ARTAVITA Gallery is based in Santa Barbara, California. The gallery showcases artworks by artists from around the world. “Memories to Cherish” was awarded an honourable mention in the 10th contest for the gallery in May, 2014. The painting was inspired by the swirling thoughts and feelings that memories stirred up in me. Realizing that there […]
Artavita Honorable Mention for “Memories to Cherish” Read More »
One of the best things about creating art is sharing it with others. Besides the high of the creative process, the meditative, zoned out – or in – process of creating the work, sharing it with the world is why my art exists. I believe that art has the ability to transform the way we
Xanadu Gallery offers Original Art by Monika Wright Read More »
Dan Blasco My brain is tuned to patterns. I naturally look for patterns. I love patterns. The underlying, but not obvious, patterns in natural phenomena and processes awe me with their harmonious order and perfection. Your art conveys that because it is so subliminal with layers of reality superimposed on each other and interelating with
BY ELISSA BARNARD The Chronicle HeraldPublished April 11, 2014 Monika Wright’s mixed-media abstracts at Swoon are fanciful but serious in their exploration of imaginary worlds of possibility and freedom. She creates deep spaces with shapes and lines that can be seen as biomorphic, rock-like and celestial. Bright Angel by Monika Wright in her solo show at Swoon Gallery.
Elissa Barnard Reviews “Temptation to Fly” showing at Swoon Fine Art Read More »
Let’s face it…there are circles, bubbles, curves in almost all of my artwork. So, I thought I’d try to find out what I’m so obsessed about and I came across this article by Dixie Allan to explain some of the symbology of circles. Hope you enjoy reading it! Circle Symbols – What Do They Mean? By
The meaning of all those circles in my paintings… Read More »
I’m headed in a new direction, something looser and lighter, just in time for Spring. With the budding leaves and blossoms, lighter colours and freer movements are flowing through me. I’m just letting the muse carry me. It’s all feeling rather musical at the moment. So, this new series still plays with bubbles, circles and
“Laughter Unfurled” – A lighter touch Read More »
There’s a lot more than cooking happening in this work space! The canned mangos and beans are not going into the same dish. Promise! They’re just propping up the canvas. :-))
Monika’s Studio – Cooking up the Art Read More »
New Beginnings are around the corner. A new year and also a new palette is emerging for me with bright and cheerful colours that evoke sunshine and warmth – yes, in the midst of winter! Feel the warmth of yellow and orange wash over when you look at these paintings. This work, “New Beginning”, is
December 14th, 2012 Read More »
I have travelled and explored near and far. The familiar and the exotic bring a quality of completeness into my life like the petals of a fading blossom. Lives are lived in beauty, in the sunshine and calm breezes; in the storms and winter winds that howl and bury stems under piles of frozen water.
Photographs of Life Read More »