Navigating the edge of our feelings is a complex process. Art is a channel that can help us explore emotions we experience when confronting challenging situations, heartaches, or personal growth. Embrace the power of feeling as a creative muse and delve into its boundless depth and complexity—joy, sorrow, love, fear, hope, and every sentiment that colors the human experience. We celebrate the diverse array of emotions that make us human, the emotion that brings us to the edge of our feelings. It’s an emotional journey that resonates with the heart and soul.
EMOTIONAL THRESHOLDS
Best of Show- Damaged Goods
Analinda Gonzalez
chalk pastel and colored pencil on paper
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Director's Choice- Breaks
Director's Choice- The Layers of Suppression
On a Flower of Recognized Faces
Heart Breath
Somewhat Fractured #2
Defiance
SHE DANCES TO FEED HER CHILDREN
Just Breathe
Chad Knutson
pen and ink, ink wash, marker and gel pen on velum
St. Paul, Minnesota
The Dream Is Not For You
Slay Your Dragons
Imprisoned by Conformity
Blind Man and His Flowers
The Fallen Knight of Lech Walesa Way
Kevin Callahan
acrylic on canvas
Kansas City, Missouri
Endearing
Sebastian Sandu
oil on canvas
Fennville, Michigan
Arul: "We are the Story"
Boxed In
Pamela Tells Some Details (PTSD)
Lacrymosa
Bam
Drop In
THE PAUSE
Tensions Rising
Uncle John
Diane Foley
pastel and charcoal drawing with digital collage
Palmyra, New York
You find me at last
Like Soap for the Body, So are Tears 4 the Soul
Reflections, Transitions and Boundaries
Recollection
Jena Ataras
mixed media
Portland, Oregon
Little White House
Michelle Shipka
acrylic
Clarendon Hills, Illinois
Sisters!
I Should Be Fine By Now
Howard
Escape
I am done
Sortino
Dying Gaul, after Kehinde Wiley
Paul Ransohoff
pastel pencil and charcoal on black paper
Menlo Park, California
Waiting
GC2B
Oli Williams
ballpoint pen on paper
Bowling Green, Ohio
Serenity
Michael Gordon
graphite
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cavity
Norah Stone
ceramic stoneware, epoxy, found objects
Brooklyn, New York
No Words
Gretchen Schnabel
colored pencil
Palo Cedro, California
Threshold of His Soul
Michelle A. Smith
reduction & oxidation fired ceramic vessel with cold finish
Annandale, Virginia
The Void
It’s Only Temporary
Waiting for Rain
The inner limit
Mindscapes: Trapped
Radiation Meditation Totem/While He Was Napping
Winnie van der Rijn
repurposed radiation masks, rope, zip ties, shipping straps
Cambridge, Massachusetts
ReGrowth Installation
La Gritona
Ricci
Joh Ricci
fiber-nylon thread, novelty cord, paper, magazine clips, thorns
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
grief to the mother
Healing
Brandi Mills
photography
Los Angeles, California
Anger
Marisa Andropolis
oil on canvas
Algonquin, Illinois
Marc on black
Drifting in the deep
Raquel
Emancipation
Ghost Story
The Seamstress
Clocktower
CJ Carter
ceramics, latex paint, pigment, epoxy, wood, metal, cement
Norman, Oklahoma
CryBaby
Still Kicking: The Sum of Unnumbered Mysteries
Always Alone
Stacy Bonneau
mixed media- acrylic, pencil and pastel on canvas
Double Oak, Texas
Anxiety
All of It
Rolling Boil
Don't give meaning to those symbols like the Creater did
Luan Xu
mixed media on cardboard
Providence, Rhode Island
Hush
David Grable
graphite and color pencil
Mansfield Center, Connecticut
Keeping It Together
Paula Mandel
sandblasted sheet glass, prismacolor, thread, zipper
Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
Relinquishing
K.E. Downham
mixed media
South Dakota
