Illuminated Tomato   Andrea Bacal   2023 ARTIST STATEMENT Last year I grew a garden full of tomatoes. Inspired by the citrus packing labels, I wanted to show the illuminated tomato at its finest. [...]

  Reflective Illumination   Tara Ritacco   2023 ARTIST STATEMENT Watching the water illuminating and moving in the light at sunset was the focus for this piece as well as the playfulness of highlights and shadows. [...]

  Luna   Christine Brock   2023 ARTIST STATEMENT I love the way the moon illuminates water. When I visited the Cheech Museum in Riverside, all of the fabulous colors inspired me to change my direction from soft, twilight [...]

  California Poppy   Cynthia Lyons-Dailard   2023 ARTIST STATEMENT Illuminated by late afternoon light, the efflorescence of radiant yellow-orange poppies gracefully flutter with each breeze, growing randomly in unexpected areas, infusing me with joy, and instilling positivity in [...]

  Ocean Illumination   Erika Weber   2023 ARTIST STATEMENT The illumination theme immediately took my mind to the depths of the ocean. As a scuba diver, I loved seeing everything light up a whole new world. Jellyfish are [...]

  Waste Knot   Helen Ashdown   2023 ARTIST STATEMENT I chose to interpret illumination as knowledge and education. I used scraps from the kids’ quilts who participated in Vision’s classes with third graders from Dewey Elementary School as [...]

  An Illuminated Eye   Nancy Wolfing   2023 ARTIST STATEMENT My inspirations were manuscripts, cathedrals, illuminati, “I/Eye” homophone, the Eye of Providence symbology, “I am”/ Theosphy movement, illumination/enlightenment hidden at the outer edges, and marbled end pages. [...]

  Concerto Luminaire   Nelda McComb   2023 ARTIST STATEMENT Music is the illumination of this mighty instrument. It “lights up” my soul. MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Commercial fabric, silk, rayon, cotton embroidery [...]

  Lit from Within   Ruth Jones   2023 ARTIST STATEMENT My definition of illumination is: to brighten with light and to glow. An original photograph by Lynda Fox seemed perfect for the illumination challenge as it seemed lit [...]

  Weaving Ephemera   Renee Bareno   San Diego, California   2023 ARTIST STATEMENT Remnants are the things left behind and the inescapable artifacts of our existence. MATERIALS AND [...]