I expected to illustrate my favorite 60s songs. I am not sure that I ever really thought
about the words when the songs were current.
I spent much of my freshman year of college playing I Can’t Get No Satisfaction and Get
Off of My Cloud—probably the reason that my roommate wasn’t my roommate the
next year. Anyway, think about the lyrics. How to illustrate songs was an issue. There are also a huge number of songs that
are simply a refrain or phrase. Think
about illustrating Louie, Louie, oh no,
sayin’ we gotta go, or You better
think (think) think about what you’re trying to do to me. So choosing songs to illustrate was not as
easy as I had thought it would be. I
wanted to try to cover the broad range of music genres of the era. That includes surf rock, hard rock,
psychedelic rock, folk rock, British invasion, Motown, R & B, protest music
(love Buffalo Springfield’s For What It’s
Worth), acapella, instrumentals, and bubble gum music. I felt that I had to have images from The
Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys, Simon and Garfunkel, Neil Diamond
and Bob Dylan as well as a car themed song.
I had a lot of trouble choosing the songs. Many of the songs that I illustrated were not
favorites of mine but had a good image. I
love the Beatles, but despaired of finding a song that I could illustrate. No worries, I now have 5 Beatles songs—two are
3D.
Saturday, September 19, 2015
Friday, September 18, 2015
September 17, 2015
Sept. 17, 2015
In one month, on October 17, I will be a featured artist (with Linda Post-Lucas) at the Prairie Art Alliance. Our show is titled, "Now, Then, and Again". My art is entirely based on music from the 60s (my high school/college years). I am going to write a little bit about the show every day until the opening. The show will run from Oct. 17 until December 3.
In one month, on October 17, I will be a featured artist (with Linda Post-Lucas) at the Prairie Art Alliance. Our show is titled, "Now, Then, and Again". My art is entirely based on music from the 60s (my high school/college years). I am going to write a little bit about the show every day until the opening. The show will run from Oct. 17 until December 3.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
2010--part 1
I have had a busy year and it is not even half way through. In March I was featured at the Prairie Art Alliance gallery at the Hoogland. I was to be the 3D artist, so spent much of the previous 5 months working on creating 3D items. I had everything from altered books to furniture to manikins to altered foods [cakes and veggies]. Since I was also babysitting my granddaughter every day, the sitter hired a sitter. I had a lovely lady come over 3 days a week for about 3 hours a day to watch CeCi while I worked. The show went fairly well and I did sell several items. However having 3D items left to store is different than stacking picture frames. My guest room became the new storage room. Thank Heaven [and Jackie Jackson] that the furniture sold.
Also in March the Prairie Art Alliance opened Gallery II downtown. It is in a great location and gets lots of foot traffic [unlike the gallery at the Hoogland which is only two blocks south]. Art is selling very well at Gallery II and I have mainly sold Family Album cards and ACEOs [Art Cards Editions & Originals]. But I have sold a lot of cards, so that is good.
Then I was asked to show in Jacksonville at the Inner Harmony Spa [via the Imagine Foundation]. So many of my 3D pieces got a place to go in June--luckily because Lisa's family is coming for a visit for her 25th high school reunion. Since I had been concentrating on 3D I didn't have much wall art for Inner Harmony. I had 5 altered game boards done and completed another 5. I also took some of my original collages for the Family Album cards. Hope to sell some of them. I did sell one altered game board on opening night which was great.
After the show leaves Inner Harmony at the end of June, it will go to Dr. Ug's in Virginia. But I don't think they will have room for the 3D items.
On the home front, in the past two months, we have had the front of the garage rebuilt; put in a new driveway and sidewalks; had the back balcony railings replaced; bought a new small sofa for the sun room, a chair for the living room; and I have recovered the antique daybed, made new drapes for the living room, and a table cover for the sofa table. So things are getting spruced up--badly needed.
I almost forgot--I also have a new website to showcase my art [when I have time to take pictures and post listings]. It is katherinepippinpauley.com
Stop by and take a look.
Also in March the Prairie Art Alliance opened Gallery II downtown. It is in a great location and gets lots of foot traffic [unlike the gallery at the Hoogland which is only two blocks south]. Art is selling very well at Gallery II and I have mainly sold Family Album cards and ACEOs [Art Cards Editions & Originals]. But I have sold a lot of cards, so that is good.
