What's in your head

 

KELEN woodprints in Madison Gallery Night at AMERICAN FERAL GALLERY!

I am excited to announce that I will be one of the

AMERICAN FERAL GALLERY Artists

showing October 4th

in Madison's acclaimed Gallery Night!!

AMERICAN FERAL GALLERY2150 East WashingtonMadison.

5PM to 9PM....

and probably will be open a bit later than that

due to the nature of us artists.

ALSO!

The Gallery would be open for viewing until October 12th

for those who would 

like to make appointments.

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They have three of my woodprints.

That's one of them.

(I've got a really elderly iMac that overheats and shuts down...so I can only add one at a time,

every now and then....

sit tight...I'll get the others up today.)

Prices:

The Swamp...$350 unframed~$425 framed

(Children)......$350 unframed~$425 framed

Early Man......$300 unframed~$375 framed

Betty's Nightclub....$200 unframed~$300 framed.

(Betty's Nightclub hangs at Artist Craftsman Supply during Gallery Night/month)

                       

the unprinted woodblock

This is is the upper left corner 

of the woodblock I just completed cutting.

This is NOT the printed block.

This entire block will be photographed by the PictureSalon in Madison, Wisconsin

and be committed to the Giclee printing programs.

I will have prints of this freshly cut, and unprinted block.

Once the ink is rolled onto this block,

it will never, ever look like this again

which is why I get photos of them before I print.

I think these blocks at this stage are beautiful....

BUT the final print is what this block exists for....

it's destiny!

Madison Wisconsin GALLERY NIGHT

See it in person!

Gallery Night

October 5th

    

at the

ARTIST & CRAFTSMAN

203 west gorham

Madison, Wisconsin 

608-251-2977

Warped Woodblock

I should have photographed the block in it's most warped state. 

It would rock on a table as a shallow bowl.

It never was the best piece of wood,

I was only testing out sharpness of my knives,

and I just got carried away.

A couple weeks ago I started my attempt to flatten the block.

It's cherry, about an inch thick. 

Yes, I'll take a photo of the block so you can see.

I should do that.

I put it in a plastic bag, put a towel over it, 

sprayed it on the side that was curling in....
you know, the inside of the bowl, 
with water and sealed the bag, 

and put two thick copper sheets,
 one really heavy big solid rubber block,

and about a 40+ pound anvil on top.

And, crossed my fingers.
The water will be absorbed by the block
and make it relax...
and slowly it will uncurl...flatten.
Hopefully the crack won't get bigger.

Yesterday I upwrapped it.

It was flat enough to print.

Not fun, but I got 8 beautiful prints!

I got some good first prints on Kitakata paper.

This year I discovered what Torinoko did with my blocks.

Luscious, is the only word I can use to describe what the prints are now.

You can see this and more

 at this years Fall Art Tour...I'm #stop25.

New woodprint for Fall Art Tour

This piece of wood

and my sharp little knives have 

held me captive for months.

Today, I printed a couple proofs

just to see what I was dealing with.

Yes, you will be able to see it in person at the Fall Art Tour, Stop #25

Remember...you can wear one of my prints!

There is still time.

Woodblock print wins 2018 Purchase Award

Yes, it's official.
YAY for me and my sharp little knives!

Woodblock of too much detail

Due to my mental/emotional battle with a saddening world.

I seem to have packed this with a world into which I would escape.

Having simply run out of wood to cut, I guess it's time to get it ready to print.

Kelen's "Early Man" wins Purchase Award

On December 9th,
I was able to post:
So, I'm happy to announce,
my print, 
“Early Man,” 
has been accepted for inclusion in the Minot University 
Northwest Arts Center’s Americas 2018: Paperworks exhibition. 
 The juror was Linda Whitney.

And then, on February 14th, 2018

I posted:

"I'm REALLY HAPPY to announce 

that this print has won their purchase award!! 

I just found out!!!"

2017 Fall Art Tour

I'm still reorganizing, rearranging and reclaiming my work space

which has to happen first 

before I get around to downloading the photos 

that I'll post here so you can see either where you were and what you saw, 

or what you missed.

 Thank-you everyone who stopped by!

It was a good Fall Art Tour.

Fall Art Tour Artist #22 realizes a sensible working order

I got sidetracked by chasing/repousse,
and then by these heads,
but NOW, I'm back on the woodblock track! 

(yes, this mornings realization:

Avoid printing the woodblocks NOW
and airborne sawdust
will not become fastened to wet ink! )

I'm Artist #22 this year! 

Get more Fall Art Tour Information HERE!

who....where...when...

what's to eat...where to sleep

and a great map!

Two more "finials" to go, 

a serious vacuuming,

and woodblock printing will begin!

Woodblock in progress

I firmly believe one arts ones world.

This is not one of the set of 12 I've begun,

but is of that world and time,

sort of off to the side,

 in darker areas where one doesn't venture willingly.

Edges got cleared today.

Printing is next.
The block itself, before printing is always so beautiful
that I've decided to photograph them.
Once printed, they will never look like this again.

Woodblock almost ready to print

Edges got cleared today.

Printing  is next.

Early Man

Early Man

This 18.5 x 14.25" print

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

It's a tight fit onto the paper, but it does fit well. 

Not a fan of matting, because it many times reminds me of too tight underwear, 

I would float this. 

It is the first of 12 that I've got lined up to keep me out of trouble.

First printed about December 11th, 2016, scanned by Picture Salon January 23, 2017

Some mice are not meek.

Some mice are not meek.

8.5" wide X 13.5" high

Betty's Nightclub

Betty's Nightclub

10" wide by 11.25" high

Cherry woodblock printed on Japanese Kitakata paper

Here's a look at the block itself.

Show & Tell of a few WhiteLine prints

Answering a request for several whiteline prints to be

at the end of one link,

I've assembled a few of them here.

Quality and color will be different

due to different camera, times and places.

 

I live here.

 

Electric Company

 

Dodgeville

 

 Arena 

 

Pond

 Mill Creek at Coon Rock Road

 Best Western Hotel Room

 

Patron Saint of Shrews

Beginning of a WoodBlock print

Under the watchful eye of 7 Pound Betty, 

now occupying the position of studio Muse, 

I begin the first official block of the Garden of Eden project.

Woodblock and Artist Proof

11" tall by about 10.5" wide. 
Photos by cell phone.
Proof was hanging so not really square,
but I couldn't wait.
I needed to see what I cut.
I didn't do the best job of finishing the wood before I began, 
so it's troublesome to print
and the wood warps.
I will never again not begin a properly prepared board.

I have 9 more sheets of paper to print,
and then I will begin planning out the next block.

Rubbings from the Betty Blocks

These are only rubbings of what some are calling 

the Betty Blocks.

Five are completed,

so, the official printing is in the near future!