The Wells Division

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, May 29, 2015
8:00 pm

Original, indie folk rock from Madison, WI, with an array of instruments including sax & accordion, in addition to trading lead vocals between Gary Flesher, Jr. and Joan Herzing, The Wells Division is a band that continually seeks growth while sticking to its roots. It offers up folk rock with taste, heart and soul, grit, and humanity.

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