Big news for me. After proudly hosting my own hand-coded website for the past many years, I am moving into the new world of responsive web sites. My new and very minimal site is scheduled for posting early September. Currently I am putting the final tweaks on the content which will include some new and some never-before-posted pieces. I'm really stoked about this and look forward to sharing this with you. ~ Kathryn
Happy, happy -- summer is here!! Vancouver is a dream in summer. We are blessed with minimum humidity and very fresh air. And although I enjoy my Vitamin D fix, I also enjoy spending a bit of time indoors in the evenings to continue with my projects. Recently I created this sampler, below, to test how rusting on cotton could work in a composition. After I rusted some objects onto a cotton swatch, I stretched the cotton onto a wooden palette (available at most art stores which sell stretched canvas) adhering it with clear acrylic medium. Next I divided the surface area in half to create a textural contrast -- paint vs fabric. My goal was to relax into this sampler experience as a mark-making exercise and not to over think the composition. I focused on layering my paint and incorporated stencils and a bit of collage. I also scribbled in pencil to contrast the symmetrical division of the surface. What I enjoyed most about this sampler was the unplanned design process. I generally