Christian Möller Art For Humans

Title: At the awarding of the state scholarship for intellectual emancipation we remember the table service
Size: 146x230 cm
Medium category: Painting - Acrylic


THE ART FOR HUMANS GALLERY CHINATOWN is pleased to present "Kingdom Come Youth", an exhibit of paintings and drawings by Berlin-based artist Christian Möller. The program for "Kingdom Come Youth," will include the execution of a large painting by the artist on-site at the gallery, during the exhibition run.


Show dates: SEPTEMBER 5-15; with a RECEPTION FOR THE ARTIST on SEPTEMBER 8, from 6-10PM.


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Christian


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Statement:

The paintings of Christian Möller exert an exotic attraction. Developed merely in black and white tones on large canvasses, the intense, attenuated and pushed movements draw the viewers attention into an impenetrable thicket of compact and transparent forms. They remain fragments rendered two dimensional, however they are in every section modelled multi-layered colourspaces. In no place do these brushstrokes evoke peace and resignation or inner balance in the circling, directed, elliptical or linear forms. More than that, the restlessness and shorthanded notation of colours, which is an intense series of signs and letters scribbled in extreme excitement comparable to a letter or entry in a diary and forming both a unity during the more distant process of reading as well as a readable message, is in danger of drowning on the canvass in a chaos of pictorial signs and endless spaces. Given over to the pull of cosmic breadth in the boundless universe, which is incomprehensible to human conception, single formed shapes reappear as unexpectedly out of the abyss as they disappeared.

The paintings of Christian Möller generate their inner tension in this border area between the surface of the canvass, which reveals the traces of the set colours, and the pictorial depth of colour modulation in endless ratios of black and white tones in all thinkable values of grey to dark black to brightly sparkling flashes of white light. They invite looking. They attract and allure the observer to be reluctantly involved in the dramatic event. Even when he, with aversion and fear of the unknown of such worlds which do not promise beauty, or enjoyment of the aesthetic but probably dread and abysses, tries to defend himself against these, and in trying to resist, then still only looks into himself. The images guide the observer, once submerged inside these dim labyrinth spaces, left alone yet directed by the artist, as Vergil by Dante in the "Divine Comedy", to the world of the inferno as well as to happiness, where life is played out. The longer one stays in these broad painted spaces and moves through them, the richer and more surprising the discoveries of those images which start to come up in our fantasy, occupying our thinking recome. These are not the images which obsessed Christian Möller when he departed on his artistic incarnations, but our own images, which we discovered inside of us........

Dr. Andreas Vowinkel in the catalogue: "Pictures. Very far away; on the invention of longing for a sky of only flowers, the waiting until dawn and the trap of being apart." published by Baden Art Association, Karlsruhe, Germany and Art Association Braunschweig, Germany 1998, ISBN 3-89309-083-5 "I allow a form more freedom, if I do not evaluate it with colours" (assign it colour)
(Christian Möller)

1963 born in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany

Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Education

1986-92 Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Karlsruhe, Germany

Grants

2003 Stipendium Zeppelinhaus Berlin
2000 Fördergemeinschaft Kunst e.V.
1998 Stipendium der Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg
1997 Stipendium des Saarländischen Künstlerhauses, Saarbrücken
1994-95 Preisträger beim Deutschen Kunstpreis
1993-96 Atelierstipendium des Landes Baden-Württemberg
1992 Stipendium des Vereins für internationalen Kulturaustausch an der Akademie Vytvarnych Umeni (Akademie der schönen Künste) Prag
1990 Studienreise nach Australien

Solo Exhibitions

(selection)
2006 wie Gott uns schuf, Sportklubhelga, Berlin, D
2005 neinesgehtgut, Kunstkabine, Berlin, D
2004 Valdez, Zeichnung, Kunstraum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, D
2003 Ein Tag wie jeder andere, Rua da Rosa 17, 2 esq /Bairro Alto/Atelier Luisa Sequeira, Lissabon. P
was das Zeug hält, Studio 1/Zeppelinhaus, Berlin, D
trashcash moron morphine machine, Galerie Junghans, Köln, D
2002 sognami il tempo all' indietro, L'istituto l'arte Malcini, Siena, I
was, für wen, wieso, Raum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Köln, D
2001 Come un caldo bagno schiuma di zucchero, Galleria Farfalla, Bologna, I
1999 Heute, hier und jetzt, Haus der Kunststiftung, Stuttgart (zusammen mit Axel Brandt), D
Andys Nerven, Das Kunstforum, Köln, D
1998 Ganz weit weg.; Über die Erfindung der Sehnsucht nach nur noch Blumen am Himmel, das Warten bis es hell wird und die Abseitsfalle, Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, D
Team Araldi, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig, D
1997 Jetset paradise monsterfactory, Art Association Carlington Road, Dundee, Scotland, GB
Assi 2000, Saarländisches Künstlerhaus, Saarbrücken, D
1994 Debütantenausstellung, Lichthof Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, D
1992 Akademie Vytvarnych Umeni (Akademie der schönen Künste) Prag, Prag, CZ

Group Exhibitions

(selection)
2004 Modellsituation Berlin, Landesvertretung BW am Tiergarten, Berlin, D
2003 Intershop SüdstattSüd, Haus des Glücks, Kunstraum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, D
2001 Mit leichtem Gepäck, Zeiten der Liebe, Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, D
Le parc des fleurs jaunes, Areal d'art, Nancy, F
Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, D
2000 Gesellschaft der Freunde junger Kunst, Baden/Baden, D
Galerie Schloß Mochental, Ehingen/Donau, D
Kunsthalle Göppingen, Göppingen, D
1997 Städelsches Kunstinstitut, "Villa Romana Preis 1998", Frankfurt am Main, D
Das Kunstforum, Köln, D
1996 Freundeskreis Wilhelmshöhe, Ettlingen, D
Emy-Roeder-Preis, Kunstverein Ludwigshafen am Rhein, D
1994 Haus der Kunst, München, D

