Unshod Quills

"Pina Menichelli" on the theme of Silent Movie

"Three Fates" on the theme of Democracy

Artist Biography
Gail Potocki employs deep symbolist narratives to focus our attention where we don’t often enough ourselves. She frequently employs feminine beauty to lure the viewer who, once engaged, often discovers necessary and sometimes painful truths weaving through the unfolding story.

Peter Halasz, acclaimed painter and artist in residence at the same Oregon farm which the editor of Unshod Quills calls home, offers four luminous paintings on the theme of sonnets.

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"In the Dim," oil on linen, 72x36, Peter Halasz 2009 - on sonnets

"Leah," oil on linen, 65x36, Peter Halasz 2010 - on sonnets

"Song for Erebus 5," oil on linen, 47x39, Peter Halasz 2010 - on sonnets

"Songs for Erebus 1," oil on linen, 20x34, Peter Halasz 2009 - on sonnets

Artist Biography

Autodidact painter Peter Halasz was born in San Diego, California, in 1974. His paintings of primeval and numinous landscapes, haunted portraits and figures amidst ghostly vistas have been shown in galleries in New York, Los Angeles, San Diego, and in Turin, Italy. He is currently an artist in residence at the former De Graaf flower farm  in Sandy, Oregon and is occupied with painting the foggy morn…  www.peterhalasz.com