Abstract Watercolors: Unusual Compositions

Abstract Watercolors: Unusual Compositions

Website Review: Marcie Jan Bronstein By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor The opening page of Marcie Jan Bronstein’s website, marciejbronstein.com, grabbed my attention with an atypical composition that quietly dominates the page. I found it atypical in that we rarely see abstract watercolors, especially compositions with hard edges and irregular forms. At first glance these forms have…

There’s Nothing like The Nothing That Is

There’s Nothing like The Nothing That Is

Eye on the Indies: A Look at Indie Authors and Their Publishers By Lanie Tankard, Indie Book Review Editor The Nothing That Is: Essays on Art, Literature and Being by Johanna Skibsrud (Toronto: Book*hug Press, October 1, 2019 (Essais Series No. 9). 128 pages; $20.00; paperback original ISBN 9781771665261). “Nothing will come of nothing: speak again.”—…

2019 WTP Third Place Literary Winner

2019 WTP Third Place Literary Winner

[tm_pb_section admin_label=”section”][tm_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][tm_pb_column type=”1_2″][tm_pb_image admin_label=”Image” alt=”Merridawn Duckler” title_text=”Merridawn Duckler” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” src=”https://www.thewoventalepress.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Sickelsoptiomze.jpg”] [/tm_pb_image][/tm_pb_column][tm_pb_column type=”1_2″][tm_pb_text admin_label=”Text” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Noelle Sickels [/tm_pb_text][tm_pb_text admin_label=”Text” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Congratulations for winning Third Place in the literary category! Sickels is the author of the historical novels Walking West,…

WTP 2019 Third Place Fine Art Winner

WTP 2019 Third Place Fine Art Winner

[tm_pb_section admin_label=”section”][tm_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][tm_pb_column type=”1_2″][tm_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”https://www.thewoventalepress.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/orna.jpg” alt=”Merridawn Duckler” title_text=”Merridawn Duckler” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” custom_margin=”50px|||”] [/tm_pb_image][/tm_pb_column][tm_pb_column type=”1_2″][tm_pb_text admin_label=”Text” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Orna Greenberg [/tm_pb_text][tm_pb_text admin_label=”Text” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Congratulations for winning Third Place in the fine art category! Greenberg has studied and worked as an artist…

WTP 2019 Second Place Fine Art Winner

WTP 2019 Second Place Fine Art Winner

[tm_pb_section admin_label=”section”][tm_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][tm_pb_column type=”1_2″][tm_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”https://www.thewoventalepress.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Whadcock.jpg” alt=”Merridawn Duckler” title_text=”Merridawn Duckler” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” custom_margin=”50px|||”] [/tm_pb_image][/tm_pb_column][tm_pb_column type=”1_2″][tm_pb_text admin_label=”Text” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Richard Whadcock [/tm_pb_text][tm_pb_text admin_label=”Text” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Congratulations for winning Second Place in the fine art category! Whadcock studied general fine art at Bristol Art…

2019 WTP Literary Winner

2019 WTP Literary Winner

[tm_pb_section admin_label=”section”][tm_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][tm_pb_column type=”1_2″][tm_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”https://www.thewoventalepress.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Duckler-1.jpg” alt=”Merridawn Duckler” title_text=”Merridawn Duckler” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/tm_pb_image][/tm_pb_column][tm_pb_column type=”1_2″][tm_pb_text admin_label=”Text” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Merridawn Duckler [/tm_pb_text][tm_pb_text admin_label=”Text” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Congratulations for winning The Elizabeth Sloan Tyler Memorial Award in the Literary category! Duckler is a writer from Portland,…