PAINTING

David Wright | The American Frontier

David Wright | The American Frontier

David Wright is a time traveler. The Gallatin-based artist transports himself from the twenty-first century to the eighteenth century as deftly as the bilingual bounce from tongue to tongue in the same conversation.

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08.31.2011 | PAINTING

Jeff Faust’s Open Windows

Jeff Faust’s Open Windows



Many artists take a conventional path in their education, attending art school, college, university, or doing an apprenticeship with a master.

Jeff Faust joined the carnival.

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08.31.2011 | PAINTING

Myles Bennett

Myles Bennett

Conjure in your mind’s eye an artist whose work appears to be inspired by Rorschach-test prints, Francis Bacon, and Cubism. The art is produced on raw canvas that has been folded, unfolded, and sometimes pleated. Small sets of angel-hair-thin

08.2.2011 | PAINTING

Jimmy Abegg

Jimmy Abegg

As a photographer, Jimmy Abegg is a collector of moments. In Abegg’s latest abstract paintings, however, still moments take a back seat to the movement between them, and his new paintings evoke this flow with their frenetic, color-saturated, wide-swept brushstrokes. Everything moves or…

08.1.2011 | PAINTING, VISUAL ART

Fly Girl | A.D. Maddox

Fly Girl | A.D. Maddox

While looking closely at the paintings of AD Maddox, it was obvious to me (a lifetime fly-fishing fanatic myself) that she was onto something fresh, bright, and tantalizing—mind expanding, really—as to what wildlife painting could look like. I had…

08.1.2011 | PAINTING, VISUAL ART

Maximilian Wiedemann & Olivia Steele

Maximilian Wiedemann & Olivia Steele

International artist Maximilian Wiedemann recently flew into town with partner, muse, and Nashville native Olivia Steele. The power couple held a well-received show in the magnificent Steele home (featured on page 45 for a peak inside). Though Wiedemann and Steele…

06.30.2011 | DRAWING, PAINTING, SCULPTURE, VISUAL ART

Lisa Mergen | Fabric Painter

Lisa Mergen | Fabric Painter

When Lisa Mergen couldn’t find fabrics that were elegant enough for the Italian-inspired clothing she was designing for her Memphis clients, she learned to make her own. What began thirty years ago as a cottage industry has evolved into a…

06.27.2011 | PAINTING

Arden von Haeger

Arden von Haeger

Arden von Haeger knows who he is. Well grounded, he is as sage as Yoda. Yet his work is an explosion of evolving color and motion. When showing and talking about his work, he exudes a childlike excitement. There’s…

06.27.2011 | PAINTING

Bruce Matthews

Bruce Matthews

He is a tall and lanky gentleman, standing head and shoulders above everyone around him. His smiling eyes and gaunt face make him appear something like a mix between David Bowie and an elf from the Lord of the…

06.27.2011 | PAINTING

Duy Huynh

Duy Huynh

Duy Huynh infuses his lyrical, dreamy paintings with imagery suggesting transformation, metamorphosis, and travel. His muted palette and occasional use of gadgetry drawn from the early twentieth century suggest faded or sepia-toned photographs of a bygone era. His is a…

06.1.2011 | PAINTING, VISUAL ART