2022 Art Show Gallery

The WisCon Art Show staff are delighted to present a selection of images from some of this year’s artists!

Painting: green dragon hatching from an egg, with floral border. — Hatchling – SSHolcomb

Painting: Dragon playing a drum facing a dragon playing a tambourine. — SSHolcomb

Painting: blue dragon on gold with floral borders. — Fierce and Fancy – SSHolcomb

Painting: green dragon with a blue wing and green and pink foliate embellishment. — Leaf Dragon – SSHolcomb

SSHolcomb: I paint dragons and griffins in the style of Medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts. The Medieval Dragon Project began as a fascination with the wildly diverse forms of dragons across Western Europe prior to the year 1600, and how they differ from dragons in modern fantasy art.

See more of SSHolcomb’s work and buy on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/SSHolcombArtWorks

Earrings with three green leaves and brass spirals — Kendra Tornheim

Pendant with a blue stone held by a silver braided wire loop set with blue faceted beads — Kendra Tornheim

Pendant of a key entwined with brass wire and metal ivy leaves — Kendra Tornheim

Pendant with two columns, face and moon charms on a key between them, and the words "The High Priestess" above — Kendra Tornheim

Kendra Tornheim: I make jewelry from brilliantly hand-colored brass combined with wire which I shape freeform or weave in complex patterns. I use materials that spark the imagination— antique keys, carved faces, watch gears and pen nibs, colored wings and leaves—to create pendants, earrings, hair pins and clips, and I add new techniques every year, most recently hand-stamping words on metal.

See more of Kendra Tornheim’s work and buy at https://www.etsy.com/shop/silverowlcreations.
Support Kendra’s work at https://www.patreon.com/silverowlcreations.
Email: silverowlcreations@gmail.com

Black and white depiction of rock formations with fine lines and crosshatching — Badlands – Heather A Tatarek

Painting of a volcano in black lines over vivid red and orange — Tambora – Heather A Tatarek

Planet-like circular abstract painting in gray and brown tones — Mercury – Heather A Tatarek

Abstract painting with curving black lines on a gray and purple ground — Landbridge – Heather A Tatarek

Heather A Tatarek is a Madison-based artist who works primarily with ink and watercolor to create abstract landscapes. She is inspired by both real and fictional events, Terrestrial and otherwise. The way land is shaped by water, wind, fire, impact, and other occurrences in nature is of particular interest to her.

You can see more at www.heatheratatarek.weebly.com and on Etsy under H2OLandscapes.

Red-brown vase with molded oak leaves — John T Cejka

Brown and blue-glazed mug sitting outside in grass — John T Cejka

Teapot with a brown and green surface and a fish on the lid — John T Cejka

Pale green-glazed bowl decorated with molded brown roses. sitting in grass — John T Cejka

John T Cejka: Wheel-thrown and hand altered pottery / ceramics. Work is heavily influenced by Japanese and Korean pottery styles and often includes natural imagery (forest and ocean).

Book "The Stars Change" and folded cloth. — Mary Anne Mohanraj

Green tea towel with white print of a unicorn in a forest and Lewis Carroll quote — Mary Anne Mohanraj

Blue scarf with pattern of hearts as planets in concentric orbits. — Mary Anne Mohanraj

Book "A Feast of Serendib" with printed tea towels and curry powder — Mary Anne Mohanraj

Mary Anne Mohanraj creates books, textiles, jewelry, and more, inspired by South Asia, her garden, cooking, and geekery.
See more of Mary Anne’s work and buy at www.serendibshop.com.

Abstract painting in four panels with vivid orange and teal landscape-like forms — Zircon Tetraptych – Tahlia Day

Abstract painting/collage in shades of blue, white and cyan watercolor suggesting an icy landscape — Hyperborea 5 – Tahlia Day

Watercolor and digital illustration of a bark-skinned figure emerging from a tree, draped with a flower garland — Dryad – Tahlia Day

Watercolor and digital illustration of a beach scene with two people standing under rusting remains of a giant ship — Realized: Viridian Cape – Tahlia Day

Tahlia Day creates topographical/map-inspired paintings with occasional collage and metal leaf elements, as well as digital illustrations building on watercolor elements. You can see more at http://www.tahliaday.com or find her on Etsy and Instagram.

Hexagonal purple box decorated with marbled paper — Jana Pullman

Blue-covered travel journal — Jana Pullman

Two paper boxes with attached and detached lids, showing blue and gold lining — Jana Pullman

Jana Pullman is a book artist and book conservator from Minneapolis, MN. She is the former recipient of a Minnesota Book Artist of the Year Award and three-time winner at the DeGolyer Bookbinding Competition and has taught at Carleton College, University of MN, Penland and elsewhere. She loves to make practical, beautiful things like handmade boxes and journals too!

See more of Jana Pullman’s work and buy on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/westernslopebindery

Illustration of an herbalist's shop with a person writing at the counter and a sleeping cat on the rug — SamHain Press

Black and white woodcut-style illustration of a woman in elaborate drapery with a rat perched on her finger — SamHain Press

Assortment of beaded necklaces in blue, green, gold and purple — SamHain Press

Sam Haney Press is an award-winning book sculptor, freelance illustrator, and jewelry maker from Madison, Wisconsin, who has exhibited in various art shows for over a decade. She is the secretary for ASFA, the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists, and has worked in SFF publishing as an art director. In her free time, she helps run art shows at conventions in the Chicago & Madison areas. You can find her work and online storefront at https://www.samhainpress.com/ and can follow her on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram under the alias SamHain Press.

Other artists appearing in the 2022 in-person show include Meredith Dillman, Clara Cecilia, and Nevenah Smith.

For more information about the WisCon Art Show or to apply as an artist for next year’s show (new artists are welcome!), see http://wiscon.net/events/art-show/.