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The Best of Mad Swirl : 05.28.16

“Nobody is ordinary if you know where to look.” ~ Maeve Binchy••• The Mad Gallery •••“battle beast” (above) by featured artist Jeff Skele Sheely. To view more of Jeff's twisted beatific images, as well...

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The Best of Mad Swirl : 06.04.16

“Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness.” ~ Allen Ginsberg••• The Mad Gallery •••“battle tested” (above) by featured artist Jeff Skele Sheely. To view more of Jeff's twisted beatific...

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The Best of Mad Swirl : 06.11.16

“I longed to arrest all beauty that came before me, and at length the longing has been satisfied.” ~ Julia Margaret Cameron••• The Mad Gallery •••“nightcat” (above) by featured artist Jeff Skele...

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The Best of Mad Swirl : 06.25.16

“Do whatever you do intensely.” ~ Robert Henri••• The Mad Gallery •••“To Everyone” (above) by featured artist Fabrice Poussin.Allow us to introduce you to Mad Swirl’s newest featured artist, Fabrice...

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The Best of Mad Swirl : 07.02.16

"Meaning and reality were not hidden somewhere behind things, they were in them, in all of them." ~ Hermann Hesse••• The Mad Gallery •••“To the Queen” (above) by featured artist Fabrice Poussin.To see...

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The Best of Mad Swirl : 07.09.16

"In the process of telling the truth about what you feel or what you see, each of us has to get in touch with himself or herself in a really deep, serious way." ~ June Jordan••• The Mad Gallery...

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The Best of Mad Swirl : 07.16.16

"I try for a poetic language that says, This is who we are, where we have been, where we are. This is where we must go. And this is what we must do." ~ Mari Evans••• The Mad Gallery...

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The Best of Mad Swirl : 07.23.16

"At the typewriter you find out who you are." ~ Tom Robbins••• The Mad Gallery •••“ballpointpen12x20cmsdecember10-2015” (above) by featured artist Norman Olson. To see more of Norman's mad canvases, as...

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The Best of Mad Swirl : 07.30.16

"The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the thrill of your creation lasts." ~ Henry Moore••• The Mad Gallery •••“ballpointpen14x23cmssept3-2015”...

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The Best of Mad Swirl : 08.06.16

"Art is what you can get away with." ~ Andy Warhol••• The Mad Gallery •••“ballpointpen14x22cmssept29” (above) by featured artist Norman Olson.We hope your senses have enjoyed the works of our featured...

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The Best of Mad Swirl : 08.13.16

"Great art is the expression of a solution of the conflict between the demands of the world without and that within." ~ Edith Hamilton••• The Mad Gallery •••(click here to to hear the accompanying...

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The Best of Mad Swirl : 08.20.16

"Thus, the poet's word is beginning to strike forcefully upon the hearts of all men…" ~ Salvatore Quasimodo••• The Mad Gallery •••(click here to to hear the accompanying track to this piece)“Houdini”...

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The Best of Mad Swirl : 08.27.16

"Poetry is the mother-tongue of the human race." ~ Johann Georg Hamann••• The Mad Gallery •••(click here to to hear the accompanying track to this piece)“Surveillance” (above) by featured artist Suza...

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The Best of Mad Swirl : 09.04.16

"A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds." ~ Percy Bysshe Shelley••• The Mad Gallery •••“Tesla” (above) by featured artist Suza Kanon. To see...

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The Best of Mad Swirl : 09.10.16

"I believe art is utterly important. It is one of the things that could save us." ~ Mary Oliver••• The Mad Gallery •••“The Dreamer’s Inconsolable Solitude” (above) by featured artist Bill Wolak.If...

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The Best of Mad Swirl : 09.17.16

"I only give expression to the instincts from my soul." ~ M. F. Husain••• The Mad Gallery •••“The Relentless Resonance of Her Nakedness” (above) by featured artist Bill Wolak. To see more of Bill's mad...

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The Best of Mad Swirl : 09.23.16

"Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind." ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald••• The Mad Gallery •••“Arriving Unseen Inside Light” (above) by featured artist Bill Wolak. To see more of Bill's...

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The Best of Mad Swirl : 10.15.16

"The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude." ~ Friedrich Nietzsche••• The Mad Gallery •••“Snowflakes Blown into a Keyhole” (above) by featured artist Bill Wolak. To see more of...

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The Best of Mad Swirl : 10.22.16

"The pictures are there, and you just take them." ~ Robert Capa••• The Mad Gallery •••“abandoned ship” (above) by featured artist Jennifer Lothrigel. To see more of Bill's mad canvases, as well as our...

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The Best of Mad Swirl : 10.29.16

"Look around. Look at what we have. Beauty is everywhere—you only have to look to see it." ~ Bob Ross••• The Mad Gallery •••“abandoned church” (above) by featured artist Jennifer Lothrigel. To see more...

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