Then I was asked to show in Jacksonville at the Inner Harmony Spa [via the Imagine Foundation]. So many of my 3D pieces got a place to go in June--luckily because Lisa's family is coming for a visit for her 25th high school reunion. Since I had been concentrating on 3D I didn't have much wall art for Inner Harmony. I had 5 altered game boards done and completed another 5. I also took some of my original collages for the Family Album cards. Hope to sell some of them. I did sell one altered game board on opening night which was great.
After the show leaves Inner Harmony at the end of June, it will go to Dr. Ug's in Virginia. But I don't think they will have room for the 3D items.
On the home front, in the past two months, we have had the front of the garage rebuilt; put in a new driveway and sidewalks; had the back balcony railings replaced; bought a new small sofa for the sun room, a chair for the living room; and I have recovered the antique daybed, made new drapes for the living room, and a table cover for the sofa table. So things are getting spruced up--badly needed.
I almost forgot--I also have a new website to showcase my art [when I have time to take pictures and post listings]. It is katherinepippinpauley.com
Stop by and take a look.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Last Saturday I attended a workshop at the new Prairie Art Stamps store. I went to learn about grunge paper and to use grunge paper to decorate a wooden bird. The workshop was fun and the grunge paper is amazing. Of course I bought some. I liked my bird, but wanted to change out the small base that it sat upon and add some other elements. I have been trying a variety of bases, and settled on a wooden base with tiers that I bought at a garage sale two weeks ago. I liked the base, but it needed more. First I added polka dotted paper in a strip around the middle tier. Then I put a keyhole in the center. Of course the keyhole needed keys, so I started digging in my key stash. The vintage keys were nice, but why keys & keyhole? I added tags to the 4 keys--love, friendship, faith, and education. The word KEYS was added to the bottom with vintage typewriter keys. The bird has a key dangling from its beak and a lock and key dangling from its tail. I titled it "Keys--A Little Bird Told Me." I added it to my Etsy shop because I have purchased a showcase spot for September 22 and thought that it would be a good item to showcase. I had intended to just showcase my bowl of fruit books, but they have been on the site for several months and this is new. Of course, if people click on the bird, they will see the altered fruit books as well.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Works of Words and Whimsy
Since the At Home in Central Illinois magazine is not available in Springfield, I am going to add Elyse Russo's article to my blog so people can read it. I wish that you could also see Robert O'Daniell's wonderful pictures. With the pictures, the article is 5 pages, but the pictures take up most of those pages.
"Springfield artist makes mixed media creations
Fruit books. Clarinet ladies. The Springfield alphabet. Painted mannequins. Satiric Blagojevich greeting cards. To name a few, these are the artistic endeavors of mixed media artist, Katherine Pippin Pauley.
'A lot of the articles about doing art now are on the play aspect; just play with it and see what comes,' Pauley said. 'And that's what I do.'
While the Springfield artist has no formal training, Pauley has established herself as a local mixed media artist whose works often emerge from play; specifically, playing with materials and playing with words.
'She is what I think of when I think of an emerging artist,' said Jane Johnson, executive director of the Prairie Art Alliance. She said some artists struggle to find their niche, but Pauley has already found hers.
Pauley got her start producing art by playing with cloth and sewing. First it was making costumes for her daughter's childhood plays, and later feminizing men's jackets for women to wear for a company she and a friend started called True Glitz.
In 1996, the jacket company disbanded, but Pauley's creative flame was ignited. So she began making figurines called Character Creations, which truly began her fascination with using different materials to create artwork. One Character Creation which she has kept is a figure of Noah at a drawing board sketching the ark. It uses clay, cloth, woodwork, sewing and other artistic techniques.
'It was hammering, it was sewing, a little bit of everything,' she said.
Pauley was still producing Character Creations when she joined Prairie Art Alliance in 1999, marking her membership as a mixed media artist. She said the mixed media field at Prairie Art
Alliance was wide open , and still is, which allows her a lot of freedom in what she showcases there.
'I decided when I retired, I was just going to go for art and so I started feeling my way, trying different things.' Pauley said, and that's just what she's been up to. Retiring from teaching in 2004, Pauley has devoted herself entirely to her art.
While playing with many materials inspires Pauley's artwork -- 'Mostly I like taking junk I find at flea markets and garage sales and turning it into something' --words and word play often give Pauley an artistic springboard.
'I can't remember never reading,' she said. "It was just something that I always did, and reading has been a huge part of my life.'
