Jean Eng: Bonsais and Bathtubs

Jean Eng: Bonsais and Bathtubs

“By miniaturizing the landscape…it is possible to protect, nurture and if necessary, regenerate that which is endangered.” by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Jean Eng was born in Sudbury, Ontario and graduated with high honors from Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario. Since then, she has worked as a freelance illustrator before becoming a painter. Her work…

Sooo-Z Mastropietro: Painting with Fabric Tubes

Sooo-Z Mastropietro: Painting with Fabric Tubes

“Variables actually help me reach for new challenges and push the limits.” by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Sooo-Z Mastropietro graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York with a BFA in Fashion Design and Textile Design. From textile design, to oil painting, to estate renderings, to playing classical bass in regional symphonies, her philosophy…

Christopher Owen Nelson: Portraits of Infinite Possibility

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…

Featured Bookmarks: The Arts

Featured Bookmarks: The Arts

March 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. ArtReview: Asia Since I have a friend going to Singapore for the month of March and into April,  I thought it appropriate to provide her with a…

WTP Artist: Yasuaki Okamoto

WTP Artist: Yasuaki Okamoto

“In each place I visited, I studied the local flora and fauna.” Interview by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Yasuaki Okamoto is a New York–based artist. His paintings perform a kind of surrealism that incorporates animals, plants, everyday objects, landscape, and ethereal beings. His work is metaphorically based and inspired by his travels throughout Europe, Asia, and North America. …

Featured Bookmarks: The Arts

Featured Bookmarks: The Arts

February 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. Beloved Grafitti in Texas In Keller, Texas,  a graffiti artist has been at work painting  under its Bear Creek Parkway Bridge. After the first painting of a doe…

Featured Bookmarks: The Arts

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

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,…

Featured Bookmarks: The Arts

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…

WTP Artist: Ryan Schroeder

WTP Artist: Ryan Schroeder

“Relics That Reflect Reality” Interview by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Ryan Schroeder received his MFA from the New York Academy of Art and his BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art. His paintings have been exhibited in numerous galleries, including an upcoming exhibition, Ryan Schroeder: Recent Paintings at the Chenango Arts Council, Norwich, NY. He has…