Christina Massey is a Brooklyn-based abstract and mixed-media artist whose work has been featured in many solo and group exhibitions in the United States. Massey, who was born in 1979, is passionate about the preservation of our environment and our relationship with nature. She is also committed to addressing the equality of women’s rights…
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Meditative Painting
Designed to Heal our Eyes and Hearts By Donald Brackett, WTP Guest Writer Time Shadow, The Ambient Paintings of Bernadette Jiyong Frank. July 9 – August 29, 2020, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco. This remarkable body of work by Jiyong Frank, in its harmonious entirety, is the opposite of the hyper-speeds of technology and celebrates…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Bette Ridgeway
See Ridgeway’s work in WTP Vol. VII #2 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 For the past thirty years, Bette Ridgeway has worked full-time as an artist, painting colorful canvases…
Nancy McTague-Stock
See McTague-Stock’s work in WTP Vol. VII #1 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 Nancy McTague-Stock has worked in various studios, both here and abroad, including in an old castle…
Gordon Leverton
“I think of media as different games— one might be bridge and one, chess.” Interview by Jennifer Nelson, WTP Guest Writer Gordon Leverton is a self-taught Canadian artist who was awarded honorable mention at the 2014 Juried Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition. He received first place awards in the Junction Juried Art Exhibition and the Riverdale Art Walk…
Joshua Field
Surreal Paintings and Works on Paper By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor Joshua Field is a surrealist painter who creates dream-world narratives that entice the viewer into making emotional connections. On his website, joshuafield.com, you’ll find an impressive collection of paintings grouped by theme, followed by smaller projects and works on paper. There is a quiet meditative quality…