Phoebe Marie:
Troubles
“Like Paul Westerberg sang it, I’m “kinda like an artist.” but when I think about what a true artist is to me, I think of my Grandpa Joe. He was an artist and I basically grew up in his studio, sitting next to him at this gorgeous hardwood drafting table that was covered in ink splotches. He always had these holes in the elbows of his sweaters from where he leaned on the desk while he was working. Everything he made was meticulous and beautiful, but he almost never signed anything. He just had this stamp with his initials, JPW, and the latin phrase “plus pulchritudinis invenire,” which translates loosely to “more beauty to discover”. I always loved that – not just the phrase, but that he didn’t feel the need to sign shit. No ego. No pretense. He just made stuff. Discovered beauty.” – Phoebe Marie
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Matt Duffin:
Mr. Answers
Asked about his work featured on his website, Matt Duffin explains, “The content’s a bit revealing; all of the work centers around issues that keep me awake at night. Some of the paintings reflect present fears. Others revive fears of bygone days. What they all have in common is that at some point in the wee morning hours they have wreaked havoc on my sleep. The show is aptly titled “Nightshift.” More than anything, the work is an attempt to purge those fears from my psyche once and for all. Well, not really. It’s more a reluctant resignation that we’re together forever (my fears and I) and that I should therefore put them to productive use. My strategy has been to infuse them with a touch of black humor and turn them into works of art (literally). It just so happened that I’m about to send them off to New York during one of the biggest financial crises since the Great Depression. Seems fitting.”
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Dirty Pretty Things
by Caryn Drexl
“I hate putting titles to my images, but when i do they usually mean little to nothing at all. My images are meant to be whatever you think they are, not what i tell you. Sort of like choose your own adventure books, only it’s choose your own backstory instead. And so i prefer to present them to you at face value and nothing more, that way you can react in whatever way you will, without my influencing you with an explanation of why [or how] i’ve done what i did and what it all ‘means’.” – Caryn Drexl
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Say A Little Prayer For Me
by Caryn Drexl
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