Can you tell.....it's been a little busy?

All right, as you can see from the date of my last post, it has been a little busy. The great news is that I am now focused full-time on my art. I plan to keep the blog updated, so visit often to see work in progress, upcoming shows and other things I am working on. You can also keep tabs through my website and through facebook.

Be back soon,

Karl

Pie Footwear Art Show

Okay, so I've been a little busy, but you can see why. Here's my latest show for the month of February at Pie Footwear on Alberta. Also check out my new website at www.karlwkaiser.com.

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

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

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"