I just received this notice!
Dear Kathleen Zimmerman,
We are pleased to inform you that your work, referenced below, has been accepted in the up-coming NAWA exhibition, WINTER SMALL WORKS, online at www.thenawa.org
Online Exhibition Dates
February 1-29, 2024
Online Reception and Awards Announcement
Thursday, February 15, 5-6 pm
Note: NAWA stands for National Association of Women Artists
If that wasn’t reason enough to be delighted, this hand-made serigraph was also accepted into the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts exhibition, CAFA + Members, online at www.ctacademy.org/exhibitions/cafa-members-2024/all
Online Exhibition Dates
January 27 - March 2, 2024
Universe Series - Monkey Mars, hand-made serigraph, image size 8 x 8.
Artist Statement
Universe Series uses a variety of animals to represent life as they ponder the latest scientific theories concerning the Universe. These playful explorations look toward space and at human kinds' reaction to it.
Monkey Mars is a serigraphs, or more commonly known as silkscreen print. It is a hand-made, small-edition print, that uses my graphite drawing as its basis, and is an original work of art. What makes serigraphy the perfect printmaking method for my art, is I can retain areas of pure white paper, capture the tonality of my drawings, and place blocks of intense color that either overlaps part of the image, or lightly kisses the edge of image.
Serigraphy. is a modern printmaking method with a very old history. Stencil-based, hand-made prints originated during the tenth century in China. They made their first appearance in Europe around the 18th century and are used throughout the world today. This mode of printmaking has evolved over time, so that Modern artists such as Pablo Picasso and Marc Chagall, Pop artists such as Andy Warhol and Peter Max, and Contemporary artists including me, have found it an attractive medium for the creation of fine art.
Besides these two exhibitions, I just released a new video featuring my current collection of sculpture. Most of the pieces imaged are models for large-scale installations to be placed in the landscape while a few of the pieces are for life-sized artwork to be placed in interior spaces. The first group of sculptures are animal-related works while the rest are figurative pieces, ending with Melody. Melody was my first life-sized sculpture and public commissioned piece.
In the studio, I have been busy making intaglio plates! Below are six of my circle of life, or Zoo Series, curing by the window. If you look hard you are see Farm, Forest and Jungle right by the window. Desert, Savanna, and Tundra are closer but even harder to see. All are backwards on the plate so they print the right way. Once they are fully hardened, I will start the process of printing them but that will take awhile so better left to my next post.
In print, I will close this post with one last notification that delighted me this winter. Three of my poems, and the artwork that inspired them, were published in Sanctuary Magazine’s Poetry Corner! Click on the following link to see them online https://www.sanctuary-magazine.com/poetry-corner.html
As teasers, below are the readings of these three poems. The complete collection of reading are on the menu item Magic Circle Readings on this website.
Magic Desert - Camel, Snake and Gecko
Magic Farm - Dog Cat, and Pig
Magic Tundra - Moose, Hare, and Puffin.