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Local artists in competition for national RAWards Public can vote online through Oct. 15
Local artists Erik Barstow and Laura Seed. - Photo of Bartstow submitted. Photo of Seed by Erik Barstow suming but rewarding at the same time.” Her work can be viewed at www.lashseedstudios.com or at rawartists.org, where people may also vote for their favorite artist. Barstow, of Dresser, is the son of David Barstow and Mary Lou Barstow of St. Croix Falls and brother to Todd and Greg Barstow. He is a photographer, videographer and digital artist who has been capturing and creating scenes of the St. Croix Valley, including night photography and high dynamic range photography. “I joined the Army Reserve when I was 17 and re-enlisted in the United States Marine Corps when I was 19. I was honorably discharged when I was 23. I served as a correctional officer in the Minnesota Department of Corrections until I was 26,” he noted. Barstow later went to video school at the Globe College of Minnesota School of Business and worked on various video
“The Mechanic,” a painting by Laura Seed.
A photo of Laura Seed using high dynamic range photography. - Photo by Erik Barstow projects while at the same time learning about digital photography. “I have been photographing since 2005 and I have never stopped,” he said. Barstow’s business, Barstow Photography, offers photos for art and portraits for seniors, weddings and kids. “After I was injured in an auto accident
last year, I have been focusing more on art pieces than using it as an actual profession,” he noted. “I will shoot anything that I find great to look at, I love the night photos of my work, especially the photos of the St. Croix River Valley,” Barstow noted. “It’s been the main source and inspiration of my photography.” A link to the RAWards voting page can also be found on Barstow’s Web site, www.BarstowPhotography.com. Voting will end Oct. 15. - Gary King, with submitted information
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ST. CROIX FALLS - Two area artists are showing their works at the Fine Line Music Cafe in Minneapolis this Thursday, Oct. 6, as part of the national 2011 RAWards competition. Erik Barstow and Laura Seed are members of RAW (rawartists.org), a group operating in 21 cities across the United States, dedicated to providing independent artists of all creative genres with the tools, resources and exposure needed to “inspire and cultivate creativity.” Barstow, a photographer, will be showing his photography taken around the St. Croix Valley, and Seed, a designer, painter, sculpture artist and maker, will be showing her work, including paintings done in acrylic, metallic and oil. They are the only couple among those entered in this year’s competition. Seed, a Unity graduate and daughter of Penny and Paul Seed of Centuria and sister to Shannon Bibeau and October Seed, is no stranger to art. “I was raised by two talented artists, my parents, who taught me everything they knew from a very young age,” she noted. “They use all different mediums so therefore I learned many different types of art, from weaving and sewing to painting and sculpting. I did my first weaving when I was just 2 years old and have never stopped creating.” Seed said she loves painting the images she comes up with in her head and pays close attention to detail, using very small brushes and making each piece “time-con-
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