MEMBERS’ INVITATIONAL
The South Coast Artists Invitational Exhibition is an annual event at various galleries showcasing the range and depth of artwork created by member artists living and working in the South Coast Region of Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
2024 Members’ Invitational Exhibition
Presented by Mott & Chace
Exhibition Dates:
April 28 - May 25, 2024
Hours: Thur. – Sun., 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Opening Reception: Sun, May. 5, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
All works will be on view and available for purchase during the exhibition period.
If you cannot pickup your purchase during the listed pickup times, please contact us ahead of your purchase to arrange an alternative option. We are happy to help you support your creative community!
The 2024 Members’ Invitational Exhibition was at the Bristol Art Museum
located at 10 Wardwell St., Bristol, RI 02809.
There is a $5.00 admission fee to the Bristol Art Museum.
South Coast Artists gratefully acknowledges the Board of Directors of Bristol Art Museum for generously welcoming our artists into their beautiful facility. We express a special thank you to Mary Dondero and the team of volunteers who handle the many unseen tasks needed to make the reception and day-to-day operation of the exhibition successful.
Robert Abele
Crowned
12.5" x 12.5"
Oil
Robert Abele
Hustle & Bustle
25" x 19"
Oil
Robert Abele
Smiling Joe
12.5" x 12.5"
Oil
Cali Almy
Bunny Vessel
8.5"x7"
Ceramics
Cali Almy
Carved Vessel
5.5"x7"
Ceramics
Cali Almy
Spring Horizon Vessel
9" x 6"
Ceramics
Melanie Anderson
Barn Dance
8.25"x 10"
Acrylic
Melanie Anderson
Cultivate
8.25” x 10”
Acrylic
Melanie Anderson
La La Land
8.25"x 10"
Acrylic
Diana Arvanites
Geo-a-Go-Go
36" diameter
Mixed Media on Canvas
Michele L. Bailey
Looking in the Same Direction
14" x 11"
Pastel
Michele L. Bailey
Nap By The Window
14" x 11"
Pastel
Michele L. Bailey
Peekaboo
12" x 9"
Pastel
Kim Barry
Transpiration
31" x 36"
Oil on Panel
Paula Stebbins Becker
Double Exposure
12" x 14"
Weaving/Fiber
Paula Stebbins Becker
Highland
14" x 9"
Weaving/Fiber
Paula Stebbins Becker
Labyrinth
12" x 22"
Weaving
Dot Bergen
Achille's Heel
11" x 14"
Encaustic and Mixed Media
Dot Bergen
Division
13" x 15"
Encaustic
Dot Bergen
Geode
9.5" x 9.5"
Encaustic and Mixed Media
Helen Bryant
Spring Chorus I
18.125” x 8.125”
Ink
Helen Bryant
Spring Chorus II
12” x 8.625”
Ink on Paper
Helen Bryant
Spring Chorus III
12” x 8.75”
Ink on Paper
Dianne W. Burns
Early August
12" x 16"
Oil
Dianne W. Burns
Mid September Marshes
14" x 11"
Oil
Dianne W. Burns
Approaching Seapowet
11" x 14"
Oil
Lisa Busnengo
Gong
24" x 24"
Acrylic
Don Cadoret
Heaven Lies at Our Feet
20" x 20"
Acrylic on Canvas
Diana Azevedo-Carns
Flight
10" x 10"
Encaustic
Diana Azevedo-Carns
Mystic Voyage
12" x 12"
Acrylic
Diana Azevedo-Carns
Traces of Gaia
12" x 12"
Acrylic
Serena Parente Charlebois
Magnolia and Old Lace
16" x 21"
Hand Colored Photograph on Archival Rag
Serena Parente Charlebois
Yellow Magnolias
14.5" x 17.25"
Hand Colored Photograph on Archival Rag
Celeste Chute-Wright
Connection
26" x 21"
Mixed Media
Dan Connolly
Groundsky No. 1 (grassy hill)
20" x 30"
Photograph on Aluminum
Dan Connolly
The Main
8"x 10"
Photograph on Aluminum
Dan Connolly
That Lonesome Reach
8"x 10"
Photograph on Aluminum
Susan Czernicka
Heather’s barns
6” x 6”
Encaustic
Susan Czernicka
Oaxaca Sunset
31"x13"
Encaustic
Susan Czernicka
Village
6” x 6”
Encaustic
Donald Fruci
Bottle
9.5” x 3”
Low Fired Stoneware With Luster Glaze
Donald Fruci
Bowl
6” x 11.5"
Low Fired Stoneware With Luster Glaze
Donald Fruci
Vase
13” x 6.5"
Low Fired Stoneware
Robert Dec
Fire Pit
18" x 24"
Acrylic on Collage on Canvas
Robert Dec
Throw One More Log on the Fire
11" x 14"
Acrylic on Modeling Paste on Canvas
Robert Dec
Winter Warmth
11" x 14"
Acrylic on Collage on Canvas
Iria DeValles-Vieira
Person on an Island
24" x 36"
Acrylic
Christy DeWitt
Westport 1
12" x 18"
Hand Tinted Natural Transfer Print
Kris Donovan
Life is Just ........
