Embroidered “Florals” on Abstraction are now at FACTS in Blyth, ON.

Embroidered “Florals” on Abstraction

The six embroidered florals (At the bottom of my Material Paintings Gallery) are inspired by floral bouquets that my husband gives to me bi-weekly. The backgrounds of each floral bouquets were done a few years ago, and when I pulled the dried paint coated linen from the shelve in October last year, (2020) I decided to quickly paint a few of the bouquets and embroider them to completion. It is the embroidery that transforms the entire work. These are being displayed at the FACTS Blyth Shop as one of a kind. Below is a sample of one of the six paintings that I am exhibiting called “Wild Collection.” Below this image is a photo of some of the embroidered florals in the FACTS Blyth Shop Window!

“Wild Collection” is 12 Inches X 12 Inches - Acrylic and Embroidery Thread on Linen.

“Wild Collection” is 12 Inches X 12 Inches - Acrylic and Embroidery Thread on Linen.

Distractions from Covid 19

The Garage Gallery Benmiller has been closed this past season because of Covid 19. I am hoping to open the gallery in June of 2021. In the meanwhile here is a glimpse of what I have been working on this year and some artworks that I exhibited or donated to good causes.

The Garage Gallery Benmiller will be Closed this 2020 Summer Season.

Covid-19 caught me, at first in denial. I thought that this was just a regular flu, I thought I could manage everything here and just be cautious. What was going on out there that everyone was being so dramatic about? But as I came back into the reality of what was really happening and how I could put people at risk, I had to rethink everything. I waited a bit to see if things got better, but it did not get better and so on May 1st, I made the decision to close our gallery for the 2020 Season to protect the vulnerable. Linda Wiebe, Morag Webster and my work (Kim Wilkie) will be shown in the 2021 Summer Season.

Now, I will be putting more time into my art in the studio, reading, and gardening since we just put in a small green house, which has already been time consuming just setting it up, but I am very excited about it. Below are some recent small intuitive paintings (they could be a little surreal). They are 12 Inches x 12 Inches x1 Inch on wood.

My Artwork is in 2 Group Exhibitions one in St.Thomas and one in Toronto !

My Installation of “Monumental Stakes” at the Gladstone Hotel.

The first exhibition is at St. Thomas Elgin Public Art Centre - it is up until October 19, 2019. It is called “In View of the Artist” You can get to the website here. The second group exhibition is at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto and the Opening is this Thursday October 10th from 7-10pm and is up until November 24th 2019. You can get to their website here. Go to the Art Section to find out more details… or just book a stay.

It is the last weekend to see "Unsettling Nature" at the Garage Gallery Benmiller!

We are Open Today- Friday 11-530pm, Saturday 11- 5:30pm and our Final Day of the Season is Sunday September 29th 11-5:30pm. Left to Right in the image below are the Artists of the 2019 Season, Jill Price, Kim Wilkie, Leslie Putnam and Morag Webster.



My art is going places. The Propeller Gallery Toronto this past summer ....

At times I focus towards re-using and the recycling of the materials in my studio, creating new types of objects that can still be hung on the wall and gives a new meaning to what is called art. I used waste materials from thread, string, material, canvas, paint and plastic wrap and any string type material that lands in my studio to create a rug. These images below show my “Rug Painting” at the Propeller Gallery in Toronto this past summer….

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