7th Avenue Streetscape Demonstration Project

Series 1 - Artists

SERIES 1 - ARTISTS
The first collection of works in the 7th Avenue Streetscape Panels opened May 7, 2004 and featured two works each from three Arizona artists:

Quetzal Guerrero, Elizabeth Pfeiffer and Erin Sotak.
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QUETZAL GUERRERO
Phoenix native Quetzal Guerrero graduated from New School from the Arts in Scottsdale, Arizona.  His paintings mesh portraiture and urban realism with Meso American motifs and symbolism.  To contact Quetzal about his work, visit www.qviolin.com

 ELECTRIC PRAYERS, 33" x 47" - acrylic &mixed media on wood, 2004
"I superimpose the ancient over the contemporary in order to express images and metaphors that transcend space and time."

TALKING TO THE STARS, 33"x 47" - acrylic & mixed media on wood, 2004
"It is important that we not forget our roots and history in this beautiful valley, as well as the lands and people of the Southwest."
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ELIZABETH PFEIFFER
Elizabeth Pfeiffer is an award-winning watercolorist and member of the Sonoran Arts League.  To contact Elizabeth about her work, e-mail epdesigns@aol.com

SEVENTH AVENUE STREETSCAPE, 22"x30" - watercolor on paper, 2004
Many parts and pieces of architecture and signs from the Seventh Avenue business area are rearranged here into a new urban design, reflecting the impressions of the people passing through this busy traffic artery each day.  

LUNCH AT ELEVEN, 22" x 30" - watercolor on paper, 2004
This work reflects a patio restaurant scene where people have gathered to enjoy each other's company, good food and the wonderful weather in Phoenix, among the hot colors, tile roofs, and plantings typical to the flavor of the city.
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ERIN SOTAK
Erin V. Sotak holds a B.F.A. in photography from the University of Arizona and a M.F.A. in photography from San Jose State University.  Her performance and installation works incorporate a variety of other media.  To contact Erin about her work, e-mail crownmonkey@hotmail.com

ICARUS DREAMS, C-print from installation, 2004
In Greek mythology, Icarus fashioned a pair of wings from feathers and wax in order to escape from captivity.  But in his youthful folly, he flew too close to the sun, which melted the wax, plummeting him to the ground.  This work plays on notions of dreams: those that haunt and delight us while we sleep but melt with the dawn, and those that inspire us with the hope and promise of possibilities to come.

GROUND, C-print from installation, 2004
ground 1 - n. 1. the surface of the earth, v. 4. to prevent from flying
ground 2 - v. p.t. & p.p. of grind 1. to reduce to fine particles, 2. to pulverize
A work table holds thousands of hand-built porcelain teeth, which are fed through a grist mill, then brushed into a drawer, leaving fine particles of dust behind.

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