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Artist Statement:
ARTIST STATEMENT
Kathy Markley
"The job of the Artist is
always deepen the mystery."
Francis
Bacon
Art is about communicating,
first of all, with self and
later the listener, the
viewer. It is about
communicating through emotions
in one form or another,
reaching out and if
successful, connecting with
and resonating with-in the
viewer. I want to create this
sort of communication by
presenting paintings that are
open ended, open to the
viewers entering, engagement
and imagination. I am after a
presence that transcends
whatever illusion suggests
itself, a presence that
constitutes the expression of
the painting.
What the viewer sees', reads,
connects with, perhaps
recognizes, his or her own
meaning, depends on that
persons' experiences. There is
a certain amount of illusion
of physical space and form,
which serves as metaphor for
what intriques me most-
exploration of the landscape,
the environment, it's
complexities, it's enigma. I
paint " Not the thing, but the
effect it produces." to quote
the french writer Mallarme.
What this "effect" means to me
is the emotional response to a
place, an event, a person; Of
course this occurs from
whatever is retained with-in
me, from experience,
observation, perception and/or
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Artist Exhibitions:
EXHIBITIONS (* SOLO )
2006 * Courtland Art Center,
Funded by the Kansas Arts
Commission
2001 * ABSTRACTED FORMS,
The Body Gallery, San
Francisco, Ca. Susan Copich,
curator. April/May
INTERNATIONAL ART SALON,
Minerva Studio and Gallery,
La. International Artist
Group, La.
IMAGES RE - VISITED, Hammond
Regional Arts Center -
November-December; Hammond,
La. Ann ...
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Artist Galleries:
REPRESENTATION
THE GALLERY
82337 JUNE ST
FOLSOM, LA 70437
504 796 - 9448
QUEEN STREET GALLERY
213 N. QUEEN ST.
MARTINSBURG, WV. 25401
304 263 - 9495
WAGNER BAZARIN GALLERY
RUA DOS SALGUEIROS,
98 DEMARCHI SAO BERNARDO DO
CAMPO
09820 - 565 SAO PAULO BRAZIL
You can contact Minerva
studios at:
thunderkiss63@yahoo...
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Artist Reviews:
BIBLIOGRAPHY
JO, HANNA; " TWENTY QUESTIONS
WITH KATHY MARKLEY",
EVERYTHING ART, ONTARIO,
CANADA;
2000 ANDERSON, CLYTHIA; "
REGIONAL ARTIST EXHIBITS IN
EGYPT", FOLSOM FOCUS, NOV.
2000 SCHOPEL, JEAN; "
CONTEMPORARY SOUTHERN ARTIST
EXHIBITS AT MUSEUM OF FINE
ARTS, ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT"
INTERNATIONAL ART REVIEW, 2000
WANG, CYNTHIA; " PRINTED
LECTURE" VISUAL VOICE,
2000 ANDERSON, CLYTHIA; " ...
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Collections:
Coming Soon!
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Commissions:
MURALS and DESIGN
Coconuts Restaurant,
Ottawa, Ks.
Janice Greer, Vero Beach,
Fl.
Green Photography, Rehobeth
Beach, De.
I - 10 New Orleans, La.
Robin Gross, Ottawa, Ks.
Pepper's Lounge, Ottawa,
Ks.
Matlache Seafood
Restaurant, Pine Island, Fl.
INTERIOR DESIGN
Agler and Gaeddert
Accountants, Main St. Ottawa,
Ks.
Sawin Residence Cedar ...
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K. Markley-Reade Biography:
| Biographical information for K. Markley-Reade can be found below. The artist may choose what information to display. Sometimes the artist chooses not to display personal information to the general public. |
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Age
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44
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| Gender |
Female
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| Status |
Widow
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| Children |
3
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| Education |
Bachelor of Fine Arts |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Oil
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Anselm Kiefer, Georgia O'Keeffe
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
Humankind,Nature and Society. |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
My earliest memory of art was when I was in kindergarten. I had painted a landscape. I don't feel I became an artist. I was born one and have grown as an artist along the way. |
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Content
My work is inspired by the natural world. Its beauty and its cruelty. Its hostility and its hospitality. Its paradoxes and its contrasts. When looking at nature, one can't help but see its destruction at the hands of humans. It is virtually impossible to find unspoiled nature. Our planet's ecological balance has been severely compromised, and phenomena such as global warming and the deterioration of the ozone layer affect every inch of the planet. I feel strongly that each of us must use the tools at our disposal to preserve and restore the natural world. As an artist, I employ visual language to address these issues with the goal of awakening interest and inspiring my audience to action. To learn more about each series' subject in order to better understand and communicate its essence. Those who cannot be reached by depressing news about the dire state of our world may be reached by images of its beauty (Ansel Adams successfully showed this) and the threat imposed on it. Art has the power to make one see things in a new light. It allows us to develop a love for places and things that we would otherwise not have noticed, or thought of as ugly or boring. It helps us discover the beauty of the ocean floor, the dirt or alluvial mud that is bog, the bark of a tree.
Approach
Rather than re-creating a landscape on a canvas, I aim to express its essence. Obviously, no single work can hope to distill the complex spirit of a landscape, much less the infinitely sophisticated ecology that sustains it. So, in order to capture this richness, I work on a large number of paintings concurrently. This allows me to transport strong elements and effective techniques from one piece to the next. Each multi-layered rendering shares some details with the other works in the series. The overlap of elements enriches each individual expression and deepens the cohesion within the series. Ultimately, each piece captures some fragment of the landscape's power until the larger body of work coalesces to express its deepest essence.
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