 Gallery Store
Online Gallery Store-- COMING SOON!
The store features unique arts and crafts of professional quality at affordable prices. All works are handmade by local artists.
Pro Arts supports "Buy Local" campaigns to keep dollars circulating in our communities. The online gallery store offers artists an e-commerce platform to sell online. Pro Arts thanks Oakland Unwrapped and Oakland Grown supporting businesses and artists.
Gallery Store Artists
Miriam's scarves are designed in a number of different ways. Some are crafted entirely of felt made from wool, or from fiber containing wool and silk or tencel, and others are made by felting the wool onto silk in a variety of ways. Using a fine layer of felt on narrow strips of fabric creates a veritable mosaic of colors and forms. Right now Miriam is especially enjoying playing with colors and shapes of felt on lengths of silk chiffon or hand dyed habotai silk.
Robert's sculptures are created through devastating reformation of the material. Fire melts and moves the steel where he needs it to go. The forms resulting slightly resemble the steel in its original form. In ceramics, the material is stressed cold, the fire applied as a finishing touch, revealing the stresses imposed in the making of the forms.
Fern Barker
fernbarker@aol.com
Fern works in many media, and teaches the art of mosaics at various venues, including Cal State San Francisco. She is our newest addition to the Gallery Store, where she sells her often-assymetrical, fun and affordable jewelry.
Marianne works in a variety of traditional mediums as displayed on her website, but recently the tribal dolls and 'little people figures' have generated the most interest. "The use of textures and colors, incorporating symbols and the sense of channeling an earth spirit into these little 'people' has been a soulful evolution."
Jennifer's Lacquired Jewelry process begins with a uniquely designed collage consisting of very small pieces of various kinds of paper (Origami, foils, coated, etc.) Each original design is then detailed with India ink and acrylic paint. Sometimes more collage is added and then again more details. Finally several layers of a lacquer finish are applied with a brush. It is a labor intensive process that results in a finished piece with a rich depth and luster.
The two halves of photography and photoengraving are now one complete whole in the embodiment of digital photographer Duane M. Conliffe. Mr. Conliffe creates his premium quality digital fine art photographic prints on the best papers and substrates available. These prints and other photo based products are available from his company, Digitalia Photographica.
All of Shaya’s jewelries are made in her studio in Berkeley, California. She takes pride in fabricating pieces entirely by hand without pre-made findings or castings. Everything she makes starts as wire and sheet metal, including ear wires and clasps.
Fiftyseventhirtythree
Oakland California based fiftyseven-thirtythree, focuses on designs that are simple, graphic, and sexy. James Dawson and Loretta Nguyen produce all of fiftyseven-thirtythree's garments which was formed in May 2007. Designer James Patrick Dawson has been a commercial photographer for the last 15 years and draws from imagery that is arresting, dissident and playful. We draw from an urban aesthetic where multi-culturalism and pop culture merge with inner city decay, graffiti and a lo-tech DIY sensibility. We look back at our culture to see what has endured and use it as a road map to where we're going. As a culture, we are mixing elements from around the world to create the future. It's important, as Americans that we see beyond our current political regression and focus on the fact that the world unfolding around us is incredibly exciting. We strive to reflect and celebrate this to some degree in our designs.
Terry works in color and black and white, acrylic, watercolor, gouache and ink drawings. Terry's caricatures of local politicians can be purchased as a gift card set at the Gallery Store.
Dina Gewing
Sarah combines her love of the material glass with that of vintage textile patterns to create her unique line of jewelry and table-wares. Every piece is designed and handcrafted at Sarah’s studio in West Oakland. Her Mediums to Masses line of jewelry and table-wares is available at galleries and boutiques throughout the US, including Pro Arts!
Peter Howkinson Peter designs his projects based on the individual character of the wood he finds. Allowing the unique qualities of each piece of wood to lead him, Peter creates handsome wood jewelry boxes, game sets, tables, mirrors and other furnishings at his studio in Oakland. Visit the Pro Arts Gallery Store to view some of Peter's woodwork. Jenny Hurth
Jenny was the March Featured Artist in the Gallery Store, during which her bags, portfolios, journals and other goodies made of recycled trade-show banners literally flew off the Pro Arts shelves. They are well priced and vibrant in color and style... check them out in the Gallery Store before they are all gone! Michelle Ito Michelle sells bottles of her popular "No Bush Whine" and "White White Woes" at the Gallery Store.
Kristen paints in acrylic with elements pf paper and other materials incorporated through collage. Her paintings explore the interaction of texture, geometry and color, and include both abstract and representational works. The paintings included in the gallery store are small works on paper, which explore a traditional subject matter (pears) brought to life with vibrant and unexpected colors, described by one of her artist colleagues as "molten balls of energy."
William ("Bill") LaRue
Often found behind the desk or on a ladder volunteering at the Gallery, Bill is an avid photographer and lover of people. You will find Bill's photographs of local scenes and colorful characters on display in the Gallery Store.
Local artist Kenneth Logan lives in Brokeland, as he calls it since it's a bit broken there, on the Berkeley/Oakland border. He came to Berkeley in 1992 to attend UC Berkeley, where he acquired his art in motion beginnings and a BA in English literature. In 1996, not long after he was traveling throughout Europe, first travel writing then on an unofficial yet passionate tour of European art, culture and wilderness, he feel in love on a backpacking trip when he first discovered Death Valley. Since then, he has strived to find ways to express his love of places wild, particularly the desert, through his art. He makes his love of the desert accessible by hand picking rocks with unique geology and matching them with recycled toy wheels. By merging natural and urban materials, these rock and rollers transform the primitive beauty and mystery of the desert into the playful nature of things. Each piece is one-of-a-kind.
