Gutter Bravado

Gutter Bravado: Spring 2010

Greetings, and welcome to another fine issue of Gutter Bravado E-zine.  For Spring I have selected yet another three works by yours truly.  The first, Horizon Line, is a tale of teen pretension and the existential outcome of a girl setting her sights too high in a Southern town known for its established hierarchy.  The second piece is a departure from the norm in a Cormac McCarthyesque cowboy tragic comedy featuring a brand spanking new anti-hero with a taste for whiskey and the enslavement of dead souls.  Finally, I have selected a rather personal piece entitled, Reliquary, a sort of trio of dead bones held together with the thin chains of memory and clasped tight to the breast to ward off the forces of darkness, or at least serve as a reminder that the good old days weren't always bad.  Two of the pieces and the cover this season are graced once again by the lovely Toni Tiller.  To view more of her work, go to: http://www.flickr.com/photos/toni_tiller/ and spread the word! Of course, you may still enjoy the work of Tom Bennett here on Gutter Bravado so please, give him some props at:  http://tombennettart.com/ .  Reliquary is topped by one of my favorite paintings of all time, Annunciation by Henry Ossawa Tanner. In Art Across Time by Laurie Schneider Adams, she states that, "Tanner's mother was born a slave, and remained so until her father was given his freedom.  She moved to Pittsburgh, attended school, and eventually married the Reverend Benjamin Tucker Tanner, who became a bishop.  Tanner's parents admired the abolitionist John Brown; they gave their son the middle name Ossawa after Osawatomie, Kansas, where John Brown killed several vigilantes who were fighting to preserve slavery."  

Thanks a mil for your continued support, and stay tuned for more hot fiction and other art here at gutterbravado.com.  --Matt

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