ARTmuffin - Art by Christopher Gendron

It's a small world sometimes around here. I was hanging up some of my paintings for a show this september and I saw piece there by someone else that really caught my eye. I followed up and eventually bought a print of it, and we figured out that he was a friend of a friend and had been to one of my shows a few years before.

I'll let his words from his website describe his work, since they say more precisely what I like about it:

About my current work, The Book of Gosh:

The "Gosh" pieces are created with the concept of being pages from a lost book or temple from another culture in another dimension. The work is often human, alien, or animal anatomy with what appears to be a kind of hieroglyphic writing and symbolism accompanying the subject. The pages vary from anatomical description to ceremonial preparation to the preservation of a history. All pages are from 'The Book of Gosh'. Other works may be pieces from The Temple.

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Photography by Kett Lawrence

Sometimes someone makes great images or art, but doesn't realize it enough. I've been like that in life. And part of what I am trying to do with this blog is help people realize that they are interesting and good creators.

So, here are some photos from a friend of mine, Kett Lawrence. I think she has a really good sense of composition and I enjoy her sky photos a lot. I don't know her that well, but I can tell she is also a very kind person.

She has a Facebook page you can go like here.

Stone Piles by the Mill River in Northampton

Old Crow

Found in an alley by the river in Brattleboro, VT.

Art by Chris Gentes

Chris Gentes is artist in Northampton who I made friends with at a house show a few years ago, and I have been keeping an eye on his work and bumping into him in town every once in a while. Here are a few images from a past show that was at Salon 241. They are from spots around Northampton.

Visit his Art Journal

Art by Donnabelle Casis

I went to the first Florence Night Out a few weeks ago, and have been putting up stuff from artists I saw there. This is from Donnabelle Casis, who has a studio in Florence. I asked her to tell me about her work, and was really glad I did, because she had interesting things to say. Here are her words from her website:

My current series explores identity and its relationship to markers and patterns: from ancient Filipino tribal tattoos and textiles, trajes de luces (suits of light) or bullfighting costumes, medieval chainmail and armor, Japanese kumihimo (braiding), and Pokemon figures. I am interested in how these symbols and colors reflect the bearer/wearer. I am also fascinated by the literal use of patterns in design and in the form of ritual. At what point do patterns change?

Visit her website to see and read more.

Drawings by Heather Kasunick

I was at the first Florence Night Out the other week, and I met this woman who did these drawings that I really liked, so I decided to put some of them up here. Her name is Heather Kasunick, and here is what I know about her: she is a teacher and likes to do "one drawing a day" series, which these images are of.

Here is her blog: Wonder Cupboard