The leaves are so beautifulin all their differentshades, shapes, and statesof growth, release, or decay.Today I am thinking of the treeThat held that life in its existence,nurtured it from before it was a small budcarried nutrients to it so that it could surviveas it developed and grewnow the tree sends […]

Winter Bone The long exhalation of winter descends on my bones. Leeching the life from my blood until I’m left as barren as the land.  The quiet hush of snow covered ground hides the impatient musings of my mind as I seek a way beyond the bland limitations of this […]

The James Webb Space Telescope has set us amazing pictures of our Universe. This painting I did was how I see a Solar Flare from the Sun.

Tim frequently comes to Open Studio to work on his colorful masterpieces. This is his most recent piece. Tim thinks that no matter what colors you choose in your work, they are beautiful.

Childhood… for some a gleeful, loving time. For others, endless trauma and despair. Like childhood, a swing can be a reflection of pure joy, letting a child soar into the sky, believing they can sweep their hand through the fleecy, luminescent clouds. For some children, however, joy is overshadowed by […]

PWA Participant Artist Allene Steinberg created this beautiful mixed media piece (charcoal and pastels on colored paper) of her cat, Gloria Rose. “My two loves, trees and Gloria Rose…” “Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures […]

by Kristin CONTENT WARNING: This poem references domestic abuse, family trauma, suicide, and mental health, and may be triggering for some readers. There’s so much about you that I’ll never knowI inherited your bloodline and self-contemptYet I have so little information on who you really were I remember your gregarious […]

I invite you to take a look at some of the artwork created by the talented staff of one of our amazing Social Service Partners, Harborview Medical Center. Click here for more inspiration for our upcoming Spring quarter photography and portraiture classes, as well as wood, fiber, jewelry, and much […]

A short story by George Beavis. From the author: I have been trying, emphasis on trying, to write about my experiences in Vietnam in a way that I hoped would be more understandable to other people. I think, or hope, I have learned some ways to do that.  If I have […]

by Neysa PetersonMarch 9, 2022 Beating wings thrumHummingbird tongueSlender needleSipping nectar Simply nourishingWatching with wonderSenses soothedSpirit renewed Image clingsWhen disquiet ringsSolace sought againWhere do I begin With beating wingsNourishingWatching with wonder  Hummingbird tongues