Animalier
SGFA SUE GREENWOOD FINE ART
Animalier September 22 – November 17, 2026 Artists’ Reception
First Thursdays Art Walk October 1, 6 - 9 PM
SGFA SUE GREENWOOD FINE ART 330 north coast hwy laguna beach, ca 92651 949.494.0669 suegreenwoodfineart.com info@suegreenwoodfineart.com
Tyson Grumm Tyson Grumm was born in Newcastle, Wyoming, in 1972. He studied at Southern Oregon University where he received his Bachelors in Fine Art in 1996. Grumm’s freeze-framed images capture a world where the only clues to the past and the future can be derived from the figures located within fantastical surroundings. Consequently, each work reveals a story that is only partially told, enabling each viewer to contribute their own unique story to complete each of Grumm’s works. His paintings invite us into a unique and often nostalgic world of imaginative imagery. The artist relies on common objects from his surroundings to provide a certain degree of familiarity in his work. The motifs appear to him as he begins painting and then, begin to work themselves into his composition. His figures appear to be both characters and caricatures, distinctive and unusual, and often with historical significance. Created entirely in the mind of the artist, these colorful and imaginative works juxtapose seemingly incongruous elements, such as humans, wild animals, and whimsical back drops within each frame, resulting in a surreal topsy-turvy world. Grumm has exhibited widely throughout the USA and internationally. His works can be found in many private and public collections in Europe and the USA.
The Seal Who Seas Enough Acrylic on wood 9.5" diameter in frame $2,500
Match Point Acrylic on wood 7.5" diameter in frame $1,500
Professor Gullsworth the Bird Watcher Acrylic on wood 9.5" diameter in frame $2,500
Chain Smoker Acrylic on wood 13.5" diameter in frame $3,800
A Pause for Honey Acrylic on wood 13.5" diameter in frame $3,800
High Flutin Fluteless Bird Acrylic on wood 13.5" diameter in frame $3,800
Birds Eye View Acrylic on wood 13.5" diameter in frame $3,800
Sugar Buzz Acrylic on wood 7.5" diameter in frame $1,500
50¢ Special (The Collector) Acrylic on wood (framed) 14” x 16” $3,000
John Randall Nelson Nelson embraces the concept of artist as a storyteller. His symbolic amalgamations, which often consist of a central image superimposed over a collage of symbols and text (anything from art criticism to nursery rhymes), make intuitive sense of the inundation that we experience in what Nelson sees as our “over-communicated, how-to world.” Bits and pieces from daily life are placed, layered, painted, sanded and repainted; in this persistent, almost obsessive editing and rearrangement we find the grammar of Nelson’s private language. And because the constant reworking of the surface and the rearranging of form describe the process of discovery and creation, the paintings end up being narrative in two ways: they ask us to invent our own stories based on the images and messages that Nelson uses, but they also present the “story” of their own creation and invite us to share the restless, somewhat anxious journey of the art- making process. The strength of the work lies in the terrain between the narrative and the abstract, between what is immediately accessible to the viewer and what remains obscure. Masked in Nelson’s faux-naive style is a complex formalism designed to both present and obscure meaning. “Ambiguity and metaphor are central to my work,” says Nelson, “I think the ambiguous is more interesting, more engaging. Because there is always something more to discover it reveals itself more slowly and it has greater longevity.”
Transcendent Dialogues Mixed media on panel 42" x 66" $8,600
Free Wheeler Mixed media on panel 30" x 24" $2,900
Divination Mixed media on panel 48" x 35" $6,200
Lost Her Luster Mixed media on panel 48" x 36" $6,200
Your Journey Today Mixed media on panel 36" x 48" $6,200
Feral Childs Mixed media on panel 48" x 36" $6,200
Maybe Someday Mixed media on panel 30" x 38" $4,700
Chases Rabbits Mixed media on panel 36" x 24" $3,600
Go Ask Alice Mixed media on panel 32" x 40" $4,800
Holly Roberts Holly Roberts’ first national exposure came in 1989 with the publication of the monograph, Holly Roberts, from the Untitled Series published by the Friends of Photography. Although her work has always been based on the photograph the inclusion of paint made it a distinct entity. As David Featherstone wrote in his introduction to the monograph, “Roberts is a painter, yet it is the photograph underlying the paint, even when it can scarcely be seen, that gives the work its intriguing, mysterious power. Drawing from the iconography of primitive art, particularly that of the Native American, Mexican and Hispanic cultures of the Southwest, where she lives, she creates paintings that address a broad range of human emotions. While it is Roberts’ evolving interaction with the photograph that takes her to her finished work, it is the existence of the underlying photographic image—even when it is obscured by paint—that gives the work its powerful qualities and sets up the emotional challenge for the viewer”.
