Bruce White, aka the “Velvet Geek,” is a black velvet painter who has been championing the medium since 2009. Working with velvet gives his paintings a degree of visual contrast that cannot be replicated on any other surface, as the velvet acts like an ultra-black, trapping light and reflecting very little, allowing colors to jump off the surface. The medium has a long legacy from the 80s, and White uses it to channel his nerdy admiration for many of pop culture’s most iconic characters, from superheroes to superstars, comedians and wrestlers, Star Wars and Star Trek. His work has been exhibited in group shows at Gallery1988, Mondo Gallery, Spoke Art, Shades of Grey, Wootini, Gauntlet Gallery, and Hero Complex Gallery, in addition to four solo shows at Gallery1988, while his journey has led him to work with Adult Swim, Funny or Die, HBO, FX, Comedy Central, Warner Brothers and New Line Cinema.
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Pensive Eye
Contrasting the global, pandemic-enforced trend of living life through technology instead in person, Matthew Couper’s exploration of what social isolation might look like starts from an island in the middle of the ocean. For the artist, desert islands and desert proper are both metaphors for survival and reflect a bigger picture of what survival means […]
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Green Fairy Garden Gate
La Forgia started as a dream of owner Enzo Cinquegrana more than 20 years ago. A sculptor frustrated with the art gallery scene, Enzo dove head first into forging as a method to express his sculptural abilities. When he discovered forged metal could satisfy his need to create sculptural forms and his desire to have […]
