NOVENAS
Featuring
Wendy Lee Gadzuk
Sarah Jane (Heavydreamr)
and
Colleena Hake
September 10 to 25, 2022
Tree of Life / 2018 / Wendy Lee Gadzuk / Mixed media with medical waste and vintage hardware / 49 x 21 x 5 inches / $1600
Houses of the Holy / 2019 / Wendy Lee Gadzuk / Mixed media with medical waste and bones / 55 x 14 x 3 inches / $1200
Sacred Wound / 2019 / Wendy Lee Gadzuk / Mixed media with medical waste, quartz crystals, wings, and bones / 51 x 23 x 4 inches / $1800
And I’ll Be Waiting Here For You With Open Arms / 2022 / Wendy Lee Gadzuk / Mixed media with wishbones, dried roses, and religious medals / 18 x 26 x 7 / inches / $1200
Bloodletting / 2021 / Wendy Lee Gadzuk / Mixed media with vintage doll parts, encaustic wax, bible pages, and Masonic collar / 29 x 16 x 6 inches / $1200
Guardian Angel / 2021 / Wendy Lee Gadzuk / Mixed media with rattlesnake bones and gold leaf / 10 x 24 x 4 inches / $850
Saint Cecilia / 2021 / Wendy Lee Gadzuk / Mixed media with Barry White record, vacuum tubes, and guitar strings and picks / 20 x 26 x 4 inches / $950
Post-Covid Dreamscape in Blue / 2022 / Charcoal and watercolor on paper on wood w/ mixed media / 5 1/2 x 18 x 1 3/4 inches / $250
Post-Covid Dreamscape in Violet / 2022 / Charcoal and watercolor on paper on wood with mixed media / 5 1/2 x 18 x 1 3/4 inches / $250
Post-Covid Dreamscape in Green / 2022 / Wendy Lee Gadzuk / Charcoal and watercolor on paper on wood w/ mixed media / 5 1/2 x 18 x 1 3/4 inches / $250
Post-Covid Dreamscape in Rose / 2022 / Charcoal and watercolor on paper on wood with mixed media / 5 1/2 x 18 x 1 3/4 inches / $250
Wendy Lee Gadzuk
Wendy Lee Gadzuk is a visual artist, writer, musician and diviner living and working in the Mojave Desert of California, as well as co-curator of La Matadora Gallery in Joshua Tree. Inspired by our universal connection to the divine, she works in various mediums, resulting in 2 different bodies of visual art - finely detailed visionary work on paper incorporating traditional Byzantine iconography techniques, and altar-like 3-dimensional mixed media assemblage pieces. Over the past couple of years, her experience as a caregiver to her partner has influenced her work in a noticeable way, resulting in a series of large-scale assemblages using medical waste. The work all holds a similar thread, connecting in its own way to the collective unconscious.
Wendy recently created an oracle deck called Deconstructed Divination and released a limited edition book called 'The Magic of 8' to accompany it. She exhibits regularly in the Los Angeles area and beyond.
Ancestors / 2022 / Sarah Jane (Heavydreamr) / Watercolor + gold leaf / 14 x 18 inches / $300
Ankh / 2021 / Sarah Jane / Acrylic + gold leaf / 14 x 17 inches / $300
Baba Yaga / 2022 / Sarah Jane (Heavydreamr) / Watercolor / 14 x 17 inches / $200
Birth / 2022 / Sarah Jane (Heavydreamr) / Acrylic with gold and copper leaf on canvas / 20 x 24 inches / $375
Creature of the Night / 2021 / Sarah Jane (Heavydreamr) / Watercolor + pressed flora / 7 x 9 inches / $90
Elemental / 2021 / Sarah Jane (Heavydreamr) / Watercolor and gold leaf / 15 x 19 inches / $200
Empire / 2020 / Sarah Jane (Heavydreamr) / Watercolor and oil pastel / 6 x 8 inches / $90
Ghosts of Summers Past / 2022 / Sarah Jane (Heavydreamr) / Acrylic and gold leaf on canvas / 24 x 36 inches / $700
Grandmother / 2022 / Sarah Jane (Heavydreamr) / Watercolor and gold leaf / 6 x 8 inches / $90
It’s You and Me / 2022 / Sarah Jane (Heavydreamr) / Watercolor / 14 x 17 inches / $200
Prayers at Dusk / 2020 / Sarah Jane (Heavydreamr) / Copper leaf, pen, dried flora / 5 x 7 inches / $80
Purple Rain / 2019 / Sarah Jane (Heavydreamr) / Acrylic and gold leaf on raw canvas tapestry / 24 x 27 inches / $250
She Was a Wolf / 2022 / Sarah Jane (Heavydreamr) / Watercolor and gold leaf / 6 x 8 inches / $90
This is Where I Live / 2020 / Sarah Jane (Heavydreamr) / Watercolor and ink / 6 x 8 inches / $90
The Golden Door / 2021 / Sarah Jane (Heavydreamr) / Acrylic and gold leaf on canvas / 20 x 24 inches / $375
Watching the World Burn / 2022 / Sarah Jane (Heavydreamr) / Watercolor, gold leaf, feathers, dried flora / 12 x 18 inches / $285
