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From City of Berkeley Public Art Collection

  1. Tulip Tree by Mary Shisler, Image 1.

    Mary Shisler

    Tulip Tree, c. 2018

    Archival print on Hahnemuehle paper

    28 x 22 in (71.12 x 55.88 cm)

  2. Dream Trouble by Roxanne Schwartz, Image 9.

    Roxanne Schwartz

    Dream Trouble, 2016

    Fabric,thread, and wooden rod

    28.5 x 39.25 x 0.125 in (72.39 x 99.7 x 0.32 cm)

  3. See It Made by Jim Rosenau, Image 1.

    Jim Rosenau

    See It Made, 2011

    Mixed media

    27 x 15 x 15 in (68.58 x 38.1 x 38.1 cm)

  4. Good Fortune and Tails (From a Pandemic) by Diana Maria Rossi, Image 1.

    Diana Maria Rossi

    Good Fortune and Tails (From a Pandemic), 2002

    Smalti glass on fiberglass mesh cement board

    40 x 25 x 0.75 in (101.6 x 63.5 x 1.91 cm)

  5. Tree Roots (North) by Rebecca A. Schwarz, Image 1.

    Rebecca A. Schwarz

    Tree Roots (North), 2002

    Mild steel, cast concrete

    105.5 x 97.5 in (267.97 x 247.65 cm)

  6. Untitled by Raymond Saunders, Image 1.

    Raymond Saunders

    Untitled, 1998

    Color silkscreen

  7. National Racism: We Was Mostly 'Bout Survival by Betye Saar, Image 1.

    Betye Saar

    National Racism: We Was Mostly 'Bout Survival, 1998

    Color silkscreen

  8. The Other Cheek by Jos Sances, Image 1.

    Jos Sances

    The Other Cheek, 1998

    Color silkscreen

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About the artist

Fran Segal

Stone. I began creating art with stone while working my way through graduate school in psychology. While doing residential tile projects, I fell in love with the gorgeous colors and patterns in natural stone. I began combining slates from around the world to create images of native wildlife. I focused on capturing the spirit of native plants and animals in the stone, as a way to enhance a sense of place in built outdoor environments. At this time, I was also writing one of the first Ph.D. dissertations in the emerging field of “eco-psychology”, looking at the human psyche’s relationship to nature in the modern times. Through the Garden Wall began as a way to continue developing my use of cut stone reliefs and mosaics as an art form for architectural art, public art and private commissions. My stone palette grew to include semi-precious stones and fossils as well as limestone, granite, slate and marble. I also used gold, copper or colored smalti, (a traditional Italian glass based mosaic material). Seagull Graphics developed as a result of various projects using digital media, alone or in combination with other materials and art forms. This work offers me an engrossing engagement with the world of digital possibility as well as a door into the infinitely interesting worlds of collaboration with other artists, businesses and organizations. Paper and Photo Collage is my most recent art form. Still connected to rock and stone of all types, I photograph rock surfaces to discover micro worlds in their patterns and textures. I use the photos to create new but familiar environments that are also made from handmade papers and silhouettes of wildlife. The silhouettes, for me, hold the mystery of what we cannot know about other species.