This week I moved into a new studio space at The Mosaic Art Collective (https://mosaicartcollective.com). Looking forward to working there and expect it to lead to lots of interesting interaction with the local art community. More to say about it later.
Geometry Abandoned: Artist's Palate Restaurant Through August 2019
Last week I hung 18 paintings fort the exhibit Geometry Abandoned at the delightful Poughkeepsie restaurant The Artist’s Palate (https://www.theartistspalate.biz). Check it out if you get a chance.
Plasma by K. D. Schmitz
The Artist’s Palate
307 Main St
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
(845) 483 - 8074
Monday - Friday
Lunch Served
11:00 AM– 2:30 PM
Monday -Saturday
Dinner Beginning
5:00 PM
Closed on Sundays
Crafted Kup Exhibit - March 15, 2019 to May 15, 2019
Recently hung over 50 paintings at the Crafted Kup, located at 44 Raymond Ave., Poughkeepsie NY. These works were selected by my pal, Alvin Chiappolini, a talented local artist and musician. It’s nice to have the art somewhere with heavy traffic where many people are seeing it every day.
The paintings are a fairly diverse collection covering the time period that I have been actively painting (2003 to now). There will be a reception on Thursday, April 4, 2019 from 5PM to 7PM. I hope you can stop by and take a closer look.
New Day Rising #1, Acrylic, 16x20
Connect with Alvin at https://www.facebook.com/alvin.chiappolini.3.
The Crafted Kup (http://thecraftedkup.com) is open 7 AM to 7PM Monday through Friday and 8AM to 6PM on weekends.
Geometry Abandoned #3
My most recent project is a series of paintings each based on the same geometric pattern, but starting from scratch with regard to cold (though tending toward a rough brightness).
Geometry Abandoned #3, 36x24
A Cure For Common Sense
A Cure For Common Sense #1
One of the three paintings that I'll have in the upcoming members show at Barrett Art Center at 55 Noxon Street in Poughkeepsie, NY. The show opens May 27, 2017 with a reception from 3:00 to 6:00.
Trying out a matte finish on these three paintings. I'm trading off the brightness in exchange for reducing glare.
Alternative Perspective on the Walkway
Back in October, work colleagues and I went for a stroll on the Walkway Over the Hudson. I quickly fell behind as they admired the magnificent view of the valley. I found myself distracted by visual aspects of the surface of the Walkway itself and started taking photographs of the accidental abstractions formed by intersections, patches, and cracks. Here's one of them, which will be included in the upcoming Photoworks 2017 that opens at Barrett Art Center on January 21, 2017.
Walkway Joint #1
"Happy" Accident?
In October, I did 3 paintings entitled Spectrumba #1, #2, and #3. I painted three concentric spectrums and then planned to layer over them to add some complexity. After I finished the first layers, I liked them so much I decided to leave well enough alone and exhibit them in the Artists' Collective of Hyde Park's holiday show. Due to a schedule misunderstanding I left them in my car for a week with the surfaces of #1 and #2 facing each other and they adhered to each other. My ham handed attempt to separate them basically ruined them.
After a few choice curses, I returned #1 and #2 to the studio, where I patched them up, employed masking tape judiciously, and applied a second layer of paint. Spectrumba #2 Rebuilt has already sold, but you can see Spectrumba #1 Rebuilt at the Small Works show at the Artists' Collective of Hyde Park which runs through January 15, 2017.
Spectrumba #1 (Before accident), Acrylic, 10x8
Spectrumba #1 Rebuilt, Acrylic, 10x8
Through a Prism Darkly #2
Here's Through A Prism Darkly #2, currently on display at Barrett Art Center in the Holiday Members Show along with its siblings #1 and #3. You can check out wonderful art by dozens of other Barrett members through December 17.
Barrett's hours are Wednesday through Friday 10AM to 3 PM and Saturday 12PM to 3Pm.
Rainbows All The Way Down #1
My recent paintings have used a variety of techniques for layering. For this one, I painted a spectrum of color on a 12x12 canvas with acrylic paint. After it dried, I loosely applied 3 strips of masking tape and then poured a complementary spectrum of acrylic paint mixed with Golden's GAC 800. Once the tape was removed, and the paint dried, this was the result.
GAC 800 (mixed 4 to 1 with acrylic paint) is my preferred medium when pouring paint.
Ourania Panos Exhibition at Hyde Park Free Library through end of October
Our local libraries provide great opportunities for artists to display their works to people that might not normally set foot in an art gallery. Had a chance this afternoon to view the work of Ourania Panos. Her bright, large scale, abstract paintings reward repeated inspection.