Worship / 2021 / Sarah Jane (Heavydreamr) / Watercolor, gold leaf, pressed flora / 14 x 17 inches / $220
Sarah Jane (Heavydreamr)
Sarah Jane aka Heavydreamr was born and raised in Vermont. Although it seems like a woodland fairytale dream, it felt too small for her so she moved to NYC at 21 with $200 in her pocket, a suitcase and lots of dreams. She was professionally trained as an artist from the age of five, minored in Fine Art at the University of Vermont, and fully fell in love with illustrating the female form in sketch classes while attending Fashion Design school in NYC. Her work has been heavily influenced by her devotion to music as well as the connection of the human body to nature. There is a gentle mix of 60s psychedelia, surrealism, elemental symbolism and classic anatomy study in her paintings, which mainly consist of watercolor, acrylic and gold leaf. She has also been known to create fiber sculptures based on similar subject matter using her knowledge of construction from fashion design school.
Sarah Jane is currently illustrating her first full tarot deck (scheduled to be released in early 2023) and was recently accepted into the International Artists and Writers Residency at Chateau Orquevaux in Orquevaux, France (set to attend December 2022). In her free time, SJ is studying to become an Art Therapy Practitioner, where she hopes to marry her love and devotion to art with healthy coping mechanisms for survivors of trauma.
The artist currently resides by the beach in San Diego with her partner Justin, one dog and two cats, while she dreams of the day they can all escape back into woods.
"a letter to a lover: - let's take it to the next level - that of freedom & stardom - of the celestial kind - no more ties to earth or leashes of control" / 2022 / Colleena Hake / Mixed media benedito (cabin blessing) / $99
"burn sage burn - my farts smell like nag champa - & my mind is melting - into a surreal sun" / 2022 / Colleena Hake / Mixed media benedito (cabin blessing) / 3 x 5 inches / $99
"follow my he/art - & crank out those blessings - to my soul's content - & consider myself lucky - as i live my best life, - baby" / Mixed media benedito (cabin blessing) / 3 x 5 inches / $99
"i woke up to warm up in the night - it was brisk enuf to be invigorating, - as my dad would say/ my outdoor bed - under a multitude of stars & galaxies" / 2022 / Colleena Hake / Mixed media benedito (cabin blessing) / 5 x 7 inches / $99
"hail mary full of grit & grace - help me up when i fall flat on my face" / 2022 / Colleena Hake / Mixed media benedito (cabin blessing) / 5 x 7 inches / $99
"i wanna love without expectation - & take myself out on all the best dates - i'll give myself all the hugs in the world - then save my kisses for my lips alone - my pillow talk is for my ears only - i'll give myself my birthday spankings" / 2022 / Colleena Hake / Mixed media benedito (cabin blessing) / 5 x 7 inches / $99
"i asked all the hard questions - even tho the answers were hard to hear - i put truth in the hot seat - at the risk of losing face - i kept my head held high - & surrendered to my fate" / 2022 / Colleena Hake / Mixed media benedito (cabin blessing) / 3 x 5 inches / $99
"i wish you well/ i mean no harm - time to cut the cord & move love on - we can only go so far - we have run the course - & what a wild ride it's been - it's time to change the horse" / 2022 / Colleena Hake / Mixed media benedito (cabin blessing) / 3 x 5 inches / $99
"i'm not gonna be your blow-up doll - i refuse to bow down to you at all - i thought you were my security blanket - but it's all full of holes/ i put all my eggs - in one basket but they're all empty shells" / 2022 / Colleena Hake / Mixed media benedito (cabin blessing) / 5 x 7 inches / $99
"gotta own my strength & - not let fear own me - i can let it go with gusto - then burn the residue - ashes to ashes - the fire defines me" / 2022 / Colleena Hake / Mixed media benedito (cabin blessing) / 3 x 5 inches / $99
"i channel my pain into my paint - my art gets some tears mixed in - even some salt for added texture -i treasure the trivets & trinkets - found on my travels/ they represent -the wanderlüst in which i thrive" / 2022/ Colleena Hake / Mixed media benedito (cabin blessing) / 5 x 7 inches / $99