9" x 12"
Pastel
Kris Donovan
Peace
12" x 12"
Oil
Kris Donovan
Pear & Lace
12" x 9"
Watercolor
Bradford D Drury
Peckham's Plants
12" x 16"
Oil
Bradford D Drury
Race Committee
12" x 12"
Oil
Bradford D Drury
Red Shed
12" x 16"
Oil
Janet Dubuc
Gray Start
16" x 20”
Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas
Janet Dubuc
Reflected Green
12" x 15”
Oil on Canvas
Lindsey Epstein
Charlie's Tulips
9" x 36" x 6"
Porcelain
Lindsey Epstein
Green Crystalline Jar
9.5" x 7" x 7"
Porcelain
Lindsey Epstein
Raku Giraffes
16" x 28" x 6"
Paper Clay
Penelope P. Finnie
1 Mississippi
13" x 25"
Pastel Acrylic
Penelope P. Finnie
60 Broome
12" x 12"
Encaustic Photography
Mary Ellen Flinn
The Lookout
11" x 6.5" x 5.25"
Wood, Acrylics, Found Objects
Mary Ellen Flinn
Salem Bound
14.5" x 11.5" x 9"
Wood, Acrylics Found Objects
Mary Ellen Flinn
Whaler's Parade Rattle
11" x 5" x 6.5"
Wood, Acrylic, Found Objects
Nadine Flowers
Sakonnet Winter
22" x 22"
Assemblage, Mixed Media
Nadine Flowers
Study in Ebony
8" x 8"
Assemblage, Mixed Media
Nadine Flowers
Study in Ivory
8" x 8"
Assemblage, Mixed Media
David Formanek
Cardioid
8" x 7" x 6"
Sculpture
David Formanek
Dryad
4" x 9" x 4"
Sculpture
David Formanek
Parasite
5" x 7" x 5"
Sculpture
Stan Frankenthaler
At the Swimming Hole
15" x 12"
Encaustic Monoprint, Framed
Stan Frankenthaler
Let's Dance
15" x 12"
Encaustic Monoprint, Framed
William Marshall Gajda
Badger
15" x 17"
Woodworking
William Marshall Gajda
Simplicity
15" x 26" x 30"
Woodworking
William Marshall Gajda
Sunset
8" x 8"
Woodworking
Kevin Garbarini
Field of Blooms
17" x 21"
Pastel Framed
Kevin Garbarini
Jetty Tide
12" x 12"
Acrylic on Wood
Lynn Williams Gilbert
Audubon
12" x 12"
Acrylic
Lynn Williams Gilbert
Bales
16" x 12"
Acrylic
Lynn Williams Gilbert
Gate
30" x 15"
Acrylic
Joanne E Gregory
Autumn Compass Star
12" x 12"
Shell Craft - Sailor's Valentine
Joanne E Gregory
Sand Dollar
2" x 2"
Shell Craft - Sailor's Valentine
Joanne E Gregory
Solstice
12" x 12"
Shell Craft - Sailor's Valentine
Vidar Axel Haaland
Monhegan Breeze
28" X 35"
Watercolor
Heide Hallemeier
Around the Bend
21"x 25"
Watercolor
Heide Hallemeier
Dancing at the Mooring
13.5" X 10.5"
Watercolor
Heide Hallemeier
Pond Reflections
13" x 15.5"
Watercolor
Barbara Edlund Healy
Beach Blues
24" x 30"
Oil on Canvas
Genevieve Hunt
Dolphin Marina II
16" x 20"
Watercolor
William Kendall
Rushing River
36" x 36"
Acrylic
Jill Law
Three Sheets
24" x 18"
Acrylic
Jill Law
Bewitched
16" x16"
Acrylic
Jill Law
Sittin' In
12" x 9"
Pastel
Mark Lesaffre
Head of Westport River
30" x 24"
Acrylic, Framed
Carolyn Carolyn Lock Lock
Distortion
20" x 20"
Oil
N Elizabeth Luz
Sunset After The Storm
20" x 24"
Oil on Canvas
William B MacGregor Jr
Gulf Hill Dairy Ice Cream
11" x 14"
Watercolor/Acrylic
William B MacGregor Jr
Newport Harbor
16" x 20"
Watercolor/Acrylic
Fiona M. Marques
Rusted Danger
36” x 36” x 58”
Rusted Steel
Gregoire L Marshall
Always Can Begin Again
15.5" x 20"
Collage
Gregoire L Marshall
Life, Love, Lust
15.5" x 20"
Collage
Susan Medyn
Home, O Sailor
14" x10"
Watercolor
Karen Melanson
Curling
6" x 9"
Pastel
Karen Melanson
Warren's Point Wave
6" x 9"
Pastel
Karen Melanson
Where's The Sun
12" x 18"
Pastel
Mary Monteiro
Glory
11" x 11"
Oil
Mary Monteiro
Integration
24" x 24"
Oil
Mary Monteiro
True Love
9" x 8"
Oil
Robin D Nunes
