Open Art Studio Event!

This is a large reverse acrylic painting I have been working on. It is painted on glass and then peeled off and will be mounted to a canvas. This image will actually be cut and made into two separate canvases.


Several artists are featuring their work at the same studio location (some of the artists involved are featuring their collection of female and male nude drawings/paintings/prints at the same studio location). Oil & Acrylic Paintings, Sculpted Glass Pendants, Pen & Ink Drawings, Linoleum & Woodblock Prints, Photography and More...

Pro Arts is pleased to announce East Bay Open Studios during the first two weekends in June: June 2 & 3 and June 9 & 10, 2007.
East Bay Open Studios will feature over 400 artists.

June 2 & 3 and June 9 & 10, 2007
11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Several artists, including:
For more information:
http://www.kathewelch.org
http://www.markknot.com
http://www.heatherpiazza.com

Thank you for your support!

Citrus Tree...

This is a 'quick' oil painting I did this afternoon. It is 9" x 12" on Canvas. It is harder each day to come home from work and work more - on my own art, but summer is so close.

Officially, I have 20 school days left. Then, I will have two glorious months to paint and print...

The Enchanted Tree

The Enchanted Tree is part of a series I am doing for a book project. This print is part of the BarenForum Exchange#32.

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This is an image from the book I am working on called "The Last Monkey." It is about my fear of falling off of the bed. This drawing is from the part where I am trying to hide from the Sharks circling my three level bunk bed.

The story is finished and about 1/3 of the illustrations are done.

Communication

My students want me to show them how to draw certain cartoon characters and I want them to use their imagination and experiment and try to figure things out. This sketch grew out of a drawing I made to show a kid how to make a cartoon monkey and a cow. I thought it would be funny if the two of them had a conversation.

This drawing is based on the Illustration Friday theme of Communication. Cick on the link below to see more.




I am starting to list some of Art on Etsy. Etsy is similar to E-Bay but with out the auction format and all items are handmade.

Gravity

This is a sketch for Illustration Friday (see below). This weeks theme is 'Gravity' so I drew a tree with it's last leaf on the ground...

The Mountian

I have been experimenting with mono-printing. This is one of my first attempts. I actually tried it a few years ago with bad results, but I took another shot last night and I was much happier with what I got. I am going to try a few more with different and extra details and I think I will hand-color this one...

Orange Flower Oil Painting

This is a oil painting called Orange Flowers. It is about 9 inches square. Painted on Masonite.

Orange Flower

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This is a pen & ink drawing from my Flower series. It is colored with Oil Pastels. It is on 5 x 7 archival Artist board. It is available on Ebay.

29 Blocks waiting to be cut...

I picked up some wood in Berkeley last Saturday. I cut it on my table saw this afternoon. Now I have 29 Blocks waiting to be drawn on and cut...

9 are 5 x 7
16 are 4 x 6
4 are 6 x 7 3/4
There are a few odd sized scraps, but I plan to use them, too.

The Great Baren Cairn

This wood cut is part of a bigger project organized by Maria Arango of Las Vegas, Nevada. Maria is one of my role models. The URL for her website called http://1000woodcuts.com clearly spells out her goals - to do 1000 woodcuts - she is nearly a quarter of the way to her goal at 238.


My part of the cairn was drawn and carved yesterday after work. The entire Great Baren Cairn project can be followed at Maria's website. Take a look at her other work. She is amazing.

Yellow Flower

Oil on Canvas
8 x 10


Painted on August 10th
Should be dry by September 10th

The Tree

Oil on Canvas
8 x 10
Painted on August 10th


This might take a few weeks to dry...

What's Your Number?

The Art Bureau is collecting numbers for an Art Bureau calendar. And now they have my number.

From their site:

Art Bureau (.org) is an online art gallery and publishing house for artists. As a supplement to the Art Bureau online gallery, we publish a black-and-white zine fostering a D.I.Y. approach to art, design and community. Each issue features 32 pages of artwork, interviews and articles about artistic collaborations, networking and organizations.

Play the accordian, Go to Jail

‘The Accordion’ is part of a music series which also includes ‘The Bass’ and ‘The Guitar’. It was created while I was hanging out with my brothers’ rock band. Yes! They played the accordion on some songs even though the singer had a sticker on his accordion case that said ‘Play an accordion, go to jail.’
‘The Accordion’ is 10.5” x 6” on a 12” x 18” sheet of rice paper. It is from an edition of 4, with two artists proof (A/P) that means there are only six in existence.

The Church in the Field

This is the church print. The Lino-Block can be seen here. I uploaded that image on March 19th, printed it the next night, but had a bad printing run. I decided to come back to it in a few days, hoping I would have a better printing session. I did and I was able to print the full edition that night. The original image had a window in the middle of the building, but I did not like the way it looked on the print so I tokk it out and I think the results are better.

Kathe Welch

Kathe Welch

I did a big update on my website this week and I made a site for my friend Heather - another artist.

Point Reyes National Seashore (Spring Break 2006)

The first Road Trip of Spring Break. We drove north out of Oakland across the San Rafael Bridge, up 101 to Lucas Valley road to Nicasio Valley Road, left on Point Reyes/Petaluma Road and all the way to the end of Sir Francis Drake Boulevard.We got out a few times a long the way to take in the view and look at the many cows and waterfalls. We stopped at a gas station in Point Reyes station to check our directions – I usually go with out a map, though I did have my GPS unit. Inside the store two young business women (maybe 11 or 12 years old) asked if I wanted to buy some sage that they had picked. I was impressed with their entrepreneurial skills, so I bought one.

We were soon back on the road and began the count down of dairies on the way to the lighthouse – each one labeled with a letter – Historic C Ranch Established Circa 1859. At one of the dairies along the way, we saw a cow that had just given birth. Her calf lay on the ground at her feet and the placenta was still hanging from her body. There was a vulture waiting on a nearby fence.

At the end of the line we walk .4 miles from the parking lot to the visitor’s center and 400 steps down the hill to the light house. The views were amazing and well worth the long drive. The air was crisp and clean and it was one of the first sunny day in some time.

Ah...Vacation...

Nine Glorious Days!
Starting Right Now.