ANN DUFFY
ann duffywritten by: Kiera Scholten She displays the simple details of everyday life like wayne thiebaud and easily depicts city scenes like a modern edward hopper.Ann Duffy is comfortable on the road. It’s a somewhat surprising fact, considering her pulse still...
CECILIA MIGUEZ
Cecilia Miguezwritten by: ben bamseyCurious objects are everywhere. Bins of antique clock faces. Bags of strange gears. Boxes stuffed with random metal parts. Little jars full of lost trinkets. Big shelves stocked with evocative slabs of wood. Racks overstuffed with...
CHRIS CRITES
trash talkingWritten by: Kiera ScholtenAt a time when much of Seattle’s eco-friendly population is bringing cloth bags to the grocery store, Chris Crites is still opting for paper. Before the extreme environmentalists out there label this painter a wasteful consumer,...
TR COLLETTA
Ring the alarmWritten by: Ben Basmey“It feels like I am in a movie about my life but I don’t have the lead…” a fascinating statement of clarity from TR Colletta – one that allows him to see abundant abstractions in every rigid reflection. He understands that the...
THEOPHILUS BROWN
the charmed life of theophilus brownwritten by: Erin ClarkThe Charmed Life of Theophilus Brown – it could have been the title to an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. Our protagonist is a dashing young artist with immense talent and little direction. After enduring the...
KYLE DAMON – A contemporary take
a contemporary take written by: Erin ClarkThe wind was already howling in the early morning of March 9th in Cape Town, South Africa. Some 30, 000 cyclists were getting ready for the Cape Argus Pick ‘n Pay Cycle Tour, a grueling 70 kilometer bike race, which is the...
KAREEM RALPH AMIN
KAReem Ralph Amin Written by: chantal gordanPhotography by: zack gemmellWhen I arrive at painter Kareem Ralph Amin’s studio in San Diego, the first visual key to his life that he shows me isn’t a painting – and it isn’t a drawing. Rather it’s an old inkjet-printed...
CHRISTEL DILLBOHNER
no strings attached Written By: Erin ClarkGreenland is melting, great chunks of Antarctica’s ice shelves are breaking off, two thirds of polar bears could be gone by 2050, the penguin population is dying out at an alarming rate, koala bears could be extinct in the...
STEPHEN De STAEBLER
STEPHAN DE Staebler Written by ERIN Clark Photography by Philip ringlerStephen De Staebler is an artistic pack rat. He keeps EVERYTHING, from a painting done when he was eight-years-old, to his first sculpture done at about the same age, to a hard cover copy of his...
WAYNE THIEBAUD
WAYNE THIEBAUD Written by BEN BAMSEY Photography by JESSE VASQUEZ Wayne Thiebaud hates the word art. “It’s one of the dirtiest words in the English language,” he purges. “We all can say, ‘Oh yeah, that’s art. This is art.’ It’s a very abstract term that’s still...
