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Obsession – Compulsive preoccupation with a fixed idea or an unwanted feeling or emotion, often accompanied by symptoms of anxiety.2. A compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion. Dana Depew grew up on a farm in Medina, Ohio during the 1980’s. In essence, he grew up with Wilma Smith. Since 1977, Wilma has provided northeast Ohio…

  Photographer Steven Mastroianni takes a look through the lens of a wedding photographer and shows that it can be more than just soft-focused couples at sunset and tense family portraits. ” . . . .I would break into blossom” is the document of a wedding day, distilled from fleeting moments and stolen glances, and…

Jean’s invitation for me to show my work at the Southside Gallery came at a peculiar time. It was to be the last show before the doors of the Gallery were to close… at least for a while. I was slightly intimidated, as I had not yet shown in any Cleveland gallery.  I decided to abandon most…

I am intrigued by force beyond the personality.  Limitation of the five sense urges me to look beyond the realm of time, space and matter. That has led me to the doorstep of quantum physics where I have begun a new kind of consciousness about the physical world, and embracing larger truths about the nonphysical…

Jerry Mann – Proofing the Years – Black & White Photographs Jean cornered me at the Lit, again. I committed to another show, and now I had to show.be an artist again. What have I done since ‘Hands’? Well, honestly, nothing. But I realized that I’d been s what I was worth…be an artist again.…

Using clay from a recycled “home” I had built at the BK Smith Gallery at Lake Erie College, I continued to explore comfort and nurturing through the creation of a smoke fired quilt and three pillows.  The quilt squares were painted with a white slip and smoked in an open firing using sawdust and newspaper.…

This show consists of mixed-media assemblages and several large paintings. With degrees in architecture as well as fine art painting, Preston’s work demonstrates his skill with color and structure. Though not necessarily colorful his paintings feature dark deep color saturating the canvas to make for an earthy background upon which to work.  Incorporated in one…