Meet the Artists - The Tower: Dark City Edition

	Rebecca Rousseau	As a child in El Paso, and later a teacher on the border, Rebecca was drawn to the colorful Mexican toys and brightly colored culture drenched in the desert sun. In other years spent growing up in the rich culture outside of New York City, her easy access to the arts were a fertile ground for painting, drawing and dreaming of being a painter. To see more of her work, go to http://www.rebeccarousseau.com/
	Toni Daniel	Toni Daniel is a self-taught artist, with an impressionistic style in her work but also appreciates other styles of painting in oil and various water media. Her style has a primitive quality to it, and she is able to translate the subject matter in a natural form. To see more of her work, go to http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/toni-daniel.html
	Kelly Gilmartin	Kelly was born in Baltimore, attended university for finance in New York City, and taught English in Japan. Enjoys roaming cities with her camera in hand, butter rum ice cream, organization, and the Sunday paper. Dislikes talking during movies and sensationalism. Currently back in Baltimore pursuing photography. To see more of her work, go to www.kellygilmartin.com
	Chester Elmore	Chester Elmore is a retired forensic artist from San Francisco. Chester works in scratchboard specializing in portraits of common people as well as images that speak to social commentary. You can see more of his work at www.mesart.com/elmore45
	Beejal Mehta	Beejal Mehta is an amateur photographer living in southern California. Over the years he has become quite fond of magnets, organic peanut butter, and has "developed a healthy sense of the absurd". To see more of his work, go to http://lajeeb.blogspot.com/
	Mark Ladewig	Marc Ladewig is a native Californian and the father of two grown children. He is a swimmer, veteran, world traveler, mandolin player, language teacher and life long lover of poetry. He has written an original, novel length, narrative poem entitled Odysseus-The Epic Myth of the Hero, published by Infinity Publishing.
	John Darling	I remember the first Earth Day. I was with a group of other people picking up trash in Phoenix, Arizona at Encanto Park. As we were toiling in the hot sun, people would drive by and laugh at the Hippies picking up garbage and then throw some more out for us to clean up. We all smiled and flashed peace symbols at them. I have been an environmental activist ever since that day.
	Stephen Huczek	Stephen is a Detroiter both amused and disgusted by the rhetorical jokes that are his mayor, government, and all capitalism offers its satirists. Many of his visual shenanigans are performed with a snapshot of nachos, the artist's comfort food. Currently he is working on his novel, "Zombie Work Week." His art work can be viewed at: http://racingspoons.deviantart.com . He can be reached at steveczek@yahoo.com .
	Eric Talerico	In 1988, after four years of seafaring in the US Navyk Eric Talerico settled in Boston Massachusetts, where he became a fixture on the folk music and street performance scenes. He currently lives in Sierra Vista, Arizona where he makes paintings and photographs. He has been making art since he was 3 years old. To view more of his work, visit www.greenmanwest.com
	Charlotte Tucker	Charlotte enjoys finding new uses for old, outdated or broken items that no longer have a use. She specializes in jewelry made from old pocket watches, vintage watches, and every day items. She is self trained and resides in Santa Anna, Texas. See more of Charlotte's work at: http://www.charlattecreations.com/
	Naomi Smith	Naomi is the owner of Time Honored Designs which is a successful face and body art company that has been supplying live art services for events and studio projects since 2003. Naomi has an AA Degree in Graphic Arts in addition to four years fine art courses, full year internship working on three dimensional graphics. To see more of her work, visit www.timehonoredart.com
	Klattuu	Klattuu has been watching humans from his starship and also coming down to interact and live with us in human form (often for Earthling lifetimes) for about 9 centuries Earth time. His articles posted here, shows us that if we go on the way we are going now, none of his friends from outer space will have to fly down and destroy us (Gort take note), we will quite handily destroy ourselves instead. He claims he is not related to Klaatu of Hollywood fame.
	Michael Ray Bruce	Michael Ray Bruce is a contemporary artist living and painting in a studio in the Rossmor in St. Paul, Minnesota. His work is colorful, often multi-medium, and over time has encompassed several themes, such as the sky and all it contains, almost-abstract flowers and creatures under a bright blue sea. His paintings are frequent visitors to the walls of Twin City coffee shops, restaurants and small galleries. To see more of his work and read more about him, visit his site at: www.michaelraybruce.com
	Stephanie Lee	I’m first-generation Korean-American and speak Spanish better than Korean. I’m a native Southern California girl and learned the hard way that it really is nice living in Orange County. I like to create and express myself in whatever way possible. My passion is to take action in pursuing my dreams and following my heart.
