stephen dickens
bold, flat, strongly colored, stephen's characters seem SMACKED onto the surface, as surprised sometimes as we at their very existence. extra eyes, bits of memory stuck to their skin, and because of that not more alien but more real. aren't all our friends and acquaintances really just blurs and blips in our own mind's eye? the sum total of a barrage of shared experiences? Hang with stephen's crew at
stephendickens.com
christine seymour
little collages, images from magazines and postcards. sweet, beguiling, and yet…if we get too close, will we be pulled beneath the surface, trapped forever by these slick sirens? The eyes beckon. We find ourselves weighing the odds… more potential traps await.
christine-arts.com
kirsten olson
bobbing along, singin' a song…kirsten makes clay things that float: across the tub, down the river, and into the waters of the collective unconscious. where will they end up and what secrets are they carrying? uncover more clues at
kirstenolsonceramics.com
michael rothfeld
the man climbs into the camera himself, no really, to block the light and unleash the image. like the ghosts of Pompeii, blasted into the walls by the hot ash, but in michael's world, not to die, but to dance. Jump over to
michaelrothfeld.com
imogene drummond
this Garrison artist is just FILLED with Divine Sparks! so much so that she recently made a film about them. imogene's colorful creations don't just invite you to dance, they pull you up on the dance floor against your will. is her eternally perky demeanor a sign of enlightenment or is there a gas leak in her studio? decide for yourself after a few more whirls around the ballroom with her at
idrummond.com
robert rutigliano
the colored specs that float in front of your eyes when they are closed - rob sees them everywhere. and since he is an intrepid explorer, when he sees them somewhere interesting, he has the equipment to bring back samples. a world tasting of little colored specs, just floating, making the air fuller and thicker and more delicious. have you tried the Morocco? divine!
rrutig@optonline.net
charlotte schulz
our own postmodern mayan codec, describing a series of disturbing events out of the future, or at least our own collective memory of future possibilities. could someone get some more charcoal handy? charlotte is the only scribe we have and she's dreaming as fast as she can. lucidly dream her way at
charlotteschulz.com
ed vermehren
ed was here. no really. and then he went home and took lots and lots of paint and attacked an innocent canvas with his passion and his brush. yup, no mistaking it. when ed attacks a canvas, you KNOW it. like fight club for painters. subtle is not a word ed hangs out with at a bar. hang out with him for more of the power at
vermehrenarts.com
lisa zukowski
lisa with a z makes encaustics and other works so delicious you wanna lick 'em. tasty color combos, compositions that lead you into the works and beyond. sidle into her kitchen and ask what's on the stove; whatever she serves up will be most satisfying. follow your nose to
lisaz.com
michelle rivas
do photos become memories of things that never really happened? did the sun come out at just that moment, the bird alight in just that manner? that shadow wave hello? a sunny day in creepy town, all our hopes and fears just a little closer to the surface, a little nudge and they'll pop out into the light. say cheese!
michellerivas.info
jean-marc superville sovak
the "big picture" in this eternally curious artist's case is always a fractured one. pieces that inform the whole tell extra stories of their own, whether he’s constructing history one broken brick at a time, re-constructing his racial identity finding “brothers-from-another-mother” or de-constructing epithets to let them seep back up through the rug they were swept under. follow his little brick road at
supervillesovak.com
gary jacketti
only to those of us who have gotten to know him does the idea that Gary's works are best seen from outer space begin to truly make sense. Gary turns over his psyche to find the most interesting things, and then runs far away to paint them close up. bubbles says hello. what say you?
jacketti.com
audrey chibbaro
the mark of a true artist is that the power of their work outlasts them. sadly, this force of nature left our world too early, but not before creating assemblages of memory for us to ponder and pushing many in the Beacon art world to be bolder and stronger. we love you audrey. Thanks for all the gifts and we'll see you on the other side.
marnie hillsley
patterns in nature; ever look at clouds and see visions? Marnie looks at trees and wood and sees something we can't. she's pointing to it even now. do you see it? do you see it? Look closer at
marniehillsley.net
stacey ward kelly
snap! snap! this girl is one snapping turtle! with a camera that is. whether making books or starting organizations like the Beacon Art Salon or leading tours at Dia or teaching, stacey has enough fingers soaking in enough cups to tire Madge the Manacurist. see what her next projects are at
giraffeandturtle.com
carla goldberg
light on the water, ripples beneath. beneath that? a figure, a woman, a mythical beast? the water dances, plays, reveals, obscures. so does carla. that's what makes her fascinating, and dangerous. dance with her in the moonlight by the shore at
carlagoldberg.com
michael gaydos
graphic novelist and comic book artist by day, by night michael jumps into a phone booth and turns into a painter who likes a little more dimension on his femme fetales. stark models, alone or in pairs, inhabit a world between worlds lost in their own thoughts, unaware of onlookers in the shadows: us. come on over and sit a spell (clothing optional) at
michaelgaydos.com
suzanne bennett
know how sometimes you don't know how to hang an abstract right side up? I mean, it can look cool from every angle, right? well, Suzanne has done the same thing with pictoral work, her subjects themselves sometimes holding onto a nearby tree as they are upended and placed perpendicular with someone ele's perspective. keep an eye out for smiling cats, this tea party is starting to look trecherous! take another sip at
suzannebennett.com
rick price
a muralist with mad skills and a growing portfolio of creations on Beacon buildings as well as internationally, rick's playful side comes out most when doing work for his own amusement. his childlike wonder shines through, and his endlessly inventive visual vocabulary never ceases to entice. get sprinkled with more of hisi pixie dust at
rickprice.net
carol flaitz
talk about looking inward! this multimedia artist has set her microsopic gaze on the world of nanotechnology, and her panels inspired by molecular landscapes of copper and zinc and what happens when current passes through them…well, if worlds this immense live inside microchips, we're gonna have to pack our bags. this trip may take a while. assemble on her station platform at
carolflaitz.com
janine lambers
never has a surface been so deep. swimming through seas both gilded and burnished, janine's metal creations are both nouveau and contemporary, proving once again that imagination mixed with excellent craftsmanship never goes out of style. take a shine to her at
janinelambers.com
joe pimentel
one of Beacon's youngest, grooviliciousest painters is in loooooove, and in this piece offers the bestest parts of himself, the spaces between the lines. and nobody knows how much space can be found between lines like joe. slip and slide into his curvy twisty mind at
joepimentel.daportfolio.com
yuan lee
fine artist and reknowned illustrator (I mean, do YOU have your art on a postage stamp?) yuan lee has brought more than his love of the visual and culinary arts to Beacon. Adept at several styles of painting and drawing, the selection committee couldn't get enough of his visual feast (though his signature Isamu wasabi dumplings would've been a nice addition to the process; just saying...) enter his many worlds at
yuanleestudio.com
tom holmes
this sculptor puts things together - wood, metal, stone, ice. the simplicity of his work is what pulls you in, the sublte tensions inside each piece is what holds you hostage. work that moves on its own, or that seems about to. introduce yourself to his menagerie at
tomholmes.com