Spotlight: “Artists Michael Paul and Dan Bruggeman chart ‘New Directions’ at Groveland Gallery”

The Star Tribune’s Mary Abbe highlights new exhibitions by Dan Bruggeman and Michael Paul, opening Friday, October 23. Abbe keenly observes Bruggeman’s paintings, noting the artist’s ability to “play optical tricks with scale and perspective by placing strange things at odd spots in highly formal picture planes.” Michael Paul “roams the Midwest producing luminous encaustic paintings.” Read the…

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Q & A with Tim Tozer by MW Capacity

Chris Lowrance and Sam King interview Groveland artist Tim Tozer for MW Capacity, a blog that features the work of Midwestern contemporary painters. Tim speaks candidly about his education, inspirations, processes, and his ability to work both figuratively and abstractly. Read the interview here.

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Painting Perceptions: An Interview with Andrew Wykes

Painting Perceptions, a blog written by San Diego artist and writer Larry Goff, “explores modernistic painting being done from life.” In this June post, Goff interviews Northfield painter and Hamline University art instructor Andrew Wykes about his education, influences, techniques and the role of observation in his work. Read the interview here.

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