The paintings in Heightened Perceptions, chosen by juror John Seed, dance across many familiar “isms,” from Photorealism on down the line towards abstraction, defying stylistic categorization. This curated issue of "Poets and Artists" contains works by fifty painters, all of whom take their subject matter into the realms of imaginative perception.
The images are arranged thematically, starting with a section titled The City in honor of Jim Doolin. Four other themed sections—Human Presence, Interiors and Objects, Towards Abstraction and Into the Landscape—follow.
The artists are:
1. Amnon David Ar
2. Benjamin Björklund
3. Rebecca Campbell
4. Bruce Cohen
5. David Cunningham
6. Lolita Develay
7. James Doolin (1932-2002)
8. Betsy Eby
9. James Freeman
10. Joe Forkan
11. Edwige Fouvry
12. Kim Frohsin
13. Santiago Galeas
14. Cynthia Grilli
15. Mark Innerst
16. Philip Jackson
17. Timothy Jahn
18. Karen Kaapcke
19. Wolf Kahn
20. Alex Kanevsky
21. Darcia Labrosse
22. Fei Li
23. Chris Liberti
24. Bruce Lieberman
25. Susannah Martin
26. Richard Mayhew
27. Jason McPhillips
28. Catherine Mulligan
29. Ursula O’Farrell
30. Kip Omolade
31. Siddharth Parasnis
32. Jennifer Pochinski
33. Astrid Preston
34. Carolyn Pyfrom
35. John Sanchez
36. Peri Schwartz
37. Rodger Schultz
38. Richard T. Scott
39. Pamela Sienna
40. Christopher Slaymaker
41. Timothy Smith
42. Kurt Solmssen
43. Daniel Sprick
44. Adrienne Stein
45. Glennray Tutor
46. Cynda Valle
47. Michael Van Zeyl
48. Christina Renfer Vogel
49. Evan Woodruffe
50. Jason Bard Yarmosky