Punk Soul Poet

Humberto Braga does not pull his punches. His drawings and watercolor paintings are forceful and captivating. Each piece is comprised of a combination of unexpected imagery that is often heavy with a message about his distrust in the American government, as well as other disturbing and provocative subjects. But this doesn’t mean that he is without a sense of humor. In…

Jessica’s Ward’s profoundly affecting graphite drawings have been described as “beautifully macabre”. But underneath her dark and sometimes shocking imagery there is a sort of graceful, utterly feminine quality. In fact, It could be said that her drawings threaten to reconstruct our perception of femininity. It is this juxtaposition, this graceful…

No one that gazes upon the fine art of Andrea Kowch can deny the mood that it arouses. She has been described as a “powerful voice emerging, demonstrating a highly sensitive consciousness that informs a culturally laced symbolism.”  Her paintings seem to be informed by a strong and subtly mysterious narrative. She paints with the able brush of an old master, although she is largely self taught. Unlike the paintings…

Ryan Sanchez had a typical “latch key” kid Los Angeles upbringing. Except for one thing: he was anything but typical. He distracted himself by drawing. He drew on sidewalks, streets, walls, shoes, clothing, textbooks, and anything else he could get his hands on. I guess you could say that he embraced the LA…