Thollem Mcdonas

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, September 23, 2005

Hailed by music critics as ---very original... a fresh voice---, pianist/vocalist Thollem Mcdonas will be bringing his captivating and fiercely original music to Madison for this special show.

"Unique is not adequate to describe the rich, priceless tones and clusters Thollem commands."
-Outlier, KFJC, California

"Thollem's playing is unique, with densely packed twists and turns."
-Craig Matsumoto, KZSU FM 90.1 Stanford

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