the light ekphrastic

We are pleased to share the work of the following artists and writers in the 54th issue of The Light Ekphrastic:

Rahne Alexander — Found My Keys; E.T. Comes Out of the Closet

Brook Bhagat — Moon; Freefall

Chris Ciattei — The Deep End; Indigo-go

Devon Evans — Forest I Night; Blue Described

JLS Gangwisch — cadenc; _composure

Janis Greve — Enchantments; Splinters

Josh Humphrey — Six Poems About the Moon; Unhitched

Ashley Kirkland — Wherever You Go; To E.T. In a Wig

Karen Klinedinst — Sunday in the Park; Once, I Was a House

Jackie Sanfrancisco — Space Travel is Not for Everyone…; BG Grayscale Photo

Daniel Schall — Pre-flight Announcements; Background of a Grayscale Photograph

Ruthie Yudelson — Angel; Rejoice (Cancer)

Contributor Bios – May 2023

We are pleased to share the work of the following artists and writers in the 53rd issue of The Light Ekphrastic:

Heather Harvey — Fire Next Time; Mournful Maroon

Ann Iverson — This Will Have To Be Enough; Autumn Notebook

Kristin McWharter — Breath Bank; Simulated Borderlands

Michael Moreth — Hawk; Untitled

Alexander Perez — Breath Bank, Or, How to Save Your Moonlight; On Bitterness

Jes Raschella — Campy Noir; Play Like a Fox

James T. Stemmle — The Sun is Setting on the Church; Compost

Carrie Weinberger — Re-formation; To Live in The World…You Must Learn to Play Like a Fox

Contributor Bios – February 2023

We are pleased to share the work of the following artists and writers in the 52nd issue of The Light Ekphrastic:

Mark Cameron — Camp Small #2; Tenderness

Julia Rose Chang — radiator thoughts; How can you say that words will never hurt you

Cheryl Fair — Miaplacidus; Garden Rain

George Hagegeorge — Body Temple; A Blue Sky

Paul McKee — Sunrise; Rain Falling

JC Sulzenko — Perchance to dream; Recovery efforts

Anastasia Walker — Body Temple; A Blue Sky Big With Memory, Desire

Debbie Walker-Lass — Amy and the Queen; Cherish Togetherness Forever

Contributor Bios – November 2022

We are pleased to share the work of the following artists and writers in the 51st issue of The Light Ekphrastic:

Ram Brisueño – Untitled; Drifting on the Pokomoke

Efren Laya Cruzada – Stirrings by the Waterfront; In Orchard Park Contemplating the Architecture of Kuala Lumpur

Candace Dodson-Reed – Wake; Reflection

Gracjan A. Soren-Bjorn Kraszewski – On Artists and Robots; Chernobyl on the Palouse; or, Любовь и Искупление в свете трагедии на Черно́быльской АЭС

Eleanor Lewis – Untitled; Chernobyl on the Palouse

Meredith Purvis – Sunflower #3; Drifting on the Pokomoke

Contributor Bios – August 2022

We are pleased to share the work of the following artists and writers in the 50th issue of The Light Ekphrastic:

Marlayna Demond – Opening Up and Letting Go; Fitting: Rivers’ mouths in moonlight | Falling into the cacophony | Pieces that fit

TS S. Fulk – An Elm in Spring; Koltrasten (The Blackbird)

Lela Hannah – Brain Screech in B#; A Restless Person Attempts Meditation

Mary Huddleston – Untitled; Untitled

Layla Lenhardt – The Journalist; 13 Hours

Timothy Nohe – After Brancusi; Brain Stem Strobe Light

Keleigh Norman – Peaches; Restless Desert

Beth Schabb Williams – Surveillance; Be

Contributor Bios – May 2022

We are pleased to share the work of the following artists and writers in the 49th issue of The Light Ekphrastic:

Rahne Alexander — Twilight For Us All; what i want

Mary E. Croy — moon stir; night train

Teresa Duggan — City Sunset; ISO EEE: A Shadows Girl

Marcelo Funes-Gallanzi and Raquel-IA — Candide; Home

Anai Gonzalez — the last test; if i kill myself

Vin Grabill — Dreamscape; Mr. Darcy and Miss Bennet have a problem

María Cristina Hall — Avignon; Elements of Home

Lindsay McKeough — Untitled; Winter Line

Derek Roper — Untitled; The Heretic

S.F. Wright — Velvet; Movie Day

Contributor Bios – February 2022

We are pleased to share the work of the following artists and writers in the 48th issue of The Light Ekphrastic:

Melissa Penley Cormier – Plantmatter: Polaroid Type 55 Portraits; Plummeting

Juna Hume Clark – Daylight Savings; Portrait in Red

Leah Clare Michaels – The Spines of Books and Mine; 2020-2021: still life/stasis (?)

Nicole K. Ostrowski – Untitled; Inside

Julia Samorodova – Flowers Die Quietly; It’s November

Patrick Wright – Exit Strategy; Portrait of Katherine Mansfield

Contributor Bios – November 2021

We are pleased to share the work of the following artists and writers in the 47th issue of The Light Ekphrastic:

Mary Bargteil – Exhale; Sanctuary

Brita d’Agostino – Gold #2; Spinnin’ with the Stars Above

Juliette Goodwin – Eye of Alix; Clouds Above and Below

Dane Lyn – life in ornate amber; roller rink royalty

Bobby Miller – Spectral Event; face

Jeanne Morel – Blues Mosaic with Contemplative Pool; Tahoe

Bethany Rivers – Crystal-Henge; In the wake of the Pale of Settlement

Judith Skillman – Mediterranean after De Stäel; After Tahoe 

Contributor Bios

We are pleased to share the work of the following artists and writers in the 46th issue of The Light Ekphrastic:

Paul Brooke – Gas Light; Winter of the Pandemic

Jacalyn Carley – thought caught; Portrait of Jill Tumbling

Luigi Coppola – Gaining Starry Wisdom; Bridesmaid

Linda Eve Diamond – Chromatic Harmonies; Nightingale Notes

Teresa Duggan – Escape Hatch; Yabby 2000: lupDujHomwIj luteb gharghmey

Jillian J. Ellis – Empty Embrace; We Survive Together

Joann Field – Jazz; resonance

Vin Grabill – Inscape 2; Cascade 2

Emory D. Jones – Inscape; Water Lilies

Norbert Marszalek – Clear Glass Teacup; Watching the fading light seep through unfamiliar windows

Michele Poole – The Escape Hatch; The Tank

Stephanie Pressman – After learning an artist friend had a stroke; Portrait of Jill

Derek Roper – Gaining Starry Wisdom; Ms. Marsh

Alexandra Samios – Untitled; Like Today

Contributor Bios

We are pleased to share the work of the following artists and writers in the 45th issue of The Light Ekphrastic:

Sarah Antine – So You Can Be Born Completely; Cigarette Girls

Janée J. Baugher – Raping Will Stop When Men Stop Raping; Held By Earth

Jennifer Bishop – Airplane; Stone Angel

Lana Crossman – For the love of Wiley; Patchwork

Tony Daly – Self-Repression; Losing Balance

Lois Marie Harrod – Asymmetrical; We Do What We Do

Rose Menyon Heflin – Like Icarus; Modern Mindfulness

Gard Jones – Extension; Styx & Stone

Sanzi Kermes – Untitled; Patchwork

Selene LaMarca – Untitled; She Lifted Her Head

Qrcky – Self-Censorship; Aokigahara (青木ヶ原)

Jeremy Szuder – Untitled; We Do What We Do

Contributor Bios – February 2021