Aaron Metzger
Fueled by an affinity for the absurd, my work depicts a world of Metaverse Fruitcakes—crazy and eccentric quasi-human characters who flip our notions of normal upside down. Brutal imagery of chokeholds and gunfights depicted in a high-chroma, cartoonish style evoke a universe where the unusual and unorthodox are commonplace. Through the use of traditional and digital media, physical and virtual converge to make their world almost indistinguishable from our own. Influenced by professional wrestling, sensationalized violence in film, and Cormac McCarthy novels, my work turns real-world violence into parody where blood and guts become juice and pulp. In this series the characters take on a more demure appearance, and are depicted pensively smoking or sipping espresso. The tattoos that adorn them offer a glimpse into the contents of their personas and inner thoughts. The ritual introspection of a cigarette and coffee offers a counterbalance to their usual ostentatious antics.
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1. Jody Emery
"These works are painted in the spirit of visual improv. Creation from a state of spontaneous action provides access to intuition and to flow state as well as the opportunity (and requires me) to be in the present moment. It is an exhilarating process and is so unlike any other part of daily existence.
After some time working this way, I pivot from intuition to analysis. Decisions are made about what will remain and what will change. After editing, I return to intuition and flow. Dreamlike hints of elements such as landscapes, oceans and atmosphere appear and are often visible in the final work. Switching back and forth between these two realms of thinking are repeated until the final piece feels complete.
This process of creation is just as important as the finished piece. The work feels complete when the visual elements come together to create a sense of mystery and wonder and when it resonates with the same energy of contemplation and spontaneity from which it was created."
Dreamscapes 1
Acrylic on board in floater frame
48” x 8”
$325
2. Jody Emery
Dreamscapes 2
Acrylic on board in floater frame
48 x 8 in
$325
3. Jody Emery
Dreamscapes 3
Acrylic on board in floater frame
48 x 8 in
$325
4. Olivia Lorber
Clearwood Road
Oil on Canvas
24 x 36 in
2025
5. Olivia Lorber
Beach Treasures
Oil on Canvas
40 x 30 in
2025
6. Olivia Lorber
Lake Michigan Mermaid
Oil on Canvas
24 x 18 in
2025
7. Dave Watkins
"Never mentioning any subjects in my work, this new series marks a shift into abstract landscapes. Using bold color fields, detailed linework, and gestural brushstrokes, I hint at horizon and place without depicting them directly. These works explore the balance between abstraction and suggestion, focusing on the feeling of a landscape rather than a specific scene."
Abstract Landscape No 3
Acrylic on canvas
36 x 48 in
2025
$3,000
8. Dave Watkins
Everything I wanted
Acrylic on canvas
24 X 24 in
2025
$1,000
9. Dave Watkins
Abstract Landscape No 5
Acrylic on canvas
36 x 48 in
2025
$3,000
10. Linda Marcus
"I am a sculptor, and clay is one of my partners. I reimagine relationships of power through a feminism and domesticity by layering, cutting and folding. My current work aims to highlight hierarchies which control the way a female form moves. The vessels I make are formed by reimagining a common technique in fashion design, "the dart". It was created by male tailors to develop silhouettes to satisfy the male gaze. By randomly employing the dart in clay, I create unusual torso-like vessels. Some staddle, lounge or even pouring over the edge. This deliberate act of sitting or resting is a form of non-compliance and act of resistance. My process is laborious, but by manipulating and laying clay, it creates a repetition: a meditative mode for me, one that imbues me to the work created. It's a simultaneous act of validation, devotion and resistance."
To Pause
Ceramic
14 x 12 x 10 in
2025
$700
11. Linda Marcus
Blue
Ceramic
14 x 6 x 9 in
2025
$650
12. Linda Marcus
Blue Mover
Ceramic
12 x 7 x 5 in
2025
$600
13. Kate Schaffer
"This poem, displayed in this way, is an encountered moment, one happened upon in a gallery like moss growing on a log in clearing—a moment of rest and intimacy with a short text anchored in Milwaukee."
Untitled.
Poem printed on copy paper, stainless steel push pins
11 x 8.5 in
2024
14. Joe Church
"In this painting series, I use an assemblage process. All my brushstrokes are done on freezer paper in advance. Once they are dry, I peel them off and arrange them onto the canvas. I glue them down in a process much like making a collage or gilding an object. I keep the paint as thin as possible to achieve layers that give my colors depth. The wrinkles and textures that result from this process give the painting a charred finish. The benefit for working this way, for me, is that it’s both limiting and freeing."
