We hope that people do all that they can to improve our Earth and spread joy and enjoy life themselves. It seems that South African folk musician Jeremy Hewitt is doing his best to make the world a better place. Last week Hewitt’s musical career hit a peak at South Africa’s largest...
Dizolver Studios
posted by Brandon Topp
Nearly two weeks back, I wrote a small descriptive blurb for the Facebook page for a new artistic project that exists under the name Dizolver Studios. The blurb reads as follows: Dizolver Studios offers professional grade imagery to all those in need. Vibrant and original works from the...
Beacon Hill Art Walk...
posted by Brandon Topp
The annual Beacon Hill Art Walk livened up the grey city of Boston this past Saturday. The event brought local artists and musicians to the steep streets of Beacon Hill. As a whole, it was a tunneled collage of local talent with creators standing by their creations, offering an intimate...
Michael Stervinou: Methodic Flow
posted by Brandon Topp
Spontaneity is an invaluable facet of the artistic process. It can be seen in a work as it stands on its own and has a natural-instinctual vibe that can be felt and understood by a wide variety of viewers. For years, French painter Michael Stervinou has let his imagination out to the public through the sheer genius of his pyramidal artistic method. Each stroke of the brush formulates the plot for the next. When describing the large part of his creation being derivative of instinct, Stervinou revealed his belief that, “too much reflection kills the natural. Sometimes it’s as if my hands are choosing alone the colors she wants to spread on...
If Only We Held the ...
posted by Brandon Topp
When I first saw a trailer for the film The Invention of Lying I was disappointed by such an enticing title and the general premise being the skeletal structure for an unoriginal and boring romantic comedy. There is so much creatively that could be done with the idea of having only one man in...
Katz Prints MFA Bost...
posted by Brandon Topp
There is a strange feeling that permeates through the new Alex Katz Prints exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, one that is similar to being in a room where everybody speaks a different language than you. In this case the dissociation derives from visual, rather than auditory,...
If You Love Your Work . . .
posted by Brandon Topp
Aspiring artists of all kinds will be troubled with the question, what am I going to do? These are troubling times for anyone trying to earn an honest buck. An artist–an expert in complementing life, rather than sustaining it–is especially vulnerable to falling through the cracks of this sad and complex economy. Former animation student, Benedict McNamara said, “When I got out of school [Mass Art] a lot of the kids that I knew were having trouble getting any kind of job and an even harder time working with their art.” McNamara feared similar hardships. With an unpaid internship in Boston growing old a few months after...
Decorate Your Hometo...
posted by Brandon Topp
In recent years street art has gained in popularity and recognition throughout the world. The famous political campaigns of Shepard Fairey and prolific installations of Banksy are major examples of this public medium’s wide influence. The greatest challenge preventing street art...
Wild Gazebo Reverts ...
posted by Brandon Topp
“We wanted to find a landscape completely alien to most viewers. We tried to take the audience somewhere they’ve never been before.” Benjamin Askinas, a film student at Emerson College, helped make this shared vision a reality. Askinas, his co-director John Curtis and director of...



















