Mud Season Review
Mike Sweeney interviews
LiQin Tan
Our art co-editor, Mike Sweeney, recently had this exchange with LiQin Tan, Issue #16’s featured artist. Here’s what he had to say about the cultural and political context for his work, his working process, and some of the technical challenges of his animation installations… Read more
Refractive Brain Therapy Series
By LiQin Tan
This project consists of a few large digital-brain prints on metal, which are placed into large, water-filled vats. These “brains” are accompanied by 3D animation played on LCD monitors, while the faces bask in the large vats of water…
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Collage
By Abigail Child
The work consistently places disruption in conjunction with consumerist and pop culture, simultaneously eliciting the surrealist Americanism of a Bruce Conner, the cut-and-paste gestures of Hannah Hoch and the sensuousness of Sargent, alive to the makeup of the social body…
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Featured Artist Photography Harry Wilson Artist Statement Most of my photographs deal with the travel experience and my response to place. It’s history, culture, politics, art and design. I think for the artist, there is often, no preferred subject matter. […]
Featured Artist Oil on Fiberboard Robert Zurer Artist Statement There is a delectable “unknown” hidden everywhere, behind everything. If I listen, it calls, and if I call, it listens. I want to stick my mind and heart and fingers into it […]
Featured Artist oil on canvas Christopher Volpe
Featured Artist oil paint on panel or mylar Jenn Warpole
Featured Artist Amber Waves Of Grain David Thompson
Cynthia Close interviews
Val Rossman
Our art editor, Cynthia Close, recently spoke with Val Rossman, Issue #9’s featured artist. Here’s what she had to say about her creative process, influences on her art, and what she hopes to portray in her work.
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Featured Artist Acrylic on Aluminum Val Rossman
Featured Artist Gouache on Archival Wood Panel Nissa Kauppila
Cynthia Close interviews
Jessica Nissen
Our art editor, Cynthia Close, recently spoke with Jessica Nissen, Issue #6’s featured artist. Here’s what she had to say about her artistic development, influences on her art, and how she supports herself as an artist…
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Cynthia Close interviews
Ekaterina Vasilyeva
Our art editor, Cynthia Close, recently spoke with Ekaterina Vasilyeva, Issue #5’s featured artist. Here’s what she had to say about her journey into photography, her search for the magic in people and places, and the influence of her Russian culture and folklore on her work.
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Our art editor, Cynthia Close, recently spoke with Linda Craddock, featured artist in Issue #2. Here’s what she had to say about her journey as an artist and the influence of landscape as metaphor. When did you first realize you were an artist? Lions jumped out at me from plywood-grained doors at age three. […]
Cynthia Close interviews Sheri Wright
Our art editor, Cynthia Close, spoke with our inaugural featured artist, Sheri L. Wright, about her art and poetry. Here’s what she had to say about what she looks for in her artwork—and what keeps her creating. Read more