated with the unlimited scopes of imagination - be it whimsical, mischievous, or even bizarre.

As the days shorten and the nights get longer, our minds are sure to give way to more fantastical musings. Will you be surrounding yourself with the warm elements of fall? Celebrating the more spiritual and spectral customs in life? Or perhaps, anticipating the colder months ahead?

Wherever your tastes may lie, our artists are sure to provide you with an abundance of phantasmagorical artworks, pulled straight from the imaginary realm. So why not bring the stuff of dreams into your reality?

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paper 1607.52
Thérèse Murdza

Mixed media on paper
Art dimensions: 30" x 22"
$700

Verity II
Suzy McGrane-Hop

Mixed media on paper
Art dimensions: 11" x 8"
$475 Framed

Equinox
Kristina Fjellman

Steel wire, fabric, paper
Art dimensions: 34" x 14"
$950

#79 Black with Green Iridescent
Steve Sinner & Joe Meirhaeghe

Hickory, acrylic
Art dimensions: 14.5" x 5.5"
$575

Shadow Dancing
Lynn Ocken

Fused glass
Art dimensions: 13" x 12" x 4"
$225

Goodnight Kiss
James Ochs

Mixed media on paper
Art dimensions: 19.5" x 25.5"
$850

Ring 8
GrandMarie Jewelry

Tourmaline quartz, skeleton etching
$375

Wretched Couch
Lauren Tucci

Earthenware, paint, found material
Art dimensions: 24" x 24" x 6"
$3,000

Out of the Darkness, Into the Light
Karen Kurka Jensen

Ink, watercolor on xuan paper
Art dimensions: 18" x 12"
$870 Framed

Nebula Gold Fiber Necklace
Lara Knutson

Glass fiber
$125

Brooch
Oo Talking II
Satomi Kawai

Silk worm cocoons, sterling silver, silicone, coral beads, silk thread, tie tac pins
$380

Love in a Pool of Wonder
Mary Koenen-Clausen

Mixed media on paper
Art dimensions: 40" x 26"
$1,800

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Randy Richmond works as a photographic artist. After spending 20 years in the dark(room) he carefully and suspiciously stepped into the light of a glowing computer monitor. His last years of strictly film based photography were spent lugging around a large Kodak 8X10 view camera. This made the transition from silver-halide to pixels a difficult one, but it also instilled in him a dedication to detail and a strong appreciation for the aesthetics of past photographic processes.

Man Seeking Solitude

Digital pigment print on mat board
Art dimensions: 4.25" x 6.5"
$350 Framed

Man Seeking Solitude (back)

The Story of "Man Seeking Solitude"

with permission...
from Randy Richmond

The man seated is metaphorically an artist named Jim Konrad. Jim was an amazing artist that spent way too much time in Vietnam as a medic on a ship. He was an art professor at Augustana college in Rock Island, Illinois. He lived with an encyclopedic knowledge of art, art materials, artists, and art history in his head. 
 
Jim spent almost all of his time in his studio that was filled with stacks of art, and books. Along with stacks of things that started from the floor, he also had fish, that visitors to his studio had made, hanging from the ceiling. My theory is that the fish represented an escape from the chaos and tragedy he experienced above water.
 
Along with the fish are several items that existed in his studio that I have included in this fictional cabinet card.
 
There is an unfinished painting of a friend that had killed himself. He was also a Vietnam vet. 
 
The gnomes existed in plaster and were also drawn on walls in the studio. 
 
Also important to Jim Konrad was a color wheel of his own design that he referenced constantly.
 
The plaster cherub from his studio is a sad indicator that Jim Konrad is no longer with us. He passed away not long after retiring from teaching.

The fictional cabinet cards I create combine both aspects of the earlier cards: landscape and portraiture. I use my own quirky, digitally informed photographic imagery to illustrate my observations of the irony and humor present in human behavior. The fictitious photographer, G. Randal Logsdon, is based on my family history, which includes a Grandmother who was a portrait photographer. The imagery and logo are printed on smooth fine-art paper using pigment based inks. After mounting, the cards are aged using various techniques before a mixture of varnish and bees wax is applied. The work is signed on the back to keep the false history intact when viewing the card.

The Set Table: Study #6

Archival pigment print on kozo paper
Art dimensions: 17" x 22"
$200

The Set Table: Study #7

Archival pigment print on kozo paper
Art dimensions: 17" x 22"
$200

Randy now pursues several photographic projects while subverting the photographic paradigm, by converting silver based materials to digital, as well as using imagery that began as pixels and transporting that imagery back in history to handmade fictional cabinet cards and Van Dyke Brown and Cyanotype prints. Most recently Randy has rediscovered the challenge of the traditional single image captured in both landscape and still-life. This body of work is printed on handmade Japanese Washi papers. He utilizes this cross-pollination of photographic mediums like ingredients in a photographic cookbook to communicate concepts and observations.

I believe that a print is crucial in the artistic process of photography. It is the final word of intent on the part of the artist. ...My choice of medium for the final print is based on content of the image, as well as concept of a specific project/body of work.

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