Kay Stratman

JH News and Guide “Fluid” exhibit review April 24, 2013

Kay — Sun, 12 May 2013 03:07:04 +0000

Jackson Hole News and Guide March 24, 2013 Watercolor exhibit

Web Design by Paintscape Designs

Kay — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 20:36:58 +0000

April 21, 2013 I want to thank Will Rauschenberger of Paintscape Designs for his wonderful re-design of my website. I have asked him to design sites for me several times, and each time, with little initial input from me, he comes up with a design that works. With some additional input about what I was hoping for, and a few tweaks, it is exactly what I had in mind: a clean and beautiful design that is easy on the eyes, uncomplicated, easy to navigate and leads people where I hope they will want to go. Talk to him at 941.312.1034, email will@paintscape.net or visit www.paintscape.net. Thanks Will!

New Gallery Representation

Kay — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:53:13 +0000

April 8, 2013, new post: I am happy to announce that I am now also being represented by the Wilcock Gallery in Excelsior, Minnesota. I am thrilled to be “back in my hometown”. (Excelsior Commons was the sight of many a shenanigan in those ‘olden days’.) I moved from Minneapolis 18 years ago (I can’t believe it has been that long) and for that time my friends, family and fans have really only been to see my work via website and email. Now you all will have a chance to see the paintings up close and personal. Please visit Keith Wilcock at his fine gallery at 218 Water Street, Excelsior, MN, 55331, 952-470-8118, www.wilcockgallery.com. Here are the paintings you will find there this spring:

The Eternal Optimist (11″ x 10″)

Sky Light (16″ x 12″)

Gilded Grove (11″ x 10″)

New Work, New Classes

Kay — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:02:57 +0000

January 23, 2013 new post: Check out the Exhibitions and Classes section. I am beginning a 4 week session of Intro to Sumi-e Painting next week (Jan 28 – Feb 18), and a one day Gyotaku workshop in March too.

Earlier I shared with you some of my new explorations in Encaustic painting. I have entered a piece in the Art Associations members show called “Salon”. It is the first public exposure for one of my encaustics. I love the piece but we will see what others think. The entry is called “Akaka Falls”, from a photo I took when Paul and I visited Hawaii last year. Here is a front view and from the side so you can see the dimensional quality a little. It has layers of clear and tinted translucent wax on top of a p’o mo watercolor painting on a gold shikishi board.

JH Weekly

paintscape — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 19:07:39 +0000

View November 14-20,2012 JH Weekly cover by Kay Stratman

Images West Magazine “Wondrous Watercolor” Summer 2012

Kay — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 01:56:21 +0000

“Wondrous Watercolor” Article by Brielle Schaeffer in Images West Magazine, Summer 2012

Congratulations

Kay — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 19:59:17 +0000

October 28, 2012, new post: I was honored to have SPRING PLUM accepted into the national juried exhibit sponsored by the Sumi-e Society of America this year, held in Minneapolis area this past month. The painting was a gift to my niece and her new husband, Brianna and Alejandro Montes, as a wedding present and Bri and Alex were present at the opening reception. I hope it brings them many years of enjoyment, especially during the long cold winters of Minnesota. Congratulations, Brianna and Alejandro.

FALL ARTS FESTIVAL IN JACKSON HOLE

Kay — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:04:49 +0000

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012 Summer flew by, as is always the case here in Jackson Hole. I actually look forward to our slower season here – which means more time in my studio to paint. In the meantime there is one more month of intense activity here in Jackson – in the arts and outdoors. September finds Jackson hosting the “Fall Arts Festival” which begins tomorrow Friday, September 7th and runs through Sunday, September 16th. Just about every arts venue has special events and exhibits, many of them include the whole town’s participation. Here are a few links to an overview of what to do and experience: http://www.jacksonholechamber.com/fall_arts_festival/ and http://jacksonholearttours.com/ArtBlog/2012/09/06/jackson-holes-fall-arts-festival-part-1 .

I will be painting in the gallery where my work is represented – Horizon Fine Art (at 30 King Street in Jackson, 307-739-1540, www.horizonfineartgallery.com, horizonfineart@wyoming.com) several times during the Fall Arts Festival: Sunday, September 9th from 12 – 5, Friday Sept 14th from 4 – 8 and Saturday September 15th from 10 – 2. I have several new paintings there as well. I LOVE to talk with you all while I am painting – please come see me!!

Watercolor + Wax

Kay — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 17:54:55 +0000

May 2012 Early summer (okay, end of May is not yet summer here in Jackson) I co-taught a class called Watercolor+Wax with renowned encaustic artist Daniella Woolf. I taught my splash and pour watercolor technique as a basis for the students to build encaustic paintings on top of, using the multitude of techniques that Daniella shared. The venue was the Art Association studios at the Center for the Arts in Jackson. Results were colorful and creative, and no two similar. It is my intention to pursue this in my own work, not “reinventing the wheel”, but using it in addition and on top of the watercolor style I have worked years to develop. This is a piece I created called Boundary Waters Memory. It is on a wood panel with watercolor poured on the background, a silk print of my sumi-e painting of the Boundary Waters, and an aspen leaf embedded in the wax and textures added:

Splash and Pour – Watercolor without the Fear

Kay — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:19:37 +0000

JUNE 19, 2012: In May I taught an all day workshop for the Art Association here in Jackson Hole called “Splash and Pour – Watercolor without the Fear”. And I mean it! It is a non-threatening day to play with watercolor in a way you have never tried before (or to continue developing skills from previous experiences.) People always exclaim that watercolor is so difficult. Well, in a playful atmosphere it may still be difficult, but it is lots of fun. Be prepared to come home with blue fingers, it can be messy. Recently I had a client, who was watching me paint in Horizon Gallery, ask me how I knew what was going to happen. And I replied “Experience”. (Though in reality many times I turn an unexpected “splotch” into a happy accident. Experience helps in that instance too.

More on the Watercolor+Wax week-long workshop that followed Splash and Pour in my next Musing.