Bibliography

(selection)
1994 >> Katalog-"Wir Kinder vom Rhein", herausgegeben von der Staatlichen Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe, Vorzugsausgabe von 100 Exemplaren in handgearbeitetem Umschlag, signiert und numeriert >> Katalog-"Deutscher Kunstpreis 1994/95", herausgegeben vom Bundesverband BVR, Bonn >> 1996 >> Katalog "Emy Roeder-Preis", herausgegeben vom Kunstverein Ludwigshafen a.Rh. >> 1998 >> Katalog "Ganz weit weg; Über die Erfindung der Sehnsucht nach nur noch Blumen am Himmel, das Warten bis es hell wird und die Abseitsfalle", herausgegeben vom Badischen Kunstverein Karlsruhe und dem Kunstverein Braunschweig, ISBN 3-89309-083-5, Jahresgabe des Kunstverein Braunschweig >> Katalog-Stipendiaten der Kunststiftung 1998, herausgegeben von der Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg >> 2000 >> www.swo.de "Künstler des Monats März/April >> Künstlerportrait in den Badischen Neusten Nachrichten, veröffentlicht von Michael Hübl >> 2001 >> Katalog "Mit leichtem Gepäck", herausgegeben vom Badischen Kunstverein Karlsruhe, ISBN 3-89309-097-5 >> 2003 Katalog "was das Zeug hält", erschienen zur Ausstellung im Studio 1/Zeppelinhaus, Berlin 2003, Jahresgabe des Badischen Kunstverein Karlsruhe, Zahlreiche Rezensionen in Zeitschriften und Tageszeitungen

Finding Creativity- Not Exactly Free Coloring Pages Fairies and Dragons-I Need Music!

I ask myself a lot after finishing a painting or sculpture, "How did I do that, was that me? "How can I get back to that creative, artistic space again?"
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Finding Creativity- Not Exactly Free Coloring Pages Fairies and Dragons-I Need Music!

I ask myself a lot after finishing a painting or sculpture, "How did I do that, was that me?

Next I think to myself, "How can I get back to that creative, artistic space again?"

It feels so elusive sometimes. I try to designate communications of fantasy or some inner connection back to that space, that nebulous space. I set precedent communications to that world that seems so mystical and try to recover what I had when I was in that trance like mode of artistic splendor.

I find creativity because of the desire to know it, not by reading tarot cards or dancing with the devil. Hummm, well maybe just a little.
Smile.

How I get to that space? By 'rescuing' my day and restoring my own artistic splendor.

I look for music, sometimes music without lyrics, but more often music that has lyrics I can sing to. I DO sing! I sing and feel the mood of the singer, then make it my own. I let my spirit feel the freedom it longs to feel. I stop myself from following rules or creating new ones. Oh! Those pesty rules that say, bind up the whole process, make the right lines, add only proper colors... eew! Those rules only cause me to create renderings that might be acceptable to those conservative Kinkade fans, who of course do not consider them anything but bliss, but to me a place that feels stagnate.

Take out that emotional palette and fill it with every color possible. Be it abstract art, pop art, Free coloring pages fairies and dragons, goddess women, dear little pixies fairies, elves colouring pictures or elves in folklore and myths, mythical fairies fill a my mind. Fantasy is as real as you decide it can be.

I try to write a lot about my daydreams and things of beauty that inspire me. How do I get to that creative, artistic space? It still escapes me fully, but the more I write about it, the more I sing and paint and sculpt and think and dream, it comes to me. I must have it lest I disappear.

I truly believe that we can rescue our own selves from a host of sadness by tapping into that creative space.

I think as an artist one must constantly designate communications of self preservation to those fields of longed for elusive spaces, lest they fall into deep depression.



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Jean Marc Calvet began painting at a point in is life when severe crisis metamorphosed into a form of redemption and rebirth. With no training, he discovered the need to paint by complete chance.

Not only did it save him but it changed his life. Art is his catharsis and his evolution has been astounding. For him, it is about exorcising the insanity of his past and slapping down on canvas the dirty truth of life.

He paints 14 hours a day, seven days a week and lives now in Nicaragua.

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"Contradiction"

The human being is a permanent contradiction
The hero and the anti-hero in the same body,
The winner and the looser in the same team.
Mountain and abyss are keeping close too,
An intern world made of crates, scars, hope, breakdown, light and darkness.
In every one of us is leaving a universe, a land,
Everybody has their own paradise, their own hell
Above all do not try to be harder, on the contrary
Bring out every sensitive cell, every nervous ending.
Why? To live and feel this skin become shell through the years
And be reborn, grazed acutley in front of the mirror.

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"Flight" 24x48 oil on canvas


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Jesus Healing Sick & the Internet-Critical Thinking + Creative Writing + Active Reading

Where is that image of Jesus healing the sick?

I gotta say, I am just AMAZED by what people write on social networking websites. They tell ALL! I am a pretty open person and sometimes worry that I tell too much, too much of my own spirituality information. But you know what? Not in comparison to many. It is pretty stunning isn't it?

A little critical thinking + creative writing + active reading, could go a long way here.

