by Jeff Maisey | Jul 1, 2018 | Art, Art News, Art Previews
By Jerome Langston “The really magical things are the ones that happen right in front of you. A lot of the time you keep looking for beauty, but it is already there. And if you look with a bit more intention, you see it.” ― Vik Muniz There is quite a...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 11, 2018 | Art, Art News, Art Previews, Current Exhibits
By Jeff Maisey The proof is in the shot. Sometimes one single image captures the heart and soul not only of the viewer, but of the subject itself. Often such images happen by chance — being in the right place at the right time. The photographer must always be at...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 15, 2018 | Art, Art News, Art Previews
(MOCA’s Heather Hakimzadeh curated “A Fine Line”) By Jeff Maisey The colorfully engaging, fantastically themed large format paintings of New York City-based artist Inka Essenhigh are certain to wow viewers in an exhibition called “A Fine Line,” on view at...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 27, 2017 | Art, Art News, Art Previews, Current Exhibits
By Jeff Maisey A colorful collection of photographs exhibited by Williamsburg’s Linda Matney Gallery (LMG) titled “ANCIENT TRADITIONS, MODERN LIVES: Amazonian Indigenous Peoples in the 21st Century” is really quite something to view as it provides a unique...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 22, 2017 | Art, Art News, Art Previews
By Jeff Maisey A mixed media art exhibit examining a diverse perspective of death isn’t what you might expect to find displayed on the walls of a trendy downtown Norfolk restaurant, but, as it turns out, “The Art of Dying” is just the conversation starter for date...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 22, 2017 | Art, Art News, Art Previews, Current Exhibits
By Jim Roberts Crizti Walsh has spent many of her nights and weekends the last two and a half years painting an eclectic bunch of characters. Among them: a trapeze artist, a voodoo priestess, a woman with progeria and a Tanzanian albino. She said that painting these...