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SERIES 3 - ARTISTS
The third installment of artwork in
the 7th Avenue art panels began December 1, 2006 and is expected
to continue until December 2007. Artwork will rotate between
specific panels periodically during the year.
Artists featured in Series 3
are Allison Bebout, Hillary
Gamerow, Shirley Kleppe, Paho
Mann, Ryan Huna Smith, and Wendy
Willis.
ALLISON BEBOUT
Allison, a resident of Scottsdale,
recently received her B.F.A. in photography from Arizona State
University.
“My work focuses on the metamorphosis of individualistic
young adults into stereotypical media images and shows us the
disparity between our own reality and the land of make believe."
IDENTITY THEFT – composite
photograph, 2006
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HILLARY GAMEROW
Hillary, a collage
artist with artistic training in drawing and ceramics, lives
near the Melrose neighborhood in Phoenix.
“I deliberately design my pieces to be seen from both
near and far. I envisioned a landscape that would focus on the
beauty of our neighborhood: a city scape. Every single time
I walk the canal between 7th Ave. and Central, I eye that gorgeous
view of Brophy’s cross peeping over palm trees against
the blue, blue sky, and I think, Hmmm.”
BROPHY - paper collage, 2006
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SHIRLEY KLEPPE
Shirley, a former
art teacher and member of the Arizona Watercolor Association,
lives in Scottsdale and owns Outrageous Red Studio Gallery in
Greyhawk. She created an interior view of Chester's Garage,
noting that viewers can relate to a traditional aesthetic in
this older part of town.
"People will have a
quiet yearning of a time past or a person they loved or miss.
There are still older homes in the area that have retained their
vintage quality. I find special areas of interest people will
become highly involved and attached to.”
CHESTER'S GARAGE - watercolor
on paper, 2006
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PAHO MANN
Paho, a photographer from Tempe, worked with satellite imagery
and image databases to create this work, which replicates aerial
photographs of the Melrose neighborhood with a photomosiac using
original and satellite imagery.
“I am interested in the ways that the process of expansion,
migration and redevelopment in our suburban environment are
made visible. For the 7th Avenue Streetscape Art Panels I [used
a] combination of the specific and singular perspective of traditional
photography with the dynamically created photomosaic,to show
a layered and complex portrait of the neighborhood.”
SEVENTH AVENUE PHOTOMOSAIC - digital
photomosaic from original and satellite imagery, 2006
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RYAN HUNA SMITH
Ryan, a Tucson artist and educator, holds a B.F.A. from the
University of Arizona and works with both painting and digital
art.
“I’ve always had a strong interest in depicting
my Native American culture. The majority of my work incorporates
human figures which I love to draw and paint. I enjoy rendering
hands and making them the main focus of my compositions. The
hands in my work are large, powerful, and depict massive jewelry
to pay homage to the popular Native American art form using
turquoise and silver. My work also incorporates influences from
pop culture, specifically comic books and Japanese animation.
In this work, the tribal figures represented are arranged according
to their location in Arizona. Clockwise from the upper right
corner, they are: Hopi, Apache, Yaqui, Tohono O'odham, Chemehuevi,
and Navajo."
ARIZONA TRIBAL MOTHERBOARD - digitally
colored produced from painting, 2006
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WENDY WILLIS
Wendy, a printmaker from Phoenix, holds a B.S. in Design from
the Univeristy of Cincinnati and is a member of the Arizona
Print Group.
“My work is about diversions found in and around the water.
For this project, I decided do an underwater scene with children.
The blue/green swimming pool water is both refreshing and eye-catching
and the overall image, like many of my swimmer prints, makes
people smile."
AQUANAUTS - linoleum reduction
relief print on paper, 2006
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