the other love

o'hanlon center for the arts

Current Shows

“Bay Area Women Artists”

August 3 - August 28, 2010

First Tuesday Opening Reception, August 3, 6 to 8 p.m.

On Tuesday, August 3, from 6 to 8 p.m., O’Hanlon Center for the Arts will present an Open House and Reception for its August exhibit “Bay Area Women Artists,” a group show juried by gallery owner Donna Seager. The show runs through August 28, 2010.

“Bay Area Women Artists” will feature mixed media artwork with emphasis on exploration, abstraction, and imaginative use of materials and content.

Juror Donna Seager is the owner of Donna Seager Gallery in San Rafael, which has as its focus the rich continuous history of art in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. Whether the spotlight is on figurative painting, ceramics, handmade artist books, abstraction or monumental sculpture, her commitment is to presenting the finest work possible in an atmosphere that gives focus and context to the presentation.

Also on August 3 from 4 to 6 p.m., the Center will host a Roundtable for the Arts dialogue, where the participating artists will discuss issues relating to their creative processes. The Roundtable, a monthly event sponsored by the Center, is facilitated by painter, writer and O’Hanlon Center member Peller Marion.

The opening show on August 3 is part of the Mill Valley Art Commission’s monthly Gallery Walk, First Tuesday. The event is free of charge and open to all ages. Artwork on display is available for purchase. Proceeds from sales support local artists and the O’Hanlon Center as a non-profit organization.

Also on August 3 from 4 to 6 p.m., the Center will host a Roundtable for the Arts dialogue, where the participating artists will discuss issues relating to their creative processes. The Roundtable is a monthly event sponsored by the Center and is facilitated by painter, writer and O’Hanlon Center member Peller Marion. (Photo by Richard Stangl.)

The road between your house and mine

The Handmade

Genesee + Esquivel

The Handmade

May 22 to June 26

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Esquivel House

Courtyard Entrance

8309 W. 3rd St, Los Angeles, 90048

Hours: Wednesday – Sunday 11 am – 5 pm

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Brands:

Esquivel ARTLESS Gabriela Artigas

Farm Tactics Gentry Man Candy

Carla Fernandez Trista Teamo Zan Zan Eyeware

Artists:

Yuval Pudik Roxanne Daner Daniel Ingroff John Monn

Bobbi Woods Mr. Artigas Melise Mestayer Janet Levy

Jed Ochmanek Pamela Martinez Marco Rountree Marta Johansen

the space you took in my mind

connate senses

lay my love

NBC- Music Meets Design

http://lxtv.com/openhouse-national/video/10429

fictional landscapes

endless stories

i thought one day it would happen again

things lost

skip divided

leave me be

walnut earrings.

They are based on a microscopic transversal section of the cellular structure of walnut/
And they are made out of recycled walnut

100.-

I also have smaller sizes and different types of wood,

per request.

if you are interested in a pair, please visit my etsy site meadowbirchgallery(http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6070732) to purchase or just email me directly at johansenmarta@gmail.com

Artist Statement

A simple gesture of a line repeated inaugurates a pattern. A manipulation of this pattern captures and defines space. The drawings shown are derived from a deep concentrated thought process; each drawing becoming its own meditation. Lines that hold each other, lines that break apart to create voids, lines that touch and lines that just miss each other are relationships produced through the abstraction of the simple pattern that emerges from my meditations.

When I learned to draw, the first lessons were to draw “living lines”. Almost twenty years later, I find myself living in the lines I draw. Lines have become a standard way for me to represent myself in the architectural and art worlds that I define myself in. With an early education in arts including painting, drawing and sculpture, I eventually began to understand my process. To follow a line of a curve, to slow down and see everything one line at a time, I find character in each precise movement. This process is supported by my formal education in architecture. Currently I work in both fields and am constantly evolving but always returning to the line.
Born in Rawalpindi, Pakistan in 1980, Marta Elise Johansen spent most of her childhood traveling worldwide with her parents. She grew up based in Vermont and has lived in California for the past twelve years. She currently resides in Venice.