My Artomatic Top Picks

Painting above by Margaret Dowell

Painting above by Gregory Ferrand

Painting above by Kevin Thomas Irvin

Painting above by Emily Green-Liddle

Ok, I know I waited until the last minute, but I finally have my top picks from Artomatic 2007 (listed in no particular order):

Paintings:
Dianne Tesler's AWSOMEly executed painting of an old house (Open House II)
Lynn Putney's dream-like abstractions
Chris Bishop's pop paintings (LOVE the pretty girls and robots)
William Remington's figures (Specifically the Picasso-esq paintings)
Emily Greene Liddle's juicy, beautifully rendered pierced fruit paintings

Dale Hunt's funky monsters
Kevin Thomas Irvin's graffitti-style paintings
Margaret Dowell's technically fabulous work
Gregory Ferrand's weird and wonderful narratives

Sculpture:
Sean Henessey's cool wall sculptures
Veronica Szalus gigantically huge papers
Laura Lukaszewski's elegant porcelain "Feather"
Brad Taylor's super cool "Can Tab Chair" (that I had seen and fell in love with at Art Outlet's Flux)
Pamela Burris's welded steel, "Accumulative Effect"
Christie Otvas mosaic baby-doll, "Estes"

Photography:
Tracy Lee's sensual and steamy erotic photos
Camille Mosley-Pasley's, "Mama Love" photos(GREAT juxtaposition in that room between the two varying depictions of the female nude: Mosley-Paisley's as maternal/nurturing and Lee's as sensual and sexual)
Jesse Cohen's photos (especially the new figure photo of the woman with the blueish tint and
I didn't write down the title, sorry , Jesse!)
Angela Kleis's cool graffiti photos
Alexandra Silverthorne's photos(this girl has a great eye!)

Digital:
Tim Hayes, "Brave Soldiers Plus one Politician" (thanks to Steve Krensky of Light Street Gallery for reminding me about this incredible piece! It is superb!)