I saw on My Space where a woman wrote about losing a custody battle and CPS stepping in. I saw another where a wife had left, gone 'wild' as the author put it, and left her with the grandkids and her son as a permanent house guest. There was another one where the man said his wife had 'lost her mind' and he was now raising their child alone.

All of these things are tragic, of course they are! But, what is possessing people to post their trials and tribulations on the internet?

I think maybe one thing is because people have lost sight of the fact that they are venting on a public forum. They somehow consider the internet and their personal blogs to be a place for journal writing and that only soft and gentle readers will find them.

I wrote back to person who's troubles seemed too much for them. I feared for their safety! They seemed suicidal. What does one do with something like that? Here is a person you find over the internet who is so distraught they feel their only way of getting it out is over the internet. They feel alone it seems. How does one NOT write back? Yet how does one take on the trials and tribulations of the whole of the internet that cries out for help? HUGE.. it is just a sad and pitiful tale. Like I said, where is Jesus and that picture of him healing the sick? or gads it seems like there is enough spiritual information out there to fill all the oceans on the planet.

Humm, what can people be thinking?

I'll tell you one thing, it has made me pull back even more. I don't want to be part of that club, ya know? I am finding myself doing more critical thinking + creative writing + active reading, and then meditating on it all. Jesus said the sick and broken hearted will always exist, always be with us. I don't want to be hard hearted toward them, I just want to strive more not to be one of them. You too?

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"Paper Toys"

Be careful what you step on
It might just be my heart
Some wounds have no recovery
no place from which to start.

The box, packed with tiny ribbons
you made sure they did not get lost.
You flatter me...
to think that much of me
to handle them with such care.

I thank you for the cobwebs
and the way that they were groomed.
I know I should be grateful
that someone heard the loon.

I was greeted by a pattern
set in place so many days ago
I tried to reconstruct my thoughts
and make them not my home.
I stand erect and look from side to side
It seems I've made a prisoner of my thoughts
sad day of untidy means and sighs.

I thank you for the cobwebs though.
Through all the rubble
that may have gone unnoticed
and yet...
It's not as if you could not possibly understand
what to me
was so obviously bemoaned.

I was a little girl
paper dolls in hand
Making paper do
what others
could not possibly understand.
I suppose I should close the box
vacant, without the ribbons
that seemed to have been tossed.
Scold my attitude
and measures of the loss.
I know I should be grateful
for the memories held fast
but oh...
all the beautiful colors
when clipped
could never last.

by Kathy Ostman-Magnusen


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Safety for Women.. take a minute to read this!

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Everyone should take a minute to read this.

It may save your life or love one's life.


Crucial

Because of recent abductions
in daylight hours,refresh yourself
of these things to do
in an emergency situation...
This is for you,
and for you to share
with your wife,
your children,
everyone you know.
After reading these 9 crucial tips ,
forward them to someone you care about.
It never hurts to be careful
in this crazy world we live in.

1 Tip from Tae Kwon Do :

The elbow
is the strongest point
on your body.
If you are close enough to use it,
do!


2. Learned this from a tourist guide
In New Orleans:

If a robber asks
for your wallet and/or purse,
DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM
Toss it away from you....
chances are
that he is more interested
in your wallet and/or purse
than you,
and he will go
for the wallet/purse.
RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION!


3. If you are ever thrown
into the trunk of a car:

Kick out the back tail lights
and stick your arm out the hole
and start waving like crazy.
The driver won't see you,
but everybody else will.
This has saved lives.


4. Women have a tendency
to get into their cars after shopping,
eating, working, etc.,
and just sit (doing their checkbook,
or making a list, etc.
DON'T DO THIS!)
The predator
will be watching you,
and this is the perfect opportunity
for him to get in
on the passenger side,
put a gun to your head,
and tell you where to go.
AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR ,
LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE.

a. If someone
is in the car
with a gun
to your head
DO NOT DRIVE OFF,
repeat:
DO NOT DRIVE OFF!
Instead gun the engine
and speed into anything,
wrecking the car.
Your Air Bag will save you.
If the person is
in the back seat
they will get the worst of it .
As soon as the car crashes
bail out and run.
It is better than having them
find your body
in a remote location.

5 A few notes about getting
into your car in a parking lot,
or parking garage:

A.) Be aware:
look around you,
look into your car,
at the passenger side floor ,
and in the back seat
B..) If you are parked next to a big van,
enter your car from the passenger door .
Most serial killers attack their victims
by pulling them into their vans
while the women are attempting
to get into their cars.
C..) Look at the car
parked on the driver's side
of your vehicle,
and the passenger side.
If a male is sitting alone
in the seat nearest your car,
you may want to walk back
into the mall, or work,
and get a guard/policeman
to walk you back out.
IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (And better paranoid than dead.)


6. ALWAYS
take the elevator
instead of the stairs.

(Stairwells are horrible places
to be alone
and the perfect crime spot.
This is especially true at NIGHT!)

7. If the predator has a gun
and you are not under his control,
ALWAYS RUN!
The predator will only hit you
(a running target)
4 in 100 times;
And even then,
it most likely
WILL NOT
be a vital organ.
RUN,
Preferably !
in a zig -zag pattern!


8. As women,
we are always trying
to be sympathetic:

STOP !
It may get you raped,
or killed.
Ted Bundy,
the serial killer,
was a good-looking,
well educated man,
who ALWAYS played
on the sympathies
of unsuspecting women.
He walked with a cane,
or a limp,
and often asked
"for help"
into his vehicle
or with his vehicle,
which is when he abducted
his next victim.