Forest Rider Mixed media on panel 21" x 31" $4,000
Flicker (With Spots) Mixed media on panel 40" x 32" $6,500
Split Rider Mixed media on panel 24" x 27" $4,500
Deer Watching Mixed media on panel 24" x 30" $4,500
Cathy Rose I've been an artist for as long as I can remember, as a child finding comfort and joy in the simple act of creating something purely my own. As I grew up, I was determined to find a career path in the arts, earning a Fine Art degree and a Masters in Art Education, both from the University of Central Florida. I began a career sharing my passion for creating with young people, enjoying a fifteen year career as an art educator in Florida public schools. I loved teaching, but I also continued to work as an artist, exhibiting in shows and galleries in the Orlando area. In 1996 I left teaching to pursue a full time career as an artist. I never regretted my decision. I missed my students, but I loved the freedom to explore new thoughts and ideas. I had always been interested in functional ceramics, but I began to create new work in figurative sculpture using porcelain assembled with wood and found objects. The figures were rooted by my interest in American primitive sculpture and slowly evolved from smaller pieces mounted in wooden boxes to larger life sized forms. My process involves hand forming porcelain or stoneware clay into lifelike forms or pieces, firing the clay and then assembling it with sanded, altered wood shapes to form the figures, torso and limbs. Once the initial figure is created, I embellish it with paper, fiber, metal and found objects to complete the sculpture. My intent is to project emotion and motion, reflecting that long ago joy in creating something purely my own. Art has always been a source of insight, reflection and healing for me. I've displayed my work at many exhibitions during the past 21 years, including Best of Show at seven prestigious art shows around the country. My work has been carried by numerous galleries, including Snyderman Works in Philadelphia, Seager Gray in Mill Valley, CA, and Sue Greenwood Fine Art in Laguna Beach, CA. I currently reside in New Orleans, which has been my home since 2002. In 2014 I opened a gallery in the French Quarter, Lucky Rose Gallery, which exhibits my sculptures and paintings.
Freedom Hand-formed clay assembled with altered woods, metal, leather, fabrics and found objects 24" x 25" x 10” $5,700
Trust Hand-formed clay assembled with altered woods, metal, leather, fabrics, paint and found objects 25" x 21" x 10” $7,000
Wind Hand-formed clay assembled with altered woods, metal, leather, fabrics, paint and found objects 28" x 26" x 11” $5,700
Heaven and Earth Hand-formed clay assembled with altered woods, metal, leather, fabrics, paint and found objects 14" x 13" x 7” $4,800
Jack Hand-formed clay assembled with altered woods and mounted on a found object base 7" x 8" x 4” $500
Tyler Swain Leonardo DaVinci once said that "simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." I have found great inspiration and purpose from observing the simple things in my daily surroundings - particularly those found in nature. My aim as an artist is to pay homage to these creations and to allow the viewer to connect in a new and deeper way to the subject.
Bashful Oil on canvas on panel 16" x 20" $2,000
Happening Now Oil on canvas 16" x 20" $2,000
In the Air Oil on canvas 16" x 16" $1,800
It Was True Oil on canvas 16" x 16" $1,800
Brandt Oil on canvas 28" x 22" $3,100
On the Edge Oil on canvas 24" x 24" $2,800
Perfectly Still Oil on canvas 12" x 12" $1,200
Zoe Oil on panel 8" x 8" $800
Walking on Stilts Oil on canvas 22" x 28" $3,100
Deborah Davidson Combining animals and objects has a steep history in Baroque painting. They are not only beautifully painted but the objects were used symbolically. The still life part of the paintings represents the rational, real world. Things we collect. Things we feather our nests with. The birds represent the magical or intuitive world. They are mute messengers, heroic in their silence. They are painted with hard won wisdom and dignity. With their hollow bones and their ability to fly thousands of miles, they symbolize tenacity, fragility, strength and endurance.
Feathers Oil on canvas 48" x 24" $4,500
Feathers 2 Oil on canvas 48" x 24" $4,500
Feathers 3 Oil on canvas 48" x 24" $4,500
Feathers 4 Oil on canvas 48” x 24” $4,500
Fire Flies Oil on panel 18" x 12" $1,800
Two Birdies Oil on panel 16" x 12" $1,500
Fleeting Oil on panel 16" x 12" $1,500
Memories and Imagination are the Same Oil on panel 13" x 11" $1,200
Preening Oil on canvas 30" x 24" $3,000
Sleeping Oil on canvas 30" x 24" $3,000
Tethered to Memories Oil on panel 30" x 24" $3,000
Leaving Home and Taking Her Black Sheep with Her Oil on panel 18" x 14" $2,400