Wildness & Freedom:
Meredith Devine's 'Painted Ladies'
August 4, 2022
The photographs of artist Meredith Devine work best as printed matter. There is a realness, a life to her portraits that push against the technology of modern media. For her photo series Painted Ladies, Devine follows a seemingly simple template — a beautiful woman alongside a motorcycle.
Magic In, Magic Out:
'Stampede Trail' Poster by Paul Blow
July 25, 2022
A sunset dipped in rust. A solitary peregrine falcon in the dimming sky. The bird’s outstretched wingspan mimics that of the man below, his arms raised to the ending day. In his Stampede Trail poster for Nautilus Art Prints, UK-based illustrator Paul Blow captures the triumph of traversing the almost nineteen mile hike through Alaska’s rough terrain that ends at the site of the Fairbanks City Transit System Bus 142, better known as the legendary Magic Bus.
14th Century Artist in the Modern World:
'Four Horsemen' by Florian Bertmer
June 11, 2022
The end of human life on this planet will most likely arrive in the form of man-crafted annihilation, but those early Christians foresaw something far more epic. The Four Horsemen as spoken of in the Old Testament are rendered as punishments from God. For his take on the mythic figures, German illustrator Florian Bertmer treats them as holy unit.
Strike, Dear Mistress:
'Venus in Furs' by Michael Raaflaub
July 6, 2022
The pencil work in Venus in Furs by Michael Raaflaub is impossibly soft. The forms undulate as a mossy silver. On full view you can fall into cavernous drapes of weighted ermine pelt.
