GJ Gillespie is a collage artist living in a 1928 farmhouse overlooking Oak Harbor on Whidbey Island, WA. A prolific artist with 21 awards to his name, his work has been exhibited in 65 shows and appeared in more than 160 publications. Beyond his studio practice, Gillespie channels his passion for art by running Leda Art Supply, a company specializing in premium sketchbooks. Whether conjuring vivid collage compositions or enabling other artists through exceptional tools, Gillespie remains dedicated to the transformative power of art.
Ernst Perdriel is a multi-field artist (visual art, photography, writing), designer, and horticulturist based in Cowansville (Quebec, Canada). His mission is to transmit his passion for cultural and environmental heritage through the arts, lifestyle, and knowledge-sharing. Learn more at www.ernstperdriel.com.
Ellen June Wright lives in New Jersey. Her work revolves around the power of color and the emotions and memories they evoke. She is inspired by the works of Stanley Whitney, Mary Lovelace O’Neal, and Frank Bowling. Her art has most recently been published online by Gulf Stream Magazine.
Holly Willis uses text and image to wonder how we might reimagine our relationship to the world, not as autonomous beings moving through isolated landscapes but as embodied forces intimately enmeshed with the matter around us. These images capture islands, sunlight, and water from the Penobscot Bay in Maine.
Dave Sims makes art and music in the old mountains of central Pennsylvania. His paintings, comix, stories, and poems appear in dozens of tactile and virtual publications and exhibits. See more at www.tincansims.com.
Michael C. Roberts is a licensed clinical psychologist who has published professional and scientific articles, chapters, and books. Seeking to fulfill his creative side, he values things and scenes that are overlooked or backdrops to everyday life. His photographs have appeared on journal covers and in literary publications. He often uses cheap plastic cameras, such as the Diana, Holga, and La Sardinia for making photographs on film, but also resorts to digital at times. A photographic book on Amazon is Imaging the World with Plastic Cameras: Diana and Holga.
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Issue 113, published January 2025, features works of poetry, flash fiction, short nonfiction, and visual art by Linda K. Allison, Swetha Amit, Richard Atwood, Rose Mary Boehm, Daniel Brennan, Maia Brown-Jackson, Hyungjun Chin, Amanda Nicole Corbin, Kaviya Dhir, Jerome Gagnon, Jacqueline Goyette, Julien Griswold, Alexi Grojean, Ken Hines, Minseo Jung, Sastry Karra, Joy Kreves, E.P. Lande, Kristin Lueke, Robert Nisbet, Yeobin Park, Dian Parker, Roopa Menon, Ron Riekki, Esther Sadoff, Chris Scriven, Taegyoung Shon, Mary Thorson, John Walser, Julie Weiss, Stephen Curtis Wilson, and Jean Wolff.
