Web Exclusive ART
ISSUE 158
Crans
Simone Sannazzaro
Crayons melted by the Sacramento sun and a soldering iron
18 x 29 in.
2024
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As an artist and graphic designer, Simone Sannazzaro enjoys working with a variety of styles, themes, and mediums to create visually appealing designs. Her hometown of South Lake Tahoe, traveling, life, and dreams inspire her creations, along with classical, surreal, and psychedelic art. Crans is composed of leftover crayons from her childhood.
In The Stillness
Katie Hughbanks
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Underwater macro photography
2024
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Katie Hughbanks (she/her) is a writer, photographer, and teacher whose photography has been published in more than forty magazines. She is the author of two chapbooks, Blackbird Songs (Prolific Press, 2019) and It's Time (Finishing Line Press, 2024) and teaches English and creative writing in Louisville, Kentucky.
Barely Breathing
Shelbey Leco
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Mixed media collage
24 x 20 in.
2024
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Growing up in Southeast Louisiana, outside of New Orleans, Shelbey grew up around many storytellers. As a young girl, she had always navigated the world through visual art. Later in her life, she studied cultural ethnography, in college, and fused it with her visual art in order to create her own unique voice and way of storytelling. Shelbey never liked being a townie, so she often travels through the United States and really enjoys international travel, always seeking new inspiration for her media.
Melancholic
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Jade Campodonico
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Acrylic on Canvas
9 x 11 in.
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Jade G. Campodonico is a visual artist whose art often combines the human form with aspects of nature. Through her deliberate use of vibrant colors, she hopes to convey a special sense of mystery and oneness between person and earth.
Fallen Moth
Sarah E N Kohrs
Photography
11 x 17 in.
2023
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As a photographer, Sarah E N Kohrs contributes to The Foundation for Photo/Art in Hospitals. Her artwork is in CALYX Press, Culinary Origami Journal, Genre: Urban Progenitor, The Sun Magazine, Quibble, Voices de la Luna, and more. Sarah has a BA from The College of Wooster and a Virginia teaching license in Latin and visual arts. http://senkohrs.com.
Mister Brightside
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GJ Gillespie
Mixed media
22 x 17 in.
2018
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GJ Gillespie is a collage artist living in a 1928 farmhouse on Whidbey Island, WA. With twenty-two awards and exhibitions in sixty-five shows, his work has appeared in over 174 publications. Gillespie also runs Leda Art Supply, a company specializing in premium sketchbooks, showcasing his passion for empowering other artists.
Namiya General Store
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Bingyu Zhou
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Digital
5 x 7 ½ in.
2024​
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Bingyu Zhou is a freelance visual storyteller and full-time data scientist based in Boston, MA. Originally from Suzhou, Jiangsu, China, Bingyu channels her passion for art through both hand-drawn and digital mediums. Her diverse artistic style, which ranges from Eastern classic to surrealism, is a testament to her deep connection to cultural heritage, creative imagination, and analytical background.
Prudence and the Blue
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Katrina Koppa
Pen, watercolor, colored pencil on paper
8 ½ x 11 in.
2024
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Katrina Koppa is pursuing a BFA with concentrations in comics and woodworking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her comics are a collection of joy, sentimentality, and shared experiences. In a world that often feels cluttered, uncertain, and disconnected, she works to create idyllic spaces where whimsy and community can grow.
who am i to you?​
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Dion (Paola Diaz)
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Oil on canvas
48 x 60 x 1 in.,
2023​
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Dion (Paola Diaz) is a multidisciplinary artist and recent graduate from the University of California, Berkeley. Their art navigates introspective conversations through creation. With a passion for the arts and amplifying the voices of others, Dion creates to release their inner turmoil through storytelling to provide solace for others.
Undiscovered​
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Anika Sharma
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Acrylic paint, colored pencil, markers, watercolor
24 x 15 in.
2024
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Anika Sharma is a student who is passionate about art and medicine. She enjoys exploring the outdoors, taking walks, and hiking in the mountains. She hopes to pursue a future in the medical field while nurturing her creative interests on the side.
Social Cadence No. 10​
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Michele K. McLaren
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Ink on watercolor paper
18 x 24 in.
2024​
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Michele K. McLaren, a multidisciplinary artist and first-generation Finnish American, creates minimalist, symbolic abstract works inspired by Finnish art and the human experience. After a hiatus raising her neurodiverse child, she returned with a deeper understanding, infusing her work with newfound depth, emotion, and a clearer artistic vision.
Serenity
Hoai-Trang Hoang
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Digital painting
1825 x 2319 pixels
2024
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Hoai-Trang Hoang is a high school junior from San José. She expresses transformative fantasy worlds with diverse subjects through oil pastels, watercolor, and especially digital apps. In school, Hoai-Trang has taken classes in graphic design, 2D multimedia art, and ceramics, and has displayed her work in the annual school-wide art shows.