SCHOOL-RELATED

Here are some school-themed polymer clay beads from CandylandBeads.Etsy.com to remind you that most schools begin their new year this week (my kids started today).

St Louis American- August 30.2009

How Sweet the Sound- advertisement in ST LOUIS AMERICAN yesterday.


The concert takes place September 21 at 7:30 pm at Scott Trade Center.

The contest is about finding the BEST GOSPEL CHOIR in AMERICA!

A girl should be two things... Coco said

PLANNED

With the help of Rachel Sherman (mixedupdolly.etsy.com), you may have your entire menu for the day planned out through your jewelry. Not necessarily healthy, but definitely yummy and fun!

There are more choices on www.mixedupdolly.co.uk.

INDUSTRIAL

Adam of AcrylicAndSteel.etsy.com makes these cool industrial necklaces with some steampunk flavor from his wife's roller skates. The main part is an up-cycled Abec-7 bearing, filled with polymer clay, and it has an additional steel ring in the center.

Find out more about this lovely young family and their art by visiting their blog, acrylicandsteel.blogspot.com.

OLDIES BUT GOODIES!

I am still working on the painting I wrote about in my last blog post. It is evolving well methinks!
I thought I would show you some of my older works on paper. Some of them have been exhibited once and a couple not at all.

It is an interesting thing being an artist for all sorts of reasons. But, logistics is not something most people would think about an artist needing. By logistics I mean how to give our work a life beyond the studio, before it becomes too old for competitions and exhibitions...unless of course one has reached that stage where curated survey or retrospective exhibitions herald an arrival into the serious realms of art history.

Most competitons require an artist's entry to be no more than a year old. There are a few competitions which allow up to two years. When an artist has a solo exhibition it is expected that the work on show is recent...probably within the 2-3 years. Once an artist has exhibited a work of art in an exhibition, and it has not sold, it really cannot be exhibited again in that geographic area, unless it is a finalist in a competition. So, artists have to look interstate to exhibit their work again in order for it to have a life beyond storage in the studio.

So, it is with delight that I am showing these older works which have not really had an opportunity to strutt their stuff properly.


Spirited Mixed Media On Paper 56 x76 1993 $1600 AUD Unframed

I was thinking about and very interested in the force of atoms and the energy created. My tree-of-life is here! Readers of my blog will know that this motif is a favourite and recurrent motif of mine. In this case i was thinking abut the life force of atoms.

Super Mum Mixed Media on Paper 76 x 56 cm 1994 $1600 AUD Unframed

I painted this image when I had two small children and felt my energies stretched to the limits. This woman seems to have multiple arms! And again my tree-of-life motif is inside the womb-like ball under the woman's arm.

Earth's Spirits Gouache and Watercolour on paper 104 x 75 cm $3000 AUD Unframed

This painting was exhibited in an exhibition called Knitting Time at Whitebox Gallery in Brisbane. The paintings in this exhibition had been inspired by a friend's novel. Her name is Lesley Synge http://www.zingstories.com.au/

See The Traces Gouache on paper 56 x 76 cm 2001 $1600 AUD Unframed

I have palyed with perspective in this ambiguous landscape. I had been living in Brisbane for about a year after living in Goondiwindi in western Queensland for 18 years. I moved with my 3 children then aged 2,5 and 8 because I got divorced. Once in Brisbane my landscapes took on a searching within my memory. I was and still am interested in multi perspectives and the power developing skills in perspective gives to humanity. At this point in time, in the early 2000s, I was understandably considering my options, looking at my past and examining myself and my life from new and sometimes frightening perspectives.

Inside The Landscape Gouache on paper 2004 Sold

This painting is a continuation of my interests mentioned for the painting above.

In The Air Gouache on Paper 56 x 76 cm 2005 $1600 AUD Unframed

I have alwys loved the aerial view and this image is surely an aerial view highlightng again my interest in exploring different perspectives. I think of the old saying...The girl can leave the country but the country never leaves the girl!

At Close Distance Gouache on paper 56 x 76 cm 2005 $1600 AUD Unframed

This is a really beautiful painting...if I say so myself! I have delved inside the landscape to reveal its intimate parts. Yet, at the same time the vastness of the landscape is evident. Hence the title 'At Close Distance' which plays with ideas of distance being far and close.


So, this is a brief online exhibition of some of my older paintings. I have chosen ones I really like!

* All prices exclude freight and framing. However, both can be organised. Prices may go up without notice, but these listed here will be maintained for 3 months from the date of this post.

COMING UP

In January 2010 I am having another exhibition at the Upfront Club in Maleny http://www.upfrontclub.org/ My Mum's exhibition 'Invisible Cities' opened there on Thursday night and is up until Septmeber 22. You must go and see it if you can!!!!

In March 2010 I am having a solo exhibition @ Joshua Levi Galleries 4 Ipswich Rd, Woolloongabba http://www.joshualevigalleries.com.au/ I am so looking forward to this as I have not had a solo exhibition of new works for two years.

My entry into the $15000 Manning Art Prize is a finalist! The winner is announced on September 19

Cheers,

Kathryn

SOPHISTICATED

I felt very lucky when I spotted Susan Waddington's shop yesterday (polydogz.etsy.com). I am a long-time fan of Susan's work.

