AJ Fosik Cover Story by Lainya Magaña

I’m going to do a little bit of shameless self-promotion and invite you all to check out the cover story I wrote on AJ Fosik for issue 18 of Hi Fructose Magazine. If you aren’t already familiar with the work, I’ll share a few of AJ’s images with you and a snippet from the feature. [...]

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A&O Exclusive Interview With Steven Riddle

Baltimore-based artist Steven Riddle recently emailed to share some images of his work with me. What immediately struck me about the work was his sense of color and geometry. Rock formations, mineral clusters and geodes are placed in stellar formations that suggest some sort of inter-galactic composition. I wanted to learn more, so I asked [...]

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Interview With James Roper in Issue 16 of Hi-Fructose Magazine

Issue 16 of Hi-Fructose Magazine features an interview I conducted with UK-based artist, James Roper. I encourage you to pick up a copy but in the meantime, here’s a snippet: “…to grasp the complexity of Roper as a creator is to know him first and foremost as a thinker. If the viewer were to act [...]

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I Love Anything Daphane Guinness

Daphne Guinness guest stars in Joseph Lally’s new film,  The Black and White Maze of the Painted Zebra. The film recalls old French films (think Marguerite Duras) and of course it is highly stylized and surreal. Many would guess that Daphne would be playing the role of the zebra given her trademark hair, however the [...]

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Feature Article on James Marshall (Dalek) in Issue 15 of Hi-Fructose

I recently conducted an interview with James Marshall (Dalek) for Hi-Fructose discussing his latest work and a decade of creativity. Issue 15 is on newsstands now!

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A&O Interview With Erik Otto

A couple of weeks ago, I went by the Shooting Gallery to check out the opening for Erik Otto‘s new show, “Terrestrial Syndrome”. I was loving the series of sketches on old book covers, screenprints on found wood, and the sentimental flow of line, color, and pattern that Otto does best. For this Argot & [...]

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Interview With Travis Louie in September Issue of Jux

I conducted an interview with the very talented artist Travis Louie for the September issue of Juxtapoz Magazine. We had a chance to discuss his early influences, the foundation of his aesthetic, as well as the stories behind his intriguing characters. It’s on newsstands now!

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A&O Interview With Jesse Reno

I’ve been mesmerized by Jesse Reno‘s paintings for years. To call them mere paintings is almost myopic, relegating them to a definition that can easily be obtained through a cursory inspection. It’s best to take your time with Reno’s work, to examine the layers, the complex pattern work, scrawled lines, and his preternatural subjects who [...]

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A&O Interview With Ian Carpenter

New York-based artist Ian Carpenter creates abstract depictions of imagined landscapes using bright swatches of color, scrawled line work, and languid brush strokes. The resulting effect stirs the emotions and is at once playful and serious; appealing as much for its curiously surreal thematics as for its lack of need for referential connotations. I wanted [...]

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A&O Interview with Hannah Stouffer

The work of Los Angeles-based artist Hannah Stouffer is not for the faint of heart. Luscious, seductive, and lascivious, her creations are all black gold heart, blood red lips, and snake-bitten senses: Nothing short of spellbinding. I first met Hannah

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