I forgot to include the images for the twenty or so matted photographs that are also part of the display now up at the Redlands Art Association in Redlands, Calfornia. I'll assemble those and post them within the next week.
Stay tuned ...
While I'm in the midst of posting this, I'll also add that I'm still having a ball posting and viewing photographs on Instagram. I have posted over 400 images in my Instagram gallery, but I've decided to refine the photographs uploaded to only black and white images from today through the end of April. I'm enjoying the challenge of taking photographs that make strong black and white images.
All of my Instagram photographs are taken with my iPhone camera. I'll share some of those on this blog shortly. If you just can't wait, go to @kweststudio8 on Instagram and see for yourself!
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Show Time! Featured Artist Display in Redlands, California
As I type this in Spokane, WA my featured artist display of paintings and photographs is going up at the Redlands Art Association Gallery in Redlands, CA.
I still consider Redlands as "home," even though I moved up to Washington state in 2003. I lived in Birch Bay until 2011, when I moved to Spokane where I've been now for almost three years. Oh my! Has it really been that long, and my sister Mel Slater still puts up with me? Bless her and her roof over our heads!
The Featured Artist Show: I've been a member of the Redlands Art Association for over 30 years, and volunteered while I lived there in a number of capacities such as gallery manager, put together the newsletter, librarian, board of directors, workshop instructor, et cetera. A lot of time and effort was poured into that community art organization, just ask my sons!
With that background, I was tickled pink to be able to provide artwork for this featured artist display back in my hometown. Since I cannot be there, one of my other sisters, Sandy Davies, accepted the responsibility to mount the work for me.
The logistics have been a little different. The cost of shipping framed artwork to another part of the country would have been beyond my fixed income budget. Ever one to adapt, all of my paintings in this show are under 11" x 14" as are also the matted photographs. Nothing is framed. I kept to this size restriction so I could pack EVERYTHING in Medium Flat Rate USPS boxes. I'm told everything arrived in good order and Sandy is now using little metal clips to hang the artwork in a professional, albeit alternative, manner.
I'm thrilled that my friends and acquaintances who are interested can see what work I'm currently creating! I've already sold one of the paintings in the show and am thrilled about it!
I'm uploading photos of the paintings with this blog entry. Hope it all displays well for those of you who are interested and not able to make it to Redlands.
My show runs from April 19th to May 9th at Redlands Art Association Gallery at 215 E. State Street, Redlands CA. Their phone number is (909) 792-8435 where you can call about prices, and you can access their website www.redlandsartassociation.org for hours and other information about the benefits and services they provide the community of Redlands and environs.
I still consider Redlands as "home," even though I moved up to Washington state in 2003. I lived in Birch Bay until 2011, when I moved to Spokane where I've been now for almost three years. Oh my! Has it really been that long, and my sister Mel Slater still puts up with me? Bless her and her roof over our heads!
The Featured Artist Show: I've been a member of the Redlands Art Association for over 30 years, and volunteered while I lived there in a number of capacities such as gallery manager, put together the newsletter, librarian, board of directors, workshop instructor, et cetera. A lot of time and effort was poured into that community art organization, just ask my sons!
With that background, I was tickled pink to be able to provide artwork for this featured artist display back in my hometown. Since I cannot be there, one of my other sisters, Sandy Davies, accepted the responsibility to mount the work for me.
The logistics have been a little different. The cost of shipping framed artwork to another part of the country would have been beyond my fixed income budget. Ever one to adapt, all of my paintings in this show are under 11" x 14" as are also the matted photographs. Nothing is framed. I kept to this size restriction so I could pack EVERYTHING in Medium Flat Rate USPS boxes. I'm told everything arrived in good order and Sandy is now using little metal clips to hang the artwork in a professional, albeit alternative, manner.
I'm thrilled that my friends and acquaintances who are interested can see what work I'm currently creating! I've already sold one of the paintings in the show and am thrilled about it!
I'm uploading photos of the paintings with this blog entry. Hope it all displays well for those of you who are interested and not able to make it to Redlands.
My show runs from April 19th to May 9th at Redlands Art Association Gallery at 215 E. State Street, Redlands CA. Their phone number is (909) 792-8435 where you can call about prices, and you can access their website www.redlandsartassociation.org for hours and other information about the benefits and services they provide the community of Redlands and environs.
