Category: artist Interviews

“If you can repeat the mistake, then it becomes a technique that can be used with intention. Interview by August Smith, WTP Features Writer Bronwen Hazlett is from many places but nowhere specific. Her dad was a career Navy doctor who took her family from Japan, to the Mid-Atlantic states, and back to Japan again before…

Finding Sublime out of Detritus Interview by Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer As a sociological observer, J. Ivcevich documents the spirit of a place and highlights issues unique to the human condition in his artwork. He’s a self-taught artist who earned a sociology degree from Emory University. After college, he stayed in Atlanta working as…

“I literally draw the lines and curves of each bowl, with my hands and with the thread.” Interview by Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Barbara Bryn Klare is a San Francisco Bay Area artist who works primarily with rescued textiles, objects, works on paper, and installations. She was an artist-in-residence at the Icelandic Textile Center…

“I began to paint what was important to me and what I loved instead of what was cool.” Interview by Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Alan Bray studied at the Art Institute of Boston and the University of Southern Maine. He received his Master’s degree in painting from the Villa Schifanoia in Florence, Italy, in…

“I am more interested in a vague, slightly psychological impression of reality.” Interview by Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Maggie Evans is fascinated by how people aspire to be individuals, but also part of a group. The artist, who’s based in Savannah, Georgia, examines this concept of collective behavior through her drawings, installments, and paintings.…

“It’s the artist who is in no hurry, who takes the long road, that I admire.” Interview by August Smith, WTP Feature Writer William Crump earned his BFA from Ringling School of Art and Design 1994. Currently lives and works in the East Village. Selected exhibitions include: Objective Painter, Station Independent Projects (curator); American Pharoahs (curator); TSA…

“My work grew by leaps and bounds, when I started sewing as a form of drawing then sewing into my paintings….” Interview by Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Katherine Daniels’s beaded sculptures, weaving, and site-specific installations have been exhibited nationally and internationally, including throughout the New York City metropolitan area, as well as the Hunterdon…

Stitching Montage and Narrative Interview by Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Teresa Meier is an artist and teacher from Oregon whose creative photography has been exhibited internationally and published in Communication Arts. All her life, she has loved puzzles. She likes sifting through the pieces, analyzing their parts and finds immense satisfaction in seeing how…

“Each painting is the product of a slow meandering journey the painting and I take together…” By Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Amy Cheng was born in Taiwan and raised in Brazil, Oklahoma, and Texas. She received a BFA from the University of Texas at Austin, and an MFA from Hunter College, City University of…

“I am fascinated by the imperfect perfection in nature.” By Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Amy Genser plays with paper and paint to explore her obsession with texture, pattern, and color. Evocative of natural forms and organic processes, her work is simultaneously irregular and ordered. She uses paper as pigment and constructs her pieces by…

“I think my pieces are like life, like nature.” Interview by August Smith, WTP Feature Writer Mayme Kratz was born in San Diego County, California and has lived in Phoenix since 1986. Self-educated and focused on her creative life at an early age, she apprenticed with artist James Hubbell in her early twenties. Solo exhibitions include:…

Analog Technology: “It has the closest relationship to me.” By August Smith, WTP Feature Writer Tao Ho is a photographer and musician originally from Canton, China. After he finished his BFA degree of Traditional Chinese Painting in 2010, he switched his direction to photography. He received his MFA degree from Maryland Institute College of Art…