****** Here it is *******

9. Another Safety Point:

Someone just told me
that her friend heard
a crying baby on her porch
the night before last,
and she called the police
because it was late
and she thought it was weird.
The police told her
"Whatever you do,
DO NOT
open the door."
The lady
then said that
it sounded like the baby
had crawled near a window,
and she was worried
that it would crawl
to the street
and get run over.
The policeman said,
"We already have a unit on the way,
whatever you do,
DO NOT open the door."
He told her that they think
a serial killer
has a baby's cry recorded
and uses it to coax
women out of their homes
thinking that someone
dropped off a baby
He said they have not verified it,
but have had several calls
by women saying that
they hear baby's cries
outside their doors
when they're home alone
at night.

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Please pass this on and
DO NOT
open the door
for a crying baby ----
This
e-mail should probably
be taken seriously because
the Crying Baby theory
was mentioned on
America 's Most Wanted
this past Saturday
when they profiled
the serial killer in Louisiana


FORWARD THIS:

to all the women you know.
It may save a life.
A candle is not dimmed
by lighting another candle.
I was going to send this to the ladies only,
but guys,
if you love your mothers,
wives,
sisters,
daughters, etc.,
you may want to
pass it onto them, as well.

CUT AND PASTE and Send this
to any woman you know
that may need
to be reminded
that the world we live in
has a lot of crazies in it
and it's better to be safe
than sorry.
Everyone should take 5 minutes to read this. It may save your life or a loved one's life.

Aloha, Kathy


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Artwork in a Butterfly Garden and works in Hawaii. I just put up new art here on the Big Island of Hawaii... Yay!

New on the walls at Aloha Outpost Pahoa,Hawaii

I just redid the walls at Aloha Outpost with a fresh look. It is now more provocative. I have also hung works of art that are aloha minded like "The Frog" along with flowers and fine art giclee prints.



"Blue Dress" 24x18 oil on canvas




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"The Frog" 24x20 oil on canvas




"Bliss" 24x48 oil, gold leaf, handmade paper on canvas



"3" 40x30 oil on canvas




"Secrets" 48x36 oil on canvas




"Casino" 48x36 oil on canvas




"The Dancer" 48x36 oil, gold leaf on canvas




"Circus" 48x36 oil, gold liner on canvas

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Grim Reaper Drawings and Childhood Mentors in the Doorway

Grim Reaper Drawings and Childhood Mentors in the Doorway

He said she'd sing in the dark
grim reaper drawings
pasted in a notebook
hearing voices...
and I believed him.

I believed in her.

I pinned up her picture as my muse.
I played her music
even though there was no sound.

I held her picture
only for seconds at a time
because it seemed to be burning.

My blanket made of smoke
this reaper
to me the greater sacrifice
to you a cover from the dark.

Such a pitiful dress now
isn't it?
Bonds to wounds
too thin to be called healthy.

I stole their weapons once
grim reaper drawings
clowns of decent
jesters.
I captured what I thought was their goodness.
It was not of course
twas only a white horse arriving in the doorway
greeted by everyones laughter.

Don't sacrifice till you are sure of the outcome.
Don't make any pledges
just for now
OK?
It may not be hopeless
but at the very least
we will know enough to mark the trail.

I will not shy away from such tragedies
heartaches made informal
dismissed
no matter how poignant.
Such a woeful thing
being set on the shelf
in a room made empty.

Gather all the masks then
I will not hold it against you.
I will only wash the napkins as you use them.

This meal
this monster you seem to mentor
will post the earliest retreat
pin reminders on the wall
to hide the children in the closet.

Innocence being the easiest to defeat
hopefully someday
someone
will unwrap the colors
and let them out to feel the rain again.

I will line up all my little paintings
grim reaper drawings
set them in a row and wait.
I will hold a seance
despite a child's objection:
"I am not dead as yet
please keep my vigil sacred
do not swallow the key
lest someone drown
and forget from where I call."

by Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
27 April 2007

"Fine Art Paintings | Beautiful Older Women Galleries"

"Fine Art Paintings and Beautiful Older Women Galleries"

I set out to meet the day
creativity reaches for me
rainbows or clouds
I cannot tell as yet.
Fine art paintings
reproduction of my heart.
The sun is showing its head
I smile on past accomplishments.
I am an aritst.

My gothic angel art
my unicorns of crystal
a pegasus I did ride here.
I see beginnings
the gate that leads me to survival.
My lessons are in the doing.
I am an artist.

Beautiful older women galleries
do I fit in?
I line my canvases up in a hallway
picture them there
anywhere
does awe come their way?

There is a darkness in me
late at night
still.
I paint by candles
ablaze by my own passion.
Gothic angels
whimsical angels
and older woman
I guess I am all of them.
I am an artist.

It is a toss up
will my frailties trump me
will I bend
will I fly?
I lean toward opportunities
beautiful older women
and their galleries of age
ageless.
The Universe does smile on them
and hand them notes in the hallway.
I patiently wait for mine.
I am an artist.

I can be anything
still
it is never too late!
Fine art
painting reproductions
not my aim
I search to find my inner being.
An artist's brush full of paint
colors bright and fresh
I become everything new.
I am an artist.

by Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
23 March 2007

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Kathy Ostman-Magnusen "Self Portrait"

Song writing is such a lovely thing to do to clear ones head. I do it often while cooking dinner even. I wrote this little song about 12 years ago now.


