calkinsart

2011-10-05T18:53:00.001-07:00

http://arteast.org/2011/07/mm3-exploring-your-sketchbook/

Peggy Lee: Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (Koehler) - Recorded ...

2010-11-28T20:04:00.000-08:00

anarchy

2010-04-13T00:27:00.000-07:00

this is a series of mountains i've made. some are about volcanos. they remind me of the papier-mache volcano's i dreamt about making when i was in grade school. it had something to do with a curious orange powder that was apparently capable of setting off a small eruption. BOOM! i heard about it but i never saw it. in my volcanos, man is at war with the mountains. (better to appease i think...) it was bad for the dinosaurs too. they were roasted where they stood.

2010-04-05T23:40:00.000-07:00

nurses and village secrets

2010-04-05T23:11:00.000-07:00

fraktur

2010-04-05T23:06:00.000-07:00

mount saint helens. blanket of smoke

2010-04-04T15:49:00.000-07:00

bookcraft

2010-04-03T23:51:00.000-07:00

early and late

2010-04-03T23:31:00.000-07:00

some old some new

2010-04-03T23:13:00.000-07:00

some earlier thoughts. and some more current

2010-04-03T21:54:00.000-07:00

country boy abstraction

2010-04-03T21:31:00.000-07:00

many more to come

2010-04-03T10:47:00.000-07:00

sorro

2010-01-30T23:00:00.001-08:00

alphabet

2010-01-30T21:27:00.000-08:00

sunny in funland

2010-01-28T00:15:00.000-08:00

i'm looking through you. where did you go?

2010-01-27T19:51:00.000-08:00

1982

2010-01-27T00:12:00.000-08:00

toy stories

2010-01-26T22:33:00.000-08:00

watch it!

2010-01-24T11:35:00.000-08:00

riddles

2010-01-24T11:16:00.000-08:00

hey

2010-01-24T00:22:00.000-08:00

kin tat tit

2010-01-23T13:16:00.000-08:00

haiku

2010-01-18T01:17:00.000-08:00

be quiet

2010-01-13T13:24:00.000-08:00

ch ch ch changes

2010-01-13T10:50:00.000-08:00

waiting

2010-01-12T12:15:00.000-08:00

we miss you bobby

2010-01-12T11:51:00.000-08:00

breakfast

2010-01-12T11:35:00.000-08:00

careful

2010-01-11T18:51:00.000-08:00

for jennifer a.

2010-01-10T15:45:00.000-08:00

haiku

2010-01-10T15:32:00.000-08:00

haiku

2010-01-10T14:48:00.000-08:00

deutschland

2010-01-10T10:36:00.000-08:00

new york

2010-01-09T18:43:00.000-08:00

quiet things

2010-01-09T18:24:00.000-08:00

2010-01-09T18:06:00.000-08:00

big lips big hand

2010-01-08T19:40:00.001-08:00

toilet fear

2010-01-08T18:22:00.000-08:00

large head

2010-01-08T18:05:00.000-08:00

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2009-12-22T12:20:00.000-08:00

time to start updating my blog again. i was in hawaii last year at this time. i wish i was there now. l

2009-12-22T11:37:00.000-08:00

2009-12-22T11:12:00.000-08:00

2009-12-22T11:06:00.000-08:00

self portrait

2008-04-16T14:06:00.001-07:00

new artwork rp

2008-03-05T17:37:00.001-08:00

philomath frolic. click to enlarge

2008-02-20T17:14:00.000-08:00

we'll get ahead someday click to enlarge. more coming

2008-02-16T17:10:00.000-08:00

the cold hard truth

2008-01-26T07:53:00.000-08:00

tarnished angel

2008-01-15T14:38:00.000-08:00

wistfulonial

2008-01-15T13:46:00.000-08:00

tribulactoseindifferism

2008-01-15T13:20:00.000-08:00

dreaming of better days

2007-12-24T17:12:00.000-08:00

xmas parade old hippies and lige. harlan trip continued

2007-11-27T17:48:00.001-08:00

old hippies, family, xmas parade, harlan in winter

2007-11-27T17:48:00.000-08:00

harlan thanksgiving, old hippies, family, great food

2007-11-27T17:29:00.000-08:00

i spent the afternoon with one of my best friends jennifer, her lovely daughter opal. dogs wallace zona and paxton

2007-10-25T20:46:00.000-07:00

at last! a journey inward! click to enlarge

2007-10-05T21:32:00.000-07:00

i'm waiting for my man. 26 dollars in my hand. he's never early he's always late

2007-10-03T07:37:00.001-07:00

more black and white click on the images to enlarge

2007-10-03T07:37:00.000-07:00

when i used to think in black and white. more tomrrow. click to enlarge

2007-10-02T23:57:00.000-07:00

oh my goodness. it's been a few days. time to catch up. harlan real time

2007-09-29T19:25:00.001-07:00

david simpson blowing abstract shadows big table maps and deconstructioning collage per instructions

2007-09-12T22:01:00.000-07:00

2007-09-05T16:23:00.000-07:00

http://www.ggibsongallery.com/artists/calkins/index.html

September 6 - October 13, 2007

LARRY CALKINS nettles & briars
KEITH CARTER Under Saturn

First Thursday Reception, September 6th, 6 to 8 p.m.
Artists' Reception, Saturday, September 29, 2 to 4 p.m.

