Interview with Henry Jackson Interview by Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer A resident of San Francisco, Henry Jackson has exhibited his abstract paintings nationally and internationally. His work is part of the permanent collection of the De Sassait Museum in Santa Clara and the Boise Art Museum in Idaho, and it is held in numerous…
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John M. Humphries
“Watercolor is to improvise or die.” Interview by Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer John M. Humphries is an artist who grew up in Texas, and teaches architecture and interior design at Miami University in Cincinnati, OH. His artwork has been exhibited in Japan, Germany, the Czech Republic, and the United States. He has received several awards,…
Raja Oshi
Paintings That Speak to Women By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor Raja Oshi is a Sudanese artist now living in South Africa. Her painting is clearly inspired by her life experiences and expresses the oppression, pain, and suffering of Sudanese women. Having grown up in a male-dominated culture of limited opportunities, poverty, and violent abuse of…
The Representational vs. the Abstract
A WTP Website Review By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor Marie E. Saint-Cyr is a Haitian-American painter based in Suffolk, NY, who migrated to the United States from Haiti when she was eight years old. She studied at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, and a summer program at the Lorenzo de’ Medici Institute in…
Susan Cantrick
Paintings Made from Digital Montages Interview by Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Susan Cantrick is an American painter who lives and works in Paris, France. In 1997, due to chronic tendonitis, she left her career as a violinist to pursue visual arts studies in Paris for several years. During that time, she had her first…
Liz Dexheimer
“I’ve always been interested in suggesting a sense of place, the timelessness of the natural landscape.” Interview by Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Liz Dexheimer’s paintings and works on paper have been exhibited widely in the Northeast and Southeast. Her work, including commissioned pieces, is in numerous private and corporate collections, including the corporate headquarters…
Helen Cantrell
An Artist’s Journey By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor I have long been an admirer of Helen Cantrell’s gestural abstract paintings, and was delighted to be able to spend some time with her exploring her early beginnings, influences, and her recent successes. Helen knew she wanted to be an artist early in her childhood growing up…
Maya Kuvaja
Mixed Media Inspired by Magical Realism By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor Inspired by the literary movement Magical Realism, Maya Kuvaja’s storytelling paintings explore the way we perceive and construct our own realities. It’s no wonder she includes in her artist statement a quote by Gabriel García Márquez: “What matters in life is not what happens…
Catherine Eaton Skinner
See Skinner’s work in WTP Vol. VII #4 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 Catherine Eaton Skinner feels fortunate to have two extraordinary studios to create her mixed-media works.…
Krista Harris
See Harris’s work in WTP Vol. VII #3 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 In 2007, Krista Harris renovated her log cabin studio in Bayfield, Colorado. Her 16′ x…