Kilindi

Happy Monday (a bit late)! Is anyone else dreaming of a little vacation?? Kilindi looks awfully nice...
All photos copyright Kilindi.

Nathan Abels Exhibit at Denver's Rule Gallery

Kairos, Acrylic on Panel, 36 x 48"

Happy Friday! I'm so excited! Starting today through March 20th, those of us in the Denver area will go see the solo exhibit of new works by Nathan Abels, The Denver Post's Emerging Artist of 2009. "Natural Causes", with its opening reception tonight at the Rule Gallery, is sure to be a huge success for this significant young talent. "Kairos" is one of the works to be unveiled and I can't wait to take it in. Nathan describes his show as follows:

The works in "Natural Causes" explore the landscape and its inhabitants with each image depicting a visual pause in an ongoing event. What I am capturing in these paused moments is a sense of "straining at particles of light in the midst of great darkness."(Keats)

Murmer, Graphite, Charcoal and Pastel on Paper, 24 x 20"

Passage, Acrylic on Panel, 24 x 48"

Nathan will exhibit ten works in "Natural Causes." And in conjunction with his solo show, he is also curating a group exhibition featuring site-specific work by Mindy Bray, paintings from New York artists Jason Stopa and Eric LoPresti, photographs by German photographer Alexander Binder, works on paper by Alan Kitchen, and new bronze work by Yoshitomo Saito. Click here for a preview, and below is all the info you'll need to get yourself there...Don't miss it!
all artwork and photos copyright Nathan Abels

Happy Birthday...

to my sweet Eddie. You bring me such joy every day. I know you will be a terrific five-year-old! Daddy and I love you so much.

lovely photo copyright feaverish on flickr.

Corner View: Sweets

Sweet cupcakes for a birthday...My child's 5th birthday is tomorrow. Stop me before I cry...
He will have a celebration of life at his Montessori, and he also brings in treats of his choice for their lunch dessert. He chose cupcakes. I did not make these (the treat must come from a commercial kitchen). They came from batter.
And her photos are so much better:Please enjoy other sweet corner views by visiting the right side bar here.

beautiful second photo by Liz Rakoff of batter.

Mary Corita

Time for some COLOR! Via Lena Corwin, we have the serigraphs of Sister Mary Corita, these from the late 1950s and '60s. Wow...
and my personal favorite...

From The Corita Art Center:

Corita Kent, also known as Sister Mary Corita, gained international fame for her vibrant serigraphs during the 1960s and 1970s. A Sister of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, she ran the Art Department at Immaculate Heart College until 1968 when she left the Order and moved to Boston. Corita's art reflects her spirituality, her commitment to social justice, her hope for peace, and her delight in the world that takes place all around us.

Thanks so much to Drawn! and Lena Corwin for putting these out there.

300th Post

Oh my. This is my 300th post. Thank you so much for sticking with me or joining me along the way. I love that you visit me here and take time to comment. Thank you. For this 300th, I've decided to revisit some of my own photos I've posted over the past year and a half...
These are my faves both for how they turned out and for the memories they captured. For being a complete amateur, maybe they're not half bad. I'm developing a little bit of a style. It helps that I live in a truly beautiful place. Oh, I sometimes wish for a more sophisticated camera -- that will come one day. Anyhoooooo, I really do thank you for supporting my little place here. I hope to keep you coming back! And I hope you have a beautiful Tuesday.

Monday Already?

Is it Monday again? How? The weekends go so fast, but yesterday's hike was lovely -- a fitting goodbye to January...Happy February! I hope it's a beautiful month for you.