Unbound Art

 As we come out of the isolation from the pandemic, I am pleased to show art – not online, but in a real gallery space. I wanted to let you know about an exhibit of artwork that I just put up at the Center for the Arts of Homer. There is work from several series of paintings and drawings from the last eight years. The show is colorful, with various media and styles, and commentary on what it means to be human.   Please join me for the opening of the art exhibit Observing the Observer   The Gallery at the Center for the Arts of Homer Exhibit Dates: July 8 – August 26, 2022 Opening Reception: Friday, July 15, 5-8   Gallery Hours Tuesday- Friday 11-4 72 S. Main St. Homer, NY 13077 www.Center4Art.org

Just a sampling of drawings that remind me of Valentine's Day, relationships, love. Kim                                                                                                                      Looking for the Source Within the Heart Common Ground Who Picked Up the Rope? The Couple The Cosmic Heart Teasel - Couple

This painting was originally called The Family Tree,  now I am renaming it The Tree of Life.  It is the same, isn't it?

I have a show coming up in October in Ithaca at Mockingbird Paperie. The work includes paintings created in 2015-16 from two series -  The Emergence of Form and The Observer is the Observed. Time meets Thought The Observer is the Observed A Receptacle for Reality Oblivious to the Universal Mind

Uprooted The World Upside Down Taking Our Sorrow to the Street Many Worlds, One Species The Unknowable 

One of my favorite design exercises starts by drawing a simple design (you can see the trials above) and then after one is chosen, I divide the composition into sections. In the examples below, the design gets increasingly complex as the composition is divided in half and then in half again, and so on. It's always a gamble as to how far to go. Sometimes the original design is the best, but if you choose a composition as I did, that you don't like very much, then it opens up new possibilities and new relationships between line and shapes. This design incorporates the grid in the horizontal and vertical divisions. You can also see that leaving space between the sections adds another element of line. the first ink drawing divided in half and rearranged divided into 4 sections divided into 8 sections By the time you get this many pieces, 16 shapes, you have quite a design puzzle. What's next?   I could keep arranging, looki...

I usually start with a very loose sketch, improvising as I go, but often the composition doesn't change radically after this stage. I work mostly on developing the value range and details after that.

The whole view - Down the Drain

With all that is going on in the world, sometimes I feel that I am losing what used to feel solid - the ground of my existence.  Now I find myself questioning what that means.  What is the ground?  Losing Our Ground graphite on paper Kim Schrag, 2017 These drawings are 22x30" on Stonehenge paper. Here are a few close-up crops to see the details better.  You can also get a better view by clicking on the image.

Everyone in a Box graphite drawing by Kim Schrag, 2017

 Looking back at some ink drawings done at the Cayuga Nature Center in the 90's  by Kim Schrag

 A wall works to divide two sides.   This is what it looks like on the inside. Defended , graphite drawing by Kim Schrag (1998)

Open Studio Kim Schrag and Fernando Llosa  Saturday and Sunday,  September 24 and 25 11-6 both days 32 Elm Street, Trumansburg Fernando is currently in collaboration with Peter Dodge and Bryan Root to produce a new piece titled, An Inclusive Presence. Those of you who are interested in helping to make this major new art, music, and video concert project become a reality, will be able to purchase any of Fernando's paintings, prints, stone poems or photographs with a significant discount. He will also have on display digital prints made from the glass plate paintings that will be featured in  An Inclusive Presence ,   in exchange for a donation of $50.  (By the way this offer is valid from September 20 to December 31. Please e-mail if you need to schedule another time.) You can get a glimpse of what this video-concert will look and sound like by clicking here: An Inclusive Presence  ...