Entries by ArtAscent

Alex Steiner

Distinguished Artist of the ArtAscent Gardens call for entry. To see the full body of work, grab a copy of the ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal Gardens issue.

Kim Nolywaika

From a Secret Place It is our first summer without him, an astonishingly beautiful day, and a Sunday, which makes it worse. I step outside to take a turn around the garden. That is where I go to think, to feel, and to remember… Distinguished Writer of the ArtAscent Gardens call for entry. To see […]

Suzan Mandla

Distinguished Artist of the ArtAscent Gardens call for entry. To see this in print, grab a copy of the ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal Gardens issue.

Sally Chapman

Distinguished Artist of the ArtAscent Gardens call for entry. To see the full body of work, grab a copy of the ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal Gardens issue. www.sallychapmanphoto.com

Olga Zamora

Distinguished Artist of the ArtAscent Gardens call for entry. To see the full body of work, grab a copy of the ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal Gardens issue. https://olgazamora.com

Crystal Thorburn

Distinguished Artist of the ArtAscent Gardens call for entry. To see the full body of work, grab a copy of the ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal Gardens issue. https://www.crystalthorburn.com

S.B. Borgersen

Adam and Eve and their Garden of Delights ”It needs to strangle itself,” a gardening advisor said. “Root prune could work better,” said a second. “But she hasn’t flowered in fifteen years,” said Eve to the team of experts. “I thought…I hoped…” Distinguished Writer of the ArtAscent Gardens call for entry. To see the full […]

Kate Greenway

Artist Statement As an artist, I engage with many mediums to explore ideas, often combining them in unusual ways. My writing and artwork usually center around two threads. One is the experiences between individually embodied life and social knowledge, the personal within the historical, using individual lived experience as the vehicle for connection. The other […]

Suzette Dushi

The silence of the streets covered with snow, the outdoor games despite the frost, flower buds that are peeking out from tree branches: looking at Suzette Dushi’s digital photographs means exploring the deepest and most emotional components of winter. Winter subtracts everything from nature: light, bright colors, vitality. Despite this, the artist brings out these […]

Paula Bonnell

Early Morning The lake is cold Fog qualifies the outline of the trees– pensées of foliage exuded by the limbs reveal the watery truth… Try to imagine a lake in wintertime. A thick fog envelops the landscape, where the water, the ground, or the sky begins no longer recognizable. Paula Bonnell’s poem evokes this image. […]

Dina Torrans

Dina Torrans explores the senses that nature can meet us with and create a place of wonder and reflection. Her sculptural details make you want to take a deeper look and still get lost in the simplicity of ideas. Dina works with nature’s found footage and draws inspiration from her environment. Her sculptures grab the […]

Chris Brooks

Typically associated with stillness and quietness, winter also embodies a veiled and bridled energy. That duality of the season intrigues and draws the attention of artists like Chris Brooks. The perfect allegory for that hidden potential of winter is an image of a river. With its surface frozen, that powerful flow continues beneath the ice. […]

Nathan Cole

Distinguished Artist of the ArtAscent Winter call for entry. To see the full body of work, grab a copy of the ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal Winter issue. Artist Statement Scratchboard is a delicate process; you create by scratching away the ink. The more you scratch and the more repetitive you are, the less the […]

Courtney Skolka

Distinguished Artist of the ArtAscent Winter call for entry. To see the full body of work, grab a copy of the ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal Winter issue.

Karla Linn Merrifield

Triptych: Dispatches from Florida’s Winter Close Encounter A marvel in the planetary world of owls who weep is your nervous laughter… Distinguished Writer of the ArtAscent Winter call for entry. To see the full body of work, grab a copy of the ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal Winter issue. http://karlalinn.blogspot.com

Rich DiSilvio

Distinguished Artist of the ArtAscent Winter call for entry. To see the full body of work, grab a copy of the ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal Winter issue. Artist Statement As an artist, I have long been determined to follow my illustrious predecessors who’ve all made an impact on the human condition. Whether it is […]

Paula Bonnell

Looking North Near at hand, the mud is black and oozy. The waters do not disdain to silver it as they return to the shore, angling to enter the branches… Distinguished Writer of the ArtAscent Winter call for entry. To see the full body of work, grab a copy of the ArtAscent Art & Literature […]

Inesa Antanauskiene

Distinguished Artist of the ArtAscent Winter call for entry. To see the full body of work, grab a copy of the ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal Winter issue. Artist Statement Art is a very important part of my life, a way to express my views and feelings. It feeds my soul and allows seeing the […]

Miguel Barros

Distinguished Artist of the ArtAscent Winter call for entry. To see the full body of work, grab a copy of the ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal Winter issue. About My Work Miguel Barros’ art sways between harmony and conflict. He avoids the easy mirroring of the reality, but his modern spirit makes an “interior world” […]

Susan Fraser-Hughes

A Winter Retreat Grey skies Heavy rain Snow A want A need… Distinguished Writer of the ArtAscent Winter call for entry. To see the full body of work, grab a copy of the ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal Winter issue. Artist Statement Every series I create is triggered by a sensory response to a place, […]