Bronwen Algate is an artist from Ballarat, Australia. She is also a jazz musician and teacher. She is returning to…
Just a Third Grader During the war, I wanted to be a fighter pilot, but I would probably have crashed…
The Power of Place --in memory of my grandmother Here on Oregon Coast, rain squalls have been shouldering off the…
Artist's Statement: My work explores the collision of personal history, the work of women, and inner fear, delivering this imagery…
Louise We were in Manila. I was five, or maybe six. There was a hurricane, a slate gray sky and…
Wind in Things Flutes at the edges, pries at these. Instructs trees on suppleness, branching. Once--when I was young--sent me…
Uninvited Every night, an old woman crawls into bed with me though I don't remember inviting her. I deny her…
Artist Statement: I am driven to create. Clay happily responds to my every whim and gives me great joy.…
Distance --Lake County, Oregon All day, wind beats the edges of dying lakes, old shorelines heaped with sage. Locals tell…
A Clinic The man who must discard seven years of records sits on a stool before the fireplace, poking wells…