An English major in college, Pauley loves to incorporate letters and words into her art, from alphabets to witty greeting cards. Her Black and White Inchie Square Alphabet -- S is Shadow, Z is a Zebra, and so on -- was accepted for publication in a national craft magazine Somerset Studio. Every letter is one inch square.
Sometimes words are art in Pauley's works. One of her most recent artistic accomplishments, for example, was decorating one of the large top hats that dot the city of Springfield in honor of Lincoln's bicentennial. Titled 'In Mr. Lincoln's Words,' the top hat features white stars with quotes from the famous 16th president.
'She just keeps coming up with new ideas and new things,' said Johathan Reyman, of Springfield. He and his wife Laura own many of Pauley's pieces. He said her work spans a very wide range. She incorporates humor into a lot of her work but sometimes her serious pieces, like the 5-foot long 'City of God' collage that the Reymans just purchased, are emotional and thought-provoking, he said. 'It changes color as the light in the room changes,' Reyman said, describing the collage.
While Pauley was the featured artist in the November/December 2007 Prairie Art Alliance showcase, she said she hasn't really felt comfortable calling herself and 'artist' until just recently. 'I have a very hard time with the a-word,' she said. 'So I'm beginning to feel and now I can say. Yes, I'm an artist. I'm succeeding. I figure if I can cover what I spend, that's good enough.'
Katherine Pippin Pauley's works are on sale at Prairie Art Alliance of The Blue Door, both located in Springfield. Or you may shop online at her Web site, http://www.katherinpippinpauley.etsy.com/."
Photos include two of my figures, "Gift of Creativity and Gift of Endurance", me holding my Ear Worm, the bowl of fruit books, the quilted violin, the Lincoln Hat in front of the Widow at Windsor Antique Shop, and one of my cards--Zach who wanted a Mustang for his birthday. Right now, the fruit books, violin, and cards are for sale on the etsy site. The figures are at the Blue Door.
I was very please with Elyse's article and felt that she captured the essence of what I do. I am going to work on Barnes and Noble to carry At Home in Central Illinois because it is a lovely magazine which showcases many central Illinois locations.
"Springfield artist makes mixed media creations
Fruit books. Clarinet ladies. The Springfield alphabet. Painted mannequins. Satiric Blagojevich greeting cards. To name a few, these are the artistic endeavors of mixed media artist, Katherine Pippin Pauley.
'A lot of the articles about doing art now are on the play aspect; just play with it and see what comes,' Pauley said. 'And that's what I do.'
While the Springfield artist has no formal training, Pauley has established herself as a local mixed media artist whose works often emerge from play; specifically, playing with materials and playing with words.
'She is what I think of when I think of an emerging artist,' said Jane Johnson, executive director of the Prairie Art Alliance. She said some artists struggle to find their niche, but Pauley has already found hers.
Pauley got her start producing art by playing with cloth and sewing. First it was making costumes for her daughter's childhood plays, and later feminizing men's jackets for women to wear for a company she and a friend started called True Glitz.
In 1996, the jacket company disbanded, but Pauley's creative flame was ignited. So she began making figurines called Character Creations, which truly began her fascination with using different materials to create artwork. One Character Creation which she has kept is a figure of Noah at a drawing board sketching the ark. It uses clay, cloth, woodwork, sewing and other artistic techniques.
'It was hammering, it was sewing, a little bit of everything,' she said.
Pauley was still producing Character Creations when she joined Prairie Art Alliance in 1999, marking her membership as a mixed media artist. She said the mixed media field at Prairie Art
Alliance was wide open , and still is, which allows her a lot of freedom in what she showcases there.
'I decided when I retired, I was just going to go for art and so I started feeling my way, trying different things.' Pauley said, and that's just what she's been up to. Retiring from teaching in 2004, Pauley has devoted herself entirely to her art.
While playing with many materials inspires Pauley's artwork -- 'Mostly I like taking junk I find at flea markets and garage sales and turning it into something' --words and word play often give Pauley an artistic springboard.
'I can't remember never reading,' she said. "It was just something that I always did, and reading has been a huge part of my life.'
An English major in college, Pauley loves to incorporate letters and words into her art, from alphabets to witty greeting cards. Her Black and White Inchie Square Alphabet -- S is Shadow, Z is a Zebra, and so on -- was accepted for publication in a national craft magazine Somerset Studio. Every letter is one inch square.
Sometimes words are art in Pauley's works. One of her most recent artistic accomplishments, for example, was decorating one of the large top hats that dot the city of Springfield in honor of Lincoln's bicentennial. Titled 'In Mr. Lincoln's Words,' the top hat features white stars with quotes from the famous 16th president.
