Beefus

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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Saturday, November 7, 2015
8:00 pm

It is not bluegrass. It has a banjo, and a tall bass, and assorted iconic implements of the folkie/jazzbo/grasshole designation. But beware! These are wielded by notorious local deviants BEEFUS. At a BEEFUS show, you never know if you'll get a soundless pantomime of skull surgery, madrigal choirs to sullen elder squid, or never-before-heard spazz poetry, all accompanied by the band's unique approach to lyrics and song arrangement. The floor might bubble, the walls might smoke, the Seven Dark Lords might arise. Stab the duck, shave the ape, unplug your ear-pits and prepare to receive the sweet lies of BEEFUS!