Kathy Blankley Roman - Solo Art Series - Event Catalogue

Solo Art Series Exhibition Kathy Blankley Roman

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November 15, 2015 – Solo Art Series #3 Exhibition Event Catalogue The initial Solo Art Competition closed on September 5, 2015. The results of that competition will be published on September 15, 2015, along with the presentation of the first Solo Art Exhibition.

We are excited about this series and the solo exhibitions which will be featured on the Light Space & Time website. We will also be promoting these artists in press releases and throughout our social media networks. In addition, they will be featured on our YouTube channel, in our event catalogues and on our event postcards.

The following are the inaugural winning artists of the "Solo" Art Series; 1.

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Jan Brown - September 15 to October 14, 2015 Debra Van Swearingen - October 15 to November 14, 2015 Kathy Blankley Roman - November 15 to December 14, 2015 Dennis Sabo - December 15 to January 14, 2016

Our next Solo Art Competition will be held in December 2015 and this will again be for 4 individual month long solo art exhibitions. If you would like to be notified of this and any other competitions and exhibitions on Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, please signup to be placed on our email announcement list. This can be found on the right-hand sidebar. Thank you.

Artist – Kathy Blankley Roman

"Fracked"

"Excavations No. 5"

"Excavations No.1"

"Excavations No. 4"

"Excavations No. 6"

"If I said..."

"Will o' the Wisp"

"After Burn"

"Last Monday (Haiku)"

"Playin'a New Game"

"Pod & Possibility"

"Alfalfa Road"

"Stand"

"Dune"

"Haiku III"

"Indian Summer"

"Swarm"

"Cicada Saturday Night"

"Variation on a Theme No. 2"

"Big Blue"

Kathy Blankley Roman Artist Biography: Born and raised in Chicago, Kathy has been making art of one kind or another as far back as she can remember. Her preference for an earthy palette reflects a connection felt since her childhood introduction to the prehistoric cave art of Lascaux. She still carries with her that first sense of awe and wonder and references to it often appear in her work.

She learned her craft mostly through workshops and classes at local art centers. In her mid-years, she became proficient in calligraphy, which led to an interest in graphic design and a return to school for an AA degree in Commercial Art; subsequent work in the graphic design field and freelance illustration. Her art took an entirely new direction after her retirement in 2010 when she started painting her current abstract work after studying with arts educator and author, Steven Aimone.

Kathy’s expressive acrylic and encaustic paintings have energy, motion, and evoke feelings of peace, calm and a sense of depth. They have won awards and have been shown in juried and small group shows nationally and online, including, among others: The Encaustic Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM (permanent collection); the Chicago Cultural Center, Jackson-Junge Gallery, Chicago and numerous appearances in Light, Space & Time competitions. In 2014 she was chosen as a finalist in the 32nd Annual Competition of The Artist’s Magazine and was accepted into the highly competitive National Art Encounter Competition 2015 at The von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL. She maintains a studio and lives in Chicago, IL. Artist Statement: “My expressive paintings are process driven, a kind of meditation that allows me to tap into the deep places and my connection to the world around me. Words, rhythms, images, sounds – experiences that evoke a visceral response in me become the source, the reservoir that I draw from when I paint. Starting

with random marks and responding to them intuitively, my paintings are built up in layers and go through many changes, like thoughts morphing and changing across the surface. Manipulation of a limited palette and contrasts are used to create tension: warm colors vs. cool, texture vs. smooth; calm, muted colors supporting marks of high energy and motion. These drive the process, and affect the underlying feeling of the piece. As a painting progresses, it may suggest something–a feeling, a place or memory. I may decide to try to develop that thought, though more often than not, the thread gets painted over and it becomes something entirely different. A painting is not complete until I sense in it a certain life or spirit.

Ultimately, it is all about the process and the physical act of creating: becoming the brush, responding to the surface, the visceral feeling of engaging it, the discovery, and the evolution of the painting as it changes. It all becomes a dance, finding just the right balance between intention and intuition to bring the composition to a satisfying conclusion.�

Kathy Blankley Roman’s Website - www.kbromanart.com