"It Smells Like Silence"

a song:

1)
It smells like silence
The kind where no one cares
Your clothes are filled with the fragrance
of someone who left
If I wash them for you
will the memories be removed?
Or has all the fighting
that suffocates the loving
worn the deeper groove?

2)
It smells like silence
and isn't silence cold?
the ribbons have unraveled
no future to hold
A hint of life discarded
you packed and sent away
tidy little sentiments
of warmer days

Break:
I suppose I could wash these clothes
and no one will ever know
Only you ... for the fragrance will be gone
But then there's all that silence left behind
miles of better dreams and saner songs
mingled with the scenes of loveless eyes

It smells like silence
the kind where no one cares.

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Gallery Direct Interview with Terri Lloyd


http://www.hairycarrionarts.blogspot.com
http://www.terrilloydcompany.com
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Terri’s quick wit and zest for humor is ever present in her work. She believes that even in the darkest of themes there is light and by using humor, vibrant color, cartoonish iconography, and the ever-wonderful pun, she shares the irony and the joy that human conditions bring.


Bee Awake: J5MEO
Q

You stated in your Bio that you didn’t go to art school. Could you tell us how you developed your art skills and what formal or informal education you have found most useful?

From the time I could hold any thing in my hands, I was drawing, painting, building, creating. There are some pretty embarrassing diaper painting stories my family is all too happy to share.

The truth is, I wasn’t allowed to go to art school. My mother wanted me to have a solid and safe job. That’s what the perception was back then. It was accepted that a man could have an art career, but not me. “We” decided that I would go to nursing school.

Ironically, two years after graduating, I nursed my mother through a terminal cancer diagnosis. During which time she divulged that I had my first art exhibition at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco, when I was 6. Apparently it was part of a children’s art project. I don’t have the painting but I do remember it’s name, “My friend Lisa.” I can only suppose this was her way of finally giving me the blessing to pursue what I love.

As far as education, formal or otherwise, I’ve dipped into a class here or there along the way. But it’s my computer and insatiable curiosity that keeps me developing skills; asking questions. The latest of which, “Is there a 12-step program for Google addicts?”

It seems I may have a problem.


The Great Vocho
Q

You have said that you come from the school of hard knocks, could you tell us a little about this and how it has influenced your work?

Well, let’s see... The Reader’s Digest version of my first 25 years can be viewed in my latest work, “The Mommy’s Curse.” I grew up with what would now be diagnosed as a bi-polar mother. My childhood reads like a Stephen King or Clive Barker story. Just when I thought the worst was over, I married a very silly and great cartoonist. He passed away a year after we married. (Cardiac arrest, caught us all by surprise.)

The first 32 years of being me were pretty tough. I’ve had to rise up from the ashes a few times. What always remained was my core, my essence. That essence being an ability to create, and my warped sense of humor.

There was a choice, to be a victim of circumstance or to use this stuff. I chose to see life as material for the next art project. Humor is something that works for me. I find the humor or irony in everything. Even my first husband’s death. He was a cartoonist that died at Disneyland. Can you imagine? Ironic, and how the hell can I ever top THAT? He got the last laugh.

There’s pain. But pain is everywhere. It builds character, and that’s part of the curriculum from School of Hard Knocks. When you can put a spin on pain, your spin on it, you can take your power back. You can own it. Besides, when you lose your sense of humor, I think you’ve lost yourself. What’s that old adage? What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger. Or better.

Q

What kinds of images did you first start out with and what medium did you use?

In the beginning there was... What? Did you really expect me to say poo?

Okay, I’ll get serious. I painted and drew. I was a fantastic portrait artist as a teenager and developed a love for watercolor too. At that time I was painting landscapes, fantasy stuff (I was a huge fan of Tolkien) and images of whimsy, some psychedelic stuff -it was the 70s.

One could always expect a handcrafted card at holiday time or birthday time. Or a comic book with the year in review, as I saw it, recounting all the high points of family shenanigans. Some years were funnier than others.


Pook
Q

What made you decide to pursue a career in commercial and graphic arts?

I’ve always been fascinated by advertising and it’s influence over culture. Even as a kid advertising sucked me in. I read Mad Magazine regularly, instead of doing my homework. That explains a lot, doesn’t it? I’m amazed at how we are shaped by it. Advertising, that is. Especially today in our political climate. Just look at the latest set of elections in California and you can see how advertising, not information, shapes our choices. It’s an amazing study.

I have to give credit, though, to my step-dad. At the time when mom was pressuring me to be a nurse, my step-dad --a very successful art director-- told me I was missing my calling. It was his support after my mom’s passing that gave me the confidence to move into commercial art.

This was in the mid-1980s, the computer was just starting to change the way we publish media, create art and communicate. My dad had the wisdom to tell me not to go to art school, but to learn the new computer media instead. He felt it would be quite a while before the schools caught up with what was going on in digital media. He was right.

I talked myself into a job at a newspaper with the largest in-house Macintosh publishing unit in the country. And my love affair with all things digital began.

Q

During your career, who or what has given you the most inspiration?

Wow. Much has given me inspiration. My philosophical explorations inspire. The insanity of current events is inspiring. There’s so much material being made by these crazy people in high places. It’s important to say that inspiration isn’t always pretty.

But in the end it’s real people that inspire me more than anything. By real people I mean everyday people. I was watching a local PBS show a couple of weeks ago about a fellow who, in his late 40s enrolled, then graduated from art school and is now highly successful. I found THAT inspiring.


Jerry Xmas*
Q

Your wit and humor definitely shows in your work, but tell us where you get your ideas and what influences these visual statements.

