Random vs. Intentional in Abstract Painting By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor Naomi Schlinke describes two artistic careers in her website. During the 1970s and early ’80s she was a professional modern dancer and choreographer with the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company and the Joe Goode Performance Group, both based in San Francisco. The San Francisco contemporary…
Category: reviews: fine art websites
Websites cited here were submitted by artists and writers for review. In our reviews, WTP editors consider actual website design and ease of navigation, but first and foremost, seek to highlight is content–to grow the online presence to these noteworthy cyber talents.
Site Review: Ellen Woods
Abstract Painting Reflecting Nature By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor Ellen Woods’s lyrical abstract paintings are inspired by her deep respect for the natural environment and the human connection to nature. Living and working at a high altitude in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado allows her to witness seasonal patterns and forms and the evolving topography.…
Site Review: Sheila Grabarsky
Vibrant Display of Acrylic Paintings By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor Sheila Grabarsky opens her artist’s statement with “I paint because I bleed Alizarin Crimson.” While this may not be literally true, it certainly is metaphorically. There are quite a few other colors also! Her website “Gallery” is a beautiful and vibrant display of this New…
Site Review: John Diamond-Nigh
Furniture as Provocative Art By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor On his website, John Diamond-Nigh describes how he began his artistic career as a wood-turner, carving on a lathe that rotates much like a potter’s wheel. “I had come of age in the art furniture movement here in the states,” he states. “I loved the grass-roots,…
Site Review: Lisa Sears
Painting over Digital Collages By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor Lisa Sears is a Midwestern artist interested in historical artwork, architecture, and feminism—all of which find their way into her imagery. Her website focuses on her unique process of carefully planning and designing her images in Photoshop, creating a mechanical grid over the composition, building a canvas…
Site Review: Jerry Reed
Varied Series of Fine Art Photography By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor Jerry Reed’s transition from commercial studio photographer to conceptual fine artist required changing what his images were of to what they were about. During this process, he was guided by his extensive knowledge of art history—painting, sculpture, and photography. His website presents his fully developed…
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,…
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…
Site Review: Ea ten Kate
Comfort in the Contemporary Public Space By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor Ea ten Kate is a Dutch artist living and working in Sweden. She is influenced by the rich and varied ritual vocabulary found in indigenous cultures and religious imagery. On her site, the overarching theme of comfort for the public space is explored within the…
Site Review: Trixie Pitts
The Development of an Abstractionist By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor Trixie Pitts is a Nashville abstract painter who has been on the international art scene for over thirty years, having lived in major cities in Canada, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Singapore, and the United States. Her site largely is a retrospective dating from 2003…