Available works from group show "Ship Shape and Other Stories" Cactus Gallery

"Ship Shape and Other Stories"
Featured artist: Walt Hall
September 12 - October 3, 2015
RECEPTION: Saturday, September 12, 2015 * 6p-9p

Our featured artist will be joined by a wonderful group of artists to explore a nautical theme. This show features an eclectic collection of media: oil and acrylic on canvas and wood, mixed media on canvas and wood, hand embroidery, paper mache, pencil, pen, and ink on paper, chalk pastel and colored pencil on paper, wood and mylar, polymer clay and paper clay art dolls and sculptures, mixed media sculpture and more. 

Please contact Sandra Mastroianni at semastroianni70@yahoo.com for pre-sale info. We ship internationally. We accept all forms of payment and the gallery is open to installment plans to help you grow your collection. 

Storm-tossed

Jaclyn Alderete

Oil on board, 9" x 12"

SOLD

Hope

Rasa Jadzeviciene

Mixed media on canvas, 12” x 12”

$200 - AVAILABLE

The Big Rain

Johnny Quintanilla

Mixed media on paper, 9” x 12”

$320 - AVAILABLE

As She Fades Into the Sea

Catherine Bursill Moore

Acrylic on cradled wood panel, 12" x 12"

SOLD

The Sea Witch

Tammy Mae Moon

Soft pastel on pastelmat, 8.5” x 11”, framed to 11x14”

SOLD

Submerged

Rosie Garcia

Mixed media on canvas, 11"x14"

$150 - AVAILABLE

Adrift

Candace McKay

Acrylic, colored pencil, and mixed media on MDF, 12” x 12"

SOLD

The Water Diviner

Laura Cosner

Colored pencil and marker on Mylar, 12” x 12”, framed to 15” x 15”

$350 - AVAILABLE

Gifts from the Sea

Mavis Leahy

Hand embroidered on linen, repurposed frame, 8” x 10"

SOLD

St. Christopher (Kilikopela)

Jerry Montoya

Acrylic on masonite, 11” x 14”

$500 - AVAILABLE

Against All Odds and Sea Enemies

Andrea Bogdan

Mixed media on wood, 12” x 12”

$265 - AVAILABLE

Life Boat

Ulla Anobile

Paper mache, acrylics, felt, embroidery floss, silk yarn, 12 1/4" x 10 3/4" 

SOLD

Cap'n Russ and the Bilgewater

Denise Bledsoe

Mixed media, 8” H x 8” W
SOLD

Octopus

Lena Sayadian

Acrylic on canvas, 6” x 6”

SOLD

Whale

Lena Sayadian

Acrylic on canvas, 6” x 6”

$100 - AVAILABLE

Home is Where the Heart Is

Patricia Krebs

Mixed media 

$500 - AVAILABLE

Transmutation

Christopher Umana

Acrylic on Bristol, 8” x 10”, framed to 12” x 15"

$175 - AVAILABLE

Anemome (B/W)

Daisuke Okamoto

Ink on paper, 6” x 6” and 9” x 9”

$200 - AVAILABLE

Atún

Douglas Alvarez

Mixed media on wood, 8”x 10”

$125 - AVAILABLE

Sorry Bro

Neal Breton

Gouache and acrylic on wood, 12” x 12”

$200 - AVAILABLE

That’s Deep

Vera Paras

Paper, ink, watercolor pencil on paper, 8”x10”, framed to 13” x 16”

$150 - AVAILABLE

A Bonnie Sailor Dancing a Merrie Jig

Stephen Holman

Acrylic on canvas, 12” x 12”

$400 - AVAILABLE

Adventure

Terri Berman

Mixed media on wood

$200 - AVAILABLE

Chant/Chariot
Patrick Haemmerlein
Mixed media on wood, 7 3/4’ x 14”
$125 - AVAILABLE

Anchors Away
Kelly Thompson
Acrylic, resin on wood, 12" x 12"
$75 - AVAILABLE

Little Sailor Girl
Kelly Thompson
Acrylic, resin on wood
SOLD

Lady Anchor
Kelly Thompson
Acrylic on wood block
$75 - AVAILABLE

Come Here, Sailor

Jeff Claassen

Mixed media on wood, 12" x 12"

SOLD

First Ever SUPER Summer Sale at Cactus Gallery

Please join us for our first ever summer SALE. Nearly everything at Cactus Gallery has been discounted 10% to 75% off and if it hasn't then Cactus Gallery will pay the tax on it! Original art and jewelry from $5 on up.

