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University of Pittsburgh's Hot Metal Bridge Magazine Features Vakseen Art

The editors of University of Pittsburgh’s Hot Metal Bridge reached out last month about featuring some of my art in their Summer issue. The new digital issue, titled Buggin, went live this week and features 4 of my paintings (Felinity, She’s Gotta Have It, Eyes Wide & Wake Up and Smell the Heartache). You can check out the full feature here.

The Alchemist Magazine Features Vakseen Art

The good people over at fashion-focused, Alchemist Magazine reached out last month about featuring my art in their premiere issue. The magazine released this week and features five of my paintings (Queen, Ignorant Butterflies, Eyes Wide, She’s Gotta Have It & Luxurious Naïveté). You can preview and cop the full magazine here.

Skin to Skin Magazine Features Vakseen Art

The editor at Skin to Skin Magazine contacted me a few weeks back about featuring my art in their upcoming issue. S2S just released the new May issue Monday and it features Queen, Ignorant Butterflies, Felinity, Veils of Carnality and . They stretched the image a little for the cover, but hey lol. This is still a major blesssing. Cover #4 of 2014!! Check out the full issue here.

Eat Sleep Draw Features Vakseen Art

Yesterday I woke up to a blessing from the good folks at Eat Sleep Draw, the largest user submitted blog on Tumblr. The team featured my Pasion de Baile painting on their blog and you can check out the feature here.

Iris Brown Lit Mag Features Vakseen Art

The editors at, Louisville, Kentucky-based, Iris Brown Lit Mag contacted me a few weeks back about featuring my art in their very first issue. What started as a feature, ended up being so much more as my Heartache Sit Down painting is the cover of their new inaugural issue. The issue released last week and you can check out the full mag here.

Tupelo Quarterly Features Vakseen Art

Tupelo Quarterly initially contacted me about featuring 2 of my paintings (Veils of Carnality & Felinity) in their newest issue, TQ3. What started as a feature within the pages, quickly into a much bigger blessing when the staff unanimously selected Veils of Carnality as the magazine’s cover image. Talk about blessed!? Check out the full issue here.

Middle Gray Magazine Interviews Vakseen

Earlier this week Boston-based Middle Gray Mag reached out and scheduled an interview to followup after featuring my art in their newest issue #3. We discussed everything from crowdfunding and successful artists, to the meaning behind my paintings. Click here to check out the interview in its entirety.

Bedlam Publishing Features Vakseen Art

The good folks at Bedlam Publishing contacted me recently about featuring both my Dizzy and Audvantgardener paintings in their newest magazine issue Loud Zoo. As fate would have it, they reached out this week about featuring my Pasion de Baile painting as the cover image. This actually marks my 1st of 3 art magazine covers that’ll be releasing over the next few weeks! The new issue went live yesterday and […]

Livid Squid Literary Journal Features Vakseen Painting

2014 is off to a great start! Much love to Livid Squid Literary Journal for blessing me with my 2nd art magazine feature of 2014 and my 28th feature overall. The magazine featured my Ignorant Butterflies II painting and you can check out a screenshot below and the direct link here.  

Middle Gray Magazine Features 3 Vakseen Paintings

Much love to Boston-based literary art magazine, The Middle Gray, for featuring 3 of my paintings in their newest issue. This marks my first art feature of the new year. The magazine features Dizzy, Ignorant Butterflies and Heartache Sit Down on pages 74-76. Check out the screenshots below and the full feature here.