Category: WTP spotlight: art

Elephant See Sharon Stepman’s work in WTP Vol. VI #5 matt paper 16” x 22” Using subjects from daily life, Stepman challenges reality; in her photos, foreground and background become a flat space. Sharon Stepman attended the Art Students League as a student of George Grosz, and the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, with…

Body See Anastasia Komarova’s work in WTP Vol. VI #5 chromogenic print 26” x 39” Super Nature Series It was Komarova’s first time visiting New York, when, after walking all day in the financial district, she took an express train to Far Rockaway: “It was a rush to have been transported in an underground tube,…

The Piranesi Code (Orange) See N.R. Hills’s work in WTP Vol. VI #4 collagraph 11 3/4” x  8 3/4” Having worked in numerous different media over the years, my fortuitous discovery of the medium of the collagraph has introduced me to a medium which enables me to fully embrace my passion for texture. I am constantly…

Cleanse See Renae Barnard’s work in WTP Vol. VI #4 paper and thread 9” x 13” x 6” Renae Barnard is interested in exploring the network of interactions between perception, time, and the inadequacy of language. Much of her work grapples with what progress means, including changes in our environment, as well as changes in…

Seed Explosion See Rachel Singel’s work in WTP Vol. VI #4 intaglio on handmade mitsumata paper 16’’ x 20’’ My imagery comes from what I see in nature. From a hollow in a tree to a break in the clouds, absence is a recurring motif. These spaces intrigue me, and I begin to wonder where…

I’ll Wait for You Here See Cynthia Grow’s work in WTP Vol. VI #4 acrylic and gesso on wood panel 24” x 24” I explore the interstices between art and language, engaging themes of memory, desire, and complex interpersonal relationships. I prefer to play on the idea of ambiguity. The liminal, the spaces in between. Of…

1482C Sequence See Barry Masteller’s work in WTP Vol. VI #3 construct photograph on paper on aluminum 30” x 30” Night photography has so many things about it that fit my aesthetic, and is the best time to truly capture light and movement. Since the light is limited, and I’m using a moving hand-held camera, I…

Migration See Margie Criner’s work in WTP Vol. VI #3 wood, sand, plastic, acrylic paint, vinyl, metal, glass, paper, LED 10” x 9” x 5” As I move toward completing a work, I often gain a better understanding in regards to some aspect of myself or the world around me. The finished piece becomes my…

Blue See Darryl Hudak’s work in WTP Vol. VI #3 pigmented urethane and rice paper on cotton paper stock 50” x 72” In what I call improvisational sketch painting, I put ‘marks’ on canvas or heavy canvas-like paper, using pigment, urethane, oil paint, papers, graphite, and found materials. My work can incorporate inspirational object imagery.…

Continuum See Susan Clinard’s work in WTP Vol. VI #3 mixed media 15″ x 7″ x 4″ Over several decades, I have honed a mature personal style across a variety of sculptural media. Whether I am sculpting from life in clay, bending wire, or carving wood, I strive to reveal nature’s truths—the duality of chaos against…

High-Line 7 See Jean-Luc Le Balp’s work in WTP Vol. VI #2 color etching print on paper 23.75” x 31.25” ed.1 of 50 Jean-Luc Le Balp is a printmaker from Brittany, France. After first studying painting, he learned printmaking at L’Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. Le Balp now lives and works just north of…

Power Figures See Jodi Colella’s work in WTP Vol. VI #2 Reconstructed stuffed toys, embroidery, mixed fibers, and threads (left to right) ‘Tis Not Gold, 6.5’’ x 5’’ x 4’’; Kangaroo, 5’’ x 4.5’’ x 3.5’’; Hot Head, 5.25’’ x 3.5’’ x 3’’ “There is a presence of the maker in the shape of thousands…