March / April 2023 - West Trestle Review

Women :: Non-binary :: Art :: Fiction :: Poetry

Part of a woman's body, clad in yellow, against a blue sky, with a landscape containing fish, animals, insects, and plants draped like a blanket in front of her

Neem Tree / Purbasha Roy

Backyards of several houses, seen from above. The yards contain people engaged in various tasks, one holding a child, others seated or standing

Seasonal / Suzanne Langlois

On the right, someone stands on a ladder, pours a cascade of blue liquid toward a yellow basin that sits on the floor. Near the basin, a figure on its knees with its hands in the liquid as it falls. Lit candles stand nearby.

My Mother Teaches Me How to Stargaze / Heather Qin

As though the x-ray of a female organ featured shades of green, yellow, fuschia and brown, delicately rendered

Lipstick / kwan ann tan

Against a bright, colorful background, four indistinct figures disposed on the rails of a fence

Rumination / Natalie Marino

Faces of two people and part of a third, with their arms up in the air, fists clenched, mouths open as though shouting

Advice from Strangers / E.N. Walztoni

Black background with white text: Artist Aiyana Masla Interview & Gallery

Street scene with half-a-dozen people, some gazing in a window, others walking, one carrying a purple umbrella, the central figure carrying flowers, wearing a green dress and black boots

When people ask me how I am, I never tell them / Kate Sweeney

Four people seated on a blue blanket, as though for a picnic. The air that surrounds them is green

BURIAL / Nicole Brooks

As though screen-captured in a Zoom call, windows into the lives of a number of individuals, engaged in various domestic activities

Come Close: Artist Interview

Sepia-hued scene of a city street, with steps leading up to houses to the right and three figures, two in the foreground, one in the distance; pole of a streetlamp stands on the left

Not That Gretel / Marion Brown

Scene on a rainy street, with almost everyone huddled under umbrellas. One person pushes a stroller

Easter / Melissa Eleftherion

Against massive waves and a stormy sky, the figure of a person seated in a little boat

I remember my mother's hands / Li Chen

Against a peach-colored sky, two figures, holding hands. Their bodies are composed of scenes from nature, one with plants, a pond, and a frog, the other with a rowboat and people walking

Photo album for the last time I went to China / Maggie Yang

Partially concealed in a lush, dim-lit landscape, two indistinct figures sit very close to each other

Esther Consorts with Hegai / Carol Barrett

Figures sprawled or seated, in positions indicating comfort and contentment, on a green lawn

Hiraeth as Adoptee / Jen Stein

Crowd scene of multiple individuals looking in sundry directions and engaged in varied activities

Artemis / Jen Grace Stewart

March / April 2023

Artist: Aiyana Masla. View full gallery here.