Long-time PWA Participant Artist Dragonsong wants to share another photo from her trip to Rio de Janeiro in 2007. “We visited the huge and awe-inspiring statue of Christ. It is a magnificent monument.” The statue is called Christ the Redeemer, or in Portuguese, Cristo Redentor. The style is Art Deco. […]

Bill posing with his painting of eggs and toast, inspired by breakfasts with his father. UPDATE: Tickets may still be available, using this link. This Sunday, William W. Knight — known to many of us as Bill and the painter of what Holly Jacobson affectionately calls “The United States of […]

In 2007 I was privileged to go to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil on a working anthropology trip for a class called Women, Witchcraft, and Religion. This is a gorgeous sunset I caught that evening as we were coming back to the hotel. — PWA Participant Artist Dragonsong

I have always felt that we are not alone in this universe. After the recent releases of footage of actual UFOs, I was inspired to paint my version of a UFO, using acrylic on stretched canvas. — PWA Participant Artist William W. Knight

“I study trees as I’m on the bus, and they’re just beautiful, so nice and full. How can I draw them so I can show what they really look like? These trees I drew from my imagination. I like trees because I know they grow forever.” — Kathleen Ruthford, PWA […]

I converted a section of the poem into a Photoshop brush and created amandala. I then layered the mandala with a pattern and clipped out a section. A conversation with my psychiatrist inspired me to write the poem. He asked me why my feelings of hopelessness led to thoughts of […]

The following poem captures a moment in my life when I felt a great deal of confusion. This confusion spilled over into my artwork. I created collages and doodles that lacked focus. I had trouble finishing my projects. Unfinished Objectsby Tara Royal blue scraps of felt, periwinkle blue Strips of […]

“This is a painting I made in a painting-from-a-photograph class with Pamm Hanson. I am a fan of Jimi Hendrix since I was a teenager. I have been trying to draw and paint his likeness for close to 50 years with no success. I learned a lot in this class […]

Path with Art participant Jessica Peterson shared a felted bunny she created with supplies from an art kit. She also wrote a poem inspired by this project. Little Felt Bunny How you make me smile With your long droopy ears And tiny bunny style You sit upon my shelf Keeping […]

I have been looking through archived newsletters and came across this watercolor that I just adore. The detail in the plastic! The use of negative space. I remember being mesmerized when it was on display during a gallery show, but I cannot remember who the artist is. If you know, […]