Molly Bounds, Author at amadeus

Staci Helms: “I try to do things the best I can, the most quality way, and often times that’s the traditional way.”

Molly BoundsMay 27, 2020

Los Angeles-based artist Staci Helms works at a ferocious speed and applies an unwavering work ethic to traditional sign painting and hand lettering.

Hop Along’s Frances Quinlan Offers Endless Creative Range Through Her Visual Art Practice

Regan WojickMay 21, 2020

Just like the range and capacity of her inimitable voice, Frances Quinlan also offers endless, vulnerable beauty to the world through her paintings.

Grant Levy-Lucero Combines Humor and Greco-Roman Forms to Create His Vibrant Sculptures

Kelly Wang ShanahanMay 20, 2020

This feature on Grant was originally published in issue 19. Available for purchase here. I met artist Grant Levy-Lucero in 2016 when he was knitting for fashion... Read More...

The Weird Wide World of Jerry Paper

Scott Davis-HubertyMay 19, 2020

Jerry Paper is the fictitious brainchild of Lucas Nathan; a creative outlet for him to materialize his ideas into the form of Steely Dan inspired tunes.

Bailey Elder Abstracts The World Around Her In Loose, Confident Strokes

Alex KhatchadourianMay 14, 2020

Bailey Elder talks about her vibrant, unpretentious style, her love for abstraction, and designing artwork for bands like the Allah-Las.

Case Mahan Has Us “Smothered, Covered” in the New EP From His Band, Daniel Case

Ryan FilchakMay 12, 2020

For those unfamiliar, the Southern restaurant chain Waffle House serves their hash browns smothered, covered, chunked, diced, peppered, capped, topped and coun... Read More...

Even During Quarantine Kentaro Okawara Can’t Stop Creating

Alex KhatchadourianMay 7, 2020

Kentaro Okawara never stops creating. In fact, in one month under quarantine, he made fifty paintings — each one exudes the brightly-colored and charmingl... Read More...

Balancing Act: Nicolas Romero Brings The Old and New Together in His Shrine-Like Paintings

Alex KhatchadourianApril 23, 2020

There aren't many instances where you encounter a Matisse painting, a Windows internet browser, Leonardo from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, a poodle, and a... Read More...

Whitmer Thomas lays on the floor looking upside down at the camera.

Whitmer Thomas Carves Out His Own Comedic Alcove with ‘The Golden One’

Regan WojickApril 15, 2020

“It fucking hurts to be alive/Oh, the fragility of life.” No, this isn’t a lyric from one of your favorite emo punk records; it’s the opening line of Whitmer T... Read More...

Master of Her Own Destiny: Ceramicist Angela Chvarak On Manifesting Her Creative Journey

Alex KhatchadourianApril 10, 2020

Every so often I meet someone, who after talking and spending some time with them, I think to myself, damn I wish I was that positive and zen. I’m not by any m... Read More...

Roy G Biv Channels The Sixties With His Swirling Psychedelic Designs

Grady OlsonApril 8, 2020

From a small farming town to the ever-creative Bay Area, Roy G Biv has worked to churn out killer psychedelic illustrations that inhabit the music world that inspires him.

Discomforting Nature: Adam Alessi Explores the Tense, Curious, and Claustrophobic

Jan GatewoodApril 6, 2020

Issue 18 artist, Jan Gatewood, speaks with Los Angeles-based artist Adam Alessi about the current state of Adam’s practice as he works toward an upcoming solo exhibition.