Quote Collaborative
- L.A. Bachman www.labachman.com
L.A. Bachman invenstigates the effects of art on developing minds both young and old. In recent works, Bachman focuses on the principals of art and design as a subject matter...The hesitation of the art novice to embrace abstract images inspires Bachman to create delicate, biological, abstract images...The work leaves rooom for the viewer's interpretation, much like a child finds objects concealed in cloud formations or a psychiatrists use of a Rorschach blot.
- Casey Pierce www.caseypierce.com
Casey Pierce studied oil painting at Harding University, majored in art at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and finished a major in Interactive design at Western Kentucky University. He currently abides in Nashville, Tn. and is working on a series that deals with hero worship, current affairs, social evolution and their symbols. He is probably one of the most unassumingly talented artists we've met.
- Kuntal Patel itskuntal@yahoo.com
Currently studying at San Diego State University, Kuntal uses an array of tools, paints, and mediums to create his beautiful work.
- Amanda Ball www.myspace.com/myredwagonart
Through making art, Amanda seeks to explore the spirit and the authenticity of the Appalachian mountains of North Carolina where she grew up. Her artwork has been described as nostalgic with strong roots in the Americana and Folk Art genres. Most of the wood she uses comes from the barn that her father grew up hanging tobacco in, and so is by its very origin nostalgic. Her heart is in folk art, junkyards, antique stores, rusty metal, scrap wood, and her grandfather's barn.
- John Whitten www.johnpwhitten.com
John Whitten is currently living in Nashville, Tn, studied at Watkins College of Art and Design. He is a genius.
- Sara La www.sara-la.com
A fascination with storytellng in art has naturally led Sara to an interest in narrative painting and illustration. Her work tend to be filled with personal mythology and symbolism. She's always felt that art is a discovery, a journey and a means to learn about yourself, and through exhibiting, to learn more about the common humanity between peoples.
- Myles Bennett www.flickr.com/photos/mylesbennett/
Myles Bennett has always been interested in the first mark, the first gesture that initiates a peice. Each surface has inherent properties that interferes and influences how marks will read and, by combining ground conditions with gesture, he leave contours and tactilities that begin each painting.
- Julie Lee www.julielee.org
The life of Nashville-based singer/songwriter Julie Lee has always been a lesson in assemblage art. She grew up in Maryland on a steady diet of family stories, jazz and folk music, learning early the connection between history and the creative act. Lee delved into the world of visual art and found a creative home in the hammering together of rusty junk sculptures. Taking wood and metal relics of history, Lee reassembled them into something new and beautiful: timelessness and change as sculpture. The old and new altogether. Continuity
The Authors
Q Bennett Jqbenito@gmail.com
Frank Martino
Frank doesn't have an e-mail, nor does anyone know where he is. We met Frank while forging down the Cumberland on a rickety raft last summer. A heavy downpur sent us spinning down the river, out of control. Finally, we landed on the banks. Gray haired, wiry eyed, and fickle fingered, always handling a cigarette, Frank sat glum as we crashed our raft into the side. For the next two days, we were told the wildest tales about his life travels through Eastern Europe, Asia, and the US as a vagabond. Thanks to Frank for giving us only a piece of his story.
Sandy Craven sandy@cephalopodrecords.com
Ashley Strosnider ashley.strosnider@gmail.com
Motke Dapp www.motkenet
Joel Fry fryj@pclnet.net
Kemper McDowell kmcdowell23@gmail.com
Brandon Boyd whatsamunther@comcast.net
Justin Tam quotemusic@gmail.com