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Resistance to Movement in a Field

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Entrance into the Cult of the Raven

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Trial inside the Cult of the Raven

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Escape from the Cult of the Raven

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Commencement for the Apprentice Monks of the Forest Preserve

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Apprentice Monks of the Forest Preserve

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Sovereign of the Petal Convention

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Solstice December Parachutists

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The Other and One

This original cover for "Antinomy" was rejected outright. It's a lot better than the cover eventually chosen.

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The Day Life Changed for 63455 (Lewis Lain)

The Day Life Changed for 63455

Acrylic and Cardboard on Resonant Window. 23” x 27”

The forever cupcake is a giant white octopus that lives in the sea of worldview. Every so often, the cupcake scoots into land and gently picks someone from the shore. The person is scooped-up and carried-off into the sea, never to be seen again. No one is quite certain what happens to those carried-off by the cupcake, but no one is bothered by possibilities.

This is because they know the cupcake is a neutral event—it is something that occurs in the world and it is not until that occurrence is judged that it becomes anything other than neutral—in this way, nothing is bad in worldview.

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A Place of Comfort

"A Place of Comfort" (Lewis Lain)

Acrylic and cardboard on resonant window. 23” x 27”

Often with my paintings, I find I initially dig too deep into their meaning and when I bring the results of this thought to my conversations with 53947, he quickly dismisses them, encouraging a new perspective. A place of comfort is one of those paintings. 53947 sits, six (the orange cat) sits perched on the chair. He leans-in, a question—a declaration. Outside, the cupcake is taking someone away never to be seen again.Inside, all is calm. Thin walls separate grand events—all equal in occurrence and importance—interlocked.

Lewis Lain is a multi-medium narrative artist and illustrator living in Rogers Park, Chicago. His work makes use of recycled ‘resonant’ material such as re-claimed windows and found-glass as canvas with cardboard and acrylic. The result: multi-dimensional paintings punctuated with use of bold color, layers and line-work. Further exploration with 'resonant' material led to the creation of an ongoing recycled-cardboard sculptural series, "cardboard forge." Recent exhibitions include an installation for "Because Art Residency” at hairpin gallery, ‘ephemera,' 'here and(there),' ' the next wave art salon,' 'residence @ argo tea,' and 'respond.react' (an official 2011 chicago artist month exhibition) in 2010, lewis completed a mural on the greenline embankment commissioned by the village of Oak Park. In 2013, Lewis won first place at the 20th annual 'Artist of the Wall' mural festival. Currently, Lewis is illustrating for Los Angeles author, Roby Duncan's comic, 'smaller totems' (www.smallertotems.com)

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Jessica White

“Cranky Pickle Art” consists of colorful, fun and unique original illustrations inside bottle caps re-purposed into jewelry, magnets and pinback buttons. Also, Home décor items feature acrylic and mixed media paintings made from re-purposed discarded media devices, VHS tapes, floppy disks, cassettes and vinyl records, and mini canvases.

Biography:

At the age of five, Jessica White, AKA Cranky Pickle, began drawing and painting to express her vision of the world. Motivated by a life-long passion for drawing, painting and designing, she graduated from the IIA in Chicago with a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art. She began her art career making unique re-purposed Vinyl record art and a few bottle cap crafts. Figuring other people would like her art, POW! Cranky Pickle was born. CrankyPickle.etsy.com sells her quirky original jewelry and home decor items. Cranky Pickle also exhibits at Chicago street and craft fests.

“I want my art to make people happy as much as it makes me happy.”

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