Category Archives: CHAL Exhibitions

Artists’ Choice/Members Vote May-June 2020

Once a year, CHAL artists (only) pick their favorite artworks for their own group exhibit, this year it will be posted ONLINE. It is non-juried/no theme and members submit one or two of their BEST work(s) of art for this exhibit. Most artwork is for sale! Contact: chalartists@gmail.com for purchases.

Members voting/ award: May 1-May 31– Members (only) VOTE for their fav art work! Please email the name(s) of the artist/title of the artwork to: chalartists@gmail. TWO votes per member. The winner will be announced June 2 and will receive a gift card donated by Plaza Art in DC.

June 2, votes are closed and the tallies are noted. The artist who broke a three way tie (with 4 votes total), is Karen Cohen with Blue Skies. Following with three votes each is POD III by Tamora Ilasat and Pink Pointsetta by Julie Byrne. All the votes are recorded next to the artwork for this show. 22 members voted! Thank you for voting and for a great show.

Karen Cohen “Blue Skies”

2020 Members’ Choice Vote award went to Karen Cohen for her photograph: Blue Skies

Exhibitors: Nancy Arbuthnot, JoAnn Laboy, Kate McConnell, Marian Wiseman, Karen Cohen, Carolyn Rondthaler, Tara Hamilton, Karen Zens, Julie Byrne, Mary Beth Gosselink, Jason Jaffery, Deb Hurtt, Linda Norton, Nico Gozal, Karen Van Allen, Kimberley Bursic, Andre Barnett, Meera Rao, Kenneth Bachman, Stephanie Bianco, Judith Searles, Steve Kunin, Nan Raphael, Gloria Grandolini, Tamora Ilasat, and Marilyn Christiano. Follow us on Instagram @caphillartleague.

SOLD Karen Zens "Springtime"
SOLD #32. Karen Zens “Springtime 12 x 12 Watercolor $65 (2 votes)
  • 1. Nancy Arbuthnot “Winter Sparrows” Watercolor & mixed media 17 x 14 $350 (2 votes)
  • 2. JoAnn Laboy “Look Through” Pen and Ink 24 x 24 $425
  • 3. Kate McConnell “Roots II” Oil Painting 48 x 24 NFS
  • 4. JoAnn Laboy “Lookout” Pen and Ink 20 x 29 $375 (1 vote)
  • 5. Karen Cohen “Blue Skies” Photograph Print on Archival Paper 13 x 10 unframed, signed $90 (4 votes-Members’ top voted artwork)
  • 6. Julie Byrne Flattened Flora Pencil Drawing 21.5 x16 x 1 $1250 (1 vote)
  • 7. Julie Byrne “Pink Pointsetta Pencil Drawing 16 x 15 $950 (3 votes)
  • 8. Mary Elizabeth Gosselink “Tree Star” Collage on canvas 30 x 24 x 2 $350
  • 9. Carolyn Rondthaler “Koi” Watercolor 16 x 20 $225
  • 10. Linda Norton “Storm” Watercolor 16 x 20 NFS (1 vote)
  • 11. Nico Gozal “Through the Window of Hope” Painting on Silk 25 x 25 $500 (1 vote)
  • 12. Nico Gozal “American Skin” Painting on Silk 20 x 20 $500 (2 votes)
  • 13. Linda Norton “The Chairs” Pastel 12 x 16 NFS (2 votes)
  • 14. Jason Jaffery “Children During Catalan Resistance Demonstrations, Barcelona Photograph 4 x 3 $100
  • 15. Karen Van Allen “Escape” Acrylic Painting/collage 24 x 18 x 2 $350. (1 vote)
  • 16. Deb Hurtt “Green Apple” Oil on Linen. 5 x 7 NFS (2 votes)
  • 17. Kimberley Bursic “Seeds” Watercolor 30 x 22 x 1 $500
  • 18. Kimberley Bursic “Brooklyn” Etching, Collograph, chine collie with acrylic and watercolor 30 x 22 x 1 $1000
  • 19. Andre Barnett “Easter I” Lithograph 30×22 $500. (1 vote)
  • 20. Kate McConnell Dolomites Vista 60 x 24 NFS. (1 vote)
  • 21. Meera Rao “Morning Light” Photography 10 x 10 $100
  • 22. Meera Rao This Cat Regal Drawing with graphite 6.5 x 9.5 $100
  • 23. Marian Wiseman “Windmill on the Gein River, Netherlands Watercolor 14 x 12 NFS
  • 24. Mary Elizabeth Gosselink “Break Out” Acrylic 30 x 22 $350
  • 25. Marian Wiseman “Canal at Bruges” Watercolor 10 x 12 NFS
  • 26. Deb Hurtt “Yellow” Oil Painting 12 x 9 NFS
  • 27. Stephanie Bianco ” I Love Being Part of City Life” Oil Painting on two panels/framed as one unit 24x48x1.5 NFS
  • 28. Tara Hamilton “Tropical Scene” Watercolor 11 x 14 $150. (1 vote)
  • 29. Kenneth Bachman “Birds of a Feather” Oil Painting 18×24 $695
  • 30. Karen Zens “I Dream of Spain” Monoprint: blockprint over collagraph, matted, unframed. 14 x 18 $125. (1 vote)
  • 31. Judy Searles “Three Stages” Photograph 14 x 11 $200. (1 vote)
  • SOLD 32. Karen Zens “Springtime” Watercolor matted and framed 12 x 12 $65
  • 33. Judy Searles ” In For A Landing” Photograph 14 x 11 $200. (2 votes)
  • 34. Stephanie Bianco “Traveling Geometrically” Acrylic 24x48x1.5 $450
  • 35. Steve Kunin “School is Out” Photograph 8.5. x 11 $50
  • 36. Carolyn Rondthaler “Blue Violin” Watercolor 24 x 18 $325
  • 37. Nan Raphael “Art and Soul” Collage 22 x 17 unframed NFS
  • 38. Steve Kunin ” Things Are Not Looking Up” Photograph print 13 x 19 $75. (2 votes)
  • 39. Tara Hamilton “Street Scene” Watercolor 16 x 20 painting $200
  • 40. ” Last Light Gleaming” Photograph on inkjet paper 17 x 13 $200
  • 41. Kenneth Bachman “Guardian Geese” 16 x 20 oil painting $545
  • 42. Jason Jaffery “Woman in Prayer” Photograph 6 x 6 $100
  • 43. Tamora Ilasat Pod III Acrylic and Pastel on Arches paper 34 x 27 $1500. (3 votes)
  • 44. Tamora Ilasat “Olympia” Acrylic and collage on Canvas 36 x 24 $1250 (1 vote)
  • 45. Marilyn Christiano “Do Not Mess with Me”. 16 x 20 Matted and framed $225
  • 46. Marilyn Christiano “Harbor Photograph” 16 x 20 matted and framed $225
  • 47. Gloria Grandolini “Happiness” photograph 15 x 10 $100
  • 48. Gloria Grandolini -“At Peace Yet Ready To Go” photograph 15 x 10 $150. (1 vote)

