Sunday, March 31, 2013

Essential Relationships








April 2nd - April 27th, 2013

Opening Reception will be held at Mary Lou Zeek Gallery 2

Friday evening, April 5th, 7-9 pm

Located at 1730 Fairmount Ave. S., Salem, Oregon  97301


Essential Relationships


For the month of April, the Mary Lou Zeek will be showing works by artists Kristin Kuhns and Patricia Giraud.  Both artists will be exploring the human form and relationships with the natural environment.

For Patricia, working with horses for decades allowed the opportunity to observe how they function and think and to celebrate their form, their nature. Inspired, Giraud began recording, through photography, the essential relationship between horse and rider. The process-rich medium of printmaking has brought a new dimension to her explorations on paper. Patricia’s intaglio gives her a variety of tools with which to express anatomy, forms shaped by light and shadow, large forces at work and intimate moments. Initially, the horse was chosen as a totem around which the nuances of relationship, trust, vulnerability and stewardship were considered. More recently, she has expanded the scope of “relationship” to include figures in natural environments–drawing upon memory and interpreting the shapes, textures found in the landscape.

“As Temple Grandin says, "Animals make us human," my works are trying to conjure a quality of interaction between horse and person from a pared-down place, from a core of instinct that elicits care, respect, love and vulnerability. 

Kristin Kuhns traditionally, has used thread and paint on canvas to interpret our interactions with the domestication of land and land use. In the last few years, Kuhns has spent time outdoors which has included time with horses.  The paintings are considering thoughts of the domestication of horse, land and the individual, and herself. 

Since 1980, Kuhns has been an exhibiting studio artist and graphic artist working in print media as well as the building of display props, thus implementing a diverse range of materials and skills.  This problem solving process has become a seamless extension of her creative methodology.  Since the Mary Lou Zeek Gallery opened in 2001, Kuhns has exhibited her work, primarily involving paint and fiber on canvas as well as wood and ceramic constructions.


Artwork by Patricial Giraud.  Please contact the gallery for more information: 503-581-3229



title: ambivalence edition # 7/20

medium: intaglio print: etching, aquatint

dimensions:  image: 5 x 7”

paper: 10 x 13”
frame: 12 1/4 x 15 1/4”
price: 250.00




title: bather 1 edition # 1/10

medium: intaglio print: drypoint

dimensions:  image: 9 x 6”

paper: 14 1/2 x 11”
frame: 17 x 13 1/4”
price: 200.00





title: bather 2 (with fish) edition # 1/10
medium: intaglio print: etching, aquatint, drypoint
dimensions:  image: 9 x 12”
paper: 16 x 18”
frame: 19 x 21”
price: 275.00




title: blue apples edition # 1/10

medium: intaglio print: etching, aquatint, drypoint

dimensions:  image: 18 x 18”

paper: 24 x 24”
frame: 27 x 27”
price: 525.00



title: cheval numéro deux edition # 2/20

medium: intaglio print: etching

dimensions:  image: 7 x 5”

paper: 12 3/4 x 9 1/2”
frame: 15 1/4 x 12 1/4”
price: 175.00



title: cheval numéro trois edition # 1/10

medium: intaglio print: etching

dimensions:  image: 7 x 5”

paper: 13 x 10”
frame: 15 1/4 x 12 1/4”
price: 175.00





title: cheval numéro quatre   edition # 2/10

medium: intaglio print: etching

dimensions:  image: 10 x 8”

paper: 17 3/4 x 13 3/4”
frame: 21 x 19”
price: 275.00



title: Dorothy and Wayne edition # 18/20

medium: intaglio print: etching, aquatint, drypoint

dimensions:  image: 2 1/4 x 4 1/2”

paper: 5 x 7”
frame: 7 x 9”
price: 90.00



title: in/vert edition # 1/10

medium: intaglio print: etching, aquatint, color glaze

dimensions:  image: 9 x 12”

paper: 17 x 18”
frame: 19 x 21”
price: 300.00



title: les brebis de Millet edition # 2/13

medium: intaglio print: etching, aquatint, color glaze

dimensions:  image: 4 x 6”

paper: 9 1/2 x 9 3/4”
frame: 12 x 15”
price: 100.00



title: red suit edition #16/20

medium: intaglio print: etching, aquatint 

dimensions:  image: 4 x 3”

paper: 7 x 5”
frame: 8 x 6”
price: 90.00



title: self, morning - 2009 edition # 2/10

medium: intaglio print: etching, aquatint

dimensions:  image: 9 x 12”

paper: 13 1/2 x 15”
frame: 19 x 21
price: 275.00



title: steward of lost letters   edition # 1/10

medium: intaglio print: etching, aquatint, drypoint

dimensions:  image: 6 x 9”

paper: 11 x 15”
frame: 13 1/4 x 17”
price: 250.00



title: Trott Brook Horse Trials edition # 1/10

medium: intaglio print: etching, aquatint, drypoint

dimensions:  image: 9 x 12”

paper: 11 x 15”
frame: 19 x 21”
price: 275.00



title: Tucker Mountain Road edition # 6/6

medium: intaglio print: etching, aquatint, drypoint

dimensions:  image: 12 x 9”

paper: 18 x 12 3/4”
frame: 21 x19
price: 275.00



title: vert edition #1/10

medium: intaglio print: etching

dimensions:  image: 9 x 12”

paper: 17 x 18
frame: 19 x 21
price: 275.00



title: Wayne edition #13/20

medium:intaglio print: etching, aquatint, drypoint

dimensions:  image: 2 1/4 x 2 1/4”

paper: 4 1/2 x 4 1/2”
frame: 6 x 6”
price: 75.00



title: wrapped, running, brown edition # 2/5

medium: intaglio print: etching, aquatint, spit bite, color glaze

dimensions:  image: 9 x 12”

paper: 13 1/2 x 14 3/4”
frame: 19 x 21”
price: 300.00



title: wrapped, running edition # 2/10

medium: intaglio print: etching, aquatint, spit bite

dimensions:  image: 9 x 12”

paper: 13 1/2 x 14 3/4”
frame: 19 x 21”
price: 275.00



Artwork by Kristin Kuhns.   Please contact the gallery for more information: 503-581-3229


Listen
30" h x 40" h
acrylic on canvas
$1600




Canter
30"h x 48" w
acrylic on canvas
$1800


Hear Me
30" h x 40" h
acrylic on canvas
$1600


Touch
40" h x 30" h
acrylic on canvas
$1600


Watch
30" h x 40" h
acrylic on canvas
$1600


After the Flood 1
24" h x 36" w
acrylic on canvas
$1200


After the Flood 2
24" h x 36" w
acrylic on canvas
$1200