Rusty Belle

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, August 16, 2014
8:00 pm

Rusty Belle is a nationally touring roots-rock junk-folk trio out of Amherst, MA featuring sibling harmonies, a homemade rhythm section and rock-solid musicianship and songwriting. They recently recorded an album with Chris Smither (who wrote Love Me Like a Man, a song made famous by Bonnie Raitt) who says of them: "Rusty Belle...this is some clever shit...clever both musically and lyrically...if that's all there were to it, you could leave it. but it's like clever with a sledgehammer and a knife. I love it." They are touring on the success of their most recent album Common Courtesy which came out last September. Legendary DJ Vin Scelsa, who hosts "Idiot's Delight" on Sirius/XM and WFUV, says "I can't stop listening to it. Each time through I say, okay, that's my favorite song ... and then next time I say it for a completely different-sounding song ... and the next time for yet another. Etc. This is a very strong recording."

"The mixing of genres, the interplay between the band members, and their versatile musicianship has given Rusty Belle a unique sound, and with the even more unique tact of not worrying about fitting into a particular place musically for marketing purposes keeps each album fresh and keeps them evolving." - The New York Examiner

"These artists put their spirits into every note and lyric..." - Entertainment Realm

Rusty Belle will be touring the MidWest for the month of August.

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