The Tangible of Nature and Brushstrokes See his work in The Woven Tale Press Vol. IV #5 Nature is there, as a landscape, a view looking up in the air, or plunging down underwater. Imagery kept on the edge of recognition, so the final association is created in the mind. Contrasts of matter, color, light, are…
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Art Spotlight: Josie Bell
Connections with the Earth See her work in The Woven Tale Press Vol. IV #5 Rooted in my early childhood in Brazil is a deep and intimate connection with the earth. I didn’t know these imprints would reawaken someday and bring me to subjects that relate to the exquisite life force of nature,…
Art Spotlight: Stephen Scott Gross
Through the Macro Lens See his work in The Woven Tale Press Vol. IV #5 Stephen Scott Gross has worked for over two decades as professional photographer with on a variety of advertising, fine art and editorial projects. He is also the owner of Brooklyn Editions, a fine art printing studio. All of Gross’…
One Photographer Exploring Dualities
Opposing Qualities in Nature by photographer Michael Ezra See his work in The Woven Tale Press Vol. IV #5 I enjoy exploring dualities, the opposing qualities inherent to everything in nature. It is then when all of them are present, I get a sense of completeness and harmony that I strive to pursue in my work.”…
Art Spotlight: Allison B. Cooke
Allison B. Cooke discusses her paintings [dropcap]M[/dropcap]y paintings celebrate the interplay of past and present, imagined and tangible, that which is lost and what remains. I have always been drawn to the physicality of aged surfaces that reveal the endless and shifting remnants of time. The patinas that build up where mankind and the atmosphere…
Art Spotlight: David Morrison
Hyper-realistic colored pencil [dropcap]M[/dropcap]y drawings are hyper realistic: they capture minute details of the subjects that I portray, but they are only an illusion of the actual reality. I became obsessed with drawing branches and tree trunks by looking at them through magnifying glasses that allowed me to peer deeper into an astonishing world of…
Art Spotlight: Pam Erickson
Lintscape —assemblage & sculpture using non-traditional media, by Pam Erickson [dropcap]P[/dropcap]am Erickson’s assemblage and sculpture employ a wide range of non-traditional media. Some materials being quite personal: early family photos, hair from her cats and dogs, the shed skin of a pet iguana and bones from chickens fed to family and friends, etc, etc. Perhaps…
Art Spotlight: Federico Uribe
Not to Draw or Paint on Canvas — But Vibrant Images After years of struggling to be a painter, I realized that my calling was not to draw or paint on canvas, but instead to mold inanimate objects into vibrant images.” —Federico Uribe Visit Federico Uribe’s gallery web page. More from Federico Uribe in The…
Art Spotlight: Joyce Kubat
Couple: Pastel on Paper Technique allows her to “…change anything at any time, forever” [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he heavy-bodied acrylic-based ink [I use] is red-earth colored, like blood, and the hard pastels melted in water are like paint. My technique allows me to change anything at any time, forever. Even an ink line can be made narrower with…
Art Spotlight: Judy Stone
Burnt Offering: Caldera Working by hand: the importance of tactility [dropcap]…t[/dropcap]actility is paramount; I work only by hand so that I can feel what is happening beneath my fingers. I know that there will always be areas of depression in the enameled surface that are not polished, but this is all right with me, because…
Art Spotlight: Vincent Minor
Portraiture (Portrait Photography) as Narrative Vincent Minor displays his digital portrait photography, also called portraiture, in The Woven Tale Press IV:1 …I began exploring new ways to express myself, through characters and storytelling with digital photography/manipulation. I started using self-portrait as a means…of creating a narrative from a concept into a visual image. …
Art Spotlight: Beau Wild
Observation, Art, Emotion: Beau Wild in The Woven Tale Press IV:1 Beau Wild on her art: “While I assume the objective position of the observer, these glimpses open a small window through which I can also look inside my own emotional life.” See more of Beau Wild’s art, including other media, in The Woven Tale…