Asaan Brooks, aka Swamburger, was kind enough to allow me into his beautiful home in the cozy Thornton Park area. Being an artist, it must be pretty convenient for him to live so close to Sam Flax. His home property has multiple buildings with quite Read More …
Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz was born in the Bronx and raised by a Puerto Rican mother and father. Naming herself a ‘Nuyorican’, she has struggled with her identity as a first-generation American born into a country founded on immigrants. She is a walking contradiction in her struggle Read More …
Dr. Julian Chambliss is a professor who is very good at what he does. And that is to profess. With little prodding he can lay a plethora of interesting, thought-provoking knowledge and opinions out for you. Dr. Chambliss serves as coordinator of the Africa and Read More …
When hearing the term “surrealism”, most people think of melting clocks, flying fish, or animals with unnaturally long toothpick legs. The artistic style has a reputation of being weird for the sake of being weird, but there is much more to surrealism. Victor Quino is Read More …
Boy Kong is a local artist from Apopka known for his festive murals, his bold use of line, and his whimsical, dynamic compositions. His style can be marked by striking color palettes and distorted, sometimes mangled, figures. Often the subject is a fantastic rendering of Read More …
On a sunny afternoon, I had the pleasure of meeting a brilliant artist by the name of Matthew Cornell. Well known for his hyperrealistic landscape paintings, Cornell uses his art as a medium for self-exploration. Seeking to connect his origin story to a place, Cornell Read More …
Forrest Lawson’s series Closeted is an ongoing sculptural body of work exploring what it is like to come out as gay. Now more than ever, the struggles of the LGBT community need to be heard. Lawson uses his art as a way to inform outsiders of the Read More …
I migrated to Orlando in the fall of 2013. I spent the first six months hidden away in Avalon Park, deep in East Orlando. Yet, even from my wasteland fortress, I heard the name B-Side. It struck me with a passion, and I knew there Read More …
Richard Munster’s ceramic sculptures walk the line between man-made and natural rock formations. His work contains natural minerals and utilitarian objects fused together. With a background in functional pottery, he creates fine art works using his technical understanding of clay. These sculptures combine the natural, Read More …
It’s 2015. I arrive early to a Glenn Grishkoff lecture at the University of Central Florida. Too early it seems. The room is all but empty, save for Glenn in the front preparing his brushes for the coming lecture, and Jordan. I find my way Read More …
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