Moris Tepper is a lover & a fighter. One minute, he revels in the childlike warmth & oafishness of love or affection & the next; he invokes, like no-other, the wicked violence of love's malevolent underbelly. Tepper wisely knows that Love & Hate exist together to oppose Apathy. His new release, the aptly titled, "Stingray in the Heart" is infused with an honesty & illumination no one can escape. It is an important work by an artist who is clearly aware of the beauty in creating something ugly.