Perfection is overrated. Wabi-sabi is rooted in the Japanese philosophy of finding beauty in what is aged, unfinished, and a little rough around the edges. These works are worn, imperfect, and weathered by texture and time. WABI-SABI II is a show about impermanence, which means it’s really a show about being alive. The world has enough perfect things. The imperfect details…that’s where it gets interesting.
WABI-SABI II
Best of Show- Light Projector Masquerading as Itself #10
Director's Choice- Spoonful
Director's Choice- Terra I
Suspended Form
Elena Garin
digital collage from original photographs
Palm Coast, Florida
Hush
Nabu Tani
The Forest Returns. Yellowstone National Park. WY 2024
Alchemy
While We Spoke
Marilyn Dale
ink, acrylic paint, branches, rice paper and parchment
Naperville, Illinois
snoqualmie 66
Worn Washrag
Part and Parcels, Pink XII
Disturbed
Todd Monjar
photography
Bellingham, Massachusetts
Magic Hour in the Canyon
Steven Bogart
watercolor and ink pen
Maynard, Massachusetts
Magic Hour in the Canyon
Steven Bogart
watercolor and ink pen
Maynard, Massachusetts
Free Parking
George Zalepa
acrylic, spray paint, charcoal and paper collage on canvas
Jersey City, New Jersey
Bees and Flowers
Brillo 5G
Robly Glover
sterling silver, found objects
Lubbock, Texas
Attention Seeking
day to day
Current Mantra: It Can Only Get Better
Lee Hackett
screenprinting
Greenville, Texas
Group Photo
Mosh Posh
"Uranium Glass (UV): Plates & Bowls" Composition #9654-2023
Vyāghrāsana
Ray of Light
Le bureau du vieil homme
Reina Seay
ballpoint pen
Atlanta, Georgia
Fading Memory
Kandace Manning
mixed media, acrylic, pastel, gold leaf on fibers
St. Helens, Oregon
the carpenter's lament
Frozen rose
Loyal Companion
Turbulence
Almost Perfect
My Wabi Sabi Wrist
Bethnal 2
Koi
Survivalist Target Practice
Malcolm Glass
photography
Clarksville, Tennessee
Used-Up
Roman Rus
photography
Preserje, Slovenia
Capsule
Susan Phillips
film
Windsor, Massachusetts
RIOT ACT READ
Abstract 1
Strands
Nothing is for Certain
Norman Gabitzsch
aluminum metal plate photography
Houston, Texas
Broken
Scott Sewitch
photography
Cheshire, Connecticut
Dove
Trees
Marina Chisty
pigment powder, acrylic on canvas
New York, New York
Scaffold
Scott Henderson
watercolor/charcoal
North Adams, Massachusetts
Comatose
Enero
Portrait of a Weathered Angelic Statue
Lael Salaets
graphite on cardstock
Eugene, Oregon
Untitled
Interruption
Tanya Johnson
silver gelatin
Greenville, South Carolina
Mur espagnol (Spanish Wall)
Michele Ouellet
double intaglio: photopolymer and soft ground etching
Montreal, Canada
Still Held
Pillars of Mist
Recorded Memories III
War Ration Book No.3
Pray
Songer Yang
iron, fabrics
Troy, Michigan
Tōkō (Fierce Passage)
James Gianforti
musou black and gesso on paper
Tabor City, North Carolina
Tomoko
Resting Egret
Camille Neville
photography
Duxbury, Massachusetts
Sue’s Stuff
Margaret Stoffregen
watercolor on paper
Des Moines, Iowa
freeform vessel 08
Downcast
Three Moons Over Egypt
Susan Clinthorne
mixed media- distressed papers, papyrus, gold paint and leaf
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Impermanence
Sian Robertson
installation- 850-900 hand-cut pages from London A-Z maps hang on red threads, with off-cuts below
North Truro, Massachusetts
#25
R.D. Mitchell
acrylic and modeling paste with gold on fractured panel
Plano, Texas
Fugitive Cicada
Smita Parida
chlorophyll print on hosta leaf
Rockville, Maryland
Breaking Through
Amy Vulfovich
stoneware and sugru
Hopkinton, Massachusetts
Pathetic stool
Willow Trodden
fabric, upholstery foam, found chair legs, bolts
Boston, Massachusetts
Surrender
Oasis
Michael Toti
collage on cradled board using book fabrics and parts
Avon, Connecticut
Dry Leaf Montage
Ken Moran
multiple image montage using HDR program
Cumberland, Rhode Island
Forgotten Horizons
study of allegorical figures – CHRYSALIS
