Beth Amsel

Art in the cafe...

Laurel Statz


"The Spectator"


December 2025



Laurel Statz is a painter and Madison area native. Her work, while figurative, is influenced by abstraction and minimalism. The paintings often have a quick and instinctual nature, capturing just what’s needed. While she often times herself to eliminate extra details and over-precision, she has ventured into more detailed works as well. Laurel does not attach narrative to her pieces. Rather, she thinks of them like a journaling process for her scatter-brained psyche. The figures in the pieces are meant to be processing tools for the artist and the viewer. She hopes that seeing these figures helps the...
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Saturday, September 11, 2004

\"A Stunning Voice!--- \"Her songwriting and guitar work are extraordinary.--- \"The Amsel Voice...it\'s simply one of the most beautiful on today\'s folk scene.\" These are the things writers say about Beth. Amsel is gifted, natural performer whose love of the art is as infectious as it is intoxicating. Her live shows are a cool balance of emotionally articulate writing and bawdy humor and it\'s impossible to leave one of her shows without a lyric burrowed into your brain to a timeless melody. Beth, a founding member of the music road show Voices on the Verge, takes inspiration from diverse corners of the music world including Led Zeppelin, Tom Petty, Maria McKee, & The Darkness. She is currently in the studio recording the follow up to her 2001 release, Kindling.\"

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