This piece is titled "Winter Song". It reminds me of the winter walks I have taken outside of my Aunt's village in Germany. The depth and intensity is achieved through carving into the layered wax.

This piece is titled "Squall". I'm using a lighter hand with the color and a more abstract style.

This piece is titled "Harmony". This is done in my landscape style with layering of color and using a heat torch to move the wax to find the subject.

IIAE3

I am very excited about an Art Exhibition that I have been invited to participate in. It is the third installment of the Irvington Invitational Art Exhibition in Northeast Portland curated by Thomas Malcom Cook, a local artist himself.

The Irvington Invitational Art Exhibition was established in 2007 with the goal of giving artists underrepresented by the gallery system a venue to express their artistic visions.

Artists showing will be:

Adam Arms

Amy K Drew

Julie Eggers

Nicholas Goodman

Bunny Huggins

Karl Kaiser

Susanne Kelly

JoAnn LeVee

Kay Myers

Suzanne Preble

Jim Richards

Carrie von Kiel

Opening Reception - Friday, July 31st, 7pm-10pm
Showing - Saturday, August 1st, 10am-4pm

2440 NE 11th Ave

Portland, OR 97212

(on the corner of 11th and Brazee).

I will be there during the entire showing, so stop by if you have a chance.

Karl W. Kaiser

New Work - June 2009

Come see my latest Encaustic work at Cooper's Coffee.

June 1, 2009 – June 30, 2009
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Portland, OR 97215

Stop in the morning for a cup of coffee and pastry or

stop in the evening for a glass of wine or pint of beer.

Garnet Sea (sold as a triptic or individually)






Taffy Swirl (sold as a triptic or individually)

Movement

Now I'm off to do work on some honey-do's that have been stacking up.

Karl

This is a piece hanging currently at the church called "The Grove". This was an interesting piece to do, lots of layers and experimenting with different instruments for carving.

I'm a member of the local chapter of IEA and we meet once a month to discuss upcoming shows, get feedback on our work and do projects. This month we were all supposed to do something relating to dessert. I decided to make this piece entirely out of wax (except for the inside of the cupcake, which is a block of wood). It turned out to be really fun to make and has me thinking of other ways I could use this concept. The plate is wax as well.













Karl

My current show is being held at my church, Mosaic. It will be hanging in the lobby for the month of April. The church is open most weekdays and Sundays. Feel free to stop by. The address is 1832 NE 39th Ave, Portland. I would also be happy to meet you there.

Here is a triptic I completed today called Galaxy. Each individual piece is 8" X 8". I've included some close up shots of the pieces so you can get a feel for the depth.

Close up...

Close up....

Close up.....

Karl

New Pieces

Here are some new pieces from a current show.

A Triptic called Steel Blue.

Red Petals and Limeaid

Dancing Sea and Blue Hawaii

Here is a piece that recently sold.

I'll post better photo's soon.

Karl

Open Meadow

20" x 48"