It’s been a year since Chicago-based graphic designer Thomas Quinn created this optical illusion on the blank walls of the room above his parents’ garage. Titled Face Reality As It Is, Quinn uses a simple sans serif font to put forth a quite complicated message. The installation challenges his audience’s idea of perception and what is real. The message appears distorted and loss from any other point of the room Read More
The last week of Art Month! For those of you getting to the game in the last inning, our Art Month has been spent exploring a different medium each week and showcasing a featured practitioner of that very same medium. For example, last week was Paint Week, so we featured a plethora of paintings; including those of cover guy Steven Charles. This is ILLUSTRATION WEEK! Our 13th book will see Read More
Visual artist Nalini ‘Deedee’ Cheriel seems to be operating on another plane. When you first look at her work, it is otherworldy but grounded all at once. It is easy to mistake Cheriel’s work for folk dipped in LSD. Although it is the marrying of color color and pattern that hooks you, further examination causes you to recognize a much deeper meaning. Born in the hippie town of Eugene, Oregon Read More
“I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.” – Fredrick Douglas.
Painter Steven Charles is a manchild; a big kid who stops short of picking his nose in public and soliciting wet willies. But behind his seemingly juvenile charm lies an innate wisdom and understanding. He seems to just know that everything is blossoming and going to shit all at once. This balanced sense of knowledge almost outshines his work. “I’m so involved in my own process that it’s hard to Read More