BEGINNINGS: Spring ONLINE exhibit

Karen Zens “Cave Animals

      Members Only – Artist Choice Pop-Up Art Exhibit ONLINE

                           ( CANCELED gallery exhibit (was) at Frame of Mine) April 1-30, 2020 but the show WILL go on! ONLINE.

   With signs of Spring all around us outside, our thoughts turn to Beginnings– new ones, missed ones, fresh starts….new beginnings we are waiting for while hibernating in solitary isolation and social distancing.

Here’s Nan Raphael, Rindy O’Brien, Karen Cohen, Ann Pickett, Sarah Burford, Karen Zens, Mary Elizabeth Gosselink, Tara Hamilton, and Ann Albright in CHAL’s FIRST-EVER online exhibit!

CHAL Members are invited to email two art images themed Beginnings and please name your jpg file with your name/title of the artwork. Please email to chalartists@gmail.com. CHAL will upload images to Instagram daily and this Website. Instagram: @caphillartleague

  • Sarah Burford
  • Nan Raphael "Aqua Mandala"
  • Ann Pickett "Seated Nude Verde"
  • Nan Raphael "Cherry Blossom Time"
  • Karen Zens "Paleolithic Animals"
  • Anne Albright
  • Tara Hamilton "Low County Morning"
  • Karen Cohen "Cherry Blossoms DC"
  • Rindy O'Brien "Bird in Spring"
  • Karen Cohen "Bloom Inside"
  • Mary E. Gosselink "Fly Free"

Rhythm and Blues OPENS Feb. 15!

Juror and award winning artist, Justyne Fischer, selected the following CHAL members/artists to exhibit in the Rhythm and Blues members’ show and awarded the following:

First Place: Tamora Ilasat-Compositions in Blue II, collage and acrylic painting

Second Place: Kenneth Bachman- Presence, oil painting

Third Place: Jane Mann-San Diego, photography

Honorable Mentions: Karen Cohen-Federal Brass Band 2019, photography/collage

J Jaffery- “all I own are the rhythm of my breath and the beatings of my heart.” Digital photography

Nan Raphael-This Too Shall Pass, photography

Exhibiting artists: Roberta Abel, Ken Bachman, Julie Byrne, Sally Canzoneri, Marilyn Christiano, Karen Cohen, Kim Di Donato-Murrell, Kay Elsasser, M.E. Gosselink, Nico Gozal, Jim Huttinger, Tamora Ilasat, J Jaffery, JoAnn Laboy, Jane Mann, Linda Norton, Rindy O’Brien, Ann Pickett, Nan Raphael, Anne Shields, Karen Van Allen, and Karen Zens. 

Award certificates were announced at our reception along with juror’s remarks by Justyne Fischer. 
Reception-Saturday Feb. 15 from 5-7pm. at CHAW/CHAL gallery.

Exhibit dates: Feb. 14-March 14

Please wear something BLUE, just for the fun of it!

POP up Gratitude Nov. Show

CHAL  POP-UP Exhibit
Theme: Gratitude
Exhibit Dates: Nov. 2-Dec. 15, 2019
Location: Office of Dr. Nishan Halim, 27 Sixth St NE
For this exhibit, CHAL express their artistic representation of GRATITUDE: – a feeling/emotion, a trait, an expression, a motivator/purpose, a behavior, a sense of well being……..

Participating artists/members are: Karin Edgett, Ann Pickett, Carolyn Rondthaler, Gloria Grandolini, Jeffrey Levine, Rindy O’ Brien, Elizabeth Eby, and JoAnn Lamicella Laboy (also our Exhibit manager).

Dr. Halim and his staff invites the public to a party/ reception on Friday, Nov. 15th from 5:30 to 7:30pm

Joann Laboy and Dr. Nishan Halim (shown here.)