As our 2024 Emerging Artist Grant Cycle comes to a close, I want to highlight and celebrate one of the greatest gifts an artist can receive: mentorship – the time, energy, focus, and openness a mentor generously offers and the benefits of an artist mentor for the emerging artist.
View More Artist Mentors – The Greatest, Immeasurable GiftMaking-of Video and Art Talk for “Public Walls and In-Between Spaces” Installation
On June 1st, I hosted an artist talk about my interactive mixed-media installation at the Creative Pinellas Gallery – featuring a making-of video. TweetShareSharePinShare0 Shares
View More Making-of Video and Art Talk for “Public Walls and In-Between Spaces” InstallationYour Thoughts, Feelings, and Art Inside In-Between Spaces
A glimpse at some of the writings and drawings added by artists, friends, and other visitors to my installation “Public Walls and In-Between Spaces” currently…
View More Your Thoughts, Feelings, and Art Inside In-Between SpacesOpening Night + The Art of The Creative Pinellas Emerging Artist Exhibit
After months of planning and creating, the night finally arrived and us 10 grantees presented our artwork to the public on May 9. TweetShareSharePinShare0 Shares
View More Opening Night + The Art of The Creative Pinellas Emerging Artist ExhibitPhoto Map Legend of “Public Walls and In-Between Spaces”
Visual and contextual reference of all my photos used in creating the “Public Walls and In-Between Spaces” installation – with location, date, and names of…
View More Photo Map Legend of “Public Walls and In-Between Spaces”Artist Statement: Public Walls and In-Between Spaces
Brief thoughts about my installation “Public Walls and In-Between Spaces” – on view at Creative Pinellas Gallery and awaiting your participation (5/9 – 7/21/24). TweetShareSharePinShare0…
View More Artist Statement: Public Walls and In-Between SpacesMixing More Media: Growing (Through) A Grant Installation
On the evening before the day of the opening reception for our 2024 emerging artist group exhibit, it is time– no I’m finding / making…
View More Mixing More Media: Growing (Through) A Grant InstallationA Reflection of Papa
On the last day of 6 weeks in Germany (over the course of 2 months) working with my ailing artist father to create a very…
View More A Reflection of PapaEXCERPT from “Now What? How To Choose Your Art Path”
As an artist full of inspiration you need to figure out how to express your creative vision. While deciding what to work on for the…
View More EXCERPT from “Now What? How To Choose Your Art Path”TRANSLATED from taz: Artist on Aesthetics as Empowerment: “Meeting at Eye-Level”
English translation of an interview with my father Günter Westphal by Friederike Gräff, originally published in taz newspaper on January 7, 2024 – with the…
View More TRANSLATED from taz: Artist on Aesthetics as Empowerment: “Meeting at Eye-Level”Art Festival Artists
Over the last two months, I participate in and visited several arts festivals. Instead of another post about me and my work at these markets,…
View More Art Festival ArtistsEXCERPT from “Opportunity, Inspiration, Discipline, and Anxiety Ahead”
I’m not sure which feeling came first: honored or startled. TweetShareSharePinShare0 Shares
View More EXCERPT from “Opportunity, Inspiration, Discipline, and Anxiety Ahead”Creative Pinellas Emerging Artist Grant
Today, I have some very exciting news to share with you. Some of you may already have seen on social media that I was chosen…
View More Creative Pinellas Emerging Artist GrantPhoto Wood Transfer Process and Art Battle
Lately, most of my creative work has revolved around photo wood transfers.
View More Photo Wood Transfer Process and Art BattleOpening Night of “Urban Wood”
A few impressions of the opening night for my first solo exhibit – in St. Pete at Creative Grape during a dark and stormy night on May 24, 2023.
View More Opening Night of “Urban Wood”“Urban Wood” Solo Exhibit – Artist Statement
The photography exhibit “Urban Wood” at Creative Grape opens May 24th and runs through June 17. The themed exhibit features photography of urban art (street art), urban exploration (urbex), and urban nature – hand-transferred to reclaimed fence wood and other natural materials.
View More “Urban Wood” Solo Exhibit – Artist Statement