corey mcnally bits & pieces putwtogether to present a semblance of a Whole you might recognize this statement from artist lawrence weiner’s piece that welcomes you to the walker art center. it is a phrase that has influenced me and helped shape my artwork. go to gallery >
kelly loverud my family immigrated to Northeast Mineapolis in the early 1900's and, for the most part, has had members in or around the area ever since. the last 12 years, it has just been me. so, when i considered moving out of state a couple of years ago, i didn't do so lightly. i have always appreciated the area, but i realized that I have go to gallery >
patrick smith my playful and sometimes twisted personality makes itself known within my art. i am strongly influenced by skateboard art and pop culture. i enjoy the use of strong lines and bold colors. go to gallery >
fernanda sequeiros fernanda sequeiros is from caleta olivia, argentina. her paintings and sculptures reflect the matriarchal mentality of the family in which she was raised. they bring in elements of the female form and the images of the animals that wandered freely on the ranch where she was raised. why animals and females? go to gallery >
jonathon foss i was raised in brooklyn park minnesota. i started drawing at a young age. i started oil painting when I was junior in high school. from there I went to st. cloud state university and majored in fine arts with a studio emphasis in oil painting. i studied under david Brown, virginia bradley and ana louis-borzi. my focus is on abstract work with an emphasis in color, line and texture. go to gallery >
dennis jenereaux my vision of photography as fine art as been a work in process for over 30 years. i am a formalist at heart. where as the work is now produced digitally, i do not manipulate the image beyond what i would do in the darkroom with film. i also strongly believe that in keeping with a fine art ethic, i do not mass produce my art. go to gallery >
chris bart As a curious young teen, I remember carrying around a Kodak disc camera taking snapshots. Ever since then, I have been viewing the world through the lens and have never been able to put down a camera. Although, I am a professional Graphic Designer, I have always felt intrinsically tied to photography. go to gallery >
william sattler my work calls attention to the actions, beliefs and choices of our culture—often using irony as a method of expression. it is an observation and a wake up call to perhaps question reality instead of going along blindly to traditional dogma. paint, screen prints, collage, stencil and mixed media are layered into montages to create edgy contemporary art, go to gallery >
joel starkey i remember when i was growing up seeing cassette tapes lying along the side of the road with the tape strung out and blowing in the wind. i was always convinced that whatever was on that tape was something i was missing out on, something I needed to have in my life. go to gallery >
tayna gravening the six drawings in this body of work were completed over a one month winter break from school . six months earlier i underwent a life change, going from a 9 to 5 cube job to student. the drawings were done at the height of a frigid minnesota winter. i, however, was feeling optimistic, reflecting on all i had learned, the excitement of the unknown. go to gallery >
max maddox 24/7 — my objective in these works is to explore and journal my thoughts and express the resulting images within the confines of a 24-inch length and a 7-inch width. Hence “24/7”. i believe we all digest information through a personal filtering system. perhaps the result is similar to old message boards or neglected outdoor billboards that become go to gallery >
jack walsh jack walsh is a minneapolis artist who loves to incorporate nature and found objects into humorous works. all materials have been hand-selected from nature or out of somebody’s dumpster, including paints and frames. go to gallery >
steph glaros i’m a magazine art director by day, but my first love is photography. i attempt to photograph things the way i see them, and try to present subjects as naturally as possible, without artificial lighting or significant digital enhancement. the majority of my subject matter is found spontaneously, so I carry my camera almost all the time. go to gallery >
carisa ruby town what began as doodles, the casual scribblings of a bored teenager, developed over the years into these delineations of imagination. i approach the process as in a daydream with no preconceived notion of how a drawing will turn out. i traditionally begin with a black ball-point pen on rag paper, although i am also fond of Sharpie on cardstock. i primarily use prismacolor. go to gallery >
bmf hi there. i'm brittney foster. i make jewelry. in fact outside of staring at the river, theres little i do most days except make jewelry. and all of my jewelry is made by hand, using tools and no machines, ok… a few machines, but tiny wonderful machines. casue i'm gansta like that. go to gallery >
spleee spleee is a surreal artist twisting the parallels of life experiences to a different plane. brightly colored work. oil paint on canvas that only nasa scientist can see in their interpretation of color from the universe. spleee is also a co-founder of spotArt Gallery, a dedicated supporter of local artists. go to gallery >
