Was, Might Be See Hanna Vogel’s work in WTP Vol. VI #6 steel wire, abaca and cotton paper, pigment, rust, sealant 15’3” x 6’11” x 7’10” I use craft-based materials and techniques in sculptural ways, to evoke growth, decay, and the tenuousness of the environment. My work addresses aspects of physical existence on the edge…
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Literary Spotlight: Lynn Casteel Harper
From WTP Vol. VI #6 The Shut Door By Lynn Casteel Harper Sylvia entered my office and shut the door. As the chaplain at a retirement community, I’d grown accustomed to the closed door, to discussing life, death, doubt, suffering in hushed tones. She sat in the chair directly in front of my desk. She…
Inside the Studio: Froso Papadimitriou
See Papadimitriou’s work in WTP Vol. VI #6 Inside the Studio offers a behind-the scenes peek into the work environments of WTP artists, as well as insight into their creative process within these resonate spaces. By Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer For sixteen months, Froso Papadimitriou has painted and drawn in a studio in a beautiful…
WTP Artist: Nguyen Thi Mai
Finding Happiness and Balance Through Art Interview by Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Nguyen Thi Mai is a self-taught, Vietnamese artist focusing on acrylic and lacquer painting. In 2004, she committed to creating art, moving from Singapore to Hanoi, where she took lessons in oil painting at the Art & Lacquer Club. She has participated…
Site Review: Virginia Mahoney
Pushing Back Against Tradition By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor Virginia Mahoney is a mixed-media artist living and working in Boston, Massachusetts, whose work is not easily categorized. Growing up, she was much influenced by her mother, who was quite creative at home, with cloth, thread, yarn, paint, and shells. Following in her mother’s footsteps, Mahoney…
Art Spotlight: Eric Zener
Hammock See Eric Zener’s work in WTP Vol. VI #6 oil on canvas 60″ x 70″ My work reflects our collective desire for transformation into something ideal. In my paintings I seek to create a sense of sanctuary using the subject of water and our connection with it. Orphaned from the sanctuary of youth we are…
Literary Spotlight: Dina Elenbogen
From Vol. VI #6 Missing By Dina Elenbogen Blame it on the brutal winter tomatoes still not ripe enough to pick her mother at work all day sometimes missing until midnight Now she’s gone missing 15 black last seen on her bike no helmet wanting to go anywhere except where…
Site Review: Jodi Colella
Traditional Stitchery as Contemporary Art By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor See Jodi Colella’s work in WTP Vol. VI #2. Jodi Colella’s website features needlework art that balances tradition against innovation. Her hand-wrought forms lend a fresh contemporary relevance to a fiber art often wrongly dismissed as a hobbyist’s craft. Her work begins with everyday found…
Featured Bookmarks: The Arts
July 2018 By Donald Kolberg, Art Bookmarks Editor Monthly highlights of online resources and websites informative and inspiring for artists or art enthusiasts. Most are free. Suggestions are welcomed. Michelangelo’s Secret Hideaway and Drawing Board A secret room located in Florence’s Basilica di San Lorenzo may shed light on the artistic process of the artist and his…
Inside the Studio: Elizabeth Albert
See Albert’s work in WTP Vol. VI #6 Inside the Studio offers a behind-the scenes peek into the work environments of WTP artists, as well as insight into their creative process within these resonate spaces. By Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Elizabeth Albert looks to the basics when choosing an ideal studio. It must come with…
Art Spotlight: Jay Kelly
Small-Scale Sculptures See Jay Kelly’s work in WTP Vol. VI #6 All works are mixed media; various combinations of metal, Japanese paper, gesso, acrylic, and/or wood. Sizes range between 3″ and 12″ Jay Kelly’s small-scale sculptures are recognized for their whimsicality and enigmatic origins. They share a lightness of form and an acute senes of proportion…
Literary Spotlight: Dian Parker
From WTP Vol. VI #6 Otre Vez By Dian Parker There is only one road that runs the full length of the Baja peninsula in Mexico. It’s never more than two lanes wide and it’s an obstacle course of corduroy ridges and potholes. Dangerous if you’re riding a motorcycle. Summer, Baja, Highway 1 and motorcycles definitely…