SEASON OF THE WITCH
GALLERY SHOW
OCT 3 - NOV 7
To purchase any of the art
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Present Tense
Christina Kingerski
Graphite and Charcoal Drawing
My work explores the contrary emotions that often arise during phases of personal transition. The interplay of fear, hope, grief, and resilience is often examined in the work. Gestural marks alongside methodical linework highlights the tension between these disparate feelings. An overall gentle hand reinforces the precarious experience of negotiating these liminal spaces. Christina Kingerski is a visual artist living in Pittsburgh, PA. After completing her M.F.A. and spending nearly a decade working as an instructional designer and academic administrator at the Savannah College of Art and Design, Christina has transitioned to a private studio practice. Her current body of work explores the duality of emotions using traditional fiber art techniques and processes.
Not For Sale
Edgar Allan Poe
Angela Paterchak
Collage
This work expresses the feelings within the boundaries of life and death.
$125
IG: @ amp_space
FB: Angela Marie Paterchak
HocusPocus
RachelToxic
Acrylic and Adhesive Vinyl Collage on Skateboard
RachelToxic features acrylic, vinyl, and collage in work meant to evoke emotion and encourage self-empowerment. Acknowledging the depth of both vulnerability and nostalgia, Toxic uses diverse materials and abstract compositions to create art that puts the familiar into a new perspective.
SOLD
IG: @racheltoxic
FB: @racheltoxicartandapparel
What You Desire
Hannah Swoish
Acrylic on Canvas
There is so much beauty in being an empath. Holding space for others while listening and sharing the feelings they are experiencing is a very special trait to have. However, holding onto someone else’s energy can be very draining on one’s own energy - often leaving empaths feeling empty. In “What You Desire,” I wanted to depict this beauty while also bringing to light the importance of taking time for yourself. Recharge. And most importantly, do not feel guilty for doing what is best for you.
SOLD
IG: @michel.han.gelo
Seven
Zia Mancuso
Acrylic and Watercolor on Canvas
A checkered pattern symbolizes the essence of duality that exists in the invisible space around us. Polarities, like black and white, pull us, creating consciousness. Dark and light, male and female divinity, negative and positive forces... nothing can exist without its opposite. Along our subtle bodies, called sukshma sarira, exist seven energy points, moving like wheels to their own rhythm. Seven chakras line up along our non-physical bodies, each distinct in their color and their energy. Sometimes out of balance, and sometimes spinning rapidly, but always somewhere in the emptiness surrounding each one of us. So, in essence, this painting is a symbol of you, of myself, of the person beside you, and the persons you have yet to meet.
$333
IG: @ziamancuso
Crown of Thorns
Cheyenne Cameron
Oil on Canvas
This painting was a part of a religious series I created. I’ve always been drawn to dark, religious imagery and the emotion it conveys.
SOLD
IG: @twerkforchrist
dans la gueule du renard (in the maw of the fox)
Nicholas DeLeone
Steel, Rabbit Skull, and Lexan
Found objects are incredibly important to my work. Nearly all of the materials I use are found, reused, or repurposed. The animal parts I use are always ethically sourced, whether collected from nature or donated to me. It is imperative to me that through my work, I am paying homage to the natural world while minimizing the impact I have on it personally.
$5000
IG: @nick_deleone
Reemergence – Breaking the Mesh
Cristina Blanco Sio-Lopez
Acrylic on Canvas
Women's creative voices are re-emerging strongly in a ductile context of change. Their empowering character breaks the mesh of rigid frameworks that attempted to govern unfolding directions. At this time, we would like to open an invitation to join a nascent, liberating song, full of potential…It is, indeed, an invitation to embrace this unlikely threshold that we might shift from challenging to exponential.
$250
Hanging Garden (to Sara)
Elizabeth Murray Finkelstein
Assemblage with Antique Frame, Hand-Gilding, Silk Flowers, and Burlap
Elizabeth Murray Finkelstein works between art business and art making. As a visual artist, she is motivated by transformation, mysticism, and the fundamental geometries of the Universe.
$350
Watery Abyss
Jay Pittenger
Photograph
$150 Signed Photograph
IG: @jay.pittenger @jay.pittenger2
Racoon Skull
Jay Pittenger
Photograph
$150 Signed Photograph
IG: @jay.pittenger @jay.pittenger2
Body Language
Hannah Swoish
Acrylic on Canvas
Portraits have always intrigued me. My goal as an artist is to capture the emotion of both the subject depicted and that of the viewer. I believe body language is a dead giveaway to the emotions someone is experiencing. In this piece, I utilized the subject’s hands to portray an emotion. However, as the viewer, it is up to you to decide what kind of emotion you feel when looking at this portrait.
SOLD
IG: @michel.han.gelo
The Witch Wall
Envisioned by
Susie Humphrey
Built by Jay Pittenger
Introduction to the Witch Wall.
If you visit Sanctuary in person, leave a token for blessings and prosperty.
Honor the Witch Wall.
Billy
Johanna Sima
Micron Pen on Paper
I'm a local Pittsburgh artist who specializes in fine line drawings, plants and florals.
