A.J. Love - $5

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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Ruth Comfort


"The Metaphysical Affect"


January 2026



A diverse collection of mixed mediums, extensively encapsulating my heart and soul concerning the dreams of the human condition. ARTISAN RUTH COMFORT My given name is Ruth Comfort. Named after the amazing artist Louis Comfort Tiffany. I hail from a very long line of artisans and musicians. Even dating back to the great German philosopher...
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Saturday, October 20, 2007

Having overcome drug addiction, homelessness, and a major car accident, guitarist and songwriter A.J. Love found his truth and life's purpose in traditional American gut-bucket Honky Tonk blues.

The spirit and songs of country artists Hank Williams, Waylon Jennings and Merle Haggard flow through Love's concerts, often performed solo. Love claims Roy Nichols (the longtime lead guitarist with Haggard) as a primary influence.

Out past the down and out side of the tracks, emerging scarred but very much alive after observing and experiencing the pain, misery and hopelessness that life can bring, Love reaches for salvation in the plaintive screams and moans of a Telecaster set to the beat of true roots American music.

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