"i found this note in an actual hole-in-the-wall: - 'i hope you have a great day & fuck shit up! - be a slut! love, other sluts ;)' / 2022 / Colleena Hake / Mixed media benedito (cabin blessing) / 5 x 7 inches / $99
"i have this alluvial fanny - that gets all soft 'n mushy - when you grab it - by a rock & a hard place - & you get me all loosey-goosey" / 2022 / Colleena Hake / Mixed media benedito (cabin blessing) / 3 x 5 inches / $99
"i'm taking a sunset photo at every destination - & amassing a sweet collection: - the mesas of moab/ the misty reservoir in hasty/ - the smoky sky with sun flames in san cristobal - then home to the silhouettes of joshua trees" / 2022 / Colleena Hake / Mixed media benedito / cabin blessing / 5 x 7 inches / $99
"i'm a mid-century modernista - in the year before my birth - the last day of my past life - informs who i am now - i'm caught in a déjà-vu recurring - in my dreams/ i have unfinished work - to do in the form of this poem" / 2022 / Colleena Hake / Mixed media benedito (cabin blessing) / 5 x 7 inches / $99
"i'm too much in the future - you're too much in the past - we coexist in different time-zones - we might as well meet in the - moment sweet moment" / 2022 / Colleena Hake / Mixed media benedito (cabin blessing) / 5 x 7 inches / $99
"if eyes are windows to the soul, what are ears? - tunnels to the psyche? my inner ear pricks up - when something is amiss/ it gives me pause - & my sixth sense shifts" / 2022 / Colleena Hake / Mixed media benedito (cabin blessing) / 6 x 6 inches / $99
"learn to ride the wave of uncertainty - be comfortable with being uncomfortable - be secure with insecurities" (inspired by issa rae) / 2022 / Colleena Hake / Mixed media benedito (cabin blessing) / 5 x 7 inches / $99
"normalize not saying normalize - why be normal is my response - i used to wear a question mark - on my face/ 'what's that for?' - 'i don't know'/ 'oh, that makes sense'" / 2022 / Colleena Hake / Mixed media benedito (cabin blessing) / 3 x 5 inches / $99
"the full moon in scorpio - makes me feel so extra - it's that 'je ne sais quoi' - sense of being much too much - i love that feeling of living - life to the max!" / 2022 / Colleena Hake / Mixed media benedito (cabin blessing) / 3 x 5 inches / $99
"we may be apart but we can stay connected - i don't want you to go but i can't make you stay - i just treasure every moment of togetherness - & me-time both/ it's so fleeting yet freeing" / 2022 / Colleena Hake / Mixed media benedito (cabin blessing) / 6 x 6 inches / $99
"who knows what'll happen next - all we can do is handle it our best - i'd rather open my heart than harden it - the painful longing becomes deep feeling" / 2022 / Colleena Hake / Mixed media benedito (cabin blessing) 5 x 7 inches / $99
"new moon in cancer - def alotta emo drain-o - all heavy on my psyche - like a weighted blanket - desiring of more zzz's & r.e.m's - rumi instead of rumination" / 2022 / Colleena Hake / Mixed media benedito / cabin blessing / 3 x 5 inches / $99
Colleena Hake
Colleena Hake is an artist & Gallerista living in the hi-dez of Joshua Tree. She founded La Matadora Gallery in Joshua Tree, CA in 2017, and before that, she ran Candelabra Gallery in Tucson, AZ for 3 years. Besides mosaic mural art, Colleena likes creating live art “get-ups” such as Lady Luck, Tammy Why Not?, & the Bionic Wonder Bread Woman. Some of her real-life labels are: fallen-away catholic, bookworm, thriftaholic, & scorpio rising cyborg.
About the Beneditos (Cabin Blessings):
“After a Near Death Experience at age 2 (in which I received the Last Rites but lost my hearing), I now live on Bonus Time. As a Lip-Reader during this Age of Masques, I compensated by becoming a better Mind-Reader. One thing I intuited during the Pandemic was a need for Beneditos, or Cabin Blessings. Each trivet is adorned with horseshoes, good-luck charms & protective amulets, then cured with earthquake-proof art resin. Within each benedito is a novena, or poem-prayer or incantation, that I wrote & culled from my diaries. May each Benedito bless your home sweet home with good luck, protection, and love.”
