This video from Ryan Mauskopf sat in my inbox for too long. I finally watched it the other day and smiled the whole way through. The concept is simple, but the characters and music are so delightful and work so…
This video from Ryan Mauskopf sat in my inbox for too long. I finally watched it the other day and smiled the whole way through. The concept is simple, but the characters and music are so delightful and work so…
Amber Kempthorn’s work employs the use of mythical creatures and birds to convey a narrative that is often times a quest, the beginning or end of it. Absurd situations and characters help to make their stories believable and endearing. I…
Continuing a bit of typography on Brown Paper Bag today, I am really enjoying the word paintings of Wayne White. Wayne is not new to the art scene, as he’s had a fairly long career, starting out as an illustrator…
Would you want to live in Mazzarella Thomas’s world? While I like his work, I wonder if I could hack it. It’s the application of paint that gets me. While his paintings don bright colors and open space, there is…
My friend and fellow artist Amanda turned me on to the work of Adam Weir. Using gouache and watercolor, he paints disjointed environments. His statement: Through works on paper, I explore ideas of displacement, consumption, and the environments in which…
I am very excited to share the latest installment of Art Together, a collaborative interview. It works like this: I create a piece of work and then mail it to the participating artist. They, in turn, respond to it some…
This past Saturday I attended the opening for Conectado: Connecting at the Creative Alliance in Baltimore. I personally know the artists collaborating on the piece, Jaime Bennati and May Wilson, and I was really impressed with the installation they had…
I don’t know about you, but my day has started out with a bit of stress. My moment of zen for the morning thus far is Peter Taylor’s work. His website features 10 different drawings of the same figure in…
I am loving the playfulness and subversive aesthetic of Barcelona-based Faif. On street projects, he collaborates with other artists, but you can still pick out his part. It’s helpful that he makes prints, which gives a better idea of his…
I met Erica Mahinay this past fall at the Vermont Studio Center while we were resident artists. I thought her work was amazing in person, and so this morning I was very excited to see a press release from her…