'She just keeps coming up with new ideas and new things,' said Johathan Reyman, of Springfield. He and his wife Laura own many of Pauley's pieces. He said her work spans a very wide range. She incorporates humor into a lot of her work but sometimes her serious pieces, like the 5-foot long 'City of God' collage that the Reymans just purchased, are emotional and thought-provoking, he said. 'It changes color as the light in the room changes,' Reyman said, describing the collage.
While Pauley was the featured artist in the November/December 2007 Prairie Art Alliance showcase, she said she hasn't really felt comfortable calling herself and 'artist' until just recently. 'I have a very hard time with the a-word,' she said. 'So I'm beginning to feel and now I can say. Yes, I'm an artist. I'm succeeding. I figure if I can cover what I spend, that's good enough.'
Katherine Pippin Pauley's works are on sale at Prairie Art Alliance of The Blue Door, both located in Springfield. Or you may shop online at her Web site, http://www.katherinpippinpauley.etsy.com/."
Photos include two of my figures, "Gift of Creativity and Gift of Endurance", me holding my Ear Worm, the bowl of fruit books, the quilted violin, the Lincoln Hat in front of the Widow at Windsor Antique Shop, and one of my cards--Zach who wanted a Mustang for his birthday. Right now, the fruit books, violin, and cards are for sale on the etsy site. The figures are at the Blue Door.
I was very please with Elyse's article and felt that she captured the essence of what I do. I am going to work on Barnes and Noble to carry At Home in Central Illinois because it is a lovely magazine which showcases many central Illinois locations.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Lincoln Hats in Springfield
The Lincoln Hat project was completed in May. The Springfield Rotary Club (Brian Barstead) was the driving force in accomplishing this. There are 11 huge hats dotting the streets of Springfield and (I believe) 11 large hats to be found inside businesses. After turning in my huge and large matching hats, I said that I could use another of my designs and do a second large hat. So I have a total of 3 hats.
My first huge and large hats are located at The Widow at Windsor antique store at the corner of 5th and Cook in Springfield. These hats are painted black with a gold hatband which says "In Mr. Lincoln's Words". The stars are edged with mini gold stars which create a gold band and each had a Lincoln quotation on it. The quotations on the large hat had to be entirely different than the huge hat because they could not be reduced and still be legible. So the large hat has short quotes.
My first huge and large hats are located at The Widow at Windsor antique store at the corner of 5th and Cook in Springfield. These hats are painted black with a gold hatband which says "In Mr. Lincoln's Words". The stars are edged with mini gold stars which create a gold band and each had a Lincoln quotation on it. The quotations on the large hat had to be entirely different than the huge hat because they could not be reduced and still be legible. So the large hat has short quotes.
The second large hat is from my 2nd winning design and is brown with a copper band. It says, "If I had a different face, would I wear this one?" It has four Lincoln profiles each filled with a collage of Lincoln photographs. This hat is also on 5th street--in the window of the radio station offices just south of the Old State Capitol plaza.
The Rotary and local businesses sponsered a wonderful reception for the artists and the hats at the Inn at 835 here in town. The hats went up by June 1rst. Many will come down in September, but mine will stay at the Widow at Windsor, thanks to the generosity of the owners, Tom and Marilyn Kushack. It will be a permanent display.
If you are in Springfield, you should try to see all of the wonderful hats on display around town.
Thanks to being a hat artist, I was interviewed for the Champaign magazine, At Home. The article, complete with pictures of my studio, art work, and (probably) inane comments by me will be published in the Sept/Oct issue.
Arts News
My life has changed yet again. I have been babysitting two grandchildren (at my daughter's house) for the past 3 1/2 weeks. Tomorrow the 3 year old begins preschool and I will have the care of my only granddaughter, Cecilia, 3 months. Because she can come to my house, I will be able to go to my studio and (hopefully) get some work accomplished. I have so many projects underway. While 2 children kept me tied to the house, I hope to be able to go places with CeCi.
This past week, Macy's held a reception for the artists who have work on display (for sale) in the furniture department. It was a lovely reception with food and drink. I have two pieces on the wall and was able to take in several others to show that evening. Thank you, Macy's!
This past week, Macy's held a reception for the artists who have work on display (for sale) in the furniture department. It was a lovely reception with food and drink. I have two pieces on the wall and was able to take in several others to show that evening. Thank you, Macy's!
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