by Kathleen O'Brien | Oct 17, 2018 | art shows, retrospective
2007 and 2008 were busy with national exhibits. The themes inspired new directions with media. For Exploring Multiple Dimensions at Albuquerque Museum of Art I created a series of collages, each art work comprised of two drawings with botanicals fused together with bees wax. We were keeping bees at the time and had a large supply. (more…)
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by Kathleen O'Brien | Oct 3, 2018 | art shows, retrospective
Celebrating my 50th year as an artist, I left out a big series that I started in 2002; Book of Light, pages has more than 200 mixed media collages. Book of Light, page 24 is one of my favorites, composed on paper I made. (more…)
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by Kathleen O'Brien | Sep 19, 2018 | art shows, retrospective
Celebrating my 50th year as an artist brings me to this century. As we were building our home I painted my last oil painting of Cosmic Nest series. The scene depicts a cosmic celebration of the millennium for my ancestors. The Grail featured in the painting is a wedding glass of my parent’s seated on a bardic table of remembrance that overlooks fireworks and galaxies. (more…)
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by Kathleen O'Brien | Sep 3, 2018 | retrospective
I’m celebrating my 50th year as an artist now looking at 1998-1999, a big turning point time. It was a time of experiencing the empty nest as my kids fledged and simultaneously engaging with a large body of oil paintings that Greg titled “Cosmic Nest.” This period culminated with designing our home, moving to Kentucky and building our new nest. (more…)
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by Kathleen O'Brien | Aug 19, 2018 | retrospective
Where Three Rivers Meet: An Eyewitness Retrospective
by Frank Inzan Owen
The past is never dead. It’s not even past.
–William Faulkner (more…)
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by Kathleen O'Brien | Aug 1, 2018 | Atlas of the Year, retrospective, studio updates
Atlas of the Year continues to be my central focus. I am thrilled to announce next spring