di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art maintains a permanent collection of works by Northern California artists that was originally collected by Rene di Rosa (1919-2010) and Veronica di Rosa (1934–1991). The collection contains notable works by artists living or working in the San Francisco Bay Area from mid-twentieth century to the early twenty-first century, highlighting a story of experimentation of the artists of the region. It is displayed in part, on a rotating basis, in the galleries at di Rosa.
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Disappearing Void of the Sunrise Eyeball
Painting
Fantastic creature and ray of yellow light on blue field
506
Acrylic on Canvas
Painting
AR506
Richard Reisman
Purchase
Norman Stiegelmeyer
1966
Signature
Date
Title
Verso, upper right
N. Stiegelmeyer / Aug 1966 / "The Disappearing Void of the Sunrise Eyeball"
Framed Dimensions
51 in
46-3/4 in
Object
49-1/2 in
45-5/8 in
The Incorrect Museum - Ongoing
December 9, 2025 - ongoing
Building A Different Model: Selections from the di Rosa Collection
Guest Curator, Dan Nadel, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa, CA, March 9 - December 30, 2019.
This painting of what might be an explosive epiphany is typical of Norman Steigelmeyer’s best work, which was influenced in equal parts by fervent meditation, Joan Miró, and Clyfford Still. Stiegelmeyer was part of a loose circle of artists who, he wrote, “can be described as ‘Visionary’—defined here as ‘inspired revelation.’ The term, Visionary, could also be defined as a ‘Meta-Reality’—going above and beyond, or a higher reality than that which we ordinarily perceive with a dualistic, self-oriented consciousness.”