Scene Enhanced Shari Solheim's photography affects a visceral response, using contrast and ambiguous focal points to accentuate the mysteries hidden in her frames. Presenting images revealing the Humanity of the Moment the Brumder Mansion's Speak Easy accommodated Solhiem's subjects in time frozen, mostly in black and white exposures. Solheim has a knack for the gritty,... Continue Reading →

Petals Reach Extraordinarily sized blooming flowers spanned several sprawling canvases. Digital design impressario and musician Mike Magestro lent artistic prowess to Brumder Mansion's art night, sharing tragically emotional brush strokes that together formed viewing perspectives normally only created when holding a flower close, as if to gain the aroma. Paintings of large flowers made famous... Continue Reading →

A Commentary Brightly In the main foyer of the Brumder Mansion, Amanda Iglinski popped art creations, that would strike any alternative medium user's fascination. Fluorescent tones combined, outlined by a glaze of black spray paint, the stenciled images gesture, wink, and pose for the canvas. Iglinski dabbles in the absurd, depicting a mob boss brandishing... Continue Reading →

Character Driven Vibrant and playful portraits done by Brittany Farina, incarnate famous personages of past entertainment eras. Gray scale metallic tones, with bright accents on focal points like eyes or lips, give visual range to portrait subjects like young Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Monroe. In the Brumder Mansion's lower level gallery, Farina's work complimented well the... Continue Reading →

Digital Foreground With streaking complex patterns and distinct color palettes, Sara Risley experiments with unsuspecting motifs, splashing them with highly concentrated and intense tones. Risley's creative work easily stands on its own, but also does well providing themes for promotional materials and other formats more deliberately aimed at communicating messages. Risely recently began experimenting with motifs... Continue Reading →