I am primarily interested in the symbolic content of images. I use objects and scenes familiar to me from my home and neighborhood. The images are embellished from memory and imagination. These settings, along with the formal elements of value, texture, and form, especially symmetry, are combined to expresses my feelings about my surroundings. […]

And as the season of art fairs goes, the summer has well been reserved for Art Hamptons set in Bridgehampton, Long Island. But this year the people of New York had a second reason to take the 2.5 hour drive out East – artMRKT Hamptons. This was the fair’s inaugural year in the Hamptons following […]

It is no secret that New York City is currently in the throes of a heat wave that show no signs of letting up. Faced with a forecast of endless ninety-degree days, thoughts naturally drift to vulnerability—namely our own at the hands of this severe summer. For those seeking commiseration, this theme of vulnerability—with the […]

Leah Oates: What is your background and when did you know you would be an artist? Rebecca Morgan: I am from a conservative farm town in Western Central Pennsylvania, in the Allegheny/Appalachian Mountains. I grew up with a very limited scope and basically non-existent understanding of art and its precedents, even though I drew still […]

Comics and comic books have long been thought of as belonging to the realm of children, deemed immature as literature and amateur as art, summarily dismissed and denied any serious consideration. Granted, the recent Green Lantern film does little to dispel those notions, but merely with its multi-million-dollar existence it cements the tremendous leaps comics […]

Musgrove’s style of figural surrealism carries themes of environmental issues and endangered wildlife concerns with unique humor, depicting anomalous extinct (and fictitious) animal species. The artist’s imaginative work is painted and sculpted with inventive attention to the anatomical details of his subjects. Through a combination of biological attributes both real and imagined, Musgrove’s work illustrates […]

Tiffany Bozic has spent the majority of her life living with and observing the intricacies of nature. Having grown up on a farm in Arkansas, she was inspired by the natural world at an early age. Blending her external observations with the internal world has led her to refine a distinct style. Her work often […]

Krista Huot spent her formative years in the forests of British Columbia, where she was trained in fine arts and classical animation. Her paintings explore the ongoing emotional relevance of archetypes in folklore, using inspiration from storybook illustration, folk art, animation and vintage kitsch. Krista’s work has been shown at galleries throughout the United States, […]

Since the vivid days of Patrick’s childhood he was drawing or scribbling on something. In his teenage years circa early 90’s, he was introduced to Hip Hop culture and exclusively to one of its elements, graffiti. Graffiti remains a vital influence in his work. Hip Hop has influenced his art ever since he understood what […]

The art of Anthony Clarkson is a ghostly surreal world, mixed with troubled spirits and a sense of emptiness. When Clarkson graduated from the Colorado Institute of Art in 2002, he was resolute in his decision to make a living as a graphic artist in the music industry. He was hired as the head graphic […]