Issue 33 | Fall 2025
Ocean Beach I
Artist’s Statement: Inspired by a visit to the artist’s son’s home in San Francisco near the Pacific. Created using oil and a painting knife, the limited palette for this piece includes Payne’s Gray, Phthalo Blue, Titanium White, and Raw Umber.
Skillman draws inspiration from Dion Salvador Lloyd, Joan Eardley, Carlos San Milan, Winslow Homer, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Nicolas de Staël, and strives to capture the mood of a place. Oceans, rivers, streams, and lakes are among her favorite subjects.
About the Author
Judith Skillman paints expressionist works in oil on canvas, board, and paper. She is interested in feelings engendered by the natural world. Her paintings have been featured on the covers of Thin Air Magazine, Torrid Literature, The Awakenings Review, and appear in Penn Review, Southern Quill, and elsewhere. Skillman studied visual art at McDaniel College, Pratt Fine Arts Center, and Seattle Artist League (SAL). Shows include The Pratt, Galvanize, and SAL. Visit judithskillman.com or saatchiart.com for more information.
Prose
Leeuwenhoek’s Lens
Eric Williams
Cate’s Upstate or Fashion After the Apocalypse
Elisabeth Sheffield
from Cityscape with Sybarites
Israel Bonilla
The End of My Sentence
Roberto Ontiveros
Storing Dinosaurs
Dan Weaver
Winners
Julia Meinwald
Tiered Rejections
Stephen Cicirelli
Brother from Another
Jaryd Porter
The Robinson-Barber Thesis
Joyce Meggett
Point of Comparison
Of the Lovers
Addison Zeller
Another Place
Addy Evenson
Poetry
Let’s Sit on the Bench and Chat
Tatyana Bek, translated by Bita Takrimi
Blueberries
Edward Manzi
Crow calls from the top of a pine.
Crow Dreams an Eerie Peacefulness
Peter Grandbois
past is a flame
Karen Earle
Cover Art
Ocean Beach I
Judith Skillman