http://www.sdcitybeat.com/sandiego/articles.sec-68-1-cover-artist.html The dark side of cat behavior, and other things that seem perfectly innocent, is explored in North Park artist Carrie Anne Hudson’s "Prey," which is on the cover of this week’s CityBeat.]]> “The phrase ‘as the crow flies’ is about going from point A to point B in as straight of a line as possible, which is what a crow does because it makes sense,” explains Horton, who also owns $lave Skateboards.]]> "I’m addicted to women. I love drawing women, and I love drawing naked women. But [for this piece] I felt like I needed to cover something up," Porter explains.]]> When it came time to choose an art piece for our cover this week, we were divided between two worthy works by Alli Bautista, a Filipina artist from Rancho Peñasquitos.]]> Cultists and new-age types spent the better part of 2012 obsessing over apocalyptic prophecies surrounding Dec. 21. But Andre Power, the artist whose “The Aquarian” is on the cover of this week’s CityBeat, found a different kind of inspiration from the miscalculated end-times prophecy.]]> John Antoski says that the three-dimensional artwork on the cover of this week’s CityBeat was inspired by the daredevils of Niagara Falls—you know, those crazy people who attempt to survive the great plunge in a wooden barrel.]]> Chances are, you laughed out loud at the adorable Batman twins on CityBeat’s cover this week.]]> CityBeat’s cover art this week is an illustration of Claire Boucher, better known by her stage name, Grimes, the Canadian electro-pop artist.]]> On the surface, Vicki Walsh’s portraits look like masterful paintings depicting mostly older subjects whose myriad emotional states are profound and palpable. ]]> Comic-Con is in the air and, if you’re like San Diegan Rebecca Hicks, it’s time to let your geek-flag fly. ]]> Janine Wareham’s work is whimsical, comical, often cheery and always delightfully weird. “Yes,” the piece on CityBeat’s cover this week, is a simple sketch that’s part of a larger project.]]> Bryan Snyder’s “Cardiff Kook Van Gogh,” the art on the cover of CityBeat this week, was a temporary installation on the famous surfing sculpture that stands about 16 feet tall just off Highway 101 in Cardiff-by-the-Sea]]> You might not recognize the bathroom on the cover of CityBeat this week (unless you’ve had to pee while checking out art at Alexander Salazar’s Fine Art Auction House).]]> Like most of Cantor’s work, “Beauty’s Privilege,” the piece on CityBeat’s cover this week, has a detailed emotional story behind it.]]> Three years ago, there’s no way Edwards would have guessed he’d end up in the scrapbooking aisle at Michaels.]]> In the winter of 2008, Roy Kerckhoffs took his Nikon to an out-of-service steel production plant in Germany. It was cold and foggy, and Kerckhoffs spent the day climbing up old blast furnaces and exploring the industrial plant.]]> For his upcoming solo show opening at Escondido’s Distinction Gallery (317 E. Grand Ave.) at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 9, artist Shay Davis has painted his modernized take on the seven deadly sins and the seven virtues.]]> When artist Mike Calway-Fagen set out to build “The Progression of Regression,” the work of art on this week’s cover of CityBeat, the first challenge was finding a stuffed dog.]]> Nate Schnell is new to San Diego. A few years ago, he packed up and moved from Austin, Texas, to a small mountain town in Colorado (full disclosure:  Schnell showed his work at my gallery while I lived in Colorado).]]> To the graffiti artists who pick up this week’s paper and eyeball the cover, it may look like something’s missing. ]]>