WIDE OPEN is exactly what it sounds like, an explosion of creativity with zero rules holding it back. All while showing off the best of the best from our wildly talented artist community. From unconventional objects to mediums mastered in fine detail, this show reveals moods and perspectives that feel both extreme and personal. It’s a reminder of just how limitless creativity can be.
WIDE OPEN
Best of Show- Lounging in the Lot
Heidi Brueckner
oil, acrylic, fabric, paper, and glass eyes on recycled upholstery
Oakland, California
Director's Choice- Untitled
Director's Choice- Chevy Dashboard Blues
Chiaroscuro
Michael Gordon
graphite and charcoal
Austin, Texas
Rise and Shine
Into the Strange Water
Scott Krohne
sculpture (hydrocal, resin, ground bronze patina)
Loma Linda, California
Acceptance
Study: hands with washcloth
Melissa Kelley
gouache on paper
Covington, Kentucky
Aunty, Drunk On Her Ass
Plastic Bottle Recycling
Treachery
Lady and Leaf
KL Folgner
acrylic/oil on panel
Hillsborough, California
Prerounding
Fairsing (wide or spacious Irish Gaelic)
Compliments of the Chef
Morning Star
Robin Haller
cotton, rayon, silver, metallic thread, viscose
Olmsted Township, Ohio
Open Arms
Hand Saws 3
Thomas Crawford
digital print on cotton rag 300 gsm paper
Brooklyn, New York
Model Citizen
Unintended Consequences
Lone Rider
Actual, possible, ideal V.1
Afghan Pashtun Tribesman
One Way or Another, We are All Prisoners
Dreamer's Realm
Sunday Morning
Expectations
Norman Aragones
film
San Jose, California
Sean - Miami
Marissa Madonna
colored pencil and acrylic on toned paper
Wilmington, North Carolina
Namib Sun Dance
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Cat
The Persistence of Influence
Enduring Presence
Winnie
Green Girl
Spring Loaded
David Grable
graphite and color pencil on claybord
Mansfield Center, Connecticut
Rochester Rooftop-Who I Was Then
Nebula Dreams Two
Gaia- Fertile Womb
Gina Pan
watercolor, color pencil, gold ink
Taipei, Taiwan
Before the Strange Heaven
Irina Kaplan
watercolor on aquabord
Niskayuna, New York
Cod Catch
Barefoot Gardener
Triple Eleanor
Left Hanging
Breaking Through
Luna
Just Need Some Mojo
Midnight In The Lemaire
Skeletal Fish
Peiyang Li
aquafil yarn, wool yarn, 3D prints, wire
Shenzhen, China
I See the Universe in Your Soul
Anthropocene 9/15/25
Electric Spring
Ashley Smith
film photography
Hartford, Connecticut
The Niche Experience
Ritual Firelight
Neon Peonies
walking away
Out of Context (Windows Poles Evening Sky)
You Are What You Eat
Helm of Hades (into the ethers)
Shooting Star over Netarts Bay
Reflections on the Last Whale's Aria
Transformation
Sentient at the Edge of Abismo
Subterranean Blues
John Diephouse
metal photographic collage
Lansing, Michigan