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Video Premiere: Rice Cakes Front Woman Covers “I Will Always Love You”

amadeusmagDecember 11, 2014

Roz and the Rice Cakes, the Rhode Island band of three, has been killin' it all year touring the country with the release of their latest album, Need to Feed. Even in the spurts of free time that the trio does have, music sweeps in with rad house shows, recording sessions and solo projects, like the exclusive listen featured here.

In the Studio |TJ Kelley is a Skater, Illustrator, Music Guru, Beer Lover, and Maker of Things

amadeusmagDecember 10, 2014

For this In the Studio special, we hang with Boston based artist, TJ Kelley. The suburban skater turned artist creates artworks at a range of scales, but most predominately works with scrap wood littered with his simple, yet memorable illustrations.

Dimensional Exploration: A Conversation With Artist Eddie Perrote

amadeusmagDecember 4, 2014

Welcome to 2014, where we hashtag our feelings and upload our work. Nothing is sacred, nothing is static—even, dare we say, art. But then we meet artists like Eddie Perrote, artists who wholly embody their work with integrity and license that no web presence can mimic.

Paradoxical Doodling: A Conversation with Illustrator Hattie Stewart

amadeusmagDecember 1, 2014

To your left, a latex-smooth bunny drips liquid-like colors, her amplified eyes literally beaming with exaggerated life; to your right, an ice cream cone, propped up in stilettos, her tongue wagging to one side for added balance. Welcome to the eccentric world of illustrator Hattie Stewart.

Abstractions in Nature: A Conversation with Artist Nick Bahula

amadeusmagNovember 29, 2014

Nick Bahula has spent the majority of his life living with and observing the intricacies of nature. His work has the traditional air of tightly rendered nature illustrations but with a highly emotional range of surreal metaphorical themes.

Bright Characters, Bold Patterns: In the Studio with Los Angeles’ Girlbarf

amadeusmagNovember 24, 2014

For this In the Studio special, we hang with Los Angeles based designer and artist, Gabby Gonzalez AKA Girlbarf.

The Stark Detail of Flawless Imperfections: Getting To Know Illustrator Carla Fuentes

amadeusmagNovember 19, 2014

Donned with flaws and fine detail, Carla Fuentes’ illustrations pull the eye in an honest direction, accentuating the otherwise lost beauties of an imperfect existence. For the Spanish-bred illustrator, the perceived strangeness of normality has a constant sway on her work, calling out idealism with reality in a surprising and beautiful manner.

Abstraction Meets Realism in Eben Haines’ Suggestive Paintings and Mixed-Media Drawings

amadeusmagNovember 12, 2014

Setting soft and supple nudes and unorthodox portraits against seemingly textured backgrounds, Haines utilizes the tension between abstraction and realism to appease his own inner dichotomies and create art that expresses emotional complexities.

Donuts and Bike Rides: We Find Out What Drives the Fleeting Scenes of Carla McRae’s Nonchalant Ladies

amadeusmagNovember 10, 2014

Featuring fried eggs on toast, and hip ladies munching on donuts while walking down the street, McRae’s works have a vaguely feminine feel to them and an underlying element of the transient.

Amadeus Issue 03 Out Now!

amadeusmagNovember 7, 2014

Issue 3 is now available via our shop. Get your copy here!

Colorful Vulnerability: A Conversation With Illustrator Susanna Rose Sykes

Abby RingiewiczOctober 30, 2014

Australia artist Susanna Rose Sykes bears the female form in an honest and psychedelic style that we simply can’t get enough of. With a schooling in both fashion and illustration, Sykes teams the two with traces of alternative coming-of-age to create ingenious candid characters floating through the void between adolescence and adulthood—that in-between realm of radical ups and downs.

VIDEO PREMIERE: A Day In The Life With Dirty Dishes

amadeusmagOctober 28, 2014

We spent a late August afternoon with Dirty Dishes in Los Angeles; hanging at Ms. Donut – the official site of all Dirty Dishes band meetings – eating grilled cheese sandwiches at Brite Spot Diner, walking around Echo Park Lake, and an enjoying an impromptu jam session on the floor of Jenny Tuite’s quaint abode.