Colin O'Brien

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, December 17, 2005

After three years fronting the award winning band Salt creek Colin O---Brien has revitalized his solo career. Of late Colin has fallen under the spell of the late John Hartford, and it shows. With his amplified footboard board, guitar, banjo, and fiddle O---Brien dances and sings original tunes, Hartford songs and old time numbers. With these tools in the bag (Coupled with O---Brien---s relaxed stage manner) one can expect an exciting evening of musical entertainment!

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