Oh this is where I’d love to give some obtuse art-speak answer, but I don’t know how.

If you look at the art alone, you can see that I’m influenced by many pop culture factors; Manga, Warhol, Lichtenstein, Mad Magazine, consumer product packaging, television commercials, the Sixties. Things like this.

I also spend a great deal of time listening. My husband would tell you that, right now, I’m lying. But I do spend a lot of my time listening for those little gems that I can translate into a visual. There’s a lot of material out there if you just take the time to simply listen.

The news is a great place for some of these gems. Remember when Rumsfeld said that he sometimes spends all day on his feet? This after we were informed of prisoners of war being forced to stand on a small wooden box for up to 48 hours at a stretch? This is crazy, insane stuff. “Hey get those guys at Abu Graib some Dr. Scholls!” Yeah, that must be Rummy’s secret. And yes, there’s a piece in the works.

Just listen and sooner or later, there it is, the next little gem.


Eddie's Fodder*
Q

What was your greatest success and biggest setback in your career as an artist?

There’s always something that distracts or looks like a set back. I don’t mind distractions, in life stuff happens. But I would say having to return to work a regular McJob to pay my mortgage is a set back. Straight gigs suck the life out of me. It’s like having a big fat mung monster perched on your head feeding on all your creative energy. It’s bad. Very bad. (Shudder!)

On the flip side, I haven’t yet had my greatest success. I did win an award recently for my Condi Rice piece. That was a very pleasant surprise. I’ve had many little wins. I know there’s much more to come and I’m looking forward to each and every one.

Q

What do you enjoy most about being an artist?

The free wine at art openings. I’m joking. Well... Okay, I’m joking. I like two things. I like the fact that I can be the iconoclast that I am, without having to explain or apologize for being the me that I am. And I like it when I finish a piece. When it’s framed and on the wall. That’s what I like.

Q

What is your ideal working atmosphere?

I dream of having a studio of my own with a lot of space to make a big mess. But actually, I’m pretty darn happy sitting in my little home office with my laptop and Wacom tablet, my macaw on a chair next to me, cat at my feet. All of us singing along to some old punk or reggae tunes. As long as no people interrupt, I’m happy.

Q

Do you believe that creativity and genius go hand in hand?

Yes. I also believe that we are all born creative and genius. Unfortunately, we get dumbed down to fit into a societal “norm.” Only to spend a great portion of our adult lives unravelling the crap we are force fed in the institutions (schools) and finding ourselves all over again. And they call me crazy.


Oxy-Moron*
Q

What do you think about the commonly-held notion that creativity is linked to madness?

As much as I’d like everything to be fluffy bunnies, butterflies and rainbows, the truth is we live in a realm of paradox and duality. That alone is enough to drive a person mad. We all have some form of craziness or madness. Some obsession or control issue. It’s what allowed us to survive childhood. Some of us are just a little more mad than others. It’s a matter of degree.

Madness is what makes Van Gogh’s work so poignant. His palette is beautiful and haunting at the same time. Those strokes and colors are filled with obsession, pain, love, passion, self loathing. When I saw the Amsterdam exhibit here in Los Angeles, I cried and cried, knowing that if he weren’t so ill, we’d never see such wonderful work.

For me, the madness keeps me honest with my work. I suppose it is a Mad, Mad, Mad world. But I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Q

How do you think or want other people to respond to your work?

Over all, I get a positive response to the work. Most folks get it and seem to like it. At least that’s what they are telling me. As long as they respond honestly, I’m happy. As long as they respond, I’m happy.

Radio Interview with Kathy Ostman-Magnusen by Nicole Stevenson


Jan 23, 2007 12:54 PM
Subject Me on New York radio last night!
Body: YAY! and many thanks to Nicole Stevenson!

So cool!...

Me on New York radio last night!
Current mood: artistic and feeling darn happy!


I was interviewed live last night by Nicole Stevenson on New York radio.

If you are an author and are interested in setting up an interview contact Nicole!

It was great to get the press and information about my art out there.

Kathy

About Nicole Stevenson:

My show First Cut provides a voice to many. First Cut will be returning to Internet radio January 8, 2007 at 10pm est www.artistfirst.com . Past guest Oprah's honoree Legendary singer Melba Moore, Authors Donna Hill, Gregory Townes, Victoria C. Murray, Vincent Alexandria, CEO's etc. It would be my pleasure to have on my show ! The show airs live every Monday.I am asking that all guest post the interview to their sites.

As Founder/Editor of First Cut online newsletter which has been around since 2003! I've had the opportunity to interview many talents gospel singer Natalie Wilson, Playwrights Wambui Bahati our interview made cover 2004 in Vainquer Teen magazine based in Singapore. Actors Tangie Miller, Tyson Hall and several others. Both the newsletter and the radio show have a large audience.


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"Negotiations Between Artist and Gallery, Contracts Must Be Clear, Flattery Gets Ya Nowhere"

You have to put yourself in an artist's place. Here I am not knowing you or perhaps anything about the location. You contact me, like my art and want it. Cool, I appreciate the contact and compliment. Yet, if you are asking me to consign my work you become a voice over the phone or internet without credentials.

I had my work in a gallery in San Francisco on Union Square years ago. There was no contract and being a fledgling artist I did not ask for one. I was simply thrilled to be in a gallery in Union Square. There was a wonderful opening that I attended with all the other artists who had become part of the gallery. Wonderful food and wine were served and important people came, everything an artists desires from a gallery.

