"PRESS PLAY" A New Exhibit @ KDW Fine Art Studio Gallery

I am cleaning up my Studio Gallery for a New Exhibit this Month called "Press Play"

Opening Night is Friday July 15th, 7:00 to 9:30pm

and the exhibit continues

until Saturday August 13th.                                                                                          Hours of Operation Tuesday to Sunday 11am-5pm

7 Artist's Exhibiting! 

Kim Wilkie, Morag Webster, Jill Price,                     Leslie Putnam, Tamara Moro,                         Katherine Haine & Elly Pakalnis!

If you recall, my studio gallery looked a lot like this at the beginning of September last year....just before I Opened KDW Fine Art Studio Gallery. The third image above is a reflection of a full studio gallery with all my art work just before the "London Studio Tour" this past summer. That was so much Fun! 

Come to Unit 2 - 1131 Gainsborough Road, London, ON, Friday July 15th, @ 7:00pm to 9pm and see how we Press Play!

 

 

 

Work-In-Progress throughout the Studio.

All of these snippets of artworks-in-progress will eventually show up on my recent work page. Keep an eye on my website to see the finished pieces.

Before & After

The top (painting) shows this 4 panel artwork with the intuitive string landscape with clouds, reminiscent of a David Milne kind of look I thought when I finished this step. The canvas itself is very rustic because it is burlap. The bottom image shows my hand stitching on all the boundaries of each painted area of the canvas. It truly becomes a painted patchwork quilt. I sometimes really need to assess what is needed in my artwork (paintings) but the more I do my art the better I get at this important assessment. I originally finished this painting in 2014 and it is today that I finished the hand stitching that truly makes it my work or as some say my brand. 

Getting use to a working studio vs. the Gallery Look!

The first few photos above shows KDW Fine Art Gallery side with a full capacity which took a few weeks to pull together.... After the London Artists' Studio Tour Weekend I needed to clear all the unsold artwork and get it to storage. I have left some artwork for sale on one wall near the back of the studio, and I left all the other walls to hang artwork in progress to get a better perspective on what to do next on these artworks. 

Sometimes it is a bit of a shock when all the walls have been filled with artworks to go back to bare walls... I need some time to adjust - it is like having a new space again. So here I sit in the studio thinking of all the new people who have seen my art. Wonderful! Now back to my art-in-progress!

 

 

Work-in-Progress Finished for September's "Arts on the Trail" Elliot Lake

Here is part of the ProCess of the "Boat Island" Painting with a detailed photo the the twisted cotton string. The final painting feels very whimsical... 

This was fun to do!

This was fun to do!

Artwork-in-Progress

I began this work a week ago- but I had stretched that canvas before this... I apply the string to canvas and let it dry from 5 to 7 days ... This will be one of my imaginary landscapes... no particular place but from an idea about land. The sting itself this time did some twists and turns when it was wet with acrylic medium. It reminded me of the twisting of thread while spinning thread -- the string actually unravelled a bit and twisted on itself which created these interesting double string wound lines. I really never know what the art landscape will look like in the end but it is a wonderful journey while working on these string artworks. I sometimes stitch on the finished art work and if I think it can stand alone I don't. The progress is a balancing act of colours and in the end it takes quite a while to paint the string that the composition began with.... I will be creating many of these in the future. I love making these Imaginary Landscapes.  

Getting Ready for the London Artists' Studio Tour

I have had the above artwork in storage for a few years... and now since I have been included in the London Artists' Studio Tour this year, I decided to frame it. The Frame on this abstract artwork really brings out the colours in the pain…

I have had the above artwork in storage for a few years... and now since I have been included in the London Artists' Studio Tour this year, I decided to frame it. The Frame on this abstract artwork really brings out the colours in the painting called "White Brush-marks." I hope a lot of people come to see all the newly framed Art at my Studio Gallery at 1131 Gainsborough Road, London, Ontario- soon or at least during the Tour.  The dates are Friday April 15th from 7 to 9:30pm, Saturday the 16th from 10am to 5pm & Sunday the 17th from 12-5pm.  kdwfineart.com 

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