As a child unfortunately  I did not have the opportunity to go to art school. This was not just that. I grew up in an art hating environment and was teached that ‘all art in the world should be destroyed” – can you imagine that?  So, I was prohibited to […]

I studied the philosophy of art at Purdue University Fort Wayne back in the 2000s. One of the most fascinating, intractable quandaries of art is the concept of intentionality. What does it mean to say an artist intends something? Can the artist unintend during their artistic process and later intend […]

My mandalas are all free hand done with line sketching to create the outline and the colors are very carefully done to fill in the shading and with strokes line by line slowly done to finish each area.   The essential tremors I deal with effect the messy lines and inaccurate […]

This acrylic abstract painting I did is how saw the Splinter Galaxy.

Come celebrate our FLAG (Free Little Art Galleries) project that brought our participants’ artwork into public spaces around Seattle, allowing everyone to experience the power of creativity and self-expression. The FLAG micro-galleries were displayed in three outdoor locations and featured abstract paintings from the REST center, self-portraits from Entre Hermanos, and pinhole photography from Plymouth […]

At least one art critic thinks it looks better that way. The piece is by abstractionist painter Piet Mondrian. It is unfinished and unsigned. I have actually put arrows with directions on my work to avoid this very problem. Maybe Mondrian just wanted to confuse people. I wonder if he […]

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.

My inspiration: I am in the foundation drawing class and my inspiration for this piece was Leonardo da Vinci, and Path with Art is always my motivation to do art. –Tim Bridge, PWA Participant Artist Get creative with Tim and other artists in the Path with Art community at Open Studio […]

Artists, critics, and architects are discussing how culture responded and continues to respond to 9/11. “I wouldn’t say that the attacks had a big effect on my thinking so much as the amorphous and ambiguous war on terror and the authorization of military force giving the president unlimited power to […]

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