Compline : Night Natalie Salminen Rude, sculptor and encaustic artist, currently has work on view at the Duluth Art Institute. Up next, she is showing new work at Lizzard’s Gallery (August 8th), and there are a few haiku workshops on her studio calendar. Salminen Rude is no stranger to the creative process. Her willingness to evolve
"The Storm is Passing Over" Matti Sirvio’s current exhibition When Words Get Tired is on view at the artist's gallery is Muscat, Oman. With this collection of works, Sirvio expresses his observations of society and the larger, deeper messages that don’t sink in. With the increasing pace of life and technology has come the gradual loss
Icon After Icon is a contemporary interpretation of ancient iconography. The Russian collective describe their work as not being reproductions of the classical works, or simply a modern nod to the style, but Traditional Contemporary Art. The work is created with various mediums – wood, stone, textiles, graffiti, mosaics, frescos and stickers – to form
Matti Sirvio, painter, pastor, and humanitarian aid worker, has started a new venture. He has opened an artist-run, as yet untitled, gallery space. Off the beaten path in Muscat, Oman, the upcoming show is titled POSTE RESTANTE. The name refers of a post office that holds onto mail until recipients call to receive it. Strategically
In “A Cloud Took Him Out of Their Sight” shades of blue create a form that is rising. It is like a totem of light scattering the dark. The figure is soft, and its surroundings are jagged as the light is pulling him away from some deep blue place. The effect takes the viewer between—near
Secret Place Lael Burns’ artwork is delicate dance. The murky, fleshy shapes and celestial glitter bodies tell a story of opposites that interact. It is a painful struggle. Within the intricacy of this exchange, of these gruesome and pleasing elements, there is beauty. “Making art has always been a way for me to process life
In the Gatehouse Gallery on the St. Aloyseus Catholic School grounds, Sr. Helen David Brancato paints and displays her work. Almost no space is left free, and she has many more pieces to add to the rotation. On this Saturday afternoon, she was painting Biblical figures Ruth and Naomi. The piece that is nearly half-way
Christ in the Wilderness (2011) The man struggles to rise to his feet. Dark jackals are hunting him and a serpent is poised to strike at his heel. He is ruddy, eyes downcast, and nude. In the swirl of a bright, geometric cloud, pained, compassionate faces offer a had to lift him up. In
