THE CANVAS – May 2013 By Britta Konau The work of Crystal Cawley, Kate Cheney Chappell, and Rebecca Goodale show that artists’ books often transcend the traditional codex, becoming quite sculptural while still retaining the uses of elements of the … Continue reading →

THE CANVAS – April 2013 By Carl Little These icons of the Maine landscape cast a special spell on their artist admirers.  

THE CANVAS – March 2013 By Britta Konau David Graeme Baker, Scott Kelley, and Devin Dobrowolski are highly skilled painters who depict the human figure realistically but not photo-realistically—observation and imagination play equally important roles in their work. Characters and … Continue reading →

THE CANVAS – February 2013By Britta Konau Painters Steven Aimone, Sandra Quinn, and Rose Umerlik use richly layered color and line for intuitive expression. Reflecting an idiom of gestural abstraction, each of the artists’ works visibly contains its history of … Continue reading →

THE CANVAS – January 2013 By Britta Konau With painting styles that differ widely, Nancy Morgan Barnes, William B. Hoyt, and Tollef Runquist all consider still lifes to be important parts of their oeuvre. Their work in the genre is … Continue reading →

THE CANVAS – December 2012 By Britta Konau Diana Cherbuliez, Ellen Wieske, and Anna Hepler create sculptures using materials not usually considered art media in intriguing ways. Whether it is common plastic sheeting, human hair, or simple wire, the artists … Continue reading →

THE CANVAS – November, 2012 by Britta Konau Exploring the symbolism of houses in the works of Paul V. Bonneau, Peter Poskas, and Mary Alice Treworgy.    

THE CANVAS – October 2012 by Britta Konau Lois Dodd | Martha Burkert | Jacobus Baas Lois Dodd, Martha Burkert, and Jacobus Baas are largely landscape painters who simplify and condense what they see into refined, energetic compositions. Additionally, Dodd looks for … Continue reading →

CANVAS – September 2012 by Britta Konau Painters Jaap Eduard Helder, George Lloyd, and Robert S. Neuman work in abstractions, and yet the world—and the artists’ intuitive responses to it—deeply inform their images. Their works are profoundly personal art devoted … Continue reading →

THE CANVAS – August 2012 by Britta Konau Tillman Crane | Lisa Tyson Ennis | Claire Seidl The word “photography” derives from Greek and means “drawing with light.” Light, though, is not the only element essential to the medium, whether … Continue reading →