N*des-of-the-Month from Barebrush

A Juried Selection by Tom Taffe, Salmagundi Club

April 2009

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   1*
The Other Woman by Mark Behme		2
One Perspective On Madeline by Joseph Mays		3
Kneeling by Jennie Rosenbaum		4
N*de St*dy IV by C. Charles Wang
5
Sarah in Red by Jean Marcellino		6
crossing point by tim woodhouse		7
Sunlit Peaks and Valleys by Cindy Sibilsky		8
Perspective by Randy Thurman		9
Vlad with Hand by Jacqui Morgan		10
Friends by Guenter Knop		11
Man Ray by Aryn Chapman
12
Ocaso by Tony Lee		13*
Hands and Wings by David Michael Hollander		14
Flying Over City by Lucinda Luvaas		15
Shaga by Eric Angeloch		16
Moon Goddess by Mollie Kellogg		17
On a Striped Rug by Harald Grote		18
Florence studio study by Janet A. Cook
19*
Red Hat #2 by Donelli J. DiMaria		20
Gold #1 Internal Storm Series by R. Butler		21*
Terra Pranas by Christopher Smith		22
Audrey on a Sarong by Raymond Smith		23
Kim by Will Maller		24
ON BENDED KNEES by BEN RIVIERE-NAZARENO		25
CHOICE by Haydee Torres
26
Waitingroom by Francien Krieg		27
Through Love we are Made Most Visible by Kelly Croisdale		28*
A Celebration of Life by Judith Araujo-Volkmann		29
What am i doing here? by Chanit Roston		30
Our Lady of the Millennium by Joyce DiBona		  

STARTING WITH A TWANG—Tom Taffe, artist and officer of the Salmagundi Club, the oldest art club in NYC, has a definite sense of art and fun. Taffe launches the month with humor in the shape of Mark Behme’s “The Other Woman,” a fully functional guitar. A number of barebrush artists appear in the N*des-of-the-Month calendar for the first time: Eric Angeloch, Aryn Chapman, Kelly Croisdale, Raymond Smith, and C. Charles Wang.

In the selected work, it is notable that all of the images in the calendar thumbnails demonstrate strong composition even at the reduced size. Taffe looked at the detail pages to confirm the artist’s skill and the artwork’s impact. The range from realism to abstraction is also notable. Efficient and professional, Taffe studied each artist’s body of work, made a selection (or not), and moved on. In the end, he wound up with too many and reluctantly had to eliminate. “Good fun” was his summary comment.

The 30 artworks represented in April, 2009, in day order are by: 1* Mark Behme, 2 Joseph Mays, 3 Jennie Rosenbaum, 4 C. Charles Wang, 5 Jean Marcellino, 6 tim woodhouse, 7 Cindy Sibilsky, 8 Randy Thurman, 9 Jacqui Morgan, 10 Guenter Knop, 11 Aryn Chapman, 12 Tony Lee, 13* David Michael Hollander, 14 Lucinda Luvaas, 15 Eric Angeloch, 16 Mollie Kellogg, 17 Harald Grote, 18 Janet A. Cook, 19* Donelli J. DiMaria, 20 R. Butler, 21* Christopher Smith, 22 Raymond Smith, 23 Will Maller, 24 BEN RIVIERE-NAZARENO, 25 Haydee Torres, 26 Francien Krieg, 27 Kelly Croisdale, 28* Judith Araujo-Volkmann, 29 Chanit Roston, 30 Joyce DiBona.

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*Curators' Choice nominee. Nominees for the N*de-of-the-Month were selected by the guest curator as Curator's Choice. All barebrush curators have an opportunity to rank the Curator's Choice in their own special poll. Winners determined by a statistical combination of the curators and popular votes.

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Enjoy!


Winners below:
(winner, day, prize)

Curators' Choice

1st:
Judith Araujo-Volkmann (28), $50
2nd:
David Michael Hollander (13), $25
3rd:
Donelli J. DiMaria (19), $15
 
Honorable Mention:
Christopher Smith (21)
Mark Behme (1)

 

My Fav N*de

Results for your Favs:
1st:
Harald Grote (17)
2nd:
Kelly Croisdale (27)
3rd:
David Michael Hollander (13)

 

Congratulations all!

 

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