THE EXHIBITION

The Awards

Best In Show:
Gwen Waight | @gwaightee
where are you from?
36″ x 38″ x 8″
Found object assemblage
$1,500

Artist Statement: This piece uses found object to address the micro aggression of being asked constantly Where are you from? I was born and raised in Iowa but I am half Japanese. People were not very satisfied when asked I would reply ‘Iowa’ .

First Place:
Will Wilson | @willwilsonart | site
Sharks and Other Sea Creatures
36″ x 36″
Acrylic on canvas
$1,500

Artist Statement: The diversity of the sea is vast and bizarre.

Second Place:
Robert J. Putka | @rjputka_finearts 
Dans le Jardin d’Ete, Arles
48″ x 48″
Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas
$3,200

Artist Statement: This painting was inspired by a recent trip to Arles, France, where I visited the “Summer Garden”, in which the memorial to Vincent Van Gogh is placed. It was a serene and moving experience. I found it to be healing and inspiring enveloped in the cooling and contemplative powers of the green that surrounded me.

Third Place:
Ashley Kouri | @ashleykouri | site
Portrait of my Father
5″ x 7″
Tintype
NFS

Artist Statement: Photography, for me, is a way to engage in a dialogue with the past, exploring the profound power that places and memories hold. I work primarily with tintypes—a process steeped in historical significance—creating images that connect the contemporary world to something deeper and unseen. Each piece becomes an object infused with personal meaning, much like the landscapes and spaces I revisit in my work. The act of making these photographs is a ritual, one that allows me to summon lost moments, forgotten histories, and versions of myself that have faded with time.

The resulting tintypes form a kind of shadow world, a space suspended between the past and present. Their dark tones and fragile surfaces evoke the presence of what has been lost while holding space for what remains absent. My work extends beyond capturing a single place or moment; it becomes a dialogue with the unseen, exploring how the weight of history and memory lingers in both the spaces we inhabit and the lives we live.

In addition to my tintype practice, I run a business where I photograph portraits using both tintype and digital methods. This allows me to blend historical techniques with modern approaches, offering clients a unique experience that ties personal identity to the timelessness of the photographic medium.

My artistic practice often expands into other forms, such as installation, bookmaking, and experimental film. No matter the medium, my work follows a pattern of ritual, seeking to explore the world beyond the tangible. I am constantly in conversation with my past self—the self that existed before I lost my father or witnessed the destruction of my home in Hurricane Helene. Through my work, I continue to study how we inhabit the space between memory and presence, and how the past informs the present.

Honorable Mention:
Alexia Avdelas | @alexiaavdelas.art | site
[temporary] pins and needles
102″ x 92″
Acrylic and gouache on cut wood panels
$1,300

Honorable Mention:
Brynn Cullings | @erth_worm | site
Mina’s Garden
16″ round
Ink, watercolor, acrylic on wood
NFS

Honorable Mention:
Del Davis | @carnival_kidd_ 
The Commodities Have Become Luxuries
20″ x 12″ x 12″
White stoneware, red earthenware, and gold luster
$1,200

Honorable Mention:
Frank Hadzima | @franken_fruit | site
Hands you this
8″ x 8″
Oil on panel
NFS

Honorable Mention:
Angel Ramirez-Banda | @an6el.rb | site
Three Hearts
5″ x 2.5″
Brass and nickel
NFS

Honorable Mention:
Aja Sheppard | @aja_acrylicartist | site
The Widow
16″ x 20″
Acrylic on canvas
$250

Featured Artists

Dani B | @ppetioless
Black Market
20″ x 13″
Mixed media
$100

Kayla Billings | @kayabills 
Banished From Eden
14″ x 18″
Ink
$300

Luanne Bole-Becker | site
Fortune Smiles … Or Laughs
17″ x 29″ x 7″
Assemblage
$495

Denise Buckley | @dbuck51 | site
Redd Fox
18″ x 33″ x 10″
Welded steel
$2,200

Jeanell Cecilia | @jeanellcecilia
polyam & situationships
9″ x 12″
Collage working with upcycled materials and ink
NFS

Elise Cerino | @sis_hazard
No Parking
11″ x 14″
Canvas print
$50

Sebastian Chironi | @isebaztian
When He’s Done
10″ x 10″
Acrylic + marker on wood panel
NFS

Makaylah Clark | @PANiiCAKES | site
In which a journey begins
16″ x 20″
Acrylic and gold pigment powder on canvas
$1,000

Janoi Daley |@Jan0iwrldwide | site

Follow The Light
60″ x 40″
Oil on canvas

NFS

Andrea Dawson |@andreadawsonphoto | site
Layered
11″ x 14″
Photography and Gelli Print
$200

Megan Daloz | @tyrannosaurusdaloz | site
Looky Cups
3″ x 3″ x 3″ (each)
Ceramics
$125 (set of 4)

Ricki Dénes | @ricki.tikki.tavvi
Losing you to the Undergrowth
24″ x 24″ x 1″
Reduction print
$250

David L. Dingwell | site
Pavilion at Night
20″ x 30″
Digital photograph
$750

Ali Gemmer | @aligemmerart
Blindspot
16″ x 20″
White charcoal on black paper
$1,000

