CREATIVE LICENSE is a captivating journey through artworks that embrace bold choices, unconventional materials, and artists’ greatest hits. Each stroke, click, weave, and carving exudes artistic freedom and confidence. Celebrating the spirit of unrestricted creativity with an open theme, this exhibit showcases a daring expression, seamlessly pairing tradition and modernity.

CREATIVE LICENSE

Best of Show- The Pleaser

Director's Choice- Night Watchers

Director's Choice- J9
Susan Wehrman
colored pencil on Pastelmat
Manchester, Missouri

Flatiron Fire Escape
Debra Archibald
acrylic and metal leaf on canvas
Toronto, Canada

Triptych

Isolation

American Victorian Restoration

Bellissima
Veronica Vaughan
letterpress woodblock printing
Flower Mound, Texas

The Yoyoist

Eclectic
Marissa Madonna
acrylic and colored pencil on hot press watercolor board
Kure Beach, North Carolina

Denied
Deborah Perlman
mixed media - paper, photo, tape, wire mesh, metal, plastic
Hollywood, Florida

Mr. Cool

Wishing For A Breeze
John Diephouse
photography
Lansing, Michigan

In Her Eyes

Glass Ceiling

A Long Walk Home
K.E. Downham
photography
South Dakota

NightBud

Green Grass

Tree Bark in Chiaroscuro
Norman Gabitzsch
aluminum plate metal photography
Houston, Texas

Expedition

Growing Up
Norman Aragones
acrylic
San Jose, California

Graceful Surfer

Invisible, yet Visible

Coral 18
Flavia Lovatelli
recycled book paper, pinched quills & seeds, thermal receipt paper, and acrylic on a willow and paper mache structure
Columbia, South Carolina

Waiting for the Hatchlings

Scottish Columbine
Pauline Goldsmith
watercolor on paper
Miami, Florida

Vestige
Maris Van Vlack
hand-woven fabric, industrially knitted fabric, paint
Mansfield, Massachusetts

Small Vase

UNCERTAINTY

Misty Dawn

Jade vine flowers

Blue Morpho
Karen Theisen
painted river rocks, wire, solder, epoxy
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Rolling Sea

God According to Voltaire

THE MERCHANT OF VENISON
David Isakson
flywheel, scissors, 2 large chef's knives, silver plate dish, 2 white baby carriage wheels, violin body, 2 pairs vintage safety glasses, deer antlers, John Deere hat
Twentynine Palms, California

Uh-Oh, Loves got a hold on me

Jenny Lake at Dawn

Traitors At Midnight (2)
Fontaine Scarelli
oil, cold wax, and beach sand on canvas
Chicago, Illinois

Out of Context (Ride and the Sky)

Jane SourDoe

Zodiac Rabbit 2023

Ode to Tomatoes

Perspective

Carpenter

Hola in the Sun

Nebulae

Portrait

Red Orange Composed

It Was Bound To Happen

Sea Breeze

Home Sweet Home

If the Sun were a Balloon
Kendra Postma
watercolor, white ink, postage stamp, hand painted papers
Ada, Michigan

Maple Wood Smoked Bacon Vessel

Mon enfance m'attendait
Isabelle Langevin
acrylic on paper mounted on canvas
Montréal, Canada

Midsummer Night's Dream
Gigi Woodward
acrylic, collage, pencil, pens
San Diego, California

California Sunset

Fantasy

Witchy Women

sow/grow/reap

Poolside in Savannah
Robert Howe
reductive linocut
San Rafael, California

Love Letter to Durer
Christie Eckardt
cotton fabric, fusible web
The Villages, Florida

Shine
Aaron Santos Boyd-Rochman
toothpicks, canvas board, acrylic, glue
Barcelona, Spain
