Category: WTP spotlight: art

Hank See Bill Hall’s work in WTP Vol. VI #2 acrylic on hardboard 30” x 42” When I was a kid, there was a small monthly magazine published by the Ford Motor Company called Ford Times. It was essentially an advertisement for Ford automobiles, but I always looked for the game page titled “What is…

Condensing See Shea Wilkinson’s work in WTP Vol. VI #2 paper, silk chiffon, silk and wool fibers, polyester thread, and wool felt 16” x 23” I create machine-and-hand-stitched works, drawing with needle and thread. The stories I tell through my work relate to science, mythology, and natural and extraterrestrial worlds, portraying only a thin boundary in…

Wet Spot See Alan Bray’s work in WTP Vol. VI #1 It is among the intricate structures of phenomena that I look for an innate order of things. It is the branching pattern of trees, the drifting of snow, the meanders of flowing water, the swaying of grass in the wind, or the conjoining of ripples…

Institute of Making See Britta Fluevog’s work in WTP Vol. VI #1 handspun warp, mohair, rocks, silk, stoneware, wool approx. 11′ x 10′ x 10′ My work brings together a strong aesthetic and material-based practice into the realm of social justice. I use weaving, ceramics, performativity, and process as manifestations to expand the discourses of…

Slow Time See Shirazeh Houshiary’s work in WTP Vol. VI #1 Since rising to prominence as a sculptor in the 1980s, Shirazeh Houshiary has expanded her practice to encompass painting, installation, architectural projects, and film. “I set out to capture my breath,” she said in 2000, to “find the essence of my own existence, transcending…

Golden Moon See Gina Louthian-Stanley’s work in WTP Vol. VI #1 encaustics 8″ x 8″ In my work, I utilize various color harmonies and surface textures to visually engage the audience. I also explore the range of possibilities allowed through subtle changes: color choice, composition, method of application, surface preparation, etc. I choose not to…

Trophy See Laura Noel’s work in WTP Vol. VI #1 archival print 20″ x 16″ ‘The inside dog barks the loudest.’ A friend mentioned this phrase in a casual conversation about two years ago, and since then, I have been ruminating on these words. The idea of the inside dog needles me because the meaning…

A Search for Identity See Amalia Galdona Broche’s sculpture in WTP Vol. VI #1 newspaper, resin, and steel The Search for Identity series started by looking back over my childhood, among the decaying infrastructure of a Cuba frozen in a revolution long past, to understand how my generation came to its present form. But my…

Torn Seams Third Place for Fine Art See Catherine Spencer’s work in the 2017 Special Winners Edition oil on canvas 18″ x 18″ A direct correlation can be drawn between my paintings and having lived a majority of my life in rural America. My current body of work is filled with complexities and hidden tensions that…

My Lost Summer Bird Second Place for Fine Art See Bart O’Reilly’s work in the 2017 Special Winners Edition acrylic on raw canvas 24″ x 24″ My work is concerned with light, shadow, color, material, and perception. Using drawing, painting, video, poetry, and installation I ask questions like what do we see when we pay…

Sky Madness Elizabeth Sloan Tyler Award for Fine Art See Ellen Koment’s work in the 2017 Special Winners Edition paper, wax, and pigment 44” x 30” Wax is different than other mediums. It is mutable, fluid, responsive, and forgiving. It is hotter, faster, and more physical. It doesn’t wait for you; instead, it hardens and…

Pond See Tong Zhang’s work in WTP Vol. V #9 watercolor, watercolor pencil, and charcoal on paper 46” x 37” Zhang’s dark watercolor paintings serve to “contextualize a moment of awareness that transforms phenomena into mental energy, in which the normal ways of behaving, rules, and laws no longer apply. Lived experience has been shifted to…