Ruling The Roost
36" X12"
Oil
Marquelynn Raposa
Shore Flow
12" x 12"
Encaustic on Cradled Board
Marquelynn Raposa
Turbulent Coast
18"x 18"
Encaustic on Cradled Board
James George Sidney Reitzas
Deerlake
29" x 24" x 84"
Metal
Stephen Remick
Burning Brush
24" x 30"
Acrylic on Canvas
Stephen Remick
Foggy Morning at the Coast
8" x 10"
Acrylic on Wood Panel
Stephen Remick
Tranquility
8" x 20"
Acrylic on 2 Wood Panels
Beth Russo
Entangled
20” x 20”
Acrylic
Cindy Sachs
Deauville
14" x 14"
Acrylic
Cindy Sachs
Gull's Abode
20" x 20"
Acrylic
Cindy Sachs
Hey Hay Hey
14" x 14"
Acrylic
Ara Sadaniantz
The kiss of spring
8" x 10"
Oil
Ara Sadaniantz
The Rooster
8" x 10"
Oil
Carol Scavotto
Splash Splash
24" diameter
Silk Embroidery
Kitt Shaffer
Peckham's Greenhouse
15.5" X 12.5"
Pastel on Textured Paper
Kitt Shaffer
Seated Figure in Striped Tights
13" x 17"
Colored Pencil And Pastel on Paper
Kitt Shaffer
Supine Male Pose
12.5" x 15.5"
Pastel on Textured Paper
Kris Shaffer
Shadowy Road #1
10.25" x 14.5"
Watercolor
Michelle Smith
Green to Yellow
28" x 22"
Oil
Michelle Smith
Hothole Brook #1
18" x 14"
Oil
Michelle Smith
Smooth Blues
12" x 19"
Photo
Taylor Smith
Kennedy Park Overlook
19.5" x 16"
Oil
Taylor Smith
Riverside
18" x 22"
Oil
Taylor Smith
Somerset Puddle
11" x 13"
Oil
Heather Stivison
Asking Questions
36" x 36"
Acrylic
Susan Strauss
Peace
10" x 8"
Oil on Panel
Susan Strauss
Red Rocks and Renaissance
10" x 8"
Oil on Canvas Panel
Stephanie Stroud
Birch Glow
12.75" x 19.75"
Decorative Fiber
Stephanie Stroud
A Grand Prospect
14.25" x 8.25"
Decorative Fiber
Stephanie Stroud
Here and There
9.25" x 12"
Decorative Fiber
Katherine Conkling Thompson
Deer
15.25" x 10" x 7.25"
Ceramics
Katherine Conkling Thompson
Haiku Moon Jar I
10.25" x 9" x 6.25"
Ceramics
Katherine Conkling Thompson
Haiku Moon Jar II
7.75" x 6.5" x 5.75"
Ceramics
Raquel Valcourt-deCosta
Foggy Morning in Bristol Harbour
10" x 18"
Mixed
Amir Viskin
Ocean Cliff
25" x 19"
Archival Ink Photograph
Pat Warwick
Dawn Dune
9" x 12"
Oil on Panel
Pat Warwick
Dusk Dune
9" x 12"
Oil on Panel
Pat Warwick
Noon Dune
9" x 12"
Oil on Panel
Anne P. Wert
Ice Cream Castles
18" x 36"
Oil
Nancy R.M. Whitin
Beach Patrol
12" x 18"
Pastel
The SCA Members’ Invitational Exhibition is presented by Mott & Chace Realty and is sponsored by Cardi’s Furniture & Mattresses. This program is supported in part by grants from the Dartmouth Cultural Council and Westport Cultural Council, local agencies which are supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency. This activity is made possible in part by a grant from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, through an appropriation by the Rhode Island General Assembly and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Westport Cultural Council, a local agency supported by the Helen E. Ellis Charitable Trust administered by Bank of America.
South Coast Artists, a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization, educates, represents, and supports artists living and working in the coastal towns of Tiverton and Little Compton, RI, and Westport and Dartmouth, MA. Each summer SCA sponsors studio tours and this year the 21st annual SCA Open Studio Tour takes place on the weekends of July 20-21 and August 17-18. SCA also provides free educational events and grants for emerging artists.