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BARBARA PEACOCK: BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

// 12th Anniversary, Current Issue, Issue Articles, March/April 2018

12 FOR OUR 12TH BARBARA PEACOCK BARBARA PEACOCK: SELECTIONS FROM AMERICAN BEDROOM AND HOMETOWN MAINE MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS. USM GLICKMAN LIBRARY 314 FOREST AVENUE PORTLAND, MAINE THROUGH MAY 19 FOR MORE INFORMATION: BARBARAPEACOCK.COM by Taryn Plumb She is the very image of a gypsy goddess: Spiraling dirty blonde hair, bra top and short shorts, draped atop a heap of blankets in the back of a pop-up camper, exhaling a willowy puff from a cigarette. Scattered around her: an ashtray overflowing with cigarette butts, empty travel mugs and juice cans, an errant flip-flop, chili pepper string lights, drug paraphernalia. Her name is Jessica, and an accompanying statement to her portrait reflects the Milford, N.H. 18-year-old’s carefree spirit: “Sometimes life throws you in all sorts of directions, the most important part about life is to remember you are exactly … [Read more...] about BARBARA PEACOCK: BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

CORNERED: DAVID SKILLICORN

// Cornered, Featured, Interview, Visual Arts

By Brian Goslow Worcester, MASS -- While he’s now best known for his large abstract paintings, David Skillicorn’s artistic career began as a videographer and documentary filmmaker in the 1970s. It was during a 1998 visit to Cape Cod to film master painter Steve Allrich at dawn that, inspired by watching the process in which a few strokes transformed a blank canvas into “absolute magic,” that he decided to trade his camera and gear for brushes and canvas – but not before completing his project, which became “Cape Cod: Through Artists Eyes,” which aired on Channel Five in Boston. Over the past two decades, as an artist, Skillicorn’s built a strong portfolio of abstract paintings and found success on both the East and West Coast. His work can currently be seen alongside that of Alicia Blaze Hunsicker, Gary Niswonger, Laura Radwell, Marlene Rye and KC Scott in the “Out of the West: … [Read more...] about CORNERED: DAVID SKILLICORN