Monday, December 26, 2016

stranger in a strange land*

'Cosmos' 20-24" chain, colored pencil, mica, paper, sterling silver;  Kathleen Faulkner
  
 2016 is coming to an end.

Soon it will be a new year
filled with uncertainties.
I distract myself with art and good sci-fi.
 
Earth is starting to feel claustrophobic.
The cosmos calls.






 

Monday, December 12, 2016

deep in it

'Northwest is Best'  16x20" oil pastel on panel;  Kathleen Faulkner


These are dark times.


I look out to the west
dark clouds have lifted over the Olympics

To the east, the North Cascades shine
  beneath the dark, brooding sky
 
  It brings to mind a line from a poem, as it often does,

and  'I am blinded by it's splendor'.*


*'What is the Beautiful'  Kenneth Patchen




Monday, October 17, 2016

Life in the Skagit

'Heading Out' 16x16" oil pastel;  Kathleen Faulkner

No matter which road I travel around here, 
there's always something to see

and it's always different.



Wednesday, September 7, 2016

a glimpse


'High End' 24x48" oil pastel;  Kathleen Faulkner
 

Summer is coming to a close but 
it's been a good run this year.

Soon these mountains will be covered in snow 
and this area will be 
inaccessible.  


Wednesday, August 10, 2016

A tradition


 STEAMROLLER Printmaking, 2016 has now come and gone. 
It has been an Anacortes Arts Festival event in 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2016.

It's becoming a tradition 

silk ready to lift off lino, Kathleen Faulkner
 
Printing a 3x4' linoleum block is not easy.  

This year we worked with white silk.  Wind was a factor but:
Three days, ten artists and volunteers per day
and good teamwork got the job done!



My print, 'Baker's Dozen' 4x3' woodblock ink on linoleum,  printed on silk.  In the background: Dee Doyle's two herons print;   Kathleen Faulkner                                                                                            







Friday, July 8, 2016

weather or not

'Morning After'  24x36" oil pastel;  Kathleen Faulkner  


La Nina is expected.

 My sweater keeps me warm 
on this chilly, wet July day.



Sunday, June 12, 2016

Looks can be deceiving

'North of Here'  18x24" oil pastel;  Kathleen Faulkner

 
The mudflats call to me.

Like a meditation, I gaze out at them and time stands still.
From where I stand, they look so firm and steady
but I know that if I were to walk out there 
I'd sink to my hips. 




Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Fly by Night

'Fly by Night' brooch with converter,  2x3" sterling silver, colored pencil, mica;  Kathleen Faulkner

I put the umbrella in it's stand and began to open it.  
I saw something small and furry in the folds.
As I got up close for a better look it suddenly hissed.  
I was taken aback
 and then it flew away.

Small, mysterious bug eating mammal
Our world is a better place with this little bat in it.


Wednesday, April 20, 2016

where the rings are the thing

'Greetings from Saturn'  earrings 1.5" diameter, sterling silver, colored pencil, mica;  Kathleen Faulkner



I have been working on my jewelry show coming up at Facere Jewelry Art Gallery in Seattle. It is called Nocturne and will be featured June 15 through July 5, 2016.  
  
It is about life and events that happen in the night. 

I've been at it awhile.
The longer I work on it, the farther out into space I go.




Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Our newest gallery

'Into the Woods'  54x38" oil pastel on paper;  Kathleen Faulkner



Occasional Gallery Presents:
 
ENVIRONS
Featuring work by Pacific Northwest Artists

Julie Alexander
Amy Bay
Carol d'Inverno 
Kathleen Faulkner
Helen Gable
Cable Griffith
Aaron Haba
Karen Hackenberg
Alfred Harris
Justyn Hegreberg
Evan Clayton Horback
David Kane
Ken Kelly
Perry Kopchak
Margy Lavelle
Steven LaRose
Fiona McGuigan
Jef Morlan
Serrah Russell
Peter Scherrer
Emily Wobb


Opening Reception April 9, 2016, 2-5pm
Open weekends and by appointment through May 8, 2016
16788 Peterson Road, Burlington, WA
360-333-4648
occasionalgallery@gmail.com
 
 

 

Sunday, February 21, 2016

rumblings in Paradise

'Hunting Season'  24x36" oil pastel;  Kathleen Faulkner

The slough in Edison is full of ducks during hunting season.  
They know the safe places.  

Hunting season cramps my style, too.  
No walks on the dike.  

One can hear gunshots in the distant fields.
Camo and over sized trucks show up everywhere.  

I'm always happy when the season is over. 





Friday, February 19, 2016

near Blanchard

'There's this Place' 24x36" oil pastel;  Kathleen Faulkner

We all have those places where we go to think.



Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Birdsville

'Heading Home'  8x8" oil pastel;  Kathleen Faulkner




February is Bird month in the Skagit.  
The birders come from everywhere to view the spectacle.


One day I counted 28 eagles while slowing to a crawl to drive around the huge flock of snow geese along the road.  

I smiled all day.


Sunday, January 17, 2016

A Bird's Life

'Baby Contemplates'  16x14" oil pastel;
Kathleen Faulkner


It is a cold, foggy morning that chills the bones.
I walk faster to warm up
all the while watching the baby heron contemplate.




Sunday, January 10, 2016

It's a New Year

'Girl with Pacific Frog Prince' shadowbox 6x6" graphite,
gouache, paper, wood, glass;  brooches: 'Pacific Frog Prince'
1.5" diameter, sterling silver, paper, gouache, glass lens, 'Orb'
1"diameter, sterling silver, paper, gouache, glass lens

Please join us for 'Bewitched,  Bothered and Bewildered'

This jewelry show at Facere Jewelry Art Gallery in Seattle is opening February 3, 2016 from 5 to 8pm 
and running through the 23rd. 




Also, Guy Anderson and Skagit Women Print and Friends 
at Schack Art Center in Everett, WA on now and running through
February 27th.