“The sun is gone, but I have a light.” ~ Kurt Cobain ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “Open As an Amulet’s Eye” (above) by featured artist Bill Wolak. To view more of Bill’s twisted images, as well as our other featured artists, visit our Gallery at MadSwirl.com! ••• The Poetry Forum ••• This last week in Mad Swirl’s Poetry Forum… we …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 02.13.16
by Johnny O on February 13, 2016 :: 0 comments
“Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.” ~ George Jean Nathan ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “Undressing Moonlight” (above) by featured artist Bill Wolak. We here at Mad Swirl just can’t get enough of Bill Wolak’s symmetrical sweetness! This time around, he treats us to some splash of color and even allusions to …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 02.06.16
by Johnny O on February 6, 2016 :: 0 comments“I am getting so far out one day I won’t come back at all.” ~ William S. Burroughs ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “Fish Goddess” (above) by our newest featured artist Maria Valentina Sheets. To view more of Maria’s mad-nificent canvases, aslong with our other featured artists, visit our Gallery at MadSwirl.com! ••• The Poetry Forum ••• This last week in …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 01.30.16
by Johnny O on January 30, 2016 :: 0 comments
“Let us pretend that my mind is a taxi… and suddenly you are riding in it.” ~ David Bowie ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “Eggs” (above) by our newest featured artist Maria Valentina Sheets. To view more of Maria’s mad-nificent canvases, aslong with our other featured artists, visit our Gallery at MadSwirl.com! ••• The Poetry Forum ••• This last week in …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 01.23.16
by Johnny O on January 23, 2016 :: 0 comments
“If I don’t write to empty my mind, I go mad.” – Lord Byron ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “Crown of Thorns” (above) by our newest featured artist Maria Valentina Sheets. To view more of Maria’s mad canvases, as well as our other featured artists, visit our Gallery at www.MadSwirl.com ••• The Poetry Forum ••• This last week in Mad Swirl’s …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 01.16.16
by Johnny O on January 16, 2016 :: 0 comments
“If you find something to tell, tell it to your truest, though that make little to tell; the truer you speak, the more you will know to tell.” ~ Laura Riding ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “Greggy” (above) by our newest featured artist Maria Valentina Sheets. To view more of Maria’s mad canvases, as well as our other featured artists, visit …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 01.10.16
by Johnny O on January 10, 2016 :: 0 comments“I’ll paint you moments of gold, I’ll spin you Valentine evenings…” ~ David Bowie ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “Pig and Pearls” (above) by our newest featured artist Maria Valentina Sheets. Maria brings us a glorious glimpse at what we can only imagine is the visual representation of creation personified – the chaos in texture, in topic, in tones – is …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 01.02.16
by Johnny O on January 2, 2016 :: 0 comments
“No half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly.” ~ J.R.R. Tolkien ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “Early January Optimism” (above) by one of our featured artists (and short story editor) Tyler Malone. To view all of Tyler’s works, as well as our other featured artists, visit our Mad Gallery. ••• The Poetry Forum ••• …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 12.26.15
by Johnny O on December 26, 2015 :: 0 comments
“We’re all moving, moving, moving. Isn’t it nice?” ~ Charles Olson ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “Bordering Moorland” (above) by featured artist Eleanor Leonne Bennett. To view all of Eleanor’s works, as well as our other featured artists, visit our Mad Gallery. ••• The Poetry Forum ••• This last week in Mad Swirl’s Poetry Forum… we hied the hype of haiku …
The Best of Mad Swirl : 12.19.15
by Johnny O on December 19, 2015 :: 0 comments
“I want to make people cry even when they don’t understand my words.” ~ Edith Piaf ••• The Mad Gallery ••• “Chester Historic” (above) by featured artist Eleanor Leonne Bennett. To see more Mad works from Eleanor, and our other diverse contributing artists, please visit our Mad Gallery. ••• The Poetry Forum ••• This last week in Mad Swirl’s Poetry Forum… …