Drunk Woman Done, Come Sang Truth Heard a lady in a juke joint one night, singing a blues-like country song. Her name was Saline Perry. I tell you, this woman had soul. Saline sang the old way, low country style, deep and guttural. Similar to the way sharecroppers’ lined back in Antebellum days. The juke […]
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Diptych: Journeys Through the February Night Sky I. This eve I will bind the sweet influence of Pleiades and loose the bands of the Great Hunter to startle your pleasure in the heavens of my body. I will come to you ungirded, my guard… Distinguished Writer of the ArtAscent Journey call for entry. To see […]
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The Night Hawk The metallic taste in his mouth startled him awake. He found himself lying in the fetal position on the tile flooring, cool against the side of his face. The bright lights above him were difficult to ignore. Once his eyes adjusted to his surroundings, he realized he was in what seemed to […]
Distinguished Artist of the ArtAscent Journey call for entry. To see the full body of work, grab a copy of the ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal Journey issue.
Distinguished Artist of the ArtAscent Journey call for entry. To see this in print, grab a copy of the ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal Journey issue.
Distinguished Artist of the ArtAscent Journey call for entry. To see this in print, grab a copy of the ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal Journey issue.
Distinguished Artist of the ArtAscent Journey call for entry. To see the full body of work, grab a copy of the ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal Journey issue.
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A Short Walk with a Small Child She holds out her collection for me to see, three snail shells, a white seashell, and a peach pit. Here is her world of small things. Nothing escapes her big brown eyes. As we walk a half-mile path through a field of tall grass, she stops a dozen […]
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Have you ever tried to think about skin as a canvas to paint on? The representational painter Brian McClear portrays people who are like works of art, focusing on the imaginative and symbolic realm of their tattoos. Brian’s paintings range among different subjects: still-life, small objects, and portraits, but they demonstrate stylistic coherence for balance […]
Self-Portrait Triptych 1. Gestalt shamanwoman poetturtle greenvagabond riverlakeoceanheart… The triptych formula is frequent in art history: churches are full of altarpieces divided into three intimately related panels. However, Karla Linn Merrifield realizes triptychs with words. Her poems are masterful self-portraits divided into three acts. Each of Karla’s poems unveils a section of her being, as […]
Olivia-Patricia Terrell O’Neal’s paintings let us experience a distant connection to ourselves, allowing us to watch inside from an outside perspective. Her art inspires us to take a step back and wonder how others experience the world and how we can take wisdom from observing and accepting other points of view. In Olivia-Patricia’s portraits, eyes […]
Portraiture is typically considered an extraverted genre that aims to represent another person’s likeness. However, according to a famous quote from Oscar Wilde, “Every picture that is drawn with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.” This genre is truly a unique tool for analyzing one’s surroundings and using optics to […]
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