Craig 'Skibs' Barker creates colorful retro pieces that encapsulate the charm of postwar era style and signs in his paintings and installations. I've seen three different art installations filled with whim and wonderment by Skibs, and I love how he plays with lights and tv screens to manipulate an environment.

Peterson's grown tremendously as an artist over the last six years, and I'll be interviewing him later this year for his August exhibition with Thinkspace. In a toot my own horn fashion and hipster inclinations of "I heard about it first," here is my interview with Kevin Peterson from 2010.