Hank See Bill Hall’s work in WTP Vol. VI #2 acrylic on hardboard 30” x 42” When I was a kid, there was a small monthly magazine published by the Ford Motor Company called Ford Times. It was essentially an advertisement for Ford automobiles, but I always looked for the game page titled “What is…
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Literary Spotlight: Susan Dworski Nusbaum
From WTP Vol. VI #2 Mockingbird By Susan Dworski Nusbaum Under the bronze Buddha’s eye, too many cellphone-talkers, crowds at the koi pond. Hurrying from the Botanical Gardens, I’m stunned by the song of a plump grey bird perched on a palm branch, trilling a nigun like a cantorial soloist. Catching his bead of eye,…
Site Review: Nguyen Thi Mai
Contemporary Art with Vietnamese Tradition By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor Nguyen Thi Mai is a self-taught artist from Vietnam with a deep appreciation for tradition and beauty. Her art is inspired by visions and music, in her search for balance and harmony on the canvas as well as in her personal life. She believes, “Through…
Site Review: Loura van der Meule
Art and the Culture of Zeeland By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor Loura van der Meule is a native of the Netherlands, now living and working in Jersey City, New Jersey. Her paintings are strongly influenced by the cultural traditions of Zeeland, a province of the Netherlands where she grew up. On her site, she states,…
WTP Artist: Dillon Samuelson
Realistic and Impressionistic Portraiture By Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Dillon Samuelson is a painter and illustrator from Pennsylvania. He graduated from the fine art program at York College of Pennsylvania in 2014, and the following year was awarded the third annual Appell Arts Fellowship at Marketview Arts. His work has been shown in exhibitions…
Video: Round and Round
Multimedia Performance Art Installation Video by Bogdan Moroz “Round and Round” raises the question of importance. What are the selection criteria, the conditions for casting and who is on the jury? The shape was born after the visit of the Dovzhenko Center space, from a household conversation with the managers about the children’s zone. The…
Art Spotlight: Shea Wilkinson
Condensing See Shea Wilkinson’s work in WTP Vol. VI #2 paper, silk chiffon, silk and wool fibers, polyester thread, and wool felt 16” x 23” I create machine-and-hand-stitched works, drawing with needle and thread. The stories I tell through my work relate to science, mythology, and natural and extraterrestrial worlds, portraying only a thin boundary in…
Literary Spotlight: Mike Stewart
From WTP Vol. VI #2 Pinky Swear By Mike Stewart My writings are different. I pinky swear it. I will talk of many things, but here will limit my discussion to only two—uniqueness and bees. I am unique. This is a source of pride to me—false pride. You see, you are also unique. We are…
Site Review: Cynthia Grow
Paintings Influenced by Poetry By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor There is a captivating ambiguity to Cynthia Grow’s paintings that reflects her desire “to create a mood where there may not be an obvious story.” Grow is a painter who explores themes of memory, desire, and interpersonal relationships in search of the intangible. And whose work…
Site Review: Ayaka Oku
Conceptual Photography Transcending Language By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor Ayaka Oku is a young conceptual photographer from Japan whose work focuses on life experiences—childhood, aging, death—that transcend language and cultural barriers. These are big philosophical themes complicated by the site not being truly bilingual; much of the English translation requires work to fully understand its…
Gallery Profile: Panopticon
One of the oldest fine art photography galleries in the United States, located at 502c Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215. What do you look for in artists when considering representation? Kat Kiernan (Director): I look for artists with a distinct vision and style. I want to be able to look at a piece and know…
Art Spotlight: Alan Bray
Wet Spot See Alan Bray’s work in WTP Vol. VI #1 It is among the intricate structures of phenomena that I look for an innate order of things. It is the branching pattern of trees, the drifting of snow, the meanders of flowing water, the swaying of grass in the wind, or the conjoining of ripples…