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Michael Johnston

Stone Boat Launch, pencil, brush and ink by Michael Johnston

Michael Johnston: is an artist and videographer.  His media are very portable: pencil, brush, and ink, and small format cameras. Most often he goes out by bicycle and draws the places he finds. Most recently, he has drawn and videotaped in Dubai, France, and Burkina Faso.  While he tends to a representational style, all of his drawings are interpretations of the places he visits.  He likes to leave something out or combine different views so each of his drawings offers something that isn’t really there.  More of his work may be viewed at, www.michaeljohnstonart.com

Matt Grubb

Resin, graphite, charcoal, ink, screen printing ink, 25"x53" by Matt Grubb

Matt Grubb: is a 22 – year – old post graduate living in Farmington New Hampshire, but frequents the Portsmouth and Dover art venues.  His work is fueled by a reverent respect of greats such as Jean – Michele Basquiat and Alberto Giacometti.  His use of urgency in application and lack of delicacy communicates a debased yet precise analysis of portraiture and a multitude of impressionist subjects.  Absence of “Old Master” refinery empowers the media to fill in the gaps of perception.  Though his first love is within fine art, he is also an avid graffiti and public guerilla artist under an undisclosed pseudonym.

Kyle Bryant

Moving Season, woodcut by Kyle Bryant

Kyle Bryant: is a 25 year old printmaker and graduate of The Massachusetts College of Art.  His work uses cities and architecture as a metaphor for psychological space.  It depicts a world that seems promising and full of potential, but feels inaccessible and overwhelming.  His sense of exploration is what drives his work.  More of his work may be viewed at, http://kylehbryant.blogspot.com/