Tag: PAINTS
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From Apocalypse to Renewal, Amy Casey Paints a Surreal World in Distress
In Amy Casey’s meticulous acrylic paintings, houses and main street buildings whirl through the air amid debris, teeter in huge piles in the sea, or balance precariously on giant clusters of fungi. Our perception is tested: are the houses really tiny or are their surroundings exceedingly big? That slippage is at the heart of her read more
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Hilary Pecis Paints Saturated Snapshots of West Coast Life
In Love Letters, Hilary Pecis captures the mundane moments and under-appreciated views of daily life. The Los Angeles-based artist presents a suite of new acrylic paintings in her signature saturated style, focusing on snippets of a backyard pool, the corner of a studio worktop, and a friendly picnic complete with a radiant strawberry cake. Pecis read more
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'Our Neighbors, the Peacocks' Paints a Portrait of an Unusual Convergence of Populations
When we think of “invasive species,” perhaps zebra mussels or kudzu vine spring to mind. Both have flourished in their non-native environments and continue to threaten other native organisms. Invasive species aren’t inherently bad—they’re just trying to survive—but by definition, they’re likely to disrupt local ecosystems and even cause billions of dollars worth of damage read more
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Squeak Carnwath Paints Her Own Path
Art Review This artist rejects the notion that paint as a medium inevitably becomes exhausted, incapable of making something, however broken it may be. John Yau February 20, 2026 — 4 min read Squeak Carnwath, “Ancestors and Future Ghosts” (2023), oil and alkyd on canvas over panel (all images courtesy the artist and Jane Lombard read more
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Pop Surrealist Todd Schorr Paints the Unusual & The Arcane – Hi-Fructose Magazine
“I think the general uneasiness that seems to have gripped the planet over the last few years has definitely crept into my work,” says artist Todd Schorr. A look to one of Schorr’s most recent works, “Gullibles Travels,” reveals this in greater detail. The painting is classic Schorr. We find an ape—one of his most read more
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Helena Minginowicz Paints Personal Works Utilizing & Depicting Disposable Materials – Hi-Fructose Magazine
Looking at Minginowicz’s paintings of human faces on bird heads, cute kitten pillows, and horses with manga tears, leaves the observer feeling like they’re watching a friend’s text thread superimposed onto a gallery wall, but, to the artist, that’s just a byproduct of observing life, these days. “We can’t escape the language of the internet; read more
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Laurie Lee Brom Paints Beautifully Dreary Window Portraits – Hi-Fructose Magazine
Brom notes that she previously had painted portraits of women standing at windows—notably in her nod to Wuthering Heights in “Cathy’s Ghost at Heathcliff’s Window.” These paintings draw from Victorian and Edwardian imagery. “I felt like I had explored that, and that was more expected of me,” she says. In the midst of a long read more
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