Living somewhat close to that gallery made it convenient to pop in on occasion. I went a few times to make contact with the gallery owner and see about future shows. Time went by and my contacts became less and more by phone. I later learned that the gallery owner had been 'renting out' the paintings to banks and corporate offices. That is not an unusual thing to do but it is unusual that the artist not be informed of it and receive a cut. I had no idea where my paintings were from one week to the next.

I moved to Hawaii leaving my paintings, all nicely framed, which was an expense and further investment on my part. I was new to the gallery scene though and still enamored that my work was in San Francisco in the famed Union Square. My investment was around 10 paintings as I recall.

Time passed and the gallery folded. The owner long gone. I lost all of my paintings and contact with the gallery owner completely.

Since that time I am very careful with galleries.

Consignment should provoke many questions. I live in Hawaii so obviously the shipping cost of my large paintings to ship to the mainland is not cheap. I do not pay for all of the shipping costs because of that and require the gallery to pay at least one way. I also require a very specific contract with the owners name and home phone and address.

There are a zillion galleries that come and go. Selling art is an art in itself and not everyone is in fact an artist. It is wonderful to have the opportunity to hang your work in a gallery especially in high traffic areas of the country, but it must be thought about as a commitment and business deal. If a gallery is going to 'make it' they will put the attention to detail that it needs to be successful. The contract must be well thought out first and foremost. Artists need to feel confident that their work will be hung with care and know when and if it goes into storage.

Galleries need to create a close relationship with their artists. They need to nurture the fledglings, and hype established artists. They need to create a family in a sense. They need to know that if the gallery fails they will have their work returned to them safely. Without that I am personally not comfortable being in a gallery no matter where it is. An artist should not undervalue themselves and ship out their work just because they are flattered for being asked. Likewise galleries need to respect the talent and energy that goes into a piece of art by attending to the details that make the relationship work and therefore become successful.

That was a real leaning experience for me as you might imagine. I have had other nightmares also, so I have had to put on a business hat as well as being an artist. Bad experiences are the reason I am extra cautious as to who and where I ship my work to. Normally I have a pretty strong bond with a gallery owner before I ship.


A few questions to ask a gallery:

Who pays the shipping costs? To and From.
Is there insurance, if so with who? and for how much?
Is there a trial period?
Who, what, where is the gallery owner?
Will the artist be notified if their work is temporarily put in storage?
Do they rent the work out? If so what is the artist's cut?
What is the % of a sale?

This list goes on of course. Think it through before you leave your work in any gallery. Gallery owners know how things should work, get your contracts complete and well thought out 'before' you approach an artist.

A good book to get is the latest Artist's and Graphic Designer's Market. It is full of info both for gallery owners and artists.

www.thelightofdarkness.com

Anthony Bolton is a self taught artist who paints and creates what is on his mind or comes to mind.

Everything has meaning. There are no coincidences.

Understanding is only the first key that unlocks the first door that leads to the path of understanding....

Kathy Note:
Anthony showed with Monkdogz Urban Art as well. Check out his work on his website and at http:www.monkdogz.com
Anthony showed in the "XRAY, YANKEE, ZULU" show.



Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
Free Gifts:
http://www.kathysart.com/

Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
Self Portrait 2006

Modern art paintings and posters for sale and giclee canvas art work on my websites gallery. Abstract art sculptures are on my sculpture blog:

http://kathyssculptures.blogspot.com

Check out art reviews and how to paint lessons below as well.

The work of my friend Jacquie Gouveia
Expressive Paintings of Nature

Currently Hanging on Newbury Street in Boston!!

"Hope"

Acrylic on Canvas
Year Painted: 2006



Dimensions: 24" H x 18" W x 1.5" deep


NOW AVAILABLE IN GICLEE CANVAS OR PAPER PRINTS

Purchase prints online at www.yessy.com/jgouveia

Jacquie Gouveia
Expressive Paintings of Nature
34 South Meadow Road
Carver, MA 02330
508.866.5562
jacquie@jgouveia.com
http://www.jgouveia.com
http://www.jgouveia.com/blogged


Artist Statement:

Color has an amazing ability to capture moods and emotions. I use color and paint application to express my gratitude towards nature as honestly as possible. The viewer returns that honest self expression when they connect to the painting.

Biography

Jacquie was born in Taunton, MA in 1966 and began drawing the Peanut characters at a very young age.

Although her formal education was in Business, art has always been a big part of her life and in 2000 she focused on learning to paint. She spent years painting on her own and creating smaller plein-air landscapes. This process and self-discipline gave her the best education on light and color. She built upon her color knowledge and currently creates vibrant and highly energized semi-abstract paintings.

Working in both oils and acrylics she first quickly lays down her initial colors and idea using a brush. She then begins to work more intuitively and very energetcially allowing the painting to dictate what it wants her to do. Most paint is applied with palette knives or squeezed out of the tube and drawn directly onto the canvas. She loves working with pure color and to loud music.

Jacquie is collected throughout the United States and Canada.

