March 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. ArtReview: Asia Since I have a friend going to Singapore for the month of March and into April, I thought it appropriate to provide her with a…
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WTP Artist: Yasuaki Okamoto
“In each place I visited, I studied the local flora and fauna.” Interview by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Yasuaki Okamoto is a New York–based artist. His paintings perform a kind of surrealism that incorporates animals, plants, everyday objects, landscape, and ethereal beings. His work is metaphorically based and inspired by his travels throughout Europe, Asia, and North America. …
Kim Rae Taylor: Process Studies
The Making of Three Works By Kim Rae Taylor See her work in WTP Vol. V #1 Study 1 The shapes and textures that compose the surfaces of my paintings and drawings tend to be found within the natural world. I take reference photos of these elements and then look to the array of collage media I’ve…
Featured Bookmarks: The Arts
February 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. Beloved Grafitti in Texas In Keller, Texas, a graffiti artist has been at work painting under its Bear Creek Parkway Bridge. After the first painting of a doe…
WTP Artist: Stephen Althouse
“Cloth, string, and rope are such expressive materials for me.” Interview by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor “Stephen Althouse (b. 1948) fabricated his early sculptures out of wood, leather, and forged metal to resemble farming implements. Later, rather than making sculptures from raw materials, he began collecting already made objects which he loosely assembled together to…
Using Form, Color, and Narrative
The Copper Enameling Process By Judy Stone See her work in Vol. IV #2 Starting with a formed vessel or dish, I employ a range of metal-smithing and enameling processes to create vessels that are unique and evocative—perhaps influenced by the Native American cultures of the southwestern United States, where I grew up; or of Greece,…
Denitza Painting "Red Ochre"
Bright Colors on a Black Background Looking Back on 2016 Video by Denitza See her work in WTP Vol. IV #1 …I use a black background, crossing shiny lines and create explosions of light spots with often just one ‘favorite’ brush. When I paint, I don’t have any beginning or any ending point, I paint…
Featured Bookmarks: The Arts
January 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. Galleripple With so many sites looking to have what I call a “soft representation”—a chance to sell your work on their site—it’s nice to see some becoming more…
Site Review: Carol Setterlund
Multi-disciplinary painter and sculptor By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor See Carol’s work in WTP Vol. V #1 There have been many artists who are technically both painters and sculptors, though one discipline usually dominates their oeuvre. Carol Setterlund is one of the rare breeds who proves herself equally accomplished in both disciplines. Rather than chronologically,…
Painting “Sacred Earth”
Carolyn Land on Painting The Circle of Life By Carolyn Land See her work in Vol. IV #2 I paint to find peace in a chaotic world. Painting becomes my meditation. I believe that the most authentic experience one can have is with nature. I am fascinated by the intricate designs that are created within…
Composition: Visual Weight
Composition Ideas to Make Your Art Stronger By Melinda Tidwell See her work in Vol. IV #2 Part 2 of 2 on Collage and Visual Weight In the last post [part 1] I mentioned that when we explore unity vs. variety, it kind of leads us to looking at something called visual hierarchy. As I…
Composition: Unity vs. Variety
Composition Ideas To Make Your Art Stronger By Melinda Tidwell See her work in Vol. IV #2 Part 1 of 2 on Collage and Composition. Collage is a great medium for artists who want to explore the wonderful world of abstract composition. Since you can try a lot of visual ideas without committing, it can really…