Archive for July, 2009

More new work

July 31, 2009

The four smaller new pieces are now up on my website. They are each mounted on gallery wrapped canvas which I painted with  dark acrylics. I like the way they sit on top of the canvas- especially since two of these pieces  have extra layers of batting in places creating an almost sculptural depth after stitching. Here’s The Spaces Between III:

The Spaces Between III

The Spaces Between III

I really love the way the green parts came out after I dry brushed acrylic paint on after stitching. Here’s a detail shot. It still doesn’t capture the depth.

The Spaces Between III detail

The Spaces Between III detail

New work

July 24, 2009

Finally. Yesterday I was able to get my two newest large pieces and four smaller mounted ones to my wonderful photographer, Laurie Indenbaum.

I just posted the two large ones.

Emergence II was the piece I changed and I’m much happier with the composition now. The Spaces Between IV was just finished. I’m pleased with  the rich  contrast between the red and purple.

I will post the smaller pieces which are each mounted on painted stretched canvas early next week.

Maine coastal rock inspirations

July 14, 2009

My husband and I just got back from a trip to the Maine coast around Acadia where we sea kayaked, and hiked. The patterns, textures and color variations in the low tide rocks were stunning.

Close up of Maine tidal rock 1

Close up of Maine tidal rock 1

Close up of Maine tidal rock 2

Close up of Maine tidal rock 2

Close up of Maine tidal rock 3

Close up of Maine tidal rock 3

This kind of visual stimulation feeds me. Direct representation of any of these images wouldn’t interest me but I trust the beautiful organic random lines and colors somehow percolate into my brain (sounds painful!) and will stir up ideas…

Artscope feature article is out!

July 9, 2009

I just got a copy of Paula Melton’s  article about my artwork in Boston’s Artscope magazine.  It’s called  “Appliqued Science: Karen Kamenetzky at the Cellular Level”.

The two page layout (not available online) is beautiful with four large images. I thought it might be difficult/embarrassing to read another person’s take on my art but I’m very happy with the language Paula used. Here’s an excerpt:

The fiber art of Karen Kamenetzky is a physical manifestation of the deep  relationship between color and life…

Kamenetzky dyes and paints silks and cottons, then cuts and collages them into brilliant landscapes inspired by biological processes. As captured through electron microscopy…If you have seen reproductions of the pieces, their thick pendulous presence as they hang in the gallery will come as a surprise.

An entirely pleasant surprise. For it is their thickly stitched layers, and thus their resemblance to intricately layered networks of animal and plant tissue, that ultimately complete the metaphor and reveal how color becomes life.

Paula Melton- Artscope Magazine July/August 2009



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