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| Birch 11 x 14 acrylic |
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| Blossoms 11 x 14 acrylic |
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| Amalie 9 x 12 acrylic |
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| Blush of Morning 11 x 14 acrylic |
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| Eucalyptus 9 x 12 acrylic |
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| Daffodils in Blue 11 x 14 acrylic |
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| Dusk Along Coast 11 x 14 acrylic |
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| Mokume Gane 11 x 14 acrylic |
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| Moonlit Geraniums 8 x 10 Acrylic/Colored Pencil |
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| Night Wind 9 x 12 acrylic |
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| Outside In 11 x 14 acrylic |
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| Silhouette 8 x 10 acrylic/pencil |
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| Stuck With a Way Out 9 x 12 acrylic/graphite (This painting is already sold) |
Friday, March 28, 2014
Instagram Postings ,,, Oh My! Another Obsession! Having Fun!
Well, I may be diving into the Instagram waters a little later than everyone else, but with over 240 of my iPhone photographs posted, I'm learning the currents and getting into the swim of it.
I invite you to follow my progress at http://instagram.com/kweststudio8
Here are a couple of the more recent iPhoneography postings:
Having FUN! Let me know what you think and which are your favorites from my Instagram postings! I'd love to know.
I invite you to follow my progress at http://instagram.com/kweststudio8
Here are a couple of the more recent iPhoneography postings:
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| Torn Poster on Back of a Van |
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| Black and White of a Discarded Chainlink Fence |
Having FUN! Let me know what you think and which are your favorites from my Instagram postings! I'd love to know.
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Done and Done ... 30 Day Photography Challenge Days 25-30
It's nearing the end of the first day of 2014. Woo Hoo!
I have been one busy chaquita! I've finished two fiber-wrapped brooches that have been languishing on my workbench for, dare I admit it, years, and I've revised some acrylic paintings I had previously started, to be more in line with my goal of fearlessness in my art this year. I'm takin' chances, folks! And I must admit that the paintings have a bit more verve and interest than they did previous to my adaptations.
But ... today's post is to wrap up those last six challenge subjects that never got posted. The photographs were taken, but one thing or another circumvented them being uploaded to my blog. In one fell swoop, I'm posting the remaining challenges: Strangers, Close-Up, Celebration, Flowers, Black and White, Self Portrait. Then I be done with this particular challenge (Thank you, Lori Sanstedt) and I can move on to bigger and better personal challenges.
I enjoy challenges such as this when my creativity lags a bit and I need a little something to prime the pump. This exercise helped a lot.
Some subjects were easier and more comfortable than others, but I liked the subjects with which I don't normally work. I've not done much in the way of photographing people and I think in the coming months I would like to explore the human animal a bit more with my camera lens. I cringe at self-portraits and being included in any photographs, but it is a fact of life so needed to get over my aversion.
We're such a color-oriented society, but I liked working with the Black and White subject to get back in touch with contrasts, textures and composition.
Day 30 Self Portrait
Day 29 Black & White (Tinman Gallery doorway entry)
Day 28 Flowers (Supermarket orchids)
Day 27 Celebration (Winter Solstice)
Day 26 Close-Up (Workbench Tools)
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Day 25 Strangers (Garland Post Office)
I have been one busy chaquita! I've finished two fiber-wrapped brooches that have been languishing on my workbench for, dare I admit it, years, and I've revised some acrylic paintings I had previously started, to be more in line with my goal of fearlessness in my art this year. I'm takin' chances, folks! And I must admit that the paintings have a bit more verve and interest than they did previous to my adaptations.
But ... today's post is to wrap up those last six challenge subjects that never got posted. The photographs were taken, but one thing or another circumvented them being uploaded to my blog. In one fell swoop, I'm posting the remaining challenges: Strangers, Close-Up, Celebration, Flowers, Black and White, Self Portrait. Then I be done with this particular challenge (Thank you, Lori Sanstedt) and I can move on to bigger and better personal challenges.
I enjoy challenges such as this when my creativity lags a bit and I need a little something to prime the pump. This exercise helped a lot.
Some subjects were easier and more comfortable than others, but I liked the subjects with which I don't normally work. I've not done much in the way of photographing people and I think in the coming months I would like to explore the human animal a bit more with my camera lens. I cringe at self-portraits and being included in any photographs, but it is a fact of life so needed to get over my aversion.
We're such a color-oriented society, but I liked working with the Black and White subject to get back in touch with contrasts, textures and composition.
Happy New Year!
Day 30 Self Portrait
Day 29 Black & White (Tinman Gallery doorway entry)
Day 28 Flowers (Supermarket orchids)
Day 27 Celebration (Winter Solstice)
Day 26 Close-Up (Workbench Tools)
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Day 25 Strangers (Garland Post Office)
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