Wall Eye Gallery

Wall Eye Gallery
Cleveland, OH USA

There's a new gallery in town: 

Wall Eye Gallery*

My good friend and I  visited the gallery on Saturday w/artwork in tow.

And now

we're in a show.  

The opening reception is March 19, 2010.

I am making final decisions about work and getting it mounted and/or framed.

Which is a good thing 

because I'll have images to post to show any curious folks what my artwork really is. 

Check out their blog here.

I'll post the announcement with details in early March.

*Not to be confused with walleye fishing in Lake Erie, one of the 5 Great Lakes located in the Midwest region of the U.S.A

Lover's Leap

Polly Apfelbaum

Lover's Leap Black
 2008
Woodblock Print Image Size: 47" x 47"
Paper: Hiromi Handmade DHM-11 Triple Thick

Blossom
Synthetic Velvet, Dye
18' x 18'
2000
Collection, MOMA
Happy Valentine's Day.
Please see more of Polly's work here.

Curious Crochetdermy

Shauna Richardson
U.K.

All photos via Shauna Richardson

A good friend sent me a link to Shauna Richardson's work the other day.  

I was curious and  totally enamored with her talent and thinking processes.

All answers found. Read this interview published here.

An excerpt:

"For me Crochetdermy is a real personal challenge. It retains the ability to make me feel uncomfortable and I suspect that lack of comfort will continue to pique my curiosity and keep me creating these pieces for a long time to come."

I encourage you to see more of her work on her website here.

It's brilliant and bothersome (in a good way!)

Flower Boats, Bowls, Sea Carpets and Bouquets

Flowers by Bornay

Barcelona, Spain

From their website...

"The flowers and the elements that surround them 

are the tools we use to express ourselves in order to succeed in the effect they must produce."

I feel the need to share these lovely pics of flowers during a very cold spell here in Cleveland, Ohio.

Valentine's day approaches,

it seems appropriate.
Enjoy!

boats

bowls

Sea Carpets

and 

Bouquets

See more here.

Saturated Plush Tuffs of Color

Dana L. Depew
Cleveland, Ohio

Floral Composition, oil, acrylic on Chenille

Pink in the Middle, oil, enamel, acrylic on Chenille, 2008

Linear Composition 28 in x 33 in, oil and enamel on crocheted fabric, 2009; Rising Sun, oil, enamel, acrylic on Chenille, 2008

Installation View

Big Bertha, oil, enamel, acrylic on Chenille, 2008

I had the pleasure to meet Artist and Asterisk Gallery owner, Dana Depew today and became an immediate fan. 

He works in a wide range of media from sculpture to painting where he repurposes found objects as he sees fit. 

Found resting against the gallery wall were several of his Chenille Paintings.

He invited me to see more in the maze-like storage area below the gallery.

Dana loads heavy coats of paint onto vintage chenille bedspreads. 

The satisfying result is stiffened saturated plush tuffs color.

See more Chenille Paintings here.

See more about him here.

See his Etsy shop here.

See information about his gallery here.

These are photo's from Dana's FaceBook page. 

Thanks Dana for a great visit. 

Philosopher of Drawing

George Mauersberger
Cleveland, Ohio USA

Wallflower 9, pastel on paper, 44" high x 30" wide, 2005 , Private Collection

Detail

Black 4, 56" high x 42" wide, Charcoal, 2001, Private Collection

Some people think this is a photograph...George rubbed loose charcoal into the surface of a huge piece of white paper, then removed charcoal using an eraser to reveal the image of the leather jacket. 

Angel, 40" high x 60" wide, Watercolor, 1992, Private Collection

I am pleased to announce a nice home for my husbands' artwork on the web.

Long overdue, but so worth the wait. I was happy to do this for him.

With each mark of the a piece of pastel, pencil, charcoal or stroke with the tip of watercolor brush, he immerses us with his own special take on photorealism.

Just when you think you can pull the tape off the stem of a rose on the wall, look further down and see that he has left scribbles on the page telling the viewer that it's a flat surface after all.

He is a Full Professor and Chair of the Art department at Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio.

Please pour yourself a nice hot cup of something warm and spend some time lingering over his work here. 

When you get to the site, click on any picture to zoom in for a closer look.

Wired Women's Work

Karen Searle

Minnesota, U.S.A.

How My Mother Dressed Me; Copper wire, hand knitting;40" long x 18" wide x 20" high 

Detail

Essence Installation Detail, Long Dress, bag, Shoe; Crocheted steel wire;  life-sized 

Essence Installation Detail, Boots; Crocheted steel wire;  life-sized 
All photos courtesy Karen Searle. Thank you Karen!

It’s not often that I find artwork that can speak to the feminine point of view without looking over-worked. Karen Searle  uses a great deal of self-editing and a fine sense of humor to form 3-D objects to make her ideas come to life.

She uses fiber skills historically found in “women’s work” such as knitting, hand-stitching, and weaving in ways that I find quite satisfying.

She has written over 5 books in the field of textiles and has written numerous articles  & essays for many of our favorite fiber related publications and catalogs.

Please take time to browse her site to learn more about this fascinating woman.

See more here

Read about her here

        She gives tours to Guatemala. See here

Karen's most recent book, see here.

Embroidered CMYK

Evelin Kasikov

lives/works in London, U.K.

Evelin Kasikov created a project for her MA at St. Martins in London that is thrilling to anyone who loves graphic design and textiles as much as I do.

I had a difficult time deciding what to show you, 

so here are random selections:

all photos courtesy Evelyn Kasikov

I am intrigued and admit full disclosure now that I am a bit jealous that she transformed the printing process into handmade cross-stitch embroidery. Bravo Evelin!

I urge you to spend time (run don't walk!) looking at her projects that include posters, sketchbooks, commissions and graphic design work.  Evelin is generous with her images and shows many views of her work with nice juicy detail.

Please rush over to her site to explore here.

Frozen waves and Onion Tops

My region this week

Cleveland, Ohio

It's been cold and grey in Cleveland. But that's not stopping me from walking and looking at my landscape.
I love the coldness found in the vista of  frozen Lake Erie within walking distance of  my house, the round cement columns near water's edge, and the weather-patina green of the St. Theodosius Russian Orthodox Cathedral onion topped domes outside my nieces' kitchen window. (Built in 1911 it is Ohio's oldest Orthodox Church)

Leaves, Trees and Wattowers

Christy Gray
Bay Village, Ohio

Her Morning Scene, Hand-dyed fabric, cut, layered, stitched

33.5" x 20.5", April, 2009

Waiting to Be Kissed, Hand-dyed fabric, cut, layered, stitched

19"x 19", February, 2009

Selected for The Artist as Quiltmaker XIV in Oberlin Ohio (Exhibit this Spring,'09)

& After Awhile, Hand-dyed fabric,embroidered

9.5" x 7.5", 9.5" x 11.5", private collection

All images, courtesy, Christy Gray

Christy Gray uses her richly colored hand-dye fabrics to bring her drawings to life. She sketches her ideas in her favorite moleskine notebooks and translates them into much larger (and Colorful!) fabric works. Christy spends hours carefully cutting, layering, fusing and stitching the fabric pieces together.

She lives a wholesome artistic life, filled with a loving family, and cares deeply for our mother earth in ways I strive to emulate.

Christy's work makes me happy and I cherish her as my dear friend.

Her artwork is in both private and public collections.

See more here.