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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, February 19, 2010

New to Madison, Dustin Pence brings an indie/folk sound that captures eardrums and makes angels cry. While Dustin-s fans have compared his music to that of Elliott Smith and Nick Drake, Dustin would say that he-s just singing about things that wake him up at night. With a "no talk, just play" mentality, listeners will enjoy his somber, yet intense, low-key whispers that will make you feel like he-s sitting next to you on the curb, telling you his life story.