All she has in her Etsy shop right now is one necklace for sale and three in Sold category, but you can spend hours admiring just those few pieces. For more, visit her web site polydogz.com.

blush pink

I love the soft allure of blush pink, whether for a dress, a flower, a room, a pair of heels, or something seen only by a lover. Pale warm flesh-inspired pinks bring out a subtle and natural feminine mood. Like a summer sunrise, like unadorned lips, like a blush of tender feeling upon a cheek....

SWEET

These cute zoo is from MaggiesSweetNothings.etsy.com. Former professional figurine designer, Maggie now enjoys teaching at an elementary school and uses her polymer clay beads as a creative outlet.

My work on a BILLBOARD!

Here's a slightly better photo of the billboard with my work. The commission is for the competition for the best gospel choir in America -- taking place in St. Louis in September.

My art -- is an interpretation of that event.

It's a large scale watercolor of THE ROCK CHURCH in St. Louis.

This particular billboard is on Choteau Avenue -- just east of Grand.

Take a look! It was a surprise to me this morning!

The Rock Church Choir
watercolor on Arches 300 lb cp
60" h x 40" w
2009
Verizon Wireless

My work on a BILLBOARD!

While traveling to work today... I saw a billboard with my art on it! it's for a gospel choir contest happening in St. Louis in September.

I always knew that there would be publicity around this event...and that they would use my art -- but i wasn't prepared for it!

It's a huge rush to see something you've created so LARGE!

yay!

How Sweet the Sound
watercolor
60" h x 40" w
2009
Verizon Wireless

DIVERSE

I had a really hard time deciding which polymer clay treasures to bring here from Alisa Treasurefield's shop ( treasurefield.etsy.com). Such a variety of works and so many fresh ideas!

Also worth vising are Alisa's blog and photo album.

Have fun!

Bleah

I'm lying in bed now, having just woken up.

My poor blog looks so stupid with no updates I've decided to tell you all about my mediocre day yesterday.

First I woke up at 11am and the sun was blazing hot. Then I called my friend and yelled at him, "Omg let's go tanning!!!!"

My friend said ok, but he needs to go to the gym first. I said I'd meet him at his place at 1.30pm then.

Boiled potatoes to make mashed potatoes. Talked to shuyin on msn. Burnt potatoes. Whole house smelt like burnt potatoes. Hahahaha! I'm so descriptive. Ok fine, it smelt rancid.

Cut off the burnt parts. Mashed potatoes with some water (no milk at home), chunks of butter and a dollop of mayo. It's fab. I make fab mashed potatoes.

Mike came home for lunch.

Pumpkin pooped on the shoe rack. Got walloped and time-out-ed in her toilet. (Till later)

Packed potatoes in microwaveable rectangular plastic box and left for friend's place. Took a cab. Had the cleverness to call him before I reached to find out he is still ta pao-ing food at cineleisure.

I stopped the cab there (he stays in orchard, has own swimming pool!!), and he went to buy LJS while I bought the fake jap food from cine's basement.

Meanwhile, went to do do club (just beside food place) with the intentions to buy fake eyelashes, if they got nice ones.

I picked 4.

The price was $19.80!

I jumped and said, "Why so expensive??"

Woman said coz one packet is $4.95.

I said, "Oh you all increased the price, used to be $3.80."

Stupid woman said, "No, it has always been this price."

Retard to the max! I clearly remember it was $3.80 coz I must have bought at least 40 pairs of lashes from there! Always been $4.95 my ass!! Always been that price since she's been working there maybe!!

So I said, "I don't want it anymore."

The semi-evolved human said, "Huh, all of them?"

I answered in the affirmative.

She yelled, "But I already keyed them in!!" And acted like I have to do her a favour and pay up $19.80 just coz she already keyed my lashes in!!! Wtf??

It's not my problem that she keyed it in and I told her as much. Ridiculous.

Walked away. Nobody stopped me, although I'm sure they would be cursing me for the rest of the day.

With food, went to my friend's place, took off clothes (with bikini left of course) and AHHHHhhhhhh! Sun!! We had a decadent time eating at the pool.

Tanned till 5pm. I was a bit burnt.

Wongsie and mike then came over (asked Mike to release Pumpkin from Time-Out) and all 4 of us went to Jumbo seafood to eat.

We had drunken prawns, scallops wrapped in yam, mee goreng, spinach and mushroom tofu, and kang kong! It was not bad.

Then we adjoined to The Daily Scoop for ice cream, which was closed. Went to Udders instead. I had Strawberry Fields and Cempedak icecream!!

And then mike sent everyone home and we went home too.

I started reading My Sister's Keeper. It's promising. Finished to page 15.

Fell asleep till now.

And this is the first blog post written on my berry!!

DOTTED

I was about to show some nice shiny polymer clay cabochons by Sharon Solly that I found in her Etsy shop, but I forgot all about them when I looked through Sharon's photo album.

These amazing beads look so convincingly as lampwork, yet Sharon made them using Kato liquid clay!

FASCINATING

Have you seen these amazing polymer clay fairies by Misty Auld? You can find them in GlitteringGlen.etsy.com. There are many more pictures, including those of work in progress, on Misty's web site, www.glitteringglen.com.