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Mining the Ruins: Andrea Burgay

Andrea Burgay

Eastern Seaboard (detail) - Andrea Burgay

My work elevates the overlooked and the mundane through a process of cutting, reconfiguring and unifying a variety of handmade, found and discarded materials. Using paper ephemera whose original … [Read more...]

Four Paintings and a Poem by Stephen Lee Naish

Stephen Lee Naish

mixed media art (detail) by Stephen Lee Naish

Untitled a Coke machine a smile a casual "hi" a walk barefoot in cut grass a door a gas station a pencil a paperclip a desire to be anything you want a bed a … [Read more...]

Nine Mixed Media Collages by Kelly Schaub

Kelly Schaub

circular reference (detail) - mixed media collage by Kelly Schaub

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Thought Notes From My Open Side: Mixed-Media Work by Michelle Firment Reid

Michelle Firment Reid

Ahh You Ahh Freedom Bliss (detail) - Michelle Firment Reid

A multidisciplinary artist, I choose the medium I feel best conveys my concept and intent. I express my emotions as a visual narrative open to interpretation; not at all fixed, but with the desire to … [Read more...]

Twelve artworks by Darrell Urban Black

Darrell Urban Black

Formulation of Human (detail)- Darrell Urban Black

Born March 25, 1964 in Brooklyn, New York, I am Darrell Urban Black, an American visual artist presently living in Frankfurt, Germany. I work in a variety of formats that include pen and ink drawings, … [Read more...]

the right of the people peaceably to assemble: an image-text sequence by Chris Gavaler

Chris Gavaler

Pussy Riot (detail) - Chris Gaveler

The image-text sequence "the right of the people peaceably to assemble" combines digitally manipulated photography, graphic design, and found language in a hybrid form that suits the technical … [Read more...]

Abstract Musings: Kelly Schaub’s mixed media collages

Kelly Schaub

what remains (detail) - Kelly Schaub mixed media collage

A theatre artist and administrator for over 25 years, two main influences from the theatre guide Schaub’s work in the visual arts arena. First, she has always been moved by the ephemeral aspect of a … [Read more...]

Certain People by Lita Kenyon

Lita Kenyon

Say When (detail) - Lita Kenyon

Lita Kenyon’s mixed media pieces offer hints at humanity translated through persistent, abstract shapes. Living and working in Tacoma, Washington (near Seattle), collage and drawing is a search for … [Read more...]

Silas Plum: Cardboard Primitives

Silas Plum

100 Percent Real Live Art (detail) - Silas Plum

The question of value underpins everything. A decent meal. A romantic partner. Expressing vulnerability in an unfamiliar way. The right brand of rechargeable batteries. In every consideration, from … [Read more...]

Artworks by Doren Robbins

Doren Robbins

Untitled for Awake - Doren Robbins

My work is connected to the folk, DADA, and Surrealist traditions of collage, photomontage, and mixed-media works discussed in Herta Wescher's book Collage and Robert Motherwell's The DADA Painters … [Read more...]

No Inherent Existence: mixed-media pieces by Hildy Maze

Hildy Maze

Hildy Maze (detail)

None of us can escape the habit of projecting thoughts and concepts onto reality itself— what Buddhists would call “pure perception”. But if we can access awareness of our inner, deeply ingrained … [Read more...]

Mixed-media pieces by Cynthia Yachtman

Cynthia Yachtman

Cynthia Yachtman - Woman with Heron (detail)

I work primarily with acrylic and latex paints, inks, papers and charcoal. My images contain many diverse layers of meaning from the universal to the specific and personal. My works are often … [Read more...]

Divine Decay by Kon Markogiannis

Kon Markogiannis

Divine Decay 14 (detail) by Kon Markogiannis

Divine Decay is a series of photographic/mixed media constructions informed and inspired by holy texts, illuminated manuscripts, death memorials, sacred geometry, religious icons, and Renaissance … [Read more...]

The Roman Arch: paintings by Anna Carina Sinocchi

Anna Carina Sinocchi

Caelestis (detail) - Anna Carina Sinocchi

The Roman arch is the central theme and subject matter of the following works. Historically the arch is the foundation of Roman architecture and is hailed as a triumph of antiquity. It persisted in … [Read more...]

9 mixed-media pieces by Mardi de Veuve Alexis

Mardi de Veuve Alexis

Urban Beat (detail) by Mardi de Veuve Alexis

Mardi’s current body of work is inspired by an evolving local urban environment, urbanization as a condition, and contemporary culture. Working for several years from her Venice, CA studio, she was … [Read more...]

All These Sensations: 11 artworks by Lita Kenyon

Lita Kenyon

Fighting Chance (detail) - LIta Kenyon

Painting With abstract painting I'm interested in a process which operates within a personal narrative in concert with the unexpected. I paint, remove paint and repaint striving to bring forward … [Read more...]

12 new collages by Gary Cummiskey

Gary Cummiskey

Entry to the zone - Gary Cummiskey collage

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Five Pieces by Rose Knapp

Rose Knapp

These abstract mixed-media art works deal with contemporary social issues while leaving interpretations up to the viewer rather than taking hard line either/or stances. Themes include the … [Read more...]

eye the beholder

JC Olsthoorn

last reading (detail) - JC Osthoorn

“eye the beholder” is a mixed media digitally manipulated project that presents visual experiences through layering. The layered pieces are composed of both opaques and transparencies, colours, … [Read more...]

Thirteen mixed-media artworks by Hildy Maze

Hildy Maze

Visible Thoughts, Mistaken Appearances (detail) - Hildy Maze

Artist's statement: My work is driven by a curiosity into the investigation of mind thru art. None of us can avoid thoughts, but through awareness of our pitfalls, beauty, strengths and weaknesses we … [Read more...]

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Established in 2000 and edited by Denise Enck, Empty Mirror is an online literary magazine that publishes new work each Friday.

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