Vintage photos and ephemera, bright colors against faded backgrounds, pop culture iconography.. these are a few of my favorite things and they can all be found in the work of Melody Postma. This Clearwater, FL native and graduate of…
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The moment I walked through the doors of Davis & Cline in Ashland, I fell hard for the work of Haley Farthing. Immediately, they drew me in, I had to take a closer look. What exactly was I seeing?…
The art world is a strange, small place. How else do you explain that I saw an artist’s work on the website of a Boston gallery, which I stumbled upon through searching for another artist, only to discover that…
There is something so poetic about the restoration of an object that has been destroyed. A beauty in the scars, a rejuvenation in the renewal. It is this juxtaposition that Asheville, NC artist Nava Lubelski seeks to explore in…
Do you ever wish you could just escape? From your cares, stresses, work, technology, you name it. Take a moment to run away with me into Minnesota artist Melissa Loop‘s landscapes of fantastical refuge. They are part wonderland, part social…
As you probably noticed during the recent artsyF A S H I O N Week, I have a keen interest in the gray areas where art and fashion collide. What we wear and it’s design is such an integrated…
The fantastical work of Jamie Baldridge weaves for the viewer visually complex stories that engage the mind and entrance the spirit. Baldridge, a professor of photography at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, creates his fantastical works by utilizing…
One of the many things George & I love about the Pacific Northwest is the wildlife. In the 4 months we’ve been here, we’ve seen bear, elk, hoary marmots, sea lions, elephant seals, eagles, chipmunks and more deer than…
When I hear the word “collage”, I think back to 2nd grade arts & crafts, safety scissors and Elmer’s Glue. Of course, my little artsy heart was dreaming of creating beautiful art, not the actual result of magazine cut-outs…
Confession: I kind of have a list of artists who I would love to have paint my portrait. These are artists through whose eyes I want to see myself. Is that weird? Wait, on second thought, don’t answer that.…