	Sandy Beyer	Sandy Beyer (a.k.a. Aunty Burr), will soon be introducing a series of abstract artworks she appropriately calls FireArt. Sandy was born in the windy city of Chicago and eventually blew her all the way out to Rockford, IL in the early 80's. Photographs of campfires soon turned into digitally altered, random mixes of abstract art. FireArt is like a box of chocolates, you never know what kind you'll get.
	Paul Boultbee	Paul is an artist, actor, and librarian in Red Deer, AB. His studies have included handmade papermaking, handbuilt pottery, painting and drawing, sculpture and bricolage. As an actor, Paul has appeared on stage in Ontario, the Bahamas, and Alberta, and in a number of Alberta-produced films. More information is available at http://paulboultbee.ca/
	Steve Riley	British Born Artist Steve Riley graduating in 1996 with a degree in Art and Design, at UCE Birmingham. He has exhibited in the UK and New York. Riley is drawn to everyday objects that are discarded. Using a wide range of disciplines he transforms recycled materials into art pieces and takes an unorthodox approach by embellishing the surface with nails. To see more of Steve's work, visit http://www.steveriley.artlogsites.com/
	Junior Mclean	Junior currently resides in Bronx, New York City area after moving there from Anderson, Indiana. He is essentially self taught (for over 13 years) but has also been studying basic web site/page building and graphic/digital designing for art events in a few locations in NYC since 1996. He plans to showcase his art work in a few states to be seen by many people as possible at art shows and through magazines. You can see more of his work and contact him through his web site http://www.myspace.com/fractalghost
	Michael Lee Johnson	Michael Lee Johnson is a poet and freelance writer from Itasca, Illinois. Michael has been published in over 23 countries. He is also editor/publisher of four poetry sites, which can be found at his Web site: http://poetryman.mysite.com. His published works can also be found there. E-mail: promomanusa@gmail.com. His books are available Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=michael+lee+johnson.
	Jim Fuess	Jim Fuess works with liquid acrylic paint on canvas. Most of his paintings are abstract, but there are recognizable forms and faces in a number of the paintings as he strives for grace fluidity, movement and balance. He likes color and believes that beauty can be an artistic goal. There is whimsy, fear, energy, movement, fun and dread in his paintings. See all his work at www.jimfuessart.com
	J. David Bell	J. David Bell is a recovering academic whose fiction and creative nonfiction appear in such journals as Third Reader, Gander Press Review, SNReview, Terrain.org, Canary, and The Fear of Monkeys. He’s also active with the Citizens Climate Corps, a grassroots network in southwestern Pennsylvania promoting global warming education and solutions. To read his views and writings, check out http://bellsyells.blogspot.com/.
	Eli Helman	Eli Helman is a self-taught, outsider artist with a unique style of Maximalist pen and ink drawings. Mostly focusing on animals and nature, he weaves a highly detailed and intricate array of whimsical, abstract and surreal shapes and patterns to create a visual feast for the eyes. You can see all of his drawings at his website www.elihelman.com as well as visit his store,
	J.P. Christiansen	J.P. was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, but now lives in the U.S., except when his poet commands him to seek inspiration elsewhere. His poet was born 15 years ago, after a close call from death...a life-transforming encounter which made him wake up to Earth and life. His poet constantly tries to make him dwell poetically in the world.
	Jeanne Bannon	Jeanne has worked as a writer and editor for over twenty years. Her work has been published in Videomania magazine, Tyro, Frustration.com, Ex Cathedra and several trade magazines. She has a B.A. in psychology and a diploma in journalism. Currently, she’s finishing work on her first novel, a supernatural thriller titled “Darkness Becomes Her.”
	Rebecca Narracott	Rebecca Narracott lives in London, England with her husband and two young children (soon to be three). She has taught English as a Foreigh Language, Piano and Spanish and constantly dreams of the day she can devote more time to writing. In the meantime, she is developing a community website for busy women who love creative writing. Watch this space!
	Don Bothem	Born in Upstate New York, Donald learned to appreciate the beauty of nature by being surrounded by the Adirondack Mountains, the Thousand Islands, Niagara Falls and many other natural wonders. As a soldier for much of his life, he has been fortunate enough to see all of God’s wonders, in all corners of the Globe. While he enjoys all photography, his heart lies in nature photography, in hopes that everyone can see God’s world, using his eyes. Please visit http://www.donbothemphotography.com to see more of his work.
	Daniel David Williamson	Daniel David Williamson is a student writer of many genres. These include essay, short stories, poetry and novels. Daniel hails from the San Francisco Bay Area and is currently studying in Arizona. Look for more work from this exciting new author! You can contact Daniel at armadilloslim99@yahoo.com