An Artist’s Statement By Christopher Owen Nelson See his work in Vol. V #3 Christopher Owen Nelson thrives in the vast arid landscape of the American West. As a Colorado native, he studied Fine Arts at Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, where he learned classical methods in drawing and painting. While developing a…
Art Spotlight: Paula Rae Gibson
Not What You Say, Not What You Do, But Who You Are See Paula Rae Gibson’s work in WTP Vol. V #3 photograph with chalk and paint these images are part of a project which talks about love, all its shadows, all its changing directions, all that it churns and doesn’t churn, especially when it…
Literary Spotlight: Kayla Miller
From WTP Vol. V #3 Royal By Kayla Miller There was a mother and a father, naturally. They were King and Queen. They had children, too, of course. Naturally, they had children: two, of course. A boy and a girl. Our Prince and Princess. Their royalty and royalties were vast—our children grew in a kingdom-sized…
Christopher Owen Nelson: Portraits of Infinite Possibility
“I experienced the most transcendent oneness I had ever felt.” by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Christopher Owen Nelson, a painter, musician, and sculptor native to Colorado, studied Fine Arts at the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. Nelson’s artwork has been been featured in Western Art Collector; Luxe Interiors and Design; Western Art and…
A Poet’s Inspiration: Place as Fluidity
“For the future of my writing, I imagine my poetry in perpetual evolution” By Lisa Stice Read her work in WTP Vol. V #3 Inspiration for writing can come from many places, but for me as a poet it is drawn from place quite literally—through the years, place has become a fluidity and a learning…
Featured Bookmarks: The Arts
April 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. 7 Paths, A Group Show April is an exciting month for me. The anniversary Spring edition of my e-zine, MM&S, was just published. And here’s a blurb…
Site Review: Mira M White
Emotional, Abstract Works and Their Inspiration By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor Submit your website for review by WTP White is a prolific West Coast artist working in many diverse media: oil, acrylic, encaustic, pastel, and watercolor. An overall emotive searching quality permeates her work, a kind of quest to reveal the poetic essence of an…
On Your Mark
“What habits, routines, and rituals do artists need before they begin work?” By Jean Eng A poet has this quirk where she will only write with black pens. If she finds one without a cap, she will seek another “whole” one, and if she suddenly realizes there’s a blue pen in her hand, poetic license…
Art Spotlight: Mohan Sundaresan
Humble Beginnings/Solitude See Mohan Sundaresan’s work in WTP Vol. V #3 acrylic on canvas handwoven 52.5″ x 69″ My latest works are acrylic on canvas. Each one starts out as two paintings. The paintings are turned over and lines are drawn on them. I cut the paintings along the lines into strips. To complete the…
Literary Spotlight: Tricia Knoll
From WTP Vol. V #3 My Walk-In Museum of Natural History By Tricia Knoll As curator, I place artifacts for you to enjoy between sunbreaks and heartaches. Entry to the gardens is free, as is stepping across the scuffed welcome mat. Please leave your shoes beside my garden clogs and the running shoes by the…
WTP Roundup: From the Editor
April 2017 By Sandra Tyler, Editor-in-Chief This was our first year at AWP, and it was a delight to not only meet some of our contributors but to actually hear a couple of them read, namely poets Eleanor Hooker and Tess Barry. We made some other nice connections; I met Steve McCondichie, founder of Southern…
Video: Horizon Lines
Interdisciplinary Videography, Time, and Memory By Fiona N. Cashell If self is a location, so is love: Bearings taken, markings, cardinal points, Options, obstinacies, dug heels & distance, ..now & then, a stance.” — Seamus Heaney “Time is infinite. It expands and it contracts. It is both still and moving. It is here and it is…