Mike Walzman, author of The Fall to Freedom reflects on his creative process and tells us how Frank Lloyd Wright changed the way he looks at literature.  Walzman’s work has been published in BCN Week, We Feel Pretty, Zine Columbia, Ra, and Feathertale.   I have two three-by-five note cards on my desk.  One says, […]

Mark Schoening’s works are explosive.  The compositions appear as though they were created in one, single effortless gesture.  Two-dimensional space is transformed into a three-dimensional optical playground.  Shards of confetti, submersed in bleeding black inks glow from beneath a hard-candy resin veneer.  Schoening’s works exude a palpable energy and demonstrate a playful manipulation of surface […]

Installation Magazine offers a first look at Squidsoup’s video documentation from their recent project Submergence and Volume 4,096.   Squidsoup, a multi-media collective spread out across Norway, the United Kingdom and New Zealand explores the gap between the virtual and physical worlds.  Overcoming the limitations of digital media, Squidsoup has developed several innovative and immersive light […]

Collecting runs in Bill Clarke’s blood.  Following in his father’s footsteps, a lifelong and avid collector of rare coinage, Clarke  has always maintained his own collection of some variety.  It began with gum cards as a kid and then evolved into a record collection in his teens.  He also collected vintage 1960s Beatles toys and […]

A moss green 1972 Mercedes 280 SEL rounds the corner and turns into the driveway of a charming 1920’s Spanish Colonial Revival house in Rancho Park.  Matching green hub caps lined in chrome and white wall tires accent this pristine vintage ride.  The car embodies the aesthetic of it’s owner’s company: sleek, vintage, and authentic. […]

“I had just discovered the Leica.  It became the extension of my eye, and I have never been separated from it since I found it.” By Garet Field-Sells    Henri Cartier-Bresson exclaimed about the camera system he used to aid in his intuition, sensibility, and understanding of his subjects.  Developing as a young cinematography artist, […]