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 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…
Often times, context is what gives things meaning, or gives us license to express proper emotion about something. In Michael C. Hsiung’s drawings, it’s not only the drawings I love, but his titles and explanations for his work as well…
Always a fan of Gaia’s work, he recently emailed me with some new work that’s up around Baltimore. Happening upon his work is always great — it’s like finding money in your pocket. His newest pieces are large and ambitious,…
Last weekend I had the delight of meeting with Elena Johnston, an artist based in my home city of Baltimore. Upon meeting her, I was instantly excited by not only her work and work space, but beautiful, light-filled apartment (and…
I enjoy these portraits by Lou Ros because they are a skew on the standard portrait. While they don’t offer a different angle to the human face, Lou has made his work visually interesting by fracturing the features, repeating lines…
This afternoon, I am really enjoying the seemingly quick, effortless drawings of London-based artist Julie Dru. She writes that she loves the beauty of imperfections, which complements her hand-drawn, graphic and collaged work. Julie also completes monoprints as well! All images…
Luciano Scherer has two descriptors in his Flickr profile that I think sum up his work: post-naive and gothic. Themes in his work are a bit dark, with creatures looming over the landscape. They are in contrast to an otherwise…
I first featured Joakim Ojanen last year. A student living in Stockholm, Joakim shot me a link to his website with new work on it. I am a big fan of his drawings, with their visceral quality. I also and…