Satillite Show&Tell = KELEN

This blog was started in 2017, forgotten about, and brought back to life by occasional infusions of what I'm doing lately.  Don't let "2017" fool you, I just haven't found where to change it.

September 14 2021:

I will begin alternating three or four of the images of my FALL ART TOUR page.

 A broken knee introduced me

to a tropical jungle just outside my windows!

I will alternate the BrokeKneePortfolio images

 on my F.A.T page,

as well as posting them here

now and then.

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DUBUQUE MUSEUM of ART 

JURIED BIENNIAL

These are my submitted works

responsible for the astonishing occurrence 

of my winning 1st Place.

swamp, 16" wide,x 21.5" tall,

hand printed on Gampi Paper 

LittleHead

I will post better photos of these four 

in their hand carved frames 

as soon as I get back out there

with tripod.

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WOODPRINTS

"Little Head", 16" wide,x 21.5" tall,

hand printed on Gampi Paper 

"Early Man",  18.5 x 14.25"

  printed by hand onto 20.5" x 17" Kitakata paper.

Winner of Americas Paperworks ,Purchase Award,

Walter Piehl Gallery,

Northwest Arts Center, Minot State University, Minot, N.D.

"Wedding Procession"

19.25"x15", Wedding Procession.

Above is a cherry woodblock in progress.

Not one of the Garden 12,

but of the same world and time period,

"a place off the normal routes of travel,

where one would not willing venture."

The block itself, before printing, 
is always so beautiful
that I've decided to photograph them,

so, yes, a print of the block, itself, is obtainable,

BUT, 
Once printed, the block will never look like this again.

the 18"x15.25" print....artist proof.




The Religionator
heads up an ongoing body of work in progress.

 "The Religionator"

 "Some mice are not meek"

 "Betty's Nightclub", a.p.#1.  cell phone pic of print hanging to dry. 

Below "Early Man",  18.5 x 14.25"

 is printed by hand onto 20.5" x 17" Kitakata paper. 

 I'm able to present Early Man so wonderfully here because I go to Picture Salon!

................More to come............... 

WHITELINE WOODBLOCK PRINTS

Whiteline woodprints are actually more like letter press monoprints.

They look as though they sparkle, since the white lines catch the light.

They are very time consuming, but very wonderful to print. 

I only make these prints  now if I feel like it...of course

financial applause might be encouragement enough.

PAINTINGS

 

Sometimes I paint.

CHASING/REPOUSSE

The following tins are actual sardine, kippered snack and anchovy tins, 

which have been chased, repoussed, and reassembled with various metals 

and sometimes glass eyes. 

They are all numbered, signed and dated. 

There are about 27 of them, maybe 30. 

I got going too fast for a show and forgot to photograph them.  

I will be making more.

 

The two above are regular, King Oscar Sardine Tins, 
directly below is a Kippered Snack tin.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ There will be more! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

I finished it, posted it, and sold it.

June, 15, 2021
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I made me a set of personal filters. 
Residing close to my ears, they will listen and hear 

whatever comes off the radio, out of speakers, out of mouths, hearing everything within earshot in all my surroundings. 
They will hear it all. 
Absorbing all,

 before any of it has a chance to reach MY ears.

They will filter out all bad, 

all lies, 

and all disturbing noise. 
I suppose that's why they have already disturbed expressions.

Better on their faces than mine.

I've been wearing them now for a good half a day, 
and I have to say, 
I think they work!

DRAWINGS 

The Wedding Procession 

is one of another body of work 

involved in the "garden" series. 

I'll elaborate more as post.

 

Below are:

Two of six "advertisements" for the Furry Bits Sicum Dog Food Company.

No animals were hurt during these drawings.

All were local indigenous beasts  
hired from the Driftless Area of Southwest Wisconsin..

A difficult drawing to execute.

There was much chaos on the set.

Directing so many actors 
to lay still was intense, 
requiring large quantities of edible bribes

since they don't have

natural patience for the motionless stillness the artist required.

The 22"x30" official Furry Bit Sicum Dog Food plant portrait,

watercolor on Twin Rocker Watercolor paper: 

Sometimes I make strange books.

Below is Chapter 2 from 

the Rural Possum Company Book.