“Many of my pieces involve creating hundreds of tiny individual elements…” Interview by Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Laurie Borggreve is an American artist and sculptor. Her early years were spent studying design, studio arts, and art history in Minneapolis. After graduating from the University of Minnesota, she moved to San Francisco, where she focused on…
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WTP Artist: Julia Randall
“My drawing method has to be so finely honed that it ultimately disappears…” Interview by Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Julia Randall’s drawings have been exhibited both nationally and internationally, and she is the recipient of fellowships and residency awards from the New York Foundation for the Arts, Yaddo, and the Cité Internationale des Arts…
WTP Artist: Zac Benson
“My father is an artist so I grew up around art all my life.” Interview by Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Zac Benson is an international artist whose work has been shown in Taiwan, Bulgaria, and the United States. He has had public commissions in Australia, California, New York, and Washington, D.C. He graduated with…
WTP Artist: Karen Fitzgerald
The Art of Tondo and Gilded Works Interview by Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Karen Fitzgerald’s work has been widely exhibited in the United States, including at the Queens Museum of Art, Islip Art Museum, Rahr-West Museum, Madison Art Museum, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee Institute of Art Design, the University of Arizona Tucson, and the…
WTP Artist: Nancy Breakstone
Photographing Impressions in the Sand Interview by Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Nancy Breakstone is a Connecticut-based photographer who calls herself a “water-woman.” Oceans inspire her artistically, and water sports contribute to her physical and emotional well-being. She has travelled to beaches around the world, including Playa Negra in Costa Rica where she took photos…
WTP Artist: Susan Clinard
Storytelling with Sculpture Interview by Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Susan Clinard is a prolific artist known for work that often expresses human struggles, such as mothers protecting children and the strong helping out the weak. Now living in Connecticut, she began her sculpture career over twenty years ago. She works in wood, clay, bronze,…
WTP Artist: Barry Masteller
“I want my work to always be in flux.” Interview by Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Barry G. Masteller is a self-taught abstract painter and photographer living in New York City and Albuquerque, New Mexico. He became deeply interested in photography after moving to the Monterey Peninsula from Los Angeles in 1970. His photographs are…
Interview: Bill Hall and Rebecca Michelman
Artmaking, and the Curatorial Process Interview by Emilia Dubicki, WTP Art Correspondent WTP art correspondent Emilia Dubicki interviews Bill Hall and Rebecca Michelman to gain insight into Hall’s art-making and Michelman’s curatorial process, and how the two crossed paths. Hall was included in Print Facets: Five Centuries of Printmaking and Enchanted Landscapes, two print exhibits…
WTP Artist: Shea Wilkinson
Free Motion Quilting Interview by Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer A native of Nebraska, Shea Wilkinson has been sewing since childhood. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies and German from the University of Nebraska, Omaha. After graduation, she taught English in Mexico; during this time she became passionate about creating art. She…
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…
WTP Artist: Laura Noel
“It is very important to me to find fresh ways to examine the past.” Interview by Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Laura Noel is a photographer, bookmaker, mixed media, and installation artist in Atlanta, Georgia. She began her work as a street photographer, though over the years, her art has evolved into finding fresh ways…
WTP Artist: Britta Fluevog
“The framing of textiles as fine art was really important to me.” Interview by Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Britta Fluevog is a third-generation artist, whose grandmother was a printmaker; mother an art therapist/ mixed media artist; and father a designer. She received a Bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Fine Art from NSCAD (Nova Scotia College…