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And now on Etsy

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After a three year hiatus, I re-launched my Etsy shop last weekend. I’ve long hoped to find a new venue to promote and sell some of my work and maybe this is it?

Red Cage

Primed with a spattering of smaller works on canvas and paper, I plan to add more as time allows, but the goal is to find good, forever homes for some of my little ones.

In Knots

Most of the shop is filled with works that have seen other exhibits or were studies for ongoing series of larger works. I float back and forth between a love of working on tiny and big paintings. How great is it that I don’t have to choose? I do the same when it comes to the medium. For the most part, these pieces are done in acrylic paint on canvas, but look closer for graphite, house paint, collage elements, bits of old paintings, and more.

On a Wire 11x14

I hope you’ll visit and consider starting or continuing your Kate O. collection! Click on an image to be taken to it’s Etsy listing.

PS: Be my first ever Etsy customer and I’ll include a fun free gift with your purchase!

Art About Town

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Last night I First Friday’d with my favorite jeweler, Sara B. Here’s some of what we saw and where we saw it…

The night began with Bodies of Work: The Figurative Work of Travis S. Little at the StutzArtSpace Gallery where I was finishing up some last minute prep for the opening. This was the Gallery’s first ever solo show (previously group shows only) and what a success! I hear rumors of some sales already.

Next up was Bound, a book arts show at the Harrison Center for the Arts and a chance to scope out their new City Gallery where I’ve submitted artwork to be considered.

It’s a map of Dublin?!

This was just because (outside the Harrison Center).

As for the rest of the night, the camera started to freak out so that’s it on pictures. We also saw Transcendence at Gallery 924 at the Arts Council of Indianapolis, Hungry Weeds (yay, Emily!) at Nancy Lee Designs and Photos Unfolding at Wug Laku’s Studio & Garage.

Never seem to make it down to Fountain Square…there’s just too much going on for one night!

KO

Horizon Line

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I’m playing with some new horizon lines in collusion with my ‘excavation’. This digging has lead to the idea of underground caves and what might be lurking around beneath the surface.

My plans are still evolving. Yesterday I painted a hole in the ground, not sure yet where it leads, but the hole was a good first step. Here are some possibilities…

Some will cringe at this, but I just obliterated two older paintings with plans to paint something new. But it’s okay, I hated them and after about 4 years with no takers I figure it’s time for a new life. 

XOKO

Remnants Opens at the Indianapolis Art Center

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A bit late, yes. But, I wanted to show off some behind-the-scenes pictures of the installation of my new show ‘Remnants’ at the Indianapolis Art Center…

Remnants is a series of small collage paintings that evolved out of my lack of ability to throw anything (art material) away. Each piece is made from the odds and ends of other paintings and collages. They are my ‘triumph over failure’ so to speak. I took artwork that simply wasn’t working and re-imagined it into small-scale collages. This is me ‘up-cycling’.

Should you become the proud owner of a Remnant (which is easy to do- more than 30 are available at the Art Center now through August 1), you should know, for most of the pieces, the paper surface has been left exposed. I therefore, recommend that you not hang or display your Remnant in areas with high humidity, such as bathrooms or near stoves. You wouldn’t be happy with the result.

Melanie Reckas hanging Remnants

 Remnants is on view in the Basile Studio Shop Hallway now through August 1. Plenty of time to get out and see it.

–Kate