Contemporary Landscape Collage Interview by Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer For the past thirty years, Greg Skol has been an artist, working in Los Angeles and San Francisco before eventually settling in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1990. His artwork has been exhibited in New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Austin, and other cities. The Albuquerque…
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Inside the Studio: Chloe Hedden
See Hedden’s work in WTP Vol. VI #5. 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 Chloe Hedden loves her Boulder, Colorado, studio. It doesn’t matter that it’s small and…
Site Review: Lali Torma
Art as Personal Paradigm By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor Lali Torma was born in communist Romania and migrated to Canada where she began a new life in the financial industry. On her website, she describes how her new career lacked personal expressive opportunities and why she began to explore painting. After completing an MBA from…
Site Review: Christina Saj
A Contemporary Iconographer By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor In her website, Christina Saj describes a fascination with geometric abstraction with a preference for modernism and a keen sense of historical context. Her family’s rich history in Ukrainian art and culture broadened her perspective as she searched for her own visual voice. She states, “I attempt…
Innocence in Art
“Innocence is the ground of art, its very foundation” By Martin Mugar, WTP Guest Writer Recently, one of my paintings was included in a curated show at an art center in Vermont. I had no great hopes for the work being purchased or written about, as it was too far from the art circles of…
Site Review: Dorothea Osborn
Dichotomies and Hybrid Works By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor Dorothea Osborn is a cross-disciplinary artist who incorporates into her paintings and drawings dichotomies between physical and spiritual realms. Based on the ephemeral and fragmentary of both society and her own personal life, these works are a complex working and reworking of mediums, leading to multiple…
Inside the Studio: Lorraine DeProspo
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. My Montclair, New Jersey, studio is a small, cozy space in my home, where work often trails down a long hallway just outside, and drifts into other spaces.…
Site Review: Naomi Schlinke
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…
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: 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…
Inside the Studio: Josie Bell
Inside the Studio offers an inside 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 Fifteen years ago, Josie Bell converted the basement in her Utah home to a studio. At the time, she was raising her two-year-old…