Faun Fables

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, July 17, 2015
8:00 pm

Open your doors; unlock your windows and let the vibrant collection of songs and sounds from *Faun Fables* in! *Dawn McCarth*y, along with her longtime collaborator *Nils Frykdahl* and their convoy of young whippersnappers, are ready to embark on a short tour across the US! *Faun Fables* are renowned for their swirling fusion of music, theater and the astute playfulness of their live shows, the essence of which explode on such classic recordings as "Family Album" and "Light Of A Vaster Dark" amongst their expansive catalog. Since 1998, *Faun Fables* have steadily been creating, collaborating and performing, honing an entirely unique craft that shouldn't be missed on stage when-and-wherever there is an opportunity.