SUMMER 2010
June 21, 2010 – 12:27 pm | 8 Comments

The Sumer 2010 issue is out now – Featuring articles on Tony Berlant a mixed media master out of Los Angeles, Sam Nejati and abstract painter from Oakland, Jesse Diamond’s photography and the music of …

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Color or black and white, photographers and their medium profiled each month in Artworks Magazine and here online. From classics to abstract, legends to emerging talent.

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HullabaLOU 2010
August 13, 2010 – 1:01 am | No Comment
HullabaLOU 2010

Historic events have often been framed between the iconic peaks of the twin spires. Secretariat’s record breaking run for the roses, Smarty Jones’s muddy brilliance and Barbaro’s courageous and decisive close all happened here. Churchill …

STONE TEMPLE PILOTS
June 29, 2010 – 1:14 pm | No Comment
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS

“You always were my favorite drug, even when we used to take drugs.” It’s simple English but what a profound statement, especially when you consider the source and put it in context. It’s a now …

COACHELLA 2010
June 29, 2010 – 12:12 pm | No Comment
COACHELLA 2010

The mountains slowly swallowed the big yellow sun as darkness descended on the desert. An art installation shot off massive fireballs and a bright Ferris wheel spun in the distance as a kaleidoscope of laser …

CECILIA MIGUEZ
April 27, 2010 – 6:00 am | 4 Comments
CECILIA MIGUEZ

Curious objects are everywhere. Bins of antique clock faces. Bags of strange gears. Boxes stuffed with random metal parts. Little jars full of lost trinkets. Big shelves stocked with evocative slabs of wood. Racks overstuffed …

OVERTONE IN OVERDRIVE
April 13, 2010 – 9:58 am | No Comment
OVERTONE IN OVERDRIVE

Overtone, a boy band backed by Dina and Clint Eastwood, is currently on its first U.S. tour, opening a half dozen West Coast shows for pop sensation Corinne Bailey Rae. The seven members – Emile …

THEOPHILUS BROWN
April 7, 2010 – 9:01 am | One Comment
THEOPHILUS BROWN

The Charmed Life of Theophilus Brown – it could have been the title to an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. Our protagonist is a dashing young artist with immense talent and little direction. After enduring the …

TR COLLETTA
April 7, 2010 – 9:00 am | 6 Comments
TR COLLETTA

“It feels like I am in a movie about my life but I don’t have the lead…” a fascinating statement of clarity from TR Colletta – one that allows him to see abundant abstractions in …

ROGUE WAVE
April 7, 2010 – 8:45 am | No Comment
ROGUE WAVE

The warning sign has been posted. Permalight it reads – a defiant statement against the darkness responsible for its depth. The acoustics of the surge seem sweet like a song suspended in harmony, but make …

BRANDI CARLILE
April 7, 2010 – 8:07 am | No Comment
BRANDI CARLILE

“I’m home!” Brandi Carlile screams with a simultaneous sigh. Her first unsung words are met with uproarious applause erupting from the sold-out Seattle crowd. “It probably helps that I’m related to everyone out there,” the …

BETH VAN HOESEN
March 27, 2010 – 11:58 am | 3 Comments
BETH VAN HOESEN

All of us at one time or another have come across a person we thought we knew, either by reputation or preconceived notion, only to learn that we were dead wrong, or at the very …

WAYNE THIEBAUD
March 26, 2010 – 7:00 pm | 4 Comments
WAYNE THIEBAUD

Wayne Thiebaud hates the word art. “It’s one of the dirtiest words in the English language,” he purges. “We all can say, ‘Oh yeah, that’s art. This is art.’ It’s a very abstract term that’s …

MR. BRAINWASH ICONS EXTENDED
March 25, 2010 – 11:13 am | One Comment
MR. BRAINWASH ICONS EXTENDED

Tens of thousands of people have already witnessed ICONS. The brainchild of L.A. street artist and phenomenon Mr. Brainwash’s opened on Valentine’s Day in New York’s Meatpacking District. Because the crowds continue to pack the 15,000 …