Mars Hill
acrylic on canvas with painted artist frame
12 x 25 in
$300
15. Andrea Dolter
"This body of work is my personal effort to slow down and take in more of my surroundings. During walks through streets and alleyways in my neighborhood, I found myself often pausing to admire the cityscape as a composition in the layered ways a city evolves over time through function, rehabilitation, and modernization. When the passing of time is apparent on an object, building, or otherwise through wear, tear, and repair; it reveals a moment of personification and reflection.
Finding beauty in the uniqueness of timeworn objects, this work honors the materials by preserving and calling to focus their deemed “flaws” and reasons for discard and retirement. In a world of relentless optimization and efficiency, this work is a quiet rebellion and personal reframing of my relationship to these expectations that coincides with them. I challenge the viewers of these works to reflect on their own relationship with status quo and reclaim more objects, time, and self."
Wall Study I
Mail bag, thread
12 x 12 in
$250
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Wall Study II
Mail bag, thread
12 x 12 in
$250
17. Andrea Dolter
Sidewalk
Mail bag, thread
58 x 36 in
$1000
18 . Andrea Dolter
Wall
Mail bag, thread
58 x 36 in
$1000
19. Jason Van Roo
"My practice is an exploration of my relationship to the natural world as a grounding and energizing force. Drawing from both the material and impalpable aspects of wilderness, I work in the vocabulary of wood and found surfaces along with reflections on time, place, and light. The use of acrylic, color and mark-making are not in the pursuit of imitation; rather, they are an effort to arrive at a hidden truth, an intersection of the tangible and intangible."
Psithmus and Footfall
Acrylic on Wood
40 x 28 in
$2000
20. Jason Van Roo
Porch of Wisdom
Acrylic on Wood
28 x 20 in
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21. Tim Feldges
"Part of a series - surrealistic landscapes inspired by water and land."
Kind Of Blue
Oil on Canvas
40 x 30 in
$1,500.00
22. Reid Sancken
"My works function as a material diary, documenting my curiosity about my environment through discarded objects. The status of these objects are not elevated, rather preserved in their unwanted state already void of their prescribed functions. They become building blocks with which to improvise, a process which inherently favors intuitive invention over prescribed formulas. This sculpture is a musical instrument. I invite viewers to start up the machine by pressing and holding the golden foot switch on the floor, activating the “Meditative Hum Mode”. Tools from the Buc-ees bucket can be used to tap and scrape on the sculpture in order to temporarily cut out the noise from our increasingly nonsensical and authoritarian society."
This Machine Kills Fascists
32 x 32 x 51 in
freedom isn’t free
23. Callie Kiesow
"These works depict sheet-draped figures carrying candles through voided spaces. The candles introduce a fragile tension—while the figures invite viewers to project their own emotions into the scene."
Untitled
Charcoal, pastel and graphite on paper
30 x 24 in
2025
$950
24. Callie Kiesow
Untitled
Charcoal, pastel and graphite on paper
30 x 24 in
2025
$1300
25. Callie Kiesow
Untitled
Charcoal, pastel and graphite on paper
20 x 16 in
2025
$500
26. Jenna Riordan
"Iris Portal explores the chaos and uncertainty of the world through color and abstract forms. These abstract forms move in and out of connection with the Iris, blurring the perception of reality and fantasy. This piece embraces the unknown and not only celebrates it, but accepts all of the joy, fear, and energy that accompanies it."
Iris Portal
Acrylic on Canvas
24 x 36 in
$3,888
27. Jenna Riordan
"Luminescence is an introspective piece that utilizes the contrast between light and dark to emphasize the need to evolve through hopeless times.This takes place in a serene underwater world symbolizing acceptance of reality, and making peace with the past. It speaks to creating your own light to continue on, as deep sea creatures are often forced to in order to survive in their environment."
Luminescence
Acrylic on Canvas
22 x 28 in
$2,264
28. Alli Smith
"A Hobby Horse With No Name is my take on the traditional children’s toy; the hobby horse. I wanted to create something explicitly lighthearted and optionally interactive. What makes this specific hobby horse stand out amongst the rest is how it manages to look two dimensional and three dimensional at the same time, and that it is adorned in vibrant colors and patterns."
A Hobby Horse With No Name
Mixed media
51.5 x 15.5 in
$700
29. Melissa Dorn
"Welcome to Fem-utility Closet: Colnik, emboldened by the work and life of Gretchen Colnik. This is a soft place to land in a world full of indifference and the hard edges of patriarchy and capitalism, a place to reflect on how we interact with maintenance."