Category: WTP spotlight: art

Positive Force See William Crump’s work in WTP Vol. V #9 linen, glass, flashe, wood frame, and aluminum 20” x 20” When I sit down to make a collage, it is important for me to approach it with a different eye than I use in my painting and drawings. I’ve found it to be more spontaneous…

Choosing Solitude See Maggie Evans’s work in WTP Vol. V #9 pastel on paper 48” x 34” Collective Behavior As humans we often emphasize our uniqueness and individuality. Beneath these independent identities, however, all humans harbor a deep, intrinsic need to be part of a group. A group provides security and comfort, but it can…

Pensile Blossom See Katherine Daniels’s work in WTP Vol. V #9 beads and wire 51” x 8” x 5” In a Venn diagram my work occupies a space where painting, sculpture, and craft intersect. An obsessive focus on color and composition are taken from my formal training as a painter. My paintings became sculptures when I…

Into the Breach See Amy Cheng’s work in WTP Vol. V #8 oil on canvas 36″ x 60″ The artistic lineage I follow is ancient, and has separate roots in the Far East, the Middle East, and the West. In the East, the mandala, which dates from prehistory and continues as a living tradition to…

Breaker See Emilia Dubicki’s work in WTP Vol. V #8 oil on canvas 44″ x 72″ For me painting is about asking questions, questions that can’t always be put into words and may not have immediate answers. Ultimately, the art has to be about seeking the truth. From empty canvases something emerges—another question, another painting.…

The Parting Site See Yasemin Kackar-Demirel’s work in WTP Vol. V #8 mixed media on paper 26″ x 20″ One usually takes comfort in feeling grounded in this world. In my paintings and drawings, I reflect on the notion of groundedness in physical space with the intention of deconstructing it. I like to explore the…

Untitled See Constantine Gedal’s work in WTP Vol. V #8 giclee print 10″ x 10″ There are two elements that I employ in my imagery—human being and one’s surroundings. In order to construct image, I follow the travels of a lone soul in the lands of the other, registering views and moments flowing by, observing…

Demeter in Winter See Douglas Max Utter’s work in WTP Vol. V #7 acrylic paint, latex paint, oil paint, black pastel on canvas 31.5’’ x 30’’ When I paint a shoulder waiting for an arm to move, or a hat sitting on a head, or the way a cloud rests on a stroke or a…

Lone Sheoak Tree by Ocean, Kangaroo Island, South Australia See Kate Breakey’s work in WTP Vol. V #7 digital archival print hand-colored with pencil edition of 20, unique various 24” x 30” Kate Breakey is internationally recognized for large-scale, richly hand-colored photographs, including her acclaimed series of luminous portraits of birds, flowers, animals, and insects. Beginning…

Mind my Other Minds See Rebecca Brodskis’s work in WTP Vol. V #7 oil on canvas 49” x 77” My paintings are an invitation to take part in an oneiric journey, guided by a vague narrative that can be interpreted in multiple ways. I accomplish this by not overworking the details and by not locating the…

Memory Blocks—Autumn Gathering See Mayme Kratz’s work in WTP Vol. V #7 dried corn, cicada exoskeletons, eucalyptus seed pods 2” x 2” Image courtesy of the artist and Littlejohn Contemporary With great reverence for the natural world, Kratz creates cast-resin pieces of fragile beauty locked in fluid, translucent resin. The artist embeds her found objects,…

Illuminopolis See George Fellner’s work in WTP Vol. V #1 pigmented ink print 20″ x 14″ The focus of Fellner’s present work, Imaginary Realms, reveals an endless search for the abstractions of reality, involving the macro photography of stones and crystals. Influenced by the nineteenth- and twentieth-century art movements of Impressionism, Abstract Expressionism, Cubism, and Surrealism,…