Gerardo Cazares

“Stitch,” by Gerardo Cazares

GERARDO CAZARES was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. The black sheep of the family as far as his culture and beliefs, like metal concerts and blasphemy, he felt like an outcast and went through a rebellious phase which still lingers. He joined the army at 20 in 2008 and deployed to Iraq in 2010, Germany in 2011, and Afghanistan in 2013. Since returning from active duty in 2014, Cazares has been producing and selling his art for a living. You can contact him about his work via Facebook (facebook.com/devoutsatx) and Instagram (instagram.com/dfordevout/).

Jon Snoek

“Of Mice and Rats,” by Jon Snoek

JON SNOEK is a bearded hippie from Texas who makes stop-motion animated films (funnyordie.com/snoeked), paints pet dinosaurs, and writes children’s books about lost robots.

Allen Forrest

“Nick and Nora,” by Allen Forrest

Graphic artist and painter ALLEN FORREST was born in Canada and bred in the U.S. He has created illustrations and cover art for literary publications and books. He is the winner of the Leslie Jacoby Honor for Art at San Jose State University’s Reed Magazine and his Bel Red painting series is part of the Bellevue College Foundation’s permanent art collection. Forrest’s expressive drawing and painting style is a mix of avant-garde expressionism and post-Impressionist elements reminiscent of van Gogh, creating emotion on canvas.

Find his work online at art-grafiken.blogspot.ca, allen-forrest.fineartamerica.com, and linkedin.com/in/allenforrest, and follow him at @artgrafiken.