Masami Teraoka

Weaving news media, reality, fantasy, visionary, imaginary and otherworldly reality with humor, line, form and color, commentary, topicality, and a high level of aesthetics is a challenge. I try to focus on current issues articulated on a metaphorical level rather than recreating a mere copy of reality. Each narrative creates a fantastical aesthetic world where human folly and dilemma are expressed in such a way that the beauty and ugliness of human activity and psyche thrive in a complex pictorial recipe.

Lynda Hess

My works takes the form of a dream state because this is where we get our communication both directly from our body and from our source. So my paintings are like a dream state- confusing, surreal and mixed up with snatches that look like familiar reality. Also dreams use a "universal" visual language, which is ironically often incredibly difficult to decipher. But dreams communicate much like paintings using metaphor, puns and humor to make their point, so there is often a literal way into the code, which I often draw upon.