August 2023 – Issue 55


We are pleased to share the work of the following artists and writers in the 55th issue of The Light Ekphrastic:
Ann Bracken – Teneramente; Silver Slipstream
Teresa Duggan – Mushroom Magic; Nebulous Faux Eternal
Jo Fields – Teneramente; Denouement
Craig R. Kirchner – Helter Skelter; Asphalt Cancer
Jules Miller – Mycorrhiza; Cherry Sweet
CLS Sandoval – Calla Lilies Up Close; Eating My Shovel
Julie Simon – Calla Lily Pt. 2; Between the Waves
Edward Michael Supranowicz – Something Wicked This Way Comes; Flowers Wandering in the Night Breeze
Contributor Bios – August 2023


May 2023 – Issue 54



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)


February 2023 – Issue 53



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

November 2022 – Issue 52


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


August 2022 – Issue 51


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

May 2022 – Issue 50


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


February 2022 — Issue 49
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


November 2021 – Issue 48


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

August 2021 – Issue 47


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


May 2021 – Issue 46



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



