Amir Hariri was born in Tehran, Iran, and immigrated to the United States to attend college in the early 1990s. His artwork incorporates his professional background in design and engineering, as well as studies in anatomy. Amir has exhibited nationally and internationally, with pieces included in public and private collections in the United States,…
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Sherry Karver
Enjoy our WTP Spotlights, notable selections featuring artists and writers from our Woven Tale Press magazine. To read the issue in full subscribe and you can also register on our site to enjoy our archive. Sherry Karver has had over twenty-five solo exhibitions including at the Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA; The Morris Graves Museum, Eureka,…
A Sea Coast Studio
Inside the Studio with Richard Whadcock Inside the Studio offers a behind-the-scenes peek into the work environments of WTP artists, as well as insight into their creative process within these resonate spaces. See Richard Whadcock’s work in WTP Vol. VIII #1. By Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer In 2017, painter Richard Whadcock leased a workspace at Chartwell…
Artist as a Primitive Shaman
Madara Tropa is a visual artist living in Latvia, Mexico, and the United States. In her paintings, installations, and videos, Tropa constructs dream-like spaces where the sense of human vacancy is uncertain and nebulous. She studied at the National University of Latvia and the National School of Art in Mexico City. Recent exhibitions have been…
Synesthesia in Painting
Christine Olmstead is an abstract painter living and working in Northern Virginia whose clients include tech companies in San Francisco, Marriott Hotels, and home furnishings store West Elm. Christine’s mixed-media paintings focus on movement and mood, as well as the use of color, metallic, and reflective elements. In 2015, Olmstead graduated from Patrick Henry College…
A Lake Champlain Studio
Inside the Studio with Sandy Sokoloff Inside the Studio offers a behind-the-scenes peek into the work environments of WTP artists, as well as insight into their creative process within these resonate spaces. See Sandy Sokoloff’s work in WTP Vol. VII #10. By Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Five years ago, painter Sandy Sokoloff left Boston to live…
Surrounded by Nature
Inside the Studio with Alex Egan Inside the Studio offers a behind-the-scenes peek into the work environments of WTP artists, as well as insight into their creative process within these resonate spaces. See Alex Egan’s work in WTP Vol. VII #9. By Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer No matter what season, artist Alex Egan finds inspiration and…
A Painter Making Sculpture
For the past twenty-five years, Heather Gorham has been painting and making sculpture—for this artist, the one complements the other. The painter and sculptor uses a variety of mediums including acrylic, wood, resin, and bronze. Gorham’s figurative artwork revolves around the tangible interpretation of the everyday in which she creates—with a twist—a dreamy window into…
Painting with Gold Leaf
A WTP Website Review By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor Christine Olmstead’s early childhood benefited from having an art historian for a mother, who exposed her to many styles of painting. This early exposure to impressionism and later realism influenced her as young emerging artist, though eventually she would pursue abstraction. She states on her site,…
Maya Kuvaja
See Kuvaja’s work in WTP Vol. VII #7 Inside the Studio offers a behind-the-scenes peek into the work environments of WTP artists, as well as insight into their creative process within these resonate spaces. By Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Maya Kuvaja loves how she can experience nature from her home-based studio in the Lakes Region…
3D Models as Still Life
Interview with Amy Bennett Interview by Jennifer Nelson, WTP Guest Writer Amy Bennett is an American artist who lives and works in Cold Spring, NY. Her paintings have been shown at numerous national and international solo exhibitions, including Miles McEnery Gallery in New York; Brattleboro Museum & Art Center in Vermont; Galleri Magnus Karlsson in…
Drawing Gorillas
Interview with Jen Bradley By Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Jen Bradley is a painter and printmaker whose work has been exhibited in the United States, and is held in public and private collections in America and abroad. In 1994, Bradley began routinely drawing at the gorilla habitat at the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston.…