Shows:
"Paint World's End & Hingham Harbor" 2006 -
South Street Gallery, Hingham, MA
"Arcadia:The End of Time" 2006 - Projekt30.com, Juried Artist
"Paint Your Pet" 2006 - South Street Gallery, Hingham, MA
"Community Canvas" 2006 - ArtWorks! New Bedford, MA
"Holiday Fireworks" 2005-2006 - Deerhill Inn, West Dover, VT
"Small Works" 2005 * 2004 * 2003 - South Street Gallery, Hingham, MA
"Paint the Square" 2005 * 2004 * 2003 - South Street Gallery, Hingham, MA
"Art on the Mountain" 2005 * 2004 - Mt. Snow, West Dover, VT (Juried Artist)
"House of the Living Arts" 2005 - Wheaton College, Norton, MA
"Carver Olde Home Day", 2003 * 2002 - Carver, MA

Awards:
Art on the Mountain 2005 - Honorable Mention for body of work
Carver Olde Home Day Art Show 2002 & 2003 - 3rd Place

Representation:
Art for Progress - New York, NY
SJ Nichols Gallery - Plymouth, MA

Resume:

Education: Bryant College - B.S. in Business Administration/Accounting 1989

Painting Education/Experience:
2/2006-Present: Create expressive semi- abstract landscapes with a focus on color by building upon knowledge gained as a plein air painter.

2000-2006: Plein air landscape painter - practiced the techniques developed by Charles Hawthorne and Henry Hensche to expand my understanding of light and color.

KATHY NOTES:

Check out Jacquie Gouveia's blog as well... interesting tips and reviews on art.
Jacquie explains blocking in color Dec. 11, 06 entry... check it out it is very intersting.

This is the text but on Jacquie's site illustrations are used.

http://www.jgouveia.com/blogged

Blocking in Color
December 11th, 2006

Click for larger image
Blocking in the first layer of color is an extremely important step. It creates the overall color harmony of the scene and hopefully captures the initial idea.

In the painting “North River” (acrylic on canvas) I very quickly and vigorously layed down my main colors. This painting is based on a landscape I often drive by. Since it is late fall (practically winter) here in New England, the grass along the river is windswept and haylike and the blue river winds right through it. This all translates into a lot of energy and movement for me so I use that energy when working.

In this detailed picture, you can see how I am laying the paint down in varying levels of thickness. I just want to get the idea down in a loose and energetic fashion. I am also using some directional strokes especially for the river. While thinking about how the river is flowing away from me, I’m adding some paint in with my palette knife in a horizontal slashing manner.

After letting this dry for a day or two, I finished the painting by adding in some areas of a warmer and deeper orange. For this application, I am drawing directly on the canvas from a tube of paint, still with lots of energy. I will also squirt the paint with a shot of water, allowing it to drip and flow - more movement and energy.


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Again, using my palette knife, I apply areas of thicker paint. Laying it on in different directions (like the windswept grass) to build up the texture and a sense of the wind. Finally I tone down some areas of the background and river to create the sense of the atmosphere.

Marilyn Kirsch

Marilyn Kirsch
"First Study" 13.5 in. x 24 in.
Oil on Clayboard 2003
"The Theater of War" Series

http://www.marilynkirsch.com/

Check out the work of my friend

M A R I L Y N K I R S C H
Abstract Painting and Work on Paper


Artist's Statement:

My work is somewhere between abstract and completely non-objective. At times there seem to be recognizable images in my paintings, but these images lack definite boundaries and oscillate between possibilities. I am interested in the tension that occurs when perception is not absolutely clear.

I utilize both a control of the medium and an allowance for the accidental. Shifts of the image occur while I work and become part of the finished piece. The completed painting is my response to the unsettling relationship between random acts and carefully planned decisions. In every work I am concerned with the physical properties of the material and the metaphorical content of the image. These characteristics gave me the vocabulary needed for my current series The Worn City.

A city to me is a work of art. Our presence in it adds marks and layers to this never finished work. The city is transformed by the many people who congregate there: a patina covers the city from this collective marking that accumulates slowly over time. As the city changes, so do we. We carry it with us. It becomes part of us. The city is worn by us like a coat and it becomes worn by our wearing.


Marilyn Kirsch
September 2006


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Kathy Notes:

Marilyn Kirsch is a New York based Abstract Artist . Her work is just so very smart and sophisticated. Be sure to check out her site, classy, classy, classy!

Check out Marilyn's website to view all Three Studies for "The Theater of War" Series

Also "The Worn City Series" is exceptional.

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Kelly Moore www.kellymoore.net


I would like to introduce you to one of my artist friends who link to my website. Below is a poem taken from his site. Kelly Moore has a wonderful and unique style with his words.

Above are three of his exceptional pieces of art. I noticed that they have not been purchased yet. If you like them then do move fast. Kelly Moore's work sells quickly.

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From Kelly Moore's Website:


these are my words

eye was born a black crow
on the 13th day of a scorpio moon in the foothills of the Arkansas Ozark
Mountains to my scottish irish parents dismay...
they took me in nonetheless, fed me, clothed me, sent me to schools and tried
to domesticate me

eye attempted to live a normal life... finding employment,
trying to marry and even voting regularly.
but failed mostly and when eye
reached full crow adulthood (around 33) realized eye could
no longer deny my coyote nature and immediately began
turning over tables and rattling the cages



folks

immediately said eye was crazy and lots complained eye should stop what eye was doin (those is the folks that let you know you is doing something rite) eye knew this was an
important breakthrough and immediately started looking for matches and kerosine


my paintings are my pointless attempts to wake up my higher nature
as eye play with the beauty and the beast
within myself
eye currently fly between new mexico and arkansas finding
both lands give me lots of nutritions

thank you for reading my words

Kelly Moore @ www.kellymoore.net

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Kathy Note:

Check out Kelly' Moore's abstract art sculptures, AMAZING. He takes found objects and makes figurative sculpture statues. Not the kind one would hug mind you, not at all like my fantasy art women, the kind you put on your wall or table and enjoy it quirky funk. Kelly's art is abstract and full of emotion. I could look at his art all day long, it is so creative. Kelly is also a wonderful poet.