Fallon Hartleib | @otterlyfab
Deadweight
36″ x 36″ x 2″
Monks cloth and yarn
$1,500

Fern Haught | @ferncomics | site
Leaves
12″ x 12″
Watercolor and gouache on paper
$250

Alex Heard | @alecksheard
The Mystery Of Fun 
7 ft x 4 ft
Polyester, airpump
NFS
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Gregory Johnson | @gregoryalanart | site
Inner Space
24″ x 19″ x 1″
Marker and ink on illustration board
$300

David Kruk | @david.kruk  
You Too Can Become A Hero Funko POP!
3″ x 3″ x 9″
Ceramic, glaze, underglaze, acrylic paint, synthetic clay, OSB, acrylic sheet, dichroic film
$1,200

Danielle Larson | @a_n_m1913 | site
My Hollow Body
20″ x 15″
Ink and charcoal on paper in custom yarn frame
$200

James Laughlin | site
Ketchikan Totem Pole
24″ x 48″
Acrylic / Latex
$2,800

Charlotte Lees | @lees_artstudio | site
Puzzle Pieces
30″ x 42″ x 1″
Oak wood, paint
$900

Audrey Magdics |  @audreymagdicsart
I can feel my emoitons unwind
46″ x 46″
Acrylic and sand on panel
NFS

Max McMillen | @maxmcmillen | site
Edgewater, Plein Air
12″ x 12″
Oil on panel
$200

Max McMillen | @maxmcmillen | site
Azorael Alebrije
8″ x 6″ x 10″
Paper mache, wire, tape, aluminum foil, clay, acrylic paint
$300

Melih Meric | @gargamelih | site
Grape/Carnation
40″ x 40″
Woodblock prints on paper, thread
$1,800

Kat Mikuluk | @impatient.arts
The Star
20″ x 24″
Oil paint
$950

Gary Nolan | @_phase33 
String Theory #3
8″ x 8″
Limited edition archival print, signed by artist (#2 of 10)
$250

Natalie Grieshammer Patrick | @meta_greasy 
To be feared or loved?
Right – 26″W x 63″L; Center – 23″W x 80″L; Left – 23″W x 60″L
Silk, cotton, and synthetic yarns, streamers, fake flowers, reclaimed fabric
$750 each or $2,000 total

William Poynter | @poynterpainter
Adrift in a Dream
16″ x 20″
Oil, with metal leaf on canvas
$850

Beth Prindle | @elizabeth.prindle | site
Something Wicked This Way Comes (for Ray Bradbury)
20″T x 8.5″W x 6″D
Mixed media assemblage (wired for hanging)
$800

Gwen Putz | @frozenfrogsandwich
Sled Series
17″ x 38″
Etching and monoprint
NFS

Gwen Putz | @frozenfrogsandwich
Don’t Starve
11″ x 14″
Etching, colored pencil, embroidery, sea shells on handmade kozo paper
NFS

Angel Ramierez-Banda | @an6el.rb | site
Reality Breakout
17″ x 17″
Charcoal and graphite
NFS

Andrew Reach | @andrew.reach | site
ASTRADOME
Animation, App: Blender
NFS
Watch Animation

Andrew Resnick
FJO 6
5520 x 3680 pixels
Photograph 
NFS

Tumnus Rex | @TumnusRex | site
Divine Mathematics (Ode to Mandelbrot)
38″ x 26″ x 1.5″ (without the stand)
Acrylic sheets, acrylic paint, wood frame
$500

Helena Sarah Richardson | @helenasarahrichardson
Camouflage Bed Curtains
NFS
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Billy the Robot | @artbybillytherobot | site
Wait Your Turn
18″ x 24″
Spray paint and acrylic paint on canvas
$325

Paul Russo | @rover_18 | site
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum
24″ x 36″
Photograph printed on aluminum
$675

Kaylee Ryan | @blondivae
there’s a will o the wisp in my dollhouse
9 feet x 4 feet
Graphite on paper
NFS

Celese Stauber | @celeste_stauber | site
untitled
12″ x 12″
Marker on toned paper, linocut, mounted on wood panel and sealed
$300

Em Tamulewicz | @pokeyprint | site
episode V
4 feet x 2 feet
Woodcut on Rives BFK
NFS

Em Tamulewicz | @pokeyprint | site
The Hanged Man
14″ x 9″
Drypoint etching and gold leaf on Rives BFK
$100

Em Tamulewicz | @pokeyprint | site
Twice As Many Stars
11″ x 15″
Linocut with letterpress printed text, on artist’s handmade cotton/abaca paper
$175

Caro Volny 
Flood Waters
43″ x 24″
Cotton
NFS

Caro Volny
Pencil + Paper
43″ x 30” x 4″
Acrylic yarn and polyester filling
NFS

Gwen Waight |@gwaightee 
baby, don’t cry
42″ x 42″ x 5″
Found object assemblage
$1,500

Jordan Alexander Wood | @jordanalexanderwood
A cradle of light (2022)
640p x 360p, 23 minutes
Film, Installation
NFS
Watch film

Will Wilson | @willwilsonart | site
Tribal Borders
24″ x 20″
Acrylic on canvas
$575

Benjamin Young | @artistbenyoung | site
Howard’s Hills
16″ x 12″
Watercolor on cotton paper
$1,000