Connor Doyle

April 2022 | visual art

Come and See

Tethered

 

Connor Doyle

Connor Doyle is a photographer and filmmaker based in the Chicagoland area. Using a number of analog film formats, Doyle’s work focuses on the idiosyncratic details of daily life in Northern Illinois, specifically his native Wheaton, IL. Though often trivial, his subjects capture the formal beauty and potency of these everyday sites, urging his viewers to reflect on the significance of their lived experiences. Connor’s work has been published in the High Shelf Press, the Hole In The Head Review, Humana Obscura, and the Burningword Literary Journal. You can visit his website at https://connordoylephotographyfilmmaker.cargo.site/

Bethany Freese

April 2022 | visual art

Trees

Bethany Freese

Bethany Freese is a photographer and writer living in Washington State. Her work is autobiographical, and aims to capture the past and present of the Pacific Northwest.

Mikhael Antone-D’Angelo

April 2022 | visual art

Trainyard

 

Mikhael Antone-D’Angelo

Mikhael Antone-D’Angelo is a filmmaker and visual artist. Born 1975 in Rhode Island. She recieved a BA from Salve Regina University in Studio Art with a concentration in Photography and an MFA in Video & Photography from School of Visual Arts. She has exhibited and screened her own work in New York at Anthology Film Archives, Void, Remote Lounge, BAM Rose cinemas, Praxis Collective, Studio 150, College of Staten Island, and Lumen Waterfront Video Festival. Her work has also been shown throughout the United States and in Mexico City. While at the School of Visual Arts, Ms. Antone received the Aaron Siskind Award and has received a Council for the Arts and Humanities of Staten Island Premier Grant funded through NYSCA and a NY Department of Cultural Affairs Grant for her documentary film To a Man about white suburban middle class young men from Staten Island’s South Shore. As a Professor of Imaging and Photography, in the Visual Communication and Design Department at Indiana University- Purdue University Fort Wayne mikhael developed her project Sense of Place. This project has been has three solo exhibitions throughout the United States. Mikhael currently resides in Staten Island, NY.

Pete Madzelan

January 2022 | visual art

Winter Hibernation

 

Pete Madzelan

Pete Madzelan is an artist who lives with his wife in Las Cruces, New Mexico. His writings and photography have appeared in Oyster River Pages, Fleas on The Dog, The Courtship of Winds, Sky Island Journal, Bellingham Review, Cargo Literary Journal, Four Ties Lit Review, Foliate Oak, Gravel, New Mexico Magazine, Santa Fe Reporter, Off the Coast, Photography Exhibits and Art Shows in Albuquerque. Photography Center of Cape Cod, Poydras Review, San Pedro River Review, Switchback, and others.

Ash Margaret Cheatham

January 2022 | visual art

GMO Picnic

 

Ash Margaret Cheatham

Gently Seeping, depicts the delusional state that many people are blissfully unaware they are in. Ash Margaret displays vivid scenes characterizing the things we do to nurture ourselves, yet simultaneously destroy. Covid exposed a “save yourself” mentality that has us at war against each other. Ash chose the gas mask without its filter to portray the relentless bare minimum mindset society continues to display. The mask illustrates a positive action but is then rendered useless by other choices. The smoke represents the danger we allow to seep into our lives while feeling protected with our faulty gas mask. This series is set in an indistinct time period. Ash mixes vintage with modern aesthetic, combining for an almost post-apocalyptic feel with a cross-processed quality. These windows of augmented reality express what life obscures.

Doug Dabbs

January 2022 | visual art

Blueish

Rose

 

Doug Dabbs

Doug Dabbs is a comic book artist, illustrator, and university professor who has taught visual storytelling and illustration in higher education for over a decade. His comic book artwork has been published by Image Comics, Oni Press, 12 Gauge Comics, and Desperado Publishing, and his work has been displayed in over 30 national and international exhibitions; most recently the Czong Institute for Contemporary Art Museum (South Korea), Shockboxx Gallery (California) and the National Gallery of North Macedonia. His work has been featured in numerous juried art publications including ArtAscent Art and Literature Journal, Coffin Bell Journal, Brightness Magazine, High Shelf, Pittville Press, and Sand Hills Literary Magazine. Additionally, his work has been recognized by international illustration competitions including American Illustration, 3×3, Cheltenham Illustration Awards, Brightness Illustration Awards, Creative Quarterly, and Communication Arts. Dabbs’ artwork and research focus on methods of visual storytelling through the exploration of the human figure and environments. His art isn’t about perfecting each mark individually, but instead, using collective mark-making to communicate themes, emotions, and narratives. He investigates the effects positive and negative space have on compositions, mood, and storytelling, and how these components invite active viewer participation and analysis. He is interested in challenging traditional illustrative rendering methods that typically rely on color. Utilizing arguably one of the more vulnerable art approaches—black and white line art—marks cannot be hidden by additional media and color applications. The result is an intimate view of his hand and vision that is not obscured by further rendering.