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…
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WTP Writer: Jacqueline Crooks
Short-story author and novelist Jacqueline Crooks Looking Back on 2016 Interview by Jo Ely, Contributing Editor Jacqueline Crooks is a Jamaican-born, British short-story writer whose main subjects are migration and Caribbean subcultures. Crooks is A Wasafiri Prize runner-up, and the first chapter of her novel Fire Rush was published by Granta (WW15, the Anthology of New Writing,…
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…
Art Spotlight: Vincent Minor
The Widower Looking Back on 2016 See his work in Vol. IV #1 Photograph In 2014, inspired by a newfound passion in producing work from my imagination and experimenting with a new medium, I began exploring new ways to express myself, through characters and storytelling with digital photography/manipulation. I started using self-portrait photography as a…
WTP Artist: Susan Malmstrom
The Deserted Toy Shop Interview by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Susan Malmstrom attended California State University, Long Beach, where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a specialization in Printmaking. She was awarded a Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts from the University of California at Irvine. Since 2011, she has been installing…
Fernanda Vargas: All Wrapped Up
Batik Pieces out of Bedsheets Video by Fernanda Vargas See her work in WTP Vol. IV #10 Read more about Vargas’s “All Wrapped Up” project, with a written description and a gallery of in-process photographs, here. Fernanda Vargas is an an artist, educator, citizen of the world, and mother of two teenagers. She has explored multiple art forms, including…
Site Review: Devise Literary
An Emerging Website by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Devise Literary, a site spearheaded by emerging fiction writers Alexandra Stanislaw and Drew Wade, originally began as “a way to gather resources for writers.” However, since its initiation in 2015, the site has already evolved to include a seasonal literary magazine open to creative work and literary…
Featured Bookmarks: The Arts
December 2016 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. How do you fix the Art World? Back in August, ARTnews decided to explore a question: “How do you fix the art world?” To that end, they spoke with…