Contemporary Art with Vietnamese Tradition By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor Nguyen Thi Mai is a self-taught artist from Vietnam with a deep appreciation for tradition and beauty. Her art is inspired by visions and music, in her search for balance and harmony on the canvas as well as in her personal life. She believes, “Through…
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WTP Artist: Dillon Samuelson
Realistic and Impressionistic Portraiture By Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Dillon Samuelson is a painter and illustrator from Pennsylvania. He graduated from the fine art program at York College of Pennsylvania in 2014, and the following year was awarded the third annual Appell Arts Fellowship at Marketview Arts. His work has been shown in exhibitions…
Featured Bookmarks: The Arts
February 2018 By Donald Kolberg, Art Bookmarks Editor Monthly highlights of online resources and websites informative and inspiring for artists or art enthusiasts. Most are free. Suggestions are welcomed.[gap height=”20″] The Ultimate 2018 Art Fair List Caroline Goldstein from Artnet News has put together their definitive list of fairs for the entire year, covering the entire world!…
An Anatomy Lesson
The Master’s “Mistake” By Rebecca McGraw Thaxton, M.D., WTP Guest Writer I am a general practitioner and my husband is a surgeon. One morning at breakfast I placed a picture of Rembrandt’s “Anatomy Lesson” in front of him and said, “What do you think?” His eyes went immediately to the dissected forearm, and he reflexively…
Featured Bookmarks: The Arts
October 2017 By Donald Kolberg, Art Bookmarks Editor Monthly link highlights to online resources and websites that seem informative and inspiring for artists or art enthusiasts. Most are free. Suggestions are welcomed.[gap height=”20″] Vintage Signs from Los Angeles To create a reductive linoleum block print, you need to carve successive layers in a process made popular in the ’50s,…
Featured Bookmarks: The Arts
September 2017 By Donald Kolberg, Arts Bookmarks Editor Monthly link highlights to online resources and websites that seem informative and inspiring for artists or art enthusiasts. Most are free. Suggestions are welcomed. Harold Garde As we age and the people who inspired, taught, and befriended us pass, it is always a joy to be able to remark on a…
Featured Bookmarks: The Arts
August 2017 By Donald Kolberg, Art Bookmarks Editor Monthly link highlights to online resources and websites that seem informative and inspiring for artists or art enthusiasts. Most are free. Suggestions are welcomed. As August ends and the heat starts to dissipate, it’s time to refocus on goals and projects lost to the summer. Though not quite a summer of…
Featured Bookmarks: The Arts
July 2017 By Donald Kolberg, Art Bookmarks Editor Monthly link highlights to online resources and websites that seem informative and inspiring for artists or art enthusiasts. Most are free. Suggestions are welcomed. Craftsy: Impressionism Maybe you find yourself painting with focal points moved to unusual places or cropping your compositions in new ways. Or suddenly you find that the…
WTP Artist: Eduardo Terranova
“This gives me the impetus to create, the belief that the glitter of metals is more than mere reflections.” by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Eduardo Terranova, originally from Cali, Columbia, works and lives in New York City. His works are in corporate and private collections, and his exhibits extend to domestic and international galleries and…
WTP Artist: Agnieszka Gzyl
“Art is a basic component of human nature” by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Agnieszka Gzyl is a Polish artist whose original technique, applying silicone to canvas, speaks to the observer’s senses of sight and touch. With a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, she completed her Master of Fine Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts of…
Whitney Biennial Review: Part 2
Gesture, Craft, and Capitalism by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor I couldn’t help myself. I had to see the Whitney Biennial a second time, circling through the galleries until I was a bit dizzy with all the color and sound. I was partially enticed by the promise of a lens into the most contemporary of art—a…
Featured Bookmarks: The Arts
June 2017 By Donald Kolberg, Arts Bookmarks Editor Monthly link highlights to online resources and websites that seem informative and inspiring for artists or art enthusiasts. Most are free. Suggestions are welcomed. With June here, the arts step up their presence around the world. For many artists the nice weather means opening the doors to studios, while here at…