Bill Talsma’s most recent artwork comments on rewards we receive for insignificant or trivial things that we do.  These pieces question what is truly remarkable or worthy of an award.

Wil Murray’s mixed media artwork blurs the lines between disciplines as well as genres. These pieces have an identify complex that I love.

Kostis Velonis creates sculpture, often times influenced from other places or works, and constructed from found objects, wood and other materials.

Erik Otto does some amazing paintings that are linear, fluid and ripe with texture.  Oh yeah, he does some nice sculpture too.

On first seeing images of Ron Gilad’s sculpture, I payed no attention to the actual physical dimensions and assumed these pieces were much larger than they are.  After seeing images of his exhibitions I realized how intriguing this intentional play on scale would be to experience in person.

Jennifer Anderson’s latest series, Engram, involves cutting intricate geometric patterns into discarded reproductions of paintings. My eye goes back and forth from trying to understand the old image of what has been cut away to perceiving the new negative image of the newly cut pattern.

Most artists build or construct their art, but for Todd McLellan’s Disassembly series, the focus is on deconstruction.

Brian Dettmer transforms old books into relief sculpture, revealing his finished piece as he carves and peels away the pages one at a time.

Whitney Lynn works in various mediums, often including an element of performance. Lynn’s artwork can be seen in an upcoming exhibition, God Only Knows Who the Audience Is: Performance, Video, and Television Through the Lens of La Mamelle / ART COM.