Dress Paintings: Prettybird and Sourpuss

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This body of work began sometime in the mid 1990's, as an experiment, seeing if I could adhere a dress to a canvas and create a painting over all the textures. "Dress painting" is a term I came up with to explain these when I simply couldn't think of anything better. Over the years they have evolved, with new elements of collage being added. Dress patterns, photographs, and embroidery all appear from time to time, as well as lino block prints, rubber stamps and gold leaf. I will use this space to explore the beginnings of this series, as well as showing my latest work. If the piece is available for sale you'll find the price at the bottom. Free shipping in the U.S. Contact me at kallencole@aol.com to purchase.

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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Prettybird and Sourpuss

I am on the road again, heading to the St. Louis Art Fair. Opening this Friday night on the streets of Clayton, MO it is the art show I have been looking forward to for months! I will be surrounded by many of my favorite artists, and am looking forward to seeing all the beautiful work they will bring. You can see the list of Mixed Media artists and links to their websites here and once you get there you can find your way to the other media.

I thought I'd take a minute to show you a couple of brand new pieces I will be bringing to this show, Prettybird and Sourpuss.

Prettybird is a pretty collage of a dress, sewing patterns and linoblock prints, incorporating a little painting of Tufted Titmouse eggs. "Pretty" is stitched through the canvas above the dress.

And Sourpuss is an ironically warm piece about a bitter girl. The dash marks behind the dress indicating that Sourpuss keeps score. The lemons are painted on top of a repeat pattern carved and printed from linoleum. Both pieces are 20" wide, by 24" tall. $895

So if you are in the St. Louis area this weekend, come and find me, or pass this on to a friend. And if you tell me you saw this blog, I'll give you 10% off your purchase!