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| Kathy Keenan | |
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I was born in San Mateo, California, USA in 1950. I currently live in Northern California. I design and fabricate original designs in sterling silver as well as paint in oils. I am married and have two grown children. |
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My painting expresses the things that touch me spiritually. Peoples’ faces, the natural world, dream images are among my favorite subjects because they can evoke the spiritual in the everyday world. |
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Intersection: Man/Dogwood
2003 |
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| The Intersections Series literally interweaves two concepts/ideas – either complementary or conflicting. The result is a dynamic synergy between the concepts, with constantly changing visual interplay for the viewer. I paint two complete canvases (with the idea of interweaving them), cut one into horizontal strips and one into vertical strips (this requires a bit of courage, believe me), and weave the strips together onto one stretcher.
I realized after beginning to exhibit these paintings that I only do half of the job. People see things in the painting that I can see only after they point them out to me, while others can’t see the images at all, seeing the Intersections only as abstract color. What each person sees appears to be unique to that individual, which is delightful.
I am very proud of this one: it won First Place in Oils/Acrylics in the Los Gatos Art Assn. Annual Open Juried Show (April 2003). I painted the man from a photo my husband took in Ireland of a Japanese tourist at Newgrange. I always loved his face: he looks so wise and so kind. At first I thought I would make a political statement by intersecting him with a monochrome painting of Manzanar (the injustice and inhumanity of the WWII Japanese internment and its echoes in today’s events). But I couldn’t do that to him, so instead I did a spray of dogwood blossoms, painted quite large. I experimented with varying the width of the strips; narrow at the center, wider toward the edges. The variance in size gives the painting motion, flying outward from the center. For me, it is an odd combination of serenity and peacefulness combined with dynamic movement. |
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Intersection: Summer/Hawk
2003 |
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| The Intersections Series literally interweaves two concepts/ideas – either complementary or conflicting. The result is a dynamic synergy between the concepts, with constantly changing visual interplay for the viewer. I paint two complete canvases (with the idea of interweaving them), cut one into horizontal strips and one into vertical strips (this requires a bit of courage, believe me), and weave the strips together onto one stretcher.
I realized after beginning to exhibit these paintings that I only do half of the job. People see things in the painting that I can see only after they point them out to me, while others can’t see the images at all, seeing the Intersections only as abstract color. What each person sees appears to be unique to that individual, which is delightful.
I asked my friend Lana to pose for this, which she obligingly did. Then she was so distressed by the idea of cutting up the resulting portrait that she gave me some lovely jewelry in exchange for the painting. We were both happy, because all I had to do was paint it again. She has the spiritual name of “Summerhawk,” so I painted a red-tailed hawk in flight to go with her. It was the first time I tried painting both canvases in color, but I love the result. |
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Intersection: Woman/Butterflie
2000 |
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| The Intersections Series literally interweaves two concepts/ideas – either complementary or conflicting. The result is a dynamic synergy between the concepts, with constantly changing visual interplay for the viewer. I paint two complete canvases (with the idea of interweaving them), cut one into horizontal strips and one into vertical strips (this requires a bit of courage, believe me), and weave the strips together onto one stretcher.
I realized after beginning to exhibit these paintings that I only do half of the job. People see things in the painting that I can see only after they point them out to me, while others can’t see the images at all, seeing the Intersections only as abstract color. What each person sees appears to be unique to that individual, which is delightful.
The model for the woman’s face in this painting is my daughter, looking pensive. Her favorite thing is butterflies, so it was natural for me to think of intersecting them. This was the first Intersection that I did, and I thought it out carefully, choosing to do the portrait in monochrome burnt sienna, and the butterflies in color. I reasoned that the contrast between the monotone and the variegated color would help the eye to re-assemble the images in the mind’s eye. |
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Spirits Collide
2004 |
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| The Intersections Series literally interweaves two concepts/ideas – either complementary or conflicting. The result is a dynamic synergy between the concepts, with constantly changing visual interplay for the viewer. I paint two complete canvases (with the idea of interweaving them), cut one into horizontal strips and one into vertical strips (this requires a bit of courage, believe me), and weave the strips together onto one stretcher.
I realized after beginning to exhibit these paintings that I only do half of the job. People see things in the painting that I can see only after they point them out to me, while others can’t see the images at all, seeing the Intersections only as abstract color. What each person sees appears to be unique to that individual, which is delightful.
For this Intersection, I found a photo of a cat and one of an elderly woman that had identical expressions: they looked as though they were seeing right into the viewer's soul. I carefully painted the two canvases to be sure that the eyes would intersect, thinking that this would intensify the effect. The result is spooky and more shamanistic than I had intended. But that's the way these paintings work; in the end, they create themselves. |
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| 教育程度与个人自传 | |
| Art Training 5 years with Lee Hartman of San Jose, studying oil painting Portraiture workshop with Bob Gerbracht of San Francisco “Drawing Portraits on the Right Side of the Brain,” workshop at UCSC Extension Smattering of college classes and workshops Shows and Awards ∑ Santa Clara County Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Summer, 1999, “County Fair” Honorable Mention: “The Blues” ∑ Los Gatos Member Show, Los Gatos Art Museum, October, 1999, “The Blues” ∑ “Treasures,” Los Gatos Art Museum, March 2000, “Heading Home/Peru” ∑ Second Place, Artist of the Month, June 2000, Los Gatos Art Association, “Heading Home/Peru” ∑ First Place. Artist of the Month, September 2000, Los Gatos Art Association, “The Burden” ∑ Second Place, Oils, October 2000, Los Gatos Art Association Membership Show, Los Gatos Art Museum: “Heading Home/Peru.” Also juried into this show: “The Burden.” ∑ “Walls to the Future,” exhibit sponsored by Los Gatos City Council, November 2000: “How We Go to the Stars” ∑ Third Place, Artist of the Month, February 2001, Los Gatos Art Association, “Potter’s Kiln” ∑ Santa Clara County Open Studios 2001, April 28-29, 2001, multiple works ∑ Monte Sereno Gardens Art Show, Monte Sereno, CA, May 20, 2001, multiple works ∑ Alliance of Visual Artists Show, Santa Clara, CA, June 2-3, 2001, multiple works ∑ Mountain Art Guild Show, Los Gatos, CA, June 9-10, 2001, multiple works ∑ Los Gatos Art Association Exhibit, San Jose Medical Center, San Jose, CA, Sept. – Oct. 20001, multiple works ∑ Los Gatos Art Association Open Juried Show, April 2002, “Falling Leaf” ∑ One-woman show, Gallery Saratoga, June 2002 ∑ “Art in the Park,” Saratoga, September 2002 ∑ One-woman show, Gallery Saratoga, March 2003 ∑ First Place, Oils/Acrylics, Los Gatos Art Association Open Juried Show, April 2003, “Intersection: Man/Dogwood” (Trompe l’oieul artist John Pugh, juror) ∑ Phantom Gallery, June 19 through July 17, 2003, “Gateway” and “The Trees Are the Prayers” ∑ Saratoga Public Library Grand Opening, May through Sept. 2003, “Misty Orchard” ∑ Los Gatos Art Assn. Annual Juried Show: “Spirits Collide” Featured in: The Art Fix, January 2005, Issue No. 47, “Man/Dogwood,” and “Spirits Collide” Galleries Gallery Saratoga, Saratoga, CA. Website http://www.keenanstudios.com |
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