Oct 242025
 

Threshold, 2020, a painting by Orlando-based artist Ericka Sobrack, was on view in 2021 as part of Morean Arts Center‘s Fresh Squeezed 5 The annual Fresh Squeezed exhibitions focus on a selection of emerging artists currently living in Florida.

Her solo exhibition, Witching Hour, is currently on view at Cat Eye Creative in Decatur, Georgia, until 11/2/25.

From the artist about her work-

My paintings are disorientations of everyday spaces, offering the viewer access into a realm of the unknown, ripe with psychological strangeness. Suburban environments are often subverted into a hyper-reality, revealing juxtapositions between the mundane and the eerie to create conflict and tension. I’m interested in how form, light and color within unassuming settings can be manipulated and orchestrated into uncomfortable, almost uncanny depictions of the banal. By deconstructing the mundane and colliding it with the abnormal, these familiar suburban settings transform into strange, otherworldly scenes that amplify human drama, usually suggesting an implied event, a vague story, or fragmentations of memory. Behind these charged scenes often lie personal yet common experiences that linger in a heightened state of uncertainty.

I often explore the idea of safety and threat within domestic spaces, where the viewer becomes a witness, an observer, or a participant of the narratives that unfold before them. These intimate scenes are an embodiment of the emotional discord many of us share, where vulnerability materializes, and we are forced to confront the uncomfortable truths of both physical and psychological isolation.”

Mar 212024
 

Niki Zarrabi created this mural in 2019 for the Ladies Who Paint event in San Diego.

She is currently showing work at ABV Gallery in Atlanta for their Spring Group Exhibition, REFRESH, on view until 3/23/24.

Sep 022022
 

John Baeder has had, and continues to have, an interesting artistic career. He is most well known for his realistic paintings of diners, but he has also photographed and painted other points of interest on his travels across America.

His oil painting, pictured above, Col. Poole’s Pig Hill of Fame, 1995, is part of  Morris Museum of Art’s permanent collection. The museum is the oldest in the country dedicated to the art and artists of the American South. The subject of the painting, Poole’s Bar-B-Q, is located in Ellijay, Georgia. When you visit Poole’s you can purchase a wooden pig that they will paint your name on to add to the hill seen in the painting.

Baeder has created several books of his work including Sign Language, which focuses on his photos of handmade signs he’s found on his travels. One of his Instagram accounts, is focused on these signs, and another on vintage postcards from his collection.