Carol Morse
Artist and Co-Founder of Terra Viridis Nursery, Carol Morse, created a new line of hand sewing tote bags using recycled jeans and fabric. Her tote bags are versatile and hip.
Dai specializes in non-traditional and alternative image making, and often builds cameras and equipment for a specific project. More of his work can be found at justdai.com. He also raises Sea-Monkeys for fun.
Jered Nelson makes pottery from local California clay in his Berkeley studio. Local clay means reduced energy consumption and earthenware that represents a place.
NIAD (National Institute of Art and Disabilities) is an innovative visual arts center assisting adults with developmental and other physical disabilities. Artworks such as handmade cards, handmade dolls, ceramic tiles, and jewelry made by student artists at NIAD are featured at the Gallery Store.
Lydia Ochoa's jewelry has been featured in ArtJewelry Magazine. Her work combines metal clay, metalsmithing, and wireworking techniques and reflects her admiration of craftsmanship and ingenuity. She is intrigued by the way the most ancient jewelry techniques remain useful but can also be reconceived, the way that a thousands-year-old Roman necklace can be mistaken for a contemporary piece. A selection of her jewelry is available for sale at the Gallery Store. An illustrator and designer of everything from postage stamps and children's books to advertising and packaging (including brands like Clorox, Steven Kent Winery and Western Union), Joanie is an Oakland artist who sells her illustrated books and reproductions of her pastel landscapes on greeting cards in the Gallery Store.
Coygon is a painter and printmaker, recently relocated to Oakland after the Katrina Hurricane. Originally from Biloxi, Mississippi, Coygon opened a studio shop in the Grand Lake district of Oakland. He is currently selling some of his limited edition photograph-based digital prints in the Gallery Store, including new Obama 2008 T-shirts!
Favianna Rodriguez is a celebrated printmaker and digital artist based in Oakland, California. Using high-contrast colors and vivid figures, her composites reflect literal and imaginative migration, global community, and interdependence. A selection of her prints, T-shirts, and book titled, Reproduce & Revolt, are featured in the Gallery Store. Reproduce & Revolt contains an extensive collection of contemporary political graphics collected from around the world, including art from many of today's most exciting street artists, poster makers and designers.
Jim Rosenau makes thematic bookshelves from vintage hardback books. He was raised in a house with 5,000 books. jim@thisintothat.com
Kaya Sattva's jewelry, aka Spiritjoy Designs, are originals each crafted with a unique presence and aesthetic.They're intuitively, often spontaneously formed blending ancient techniques with fresh concepts. Beautiful elements from Nature's bounty are carefully selected and intentionally combined creating expressions celebrating her joie de vivre ~ main passions in life~ nature's art, spirituality, love and healing.
Carol Lee Shanks designs and handcrafts clothing and textile art pieces. She has a great reverence for cloth allowing it to be the foundation of her inspiration. An integral part of her work is manipulating the cloth to create different surface textures. By layering opaque and transparent elements and then stitching, piercing and wrapping them, she is able to transform flat, linear shapes into dimensional silhouettes. When suspended on the body or within a room, her work becomes moving sculpture.
Melissa Steele-Ogus uses a variety of materials, from sterling silver and gold-fill to vintage brass; from precious stones to lucite and glass. Whether cute and whimsical, or sparkly and elegant, each piece of jewelry is lovingly handcrafted.
Irene Storch Designs
Irene Storch’s jewelry making evolved from her interest and background in fine arts (painting, fiber-sculpture, mixed media, etc.). She strives to create original, inventive pieces of jewelry while continuously exploring the use of a variety of materials. Her emphasis is on using recycled materials, stainless steel screens, and industrial, computer related, and electronic parts. All elements are attached to each other by wire. The wire is both functional and an element of design. She is drawn to a "high-tech-look" that is simple, yet also intricate, and has a feeling of lightness and elegance. Irene has supported herself solely from jewelry sales for almost 20 years. She lives and works in Berkeley, CA.
Laura Sutta is an award-winning photographer who specializes in The Nature of Lake Merritt--splendid sunsets, squawking waterfowl, and vivid dayscapes--as well as The Nature of the Sacred--sacred sites, ritual objects and the many faces of prayer around the world.
Gwyneth is a painter and sculptor who loves to work on creations big and small in her Oakland studio. She sells baby t-shirts, cards and prints in the gallery store. John Vias is a night photographer who reveals the beauty in the ordinary. He sells mounted prints in the gallery store.
Jess Wainer’s ceramic work combines sculpture, painting and drawing to captivate and challenge viewers. She uses the contours and expressions of the human face to confront viewers with deeply personal emotions and conflicted human experiences. Jess has been working with clay since the age of 10 when her parents set up a small ceramics studio in their home in Ohio. In the following 8 years Jess’s artist expression developed into her primary passion, which lead her to the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) for her undergraduate work, where she studied glassblowing, sculpture, art history, and new media installation.
Zhenne Wood
zhenne@operamail.com
Emeryville-based artist, Zhenne Wood crafts “Very Sweet Handsewn Chocolates” and “Scrumptious Keepsake Cupcakes” with beautiful fabric, yummy glass beads and vintage sequins. The tops open to reveal more hidden intricate designs inside.
Pro Arts has been proud to previously represent the following artists in our Gallery Store (*please note this is an incomplete listing) Ruth Brown
Gerry Sue Fait
Merra Garcia
Dave describes his work: "My small interactive sculptures blur the lines between natural and man-made, using text and images to give clues about their meaning. Each one holds its own myster, often dealing with the ways we understand our own fleeting lives and the discoveries made therin. The emphasis is on texture, craft, and form, while the pieces thrive on age and memory." Ana Labastida
Pete Villa Senor
Roosevelt Washington
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