$35
IG: @josi_unadorned
FB: @johanna.sima.9
Posthumous Stress Disorder
Chris Bigos
Acrylic on Canvas
Chris Bigos is a blue-collar meat cutter and Pittsburgh native raising two creatively fueled sons. Chris is a self-taught artist and musician with no formal training. “Posthumous Stress Disorder” as a concept piece hopefully invokes many questions but possibly one at the forefront. Does human psychology, anxiety, or soul of this form in this symbiotic dimension, transfer to the next realm?
SOLD
IG: @_c.deadpanbigos_
Sugar Quartz Suspension
Aiden Flame
Mixed Media
I’ve been practicing Shabari, traditional Japanese rope bondage, for six years and creating artwork for two years. I tie picture frames with the knots and patterns used to tie the human body. Then I decorate them with ethically sourced bones, crystals, and flowers that I’ve dried. All of the frames are customized by either burning or repainting. Aside from making the frames, I work with local photographers and offer Shibari-based photo shoots and do live performance art by either tying myself or a model.
$125
IG: @aidensinflame
More Weight
Aly Mitchell
Collage and Graphite on Paper
“More Weight” reflects the feeling of being blind, stuck and heavy. Trapped in her mason jar, she cannot move. An unidentifiable set of arms has placed a heavy head, that is not her own, upon her shoulders and now she’s starting to feel the weight. Inspired by the feeling of existence
$120
IG: @alymitchellart
Goldspell
Aly Mitchell
Graphite and Gold Leaf on Paper
“Goldspell” features a seductive witch that seeps gold dust from her fingertips. Inspired by lingerie and body movement, I created a strong lady to fit perfectly in this antique frame. She hovers effortlessly waiting to cast a spell on you.
$130
IG: @alymitchellart
Red Woman
Chris Devine
Mixed Media on 300lb Watercolor Paper
Look into the void, not with your eyes but with your heart, and find comfort and protection in the endless possibilities.
$400
IG: @cdevine_art
Here’s to the Future
Allison Attisano
Watercolor Pencil on Paper
The past year has been weird, transformational, paradigm shifting, and dark. So here’s a small reminder to embrace impermanence and that the world is currently in a state of transformation for a better future.
SOLD
IG: n00dle10
Hecate
Allison Attisano
Watercolor Pencil on Paper
Hecate is the Greek goddess of magic, witchcraft, the night, moon, ghosts, and necromancy. Also known as the “Queen of the Witches,” she’s associated with the crossroads, the cycle of life and death, regeneration and knowledge of herbs and poisonous plants. She’s the fierce voice that whispers we can choose to stand in our power. She is the eternal wild woman. I’ve always been deeply drawn to and inspired by this goddess.
“We are the wild woman who broke free of the chains using her own cleverness and cunning. This is the spirit of Hecate, the ancient keeper of keys and breaker of chains. We are wild in that we resist and persist against those who would keep us bound. This is the remembering of what our soul has always known; that through the reclaiming of the keys of our wild, intuitive and wise selves can we find true freedom.”
SOLD
IG: n00dle10
Intuition
Rachel Simmons
Acrylic on Canvas
Rachel Simmons is a Pittsburgh based artist currently focused on painting and drawing. Recent content touches on deepening one’s relation with self, visualization of lessons in spiritual growth, and the juxtaposition of human/animal.
Intuition is one of the most mysterious and universal qualities of spirit, and central to many different magical practices. Felines are masters of fine-tuned senses, both of this physical world, and of energetic forces beyond the conventionally observable.
$500
IG: @rachelmorgansimmons
Mask On Mask Off
Jeff Bertrand
Watercolor and Ink on Paper
Jeff Bertrand isn’t your normal artist, he makes dark art seem warm and happy. His work messes with your mind and your emotions. You don’t know whether to love it or hate it. His characters don’t seem to live in a Mayberry kinda town. They live in a post-war industrial revolution setting where cartoons are the new reality and disease and plague are rampant.
$200 Each Painting
IG: @jeff_bertrand
Sad Witch Missing Halloween Town
Jeff Bertrand
Watercolor and Ink on Paper
Jeff Bertrand isn’t your normal artist, he makes dark art seem warm and happy. His work messes with your mind and your emotions. You don’t know whether to love it or hate it. His characters don’t seem to live in a Mayberry kinda town. They live in a post-war industrial revolution setting where cartoons are the new reality and disease and plague are rampant.
$200 Each Painting
IG: @jeff_bertrand
Losing Insight
Rigel Richardson
Acrylic on Canvas
Rigel Richardson draws heavily from the visual vocabulary of the natural and built environments of her youth in California and life in Pittsburgh. Inspirations include the bright colors of both cityscapes and ocean creatures, which cause optical flicker and confusion; patterns like scales and fur from creatures who shy away from human interaction, or the decaying surface details of manmade forms; and the traditions and artforms of her Mexican heritage. Like Alejibres (those brightly painted Oaxacan wood carvings) or Dia De Los Muertos, bright saturated colors are optically light and emotionally inviting, but often adorn and frame more heavy emotional aspects of the colorful celebrations.
$1300
IG: @rigelfish