air that i can breathe

mary ann wakeley

acrylic, mixedmedia painting, 11″ x 11″ on birch panel

“Self-taught painter and maker of inspired objects.”

white cuff

SCRAPdannymansmith

wrist cuff, 5″W, 9″diameter, interfacing, thread, buttons, chain, steel piece, elastic, fabric

“it’s more interesting to make things with the wrong tools-adapt and to be engaged with your work “

gently

heather wilcoxon

collage and oil on canvas, 40″ x 41″

“I see the world as a dangerous place. However, I am seasoned enough to see the absurdity of it all. My cartoon characters represent both the comedy and tragedy of humanity. In their childlike iconography, they embody a sense of innocent playfulness, yet in their monstrous rendering a dark humor is reflected. This dichotomy creates an interesting tension. In my larger paintings, I invite the viewer in with nice colors and pretty surfaces. But if you look closer, the bite is there.”

pink trailer!

wizmo

“I photograph verbs and light and questions.”

origin 1

judy barie

oil on paper, 16″ x 20″

“painting is an act of devotion”

table manners

artsyevie

“I am a visual person . . . a former graphic designer. I see images everywhere. I love small details, things imperfect, and incomplete. My photos are my visual journal, showing snippets of life. My goal is to transform my photos into pieces of art. Flickr has given me the chance to share my photos, and view those of so many amazing artists.”

Self Portrait with Pink Dress and Blue House, American Flag series 2006

Carmen Lizardo

gum bichromate photographic process, 22″ x 30″

“The fact that I am writing to you in English
Already falsifies what I wanted to tell you.
My subject: How to explain to you that I
Don’t belong to English though I belong nowhere else.
- - - Gustavo Perez Firmat.”

untitled, 1955

robert rauschenberg

combine painting, 15.5″ x 20.75″

“Robert Rauschenberg has been one step ahead of and influential to all the major post war art movements since Abstract Expressionism. Often categorized as a pop artist, he remains independent of any affiliation. His lifelong commitment to collaboration with performers, printmakers, engineers, writers, artists, and artisans from around the world is the manifestation of his expansive artistic philosophy. His artistic vision is a manifestation of the changing world and it’s ideology as he moves through life. His “Combines” of the early ‘50’s seem to have developed in response to the inundation of disparate imagery we are subject to in the 21st Century.”

rest in peace.

the other side of sorrow

flora s. bowley

acrylic on canvas over panel, 48″ x 48″, 2005

“Fragments of bird wings, seed pods, hives, insects and petals rest along side ragged swatches of unpredictable color with sometimes subtle, sometimes not, counterpoints of pencil drawing, etching, dripping and stamping.”

four shino bowls

keith phillips - mudstuffing handmade porcelain pottery

“My name is Keith Phillips. I make a lot of things. I’m a father of two, happy husband and I work in the garage/studio behind our house. Some days I’m throwing pots, other days I’m designing fabrics and quilts . . . . All pottery is hand thrown, using porcelain, fired to Cone 6 and also in a soda kiln fired to Cone 10. I find that sprayed temmoku glazes have a wonderful translucent quality.”