attached images:
Larry Calkins, nina's cabin by the sea, 2007, oil on panel, 12 x 9 inches
Keith Carter, Bird and Ribbon, 2006, gelatin silver print, 15 x 15 inches

In our 6th solo show, nettles & briars, we present new paintings and sculpture by LARRY CALKINS. Influenced by his recent dizzying experience among an unpleasant tangle of plants, Larry’s new works continue down the path of his playful, yet haunting narratives with several oil and encaustic paintings on wood. Animals and figures, often faceless, find themselves inserted in dark yet humorous dramas. New sculptural works include constructed pieces of wire, wood, and encaustic, along with his signature dresses fashioned out of cotton cloth. The simple sewn dress forms, draped from hand wrought iron hangers, are treated with available pigments, including dirt, clay, tea and ashes, coated with beeswax. The resulting forms take on characters that emulate relationships and people in Calkins’ life. Larry’s subjects are usually taken from places that have a personal significance, with both comic and dark observations revealed in their tangled stories.

Larry Calkins was born in Oregon in 1955 and raised in the small logging community of Harlan. Currently he and his wife Sabine live outside of Issaquah in a rural setting accompanied by two mules, one donkey, four dogs, three cats, and numerous chickens. Larry teaches locally at the Kirkland Art and Pratt Fine Art Centers. As a self-taught artist his work is also featured each year at the Outsider Art Fair in New York.

In another 6th gallery solo show, we exhibit new photographic works by KEITH CARTER. Keith was born in Madison Wisconsin in 1948. He has made his home in the small town of Beaumont, Texas for many years, which has provided much of the subject matter in his work. Called "a poet of the ordinary" in a Los Angeles Times review, Keith has turned his everyday subjects gently sideways. The current exhibit features enigmatic works of popular culture, religion, folklore, and "little askew moments."

As a self-taught photographer Keith has had a wide berth of success with nine monographs, and work collected by the following institutions: the Getty Museum, Los Angeles; the Menil Collection, Houston; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the Art Institute of Chicago. He is the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts Regional Survey Grants and the Lange-Taylor Prize from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University.

This year, Keith Carter has been selected to receive the PhotoVision 2007 award given by Seattle’s Photographic Center Northwest. Awarded for his tremendous body of work along with his lifelong commitment to photographic education, Keith will be honored at PCNW’s annual event on September 29th. Additionally, Carter will present a lecture, Poet of the Ordinary: An Afternoon with Keith Carter, Sunday, September 30th, sponsored by the Seattle Art Museum and PCNW.

Gallery Artist Notes:

PHOTOVISION AWARD DINNER & AUCTION
Honoring 2007 Recipient Keith Carter
Saturday, September 29th
Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle

LECTURE
Poet of the Ordinary: An Afternoon with Keith Carter
Sunday, September 30th at 2:00 p.m.
Seattle Art Museum, Downtown Location
tickets for both events available through PCNW

EXHIBITION
JoAnn Verburg: Present Tense
July 15 - November 5, 2007
Museum of Modern Art

PRICE INCREASE
Julie Blackmon is raising her print prices on October 15, 2007. Please inquire regarding her current and future price structure.

G. Gibson Gallery
300 S. Washington St.
Seattle WA 98104
http://www.ggibsongallery.com/
Phone: 206.587.4033
Hours: Tuesday - Friday 11-5:30 & Saturday 11-5

banned book project for kirkland washington library. julie of the wolves

2007-08-30T19:27:00.000-07:00

the reason this book was banned centered around an awkward unwanted sexual advance. oddly enough the real story is much meaner and bloodier. especially the wanton destruction of wolves and beautiful raw alaska arctic. the other story is the fortitude and resourcefulness of this young girl julie. it's a book for every child but more than that it's a book for every young girl. julie is or should be an icon of a new feminist movement. i chose to focus on that.

an anthem for all the married couples out there

2007-08-30T12:21:00.002-07:00

http://youtube.com/watch?v=F5axlwCBXC8

2007-08-30T12:21:00.001-07:00

this is another project i've been working on this summer. it's called collective memory: http://www.arteast.org/allevents.htm check the events calender for details. this is the piece i did for it. it's about 5 feet tall and is made of beeswax metal paper cloth and photographs. it's based on philip dungey, a musician, teacher and a man of faith. i chose one of philip's favorite moments when he conducted a youth orchestra he told me about wearing a nice tuxedo. i saw the photos. he did look fine! i also had the story prodigal son in mind.

he's my best friend. click to enlarge

2007-08-30T12:21:00.000-07:00

i'm tired.

2007-08-29T21:29:00.000-07:00

jeez i'm tired. i taught my first decollage class today(that's decollage not decoupage) it was staff development at the art college where i teach. it went well. lots of burning cutting and gluing. just think of your favorite old wall with torn posters and stuff. sometime in the next week i want to introduce you to a few of my friends here in the circus we call art. the first will be my friend and fellow educator kamla kakaria. stay tuned. also i'm still planning to show you my silhouettes. so tired. so so tired. but happy more or less. l

look at this video of jill sobule. she's awesome. this is a song written by the late warren zevon

2007-08-28T20:58:00.000-07:00

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rXv_KmzC_04

this is jill sobule's website: http://www.jillsobule.com/home.html