Brill Adium: Derivative Of
Brill Adium is making faces. In his art, the face says it all. In himself, the name says it all: Brill-iant. I like to pick apart names and see how they relate to people. I often think about the words that make up a name. Read More …
The Power of Illustration
Orlando has so many different amazing bloggers—from foodies and fashionistas to travel and lifestyle. We have it all. A big part of having a successful blog is having amazing photos to go along with your story. However, in this day and age, we live in Read More …
Art or Nah?
Last December, I took my annual pilgrimage to South Florida to suffer through the crowds and traffic and attend Art Basel Miami Beach. Though the official Art Basel event takes place in the Miami Beach Convention Center, there is a veritable plethora of art-centric events Read More …
October’s letter.
Memphis in the fall is hauntingly beautiful. An alluring beauty that drives beyond a surface level. I spent many nights crushing scarlet oak leaves under my boots and un-ironically listening to ‘Walking in Memphis’ asking myself “Do I really feel the way I feel?” The Read More …
Sylvia Longmire: The Next Big Adventure
I saw Sylvia Longmire for the first time at Stardust Video & Coffee where the local Sanford author was reading in a storyteller’s showcase. I watched as she captivated the audience with sass and sauce. Weeks later, I asked Ms. Longmire to meet me at Read More …
First Contact: Opera Orlando’s Vincent Connor
Vincent Connor, the new General Director of Opera Orlando, appeared on my WPRK radio show, Zero Crossings, to talk about Opera Orlando, their One Voice Orlando concert on September 11, and Opera Orlando’s upcoming season. What follows is an excerpt from a two-hour conversation. Read More …
Gary Bolding
Gary Bolding’s latest collection of work, on display at Stetson University’s Hand Art Center, focuses on a small oil town in southern Arkansas known as Vaselina Springs. Home of 25,104 individuals, including the Blackfish family, members of the Choctaw tribe, and the infamous Lester Harley, Read More …
Alchemy: Art, Fashion, & Style Evolve Continually
What is Alchemy? Well, if you look it up in the dictionary, the meaning is, “the seemingly magical process of transformation, creation, or combination.” And, if you’re on the up and up in Orlando, you know that it is not only one of the best Read More …
Artist Spotlight: Bryan Carson
So the underwater ladies are faceless and partially dressed in a way that could be perceived as sexualizing if you wanted to poke some bubbles, but they are roundly pointing at more. The depth of this work speaks to the photo shoot (whose only real Read More …
Rachel Simmons
What is the reality of climate change? What are ways to invoke or even evoke a dialog that is both important and easy to digest? How do we bring these serious issues that seem almost impossible to fix to an audience’s action-orientated attention? Rachel Simmons, Read More …
