Heightened Perceptions

by John Seed

The paintings in Heightened Perceptions, chosen by juror John Seed, dance across many familiar "isms," from Photorealism on down the line towards abstraction, defying stylistic categorization. This curated issue of "Poets and Artists" contains works by fifty painters, all of whom take their subject matter into the realms of imaginative perception. The images are arranged thematically, starting with a section titled The City in honor of Jim Doolin. Four other themed sections-Human Presence, Interiors and Objects, Towards Abstraction and Into the Landscape-follow. The artists are: 1. Amnon David Ar 2. Benjamin Björklund 3. Rebecca Campbell 4. Bruce Cohen 5. David Cunningham 6. Lolita Develay 7. James Doolin (1932-2002) 8. Betsy Eby 9. James Freeman 10. Joe Forkan 11. Edwige Fouvry 12. Kim Frohsin 13. Santiago Galeas 14. Cynthia Grilli 15. Mark Innerst 16. Philip Jackson 17. Timothy Jahn 18. Karen Kaapcke 19. Wolf Kahn 20. Alex Kanevsky 21. Darcia Labrosse 22. Fei Li 23. Chris Liberti 24. Bruce Lieberman 25. Susannah Martin 26. Richard Mayhew 27. Jason McPhillips 28. Catherine Mulligan 29. Ursula O'Farrell 30. Kip Omolade 31. Siddharth Parasnis 32. Jennifer Pochinski 33. Astrid Preston 34. Carolyn Pyfrom 35. John Sanchez 36. Peri Schwartz 37. Rodger Schultz 38. Richard T. Scott 39. Pamela Sienna 40. Christopher Slaymaker 41. Timothy Smith 42. Kurt Solmssen 43. Daniel Sprick 44. Adrienne Stein 45. Glennray Tutor 46. Cynda Valle 47. Michael Van Zeyl 48. Christina Renfer Vogel 49. Evan Woodruffe 50. Jason Bard Yarmosky

58 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 2015

About the author

John Seed is a professor of art and art history at Mt. San Jacinto College in Southern California. Seed has written about art and artists for Arts of Asia, Art Ltd., Catamaran, Harvard Magazine, International Artist, The HuffingtonPost, Hyperallergic.com and Poets and Artists.