Super Summer Sale, Cash-and-Carry Style Show

Scheduled to run from August 8 - August 29, 2015
RECEPTION: Saturday, August 8 :: 6p-9p
Held in conjunction with NELAart.org's Second Saturday Gallery Night

Participating artists: Jaclyn Alderete, Douglas Alvarez, Ulla Anobile, Lea Barozzi, Elisa Belloni, Christine Benjamin, Keely Benkey-Reichman, Terri Berman, Denise Bledsoe, Andrea Bogdan, Lacey Bryant, Kit Cameo, Tincho Cejas, Joshua Coffy, Martina D’Anastasio, Eden Folwell, Rosie Garcia, Brenda Paola Gomez-Galicia, Anita Inverarity, Patricia Krebs, Candace McKay, Scott Mackie, Jon Measures, Jazmin Molina, Jerry Montoya, Catherine Bursill Moore, Nichol Norman, Daisuke Okamoto, Janet Olenik, Johnny Quintanilla, Bobby Rojas, Carisa Swenson, Kelly Thompson, Roger Triviños, Christopher Umana, Michelle Waters, Hannah Webb, Lisa Wilde, Holly Wood

Works can be viewed at:
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"Sanctuary" Group Show - Opens Saturday, August 11th

Opening Night Reception: Saturday, August 11th * 7-10p 

Opening night reception is FREE and coincides with Northeast Los Angeles (NELA) Second Saturday Gallery Night. Map available at www.nelaart.org

For SANCTUARY, we asked artists to create work that exemplified their sacred place or safe haven. The result is a show as diverse in media as it is in how differently people interpret sacred space.
You will find oil, acrylic and mixed media paintings on canvas, wood and cigar boxes, watercolor, pencil, pen and ink on paper, photography, paper mache, felt works, sculpture and other mixed media works. Don't miss this opportunity to acquire original art by some of today's best LIVING artists.

Presale available here on our blog at 5p on Friday, August 10th.

If you see a piece you would like to purchase, have a question regarding any of the works, need payment plan info or have commission requests, please contact Sandra Mastroianni @ semastroianni70@yahoo.com or 323.256.6117.

"Essential Tools for the Modern Woman" - New works by Kelly Thompson

for Jen X - AVAILABLE



Julie Peasley - AVAILABLE


Demi Bra - SOLD


For Terri Tooter Berman - SOLD


Robin - SOLD





"Essential Tools for the Modern Woman" - an exhibit of new work by
Kelly Thompson

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 11, 2010 - 7p-10p

Exhibition Dates: September 11, 2010 through October 5, 2010
Gallery hours: Wed - Sun: 12pm – 6pm, Mon – Tue: By appt. only

Cactus Gallery is pleased to present, "Essential Tools for the Modern Woman," a solo exhibition of new work by Kelly Thompson.

"Essential Tools for the Modern Woman" was inspired by a 6' x 3' eyelash curler painted in 2001. Always a favorite piece of Cactus Gallery owner Sandra Mastroianni, it was chosen as a signature piece and launched the theme of the exhibition. On November 11, 2009, Kelly surveyed 21 modern women asking them her own burning question, "What is your essential tool?"

In this selection of paintings Kelly has merged two dominant yet distinctly different styles while continuing to explore her roots in graphic design and her compulsions for experimentation and imperfection. Using her favorite mediums, acrylic, oil, concrete, resin and spray paint she continues to use her familiar color palate and signature circle image. In keeping with her focus on process, she will also be using recycled and rebuilt surfaces for this series.


Artist Statement:
Embarking on this project has been both a challenge and honor. A challenge to try and include a small piece of each person in their tool as I paint it, and an honor that these women are wiling to join me in this great collaboration. My idea for these pieces is simply to paint “things” that women use. I was not interested in making a political, historical or social statement with this work but just to explore what tools are available and favored by women in 2010.

Of course surveying strong, educated and confident modern women the results were not just objects. Most were light hearted tools that we use everyday, and then there were the more serious tools in the form of woman's issues. Subjects such as equal rights, civil rights, freedom, discrimination and education.

Usually trying to stay on the lighter side of things, I had to make a conscious decision whether to include these political, social issues or not. I concluded that in order to be true to the women who participated in the survey I truly need to do both. The images are still in keeping with my original idea of a simple, minimal body of work. Thank you again to you wonderful women who joined me in this journey.


Biography:
Kelly Thompson was born in Gary, Indiana relocating to Chicago in the early 80ʼs. There she worked as a graphic designer until 1990 and also attended classes at the American Academy of Art. Moving cross country to Los Angeles she decided to take a more hands on approach to her art and career by joining I.A.T.S.E. Local 729 set painter and sign writers union. She has worked on numerous feature films and television series. All the while, continuing to create her own work exhibiting and selling in the traditional Chicago style “Apartment Gallery” shows. In 1999, she began representation with M.J. Higgins Fine Art and then shortly thereafter joined the Cactus Gallery line up. Since then she has been featured artist, as well as a participant in many group shows in Los Angeles, Orange County and New York Galleries as well as local Museums and Educational Institutions.

GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS!

Cactus Gallery is very excited to announce the next big group show, GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! The show was curated by Douglas Alvarez and features new work by Cactus favorite, Kelly Thompson, as well as Douglas himself. This new, exciting line up to the Northeast L.A. area is sure to draw a big crowd. Over 20 artists will show who have never been featured at Cactus. Thanks for all your hard work Douglas!