So exciting! I’m having a grand opening for my new studio in just 2 weeks!




The space is large enough that I will be able to split it nearly in half for a gallery area and a working space. The gallery area has large windows and faces a relatively busy street. The studio space will be large enough for me to have several artworks going at the same time, AND for students to join me :)



Click on the picture for a listing of class offerings and a registration form.

So much has happened since my last posting!

I started up a face book page www.facebook.com/kathysgallery and a google+ page (still under construction)

Gave up on ETSY, at least for the time being. There just didn’t seem to be serious interest there. Lots of views but no purchases.

Sold a few paintings :) The new ones were all commissioned portraits so I won’t be posing them.

Started volunteering at the local American Legion. They needed some assistance getting word about their charitable work out to the public, so I made a logo for them and set up a face book page for them as well. They are www.facebook.com/OneidaAmericanLegion I like the look of their banner, but think it’s kind of funny that I still don’t have one myself. I guess it’s a case of “the shoemaker’s sons go barefoot” They also asked me to help with their float at the memorial day parade :)

We won first prize! I painted the 4’ x 8’ murals, but they were designed by R. Eccleston. The plan is to have the sketch turned into a war memorial for the city. Hopefully the murals will help in their fund raising efforts.

In other news, my son will be graduating from High School in 2 weeks, we’re moving, AND I’m moving into a new studio space!!

New listing on Etsy!

December Floral bouquet 20 x 16 acrylic painting that I completed a few years ago. Sometimes when I make a piece I need to just look at it for awhile before I feel that I can call it complete. The floral series is a prime example of this, they were done back in 2005 at the suggestion and direction of a Chinese friend. So different but so cool :)

Fishing at dusk

I don't really know if I can call this one an abstract either. It came from fishing (though I should probably call it "standing on the side of a stream with a stick in my hand") at dusk. It was pretty windy, the sky was the most outrageous color and the water just picked the colors up in the most unlikely ways. I thought it was cool so I painted it :)


So.......... abstract or realistic - your choice

Thanks for visiting and looking!

Size is 15" x 22" mixed water media
on archival heavy watercolor paper

Price is $267

You can purchase this through Etsy.com by clicking on the image.

A couple more props

Last time I talked about how I make theatrical props from found objects for a production of Mel Brook's "Producers" This post is the same premise, different play. These are for a production of "Sweeney Todd" Fewer props this time which worked out time-wise as it was only one week between plays.

Meat Pies are just papier Mache

Meat Grinder for Mrs. Lovette's shop:

Materials:

Large piece of cardboard (bowl)

ramen noodles box

Seattle's best medium coffee cup

paint stirring stick

Going green with theatrical props

As an Artist, I'm often asked to pitch in for a variety of projects, my favorite is when I'm asked to make props for theater. I love a creative challenge so my approach is a little different. Rather than going out and purchasing materials from craft shops or buying pre-made pieces, I go green and make them from found objects. Materials used in the following images include papier mache, chopsticks, mardi-gras beads and empty bottles of tea.

Some of my most recent props and their materials lists:

20 Papier Mache ball and chains - Punch balls (child’s toy) Papier Mache, collars and wrist/ankle bands are recycled posters covered with duct tape, chains are mardi-gras beads which are held on to the balls using plastic gift cards and hot glue.

9 Adding machines with desks - desks are Little Caeser’s pizza boxes turned inside out, machine is shaped from cardboard, keys are thumbtacks with bingo chips super-glued on the tops.

2nd photo is the sound mechanism. - which consists of 5 chopsticks, a cut up iced tea bottle, some mardi-gras beads a gift card, some hot glue and black duct tape.






Hats - papier mache, wrapping paper, broken safety glass salt (you should have seen the looks I got at the junk yard when I asked to go in and collect it!) mardi-gras beads, shredded paper, 2 feather dusters, a boa and a knee high.


2 tanks - cardboard, duct tape, glue. This photo was taken during rehearsal. At the last minute I added a dowel with a small sign saying “bang” :)

Bubbles

Bubbles
24" x 36" 2011
Acrylic on board

It looks like the two 'homage' pieces have now morphed for me into a new series! Bubbles is the first, but many variations are occuring to me now, and each seems just a little bit cooler than the one before, so this could end up as a very large edition (just a warning:)

The two prior paintings were 'Homage' and '60/60 11' in case you're curious