featured contributors COVER ARTIST RETURA CLAAR Retura Claar is a designer, visual artist and emerging writer based in San Francisco. Her work explores color, form, and texture inspired by mountain ranges and deserts across the West. Mediums such as film photography and illustration are utilized to document her travels in the backcountry and little moments of joy in the city. She’s showed illustrations in Denver, Colorado and has had poetry previously published in Humana Obscura. Connect with her on Instagram @returaclaar.
FEATURED ARTIST DERRICK BREIDENTHAL Derrick Breidenthal’s paintings have been showcased throughout the US and abroad. His art is heavily influenced by rural America. His paintings are confident depictions of atmospheric spaces that balance an interesting line between familiar scenes and specific events. His painting methods enhance the perfection of a dream, as well as hold up to the roughness of reality. In 2021, Derrick debuted a solo museum exhibition covering over five years of his Nocturnal oil paintings. See more of his work at www.breidenthalart.com.
FEATURED POET LUKE LEVI Luke Levi graduated from Texas State University with a BBA in finance. He lives in the Texas Hill Country, and many of his poems are about animals and other natural elements in the region. His poems can be found or are forthcoming in Presence, Akitsu Quarterly, Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, Wales Haiku Journal, Failed Haiku, Trash Panda Haiku, Cold Moon Haiku Journal, and elsewhere. Follow him on Instagram @lukelevipoet.
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