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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Friday, April 7, 2006

Colin O'Brien is flying solo and flying high after three years fronting Salt Creek, winner of the Wisconsin Area Music Industry award for best bluegrass band in 2004 and 2005.

In the tradition of the late John Hartford, O---Brien dances rhythms on his amplified footboard and sings while playing the daylights out of his banjo, fiddle, and guitar. With his infectious energy, witty stage manner and musical artistry Colin O---Brien kicks out a one man song and dance show that is truly unique!

His extensive repertoire of original and traditional songs appeals equally to folk, bluegrass, jam-band, old-time, and country audiences of all ages.

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