art

The 48X Complex art program features a curated collection of 250 artworks created by 51 artists at national, regional and local levels. This diverse collection includes mixed media pieces, wall sculptures, original artworks, fine art giclées and prints on various substrates. Each piece has been thoughtfully selected to complement the interior finishes, enhance the overall aesthetics of the space, and align with the natural design concepts established for each floor, reflecting water, land, hills and sky. Take a look at some of the in-progress art pieces below. This page will be updated as more works are installed.

Level 1 Key Artworks

Cirrus - Jason Kelly Johnson and Nataly Gattegno, Futureforms

Location: Level 1 Breezeway
Medium: Aluminum
Year: 2025
Studio Location: San Francisco, CA

Cirrus embodies change, making the passage of time visible. Its dynamic form shifts with the viewer’s perspective as they move through space. Made of custom blue aluminum fins set against a metallic backdrop, each fin's unique shape and angle create varying colors and tones. A micro-perforated pattern on the backdrop enhances the fluid effect, highlighting shifting light and shadow.

Lifted Spirits - Leilani Schweitzer 

Location: Level 1 
Medium: Resin, Stainless Steel, Aluminum Hardware 
Year: 2025
Studio Location: Reno, NV

Lifted Spirits is a balance of precision and fluidity. The bent and layered resin is like water, changing with light and shadow, never appearing quite the same from any angle or at any moment.

I have worked with resin on many pieces, but not like this. Twisting, bending and attaching the material often created unexpected results. Combining the fluid nature of the shapes with defined engineering requirements was a unique challenge. It pushed me to experiment and adapt—an artist’s favorite test.

I hope the fluid forms and shifting colors of “Lifted Spirits" will invite reflection, offering patients, staff, and visitors a moment of distraction from the worry of their days.

Out of the Blue - Alison Berry

Location: Level 1 Main Lobby
Medium: Acrylic polymer, pigment and ink on Evolon microfiber
Year: 2025
Studio Location: Delhi, NY

An ecological exploration of the Sacramento region, the title Out of the Blue references the nearby Pacific Ocean, where water evaporates into clouds, floats over the land, and showers it with fresh water. This land has also risen from beneath the sea, pushed up by powerful forces within the earth, crumpling into mountains and valleys over millions of years. The fortune of California's Central Valley is more valuable than gold - abundant fresh water and topsoil flowing in from the Coastal Ranges and the Sierra Nevada. Long before the valley formed, there was another precious gift from the sea. Tiny aquatic bacteria began to absorb sunlight, using the energy to build carbohydrates from water and carbon dioxide. These blue-green engines transformed the planet, filling the atmosphere with oxygen and creating a verdant biosphere from sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide. The land now feeds a vast array of plants and animals, united in a web of interdependence.

In the valley, fields form a lush patchwork, growing a variety of crops, including grain, fruit, nuts and vegetables. This is some of the most fertile farmland in the world, but the crops also need animal pollinators to reproduce. Bats, bees, and hummingbirds sip nectar while performing the vital task. Migratory birds fly between Alaska and Patagonia along a route known as the Pacific Flyway, and stop near the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area to feed and rest during winter months. White-faced ibis, sandhill cranes, snow geese, the great white egret and blue heron, mallards, and other ducks can be seen here. Mammal opportunists such as river otters, gray foxes, and coyotes may hunt fish, frogs, and unwary birds.

The Deep Sea Channel joins the Sacramento River near the city center, providing access for ocean-bound ships and bringing sea lions, pelicans, and gulls to the river junction. Following the American River Parkway east, the viewer finds Bushy Lake. This designated Nature Study Area provides habitat for the western pond turtle, North American river otters, red-shouldered hawks, wood ducks, great blue herons and other birds. Elderberry, coyote brush and sandbar willow are some native plant species growing here. Proceeding east, River Bend Park is known for black-tailed deer and turkeys. Quail, kingfishers, and grebes visit the riverbank, where largemouth bass and rainbow trout can be found.  Larger raptors such as Osprey and Bald Eagle may harvest chinook salmon and steelhead trout during the spawning season.

Further up the American River toward Lake Natoma and Folsom Lake, mountain lions, bobcats, foxes, coyotes, mule deer, and bears roam woodland trails, while great horned owls, hawks and kestrels hunt from the air.  Foothill pine, live oak, and blue oak trees are distinctive species. Willow Creek is home to river otters, raccoons, cormorants, and other water birds, attracted by abundant fish. Great Blue Herons breed on the south shore of Lake Natoma and are abundant here. Throughout these environments, from farmland and city to rocky peaks and woodland glades, the ribbon of blue water moves from sea to sky, to river and lake, connecting and sustaining life.

The Sky and the River – William Ishmael

Location: Level 1 Conference Room Corridor
Medium: Water-based paint on steel plates
Year: 2025
Studio Location: Sacramento, CA

To capture the calming blues of the sky and the movement of water, Ishmael applies multiple layers of paint to a set of steel plates, carefully controlling the process to create textured linework and organic washes of color.

Letter to the Unknown #17 & #18 – Erin Zhao

Location: Level 1 Hallway 1360
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Year: 2024
Studio Location: San Francisco, CA

In Zhao’s Letters to the Unknown series, she explores the intricate interplay between image-making and diverse forms of communication, such as abstract symbols, linguistics and sensory experiences. Her drawing process begins with an almost effortless, intuitive flow; as if the artist were a vessel receiving inspiration from an unknown source—a communicator aiding in the composition of a "letter" deciphering the enigmatic symphony that weaves between the tangible and the intangible, the visible and the concealed, the familiar and the mysterious.

Rooted in her study of Eastern and Western Philosophy, Zhao's artistic inquiry delves into the intangibility of perception, manifested through the physicality of her chosen materials. Paying particular attention to the interaction of light, color and form, Zhao uses transparency and abstraction to emulate the ethereal and elusive nature of human consciousness. Zhao derives inspiration from multicultural influence, literature, linguistics, nature, everyday environment and more.

Warm Illusions, Blue Tides – Audra Weaser

Location: Level 1 Discharge Lobby
Medium: Acrylic, plaster paint and metallic pigments on panel
Year: 2025 and 2022, respectively 
Studio Location: Los Angeles, CA

Weaser’s artistic process begins with blanketing successive layers of mixed media, continuously refining and then obscuring the composition with a thin veil of white. From there, the highly physical process of excavation begins, using a sander to reveal the final balance of color and form. Her abstracted landscapes are illuminated from within, capturing the history of this symbolic unearthing.

Springtime on the Sacramento River – Denise Oyama Miller

Location: Level 1 23-Hour Observation Waiting Room
Medium: Cotton fabric, tulle, eco felt batting, rayon and cotton threads
Year: 2025
Studio Location: Fremont, CA

Employing impressionism, pointillism and free-motion machine quilting, Miller offers a stunning landscape of the Sacramento River as the weather begins to warm in spring. The viewer is invited to daydream of boating on the river, exploring its winding sloughs and hidden islands, with the sycamores, cottonwoods and red buds providing relief from the sun.

Blaze of Glory, Dreaming River, Emerald Pools — Denise Wey

Location: Level 1 23-Hour Observation Waiting Room
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Year: 2025
Studio Location: Grass Valley, CA

Wey has dedicated her artistic career to representing the Yuba River from varying locations, perspectives and moments of natural light.

Level 2 Key Artworks

California Quilt – Deladier Almeida

Location: Level 2 Main Corridor
Medium: Oil on canvas
Year: 2025
Studio Location: Davis, CA

California Quilt is a morning scene depicting the rich tapestry of rural California observed from a high vantage point. Almeida spends time in a helicopter flying over the Sacramento region during late summer, capturing aerial photos that inform the compositions of his iconic landscape paintings.

Level 3 Key Artworks (Coming Late 2025)

Untitled – David LeCheminant

Location: Level 3 Waiting Area

Untitled – Randy Honerlah

Location: Level 3 Main Corridor

Untitled – Kerry Cottle

Location: Level 3 Waiting Room

Untitled – Erin Fong

Location: Level 3 Family Area

Untitled – Jose DiGregorio

Location: Level 3 Family Waiting Room

Untitled – Melissa Arendt

Location: Level 3 Family Waiting/Play Area

Untitled – Joha Harrison

Location: Level 3 Elevator/Restroom Corridor

Level 4 Key Artworks (Coming Late 2025)

Flyways – Shane Allbritton and Norman Lee

Location: Level 4
Medium: Translucent Acrylic, Steel Cables
Year: 2025
Studio Location: Houston, TX

Flyways speaks to the personal journeys of patients and their families, bringing together themes of healing, vitality, community, well-being and growth. The suspended work is composed of numerous semi-translucent, organic shapes that are inspired by the murmuration of various fauna, such as birds, butterflies and fish, particularly the beautiful and dynamic flocking movements of these animals and the beautiful formations they create. Although each form is abstract, when viewed collectively, they evoke a sense of undulatory movement. In addition to the dramatic effect of sunlight suffusing each translucent element, lighting above the sculpture washes over the suspended forms. This provides a dramatic visual experience for viewers both inside and outside, particularly at night. 

Untitled – Lisa Kairos

Location: Level 4 Waiting Area

Untitled – LeeAnn Brook

Location: Level 4 Waiting Area

Untitled – Terri Loewenthal

Location: Level 4 Main Corridor

Untitled – Melissa Mohammadi

Location: Level 4 Elevator/Restroom Corridor