Margaret Evangeline

Margaret Evangeline is a New York based painter, website here. She achieved attention with her bullet-ridden works, which I have not shown here because I prefer these lyrical paintings. It's kind of nice to see an accomplished artist exploring very diverse mediums and subjects. Especially when I recall the many times I have been told that my work is too diverse. That never rings true to me to the actual creative process. Making art is exploration and it's hard to plan where an exploration will go if it is organic. Here is a nice shot of Ms. Evangeline's studio which I found on her blog.

She mentions reading a book by Sarah Bakewell, "How to Live-Or A Life of Montaigne". Anyone read that?

Hanaa Malallah

Lest we forget the ravages of war, Iraqui artist Hanaa Malallah shows us powerfully.  View more of her work here.

Clem Crosby

Well, if you've ever been to this blog before you will understand why I respond to British artist Clem Crosby's work. He makes it look so easy. If you want to hear him speak about his art a bit, here is an interview he did at a London gallery showing his work. I really like how unpretentious he is. Especially when he talks about his best work being about "fixing mistakes", and "rescuing" a painting, and "pushing the paint around until something happens". It's refreshing after some of the ways I've heard artists intellectualize their work.