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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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Friday, March 10, 2006

Milwaukee's Frogs tend to confuse, amuse and abuse their audiences. Musically, this duo covers a lot of ground -- rock to pop to folk to downright odd. They are best known for their more satirical work but can be endearingly sweet when they want to.

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