Visual Overture

I got a little treat in the mail today: the inaugural issue of a new magazine called Visual Overture. Some background info about the publication (pulled from its website and pages) is:

Visual Overture Magazine promotes and empowers the emerging artist, and connects that artist with galleries and collectors. Our aim is to introduce exceptional emerging artists to galleries, curators, and art collectors worldwide with an emphasis on the Southern Atlantic region (VA, NC, SC, GA, FL).

Visual Overture Magazine was created by artist Arlissa Vaughn to meet the needs of both the professional artist and the gallery or collector seeking new work.

Believe it or not, I get a lot of these kinds of mailings. Most are filled with kind of kitschy, low quality work. I flip through them but am usually disappointed. This one was much better than most.

Knowing that the initial call for submissions for any endeavor like this tends to attract a lower quality of entrants, I was very pleased to find an exceptional grouping of featured artists within the pages. Specifically, I am particularly like the portraits by Taiwan born (now attending school in Boston) artist, Kathy Liao. Take a look at these:

   

For artists, I would recommend considering submitting work - it has potential for some good exposure. But I think the real value in the magazine is for the new (or experienced) collector looking for some fresh work from some of the newest, talented artists out there. I always have my eye open for emerging artists, and now I have a new resource to find some.

[Above Images by Kathy Liao include: Left, De Mask (2008), 54"x54", oil on canvas; Middle, White Plaster (2008), 48"x62", oil on canvas; Right, Scream (2008), 30"x40", pencil on paper]

Comments

[Kathy Liao]

Thank you so much for the mention!
-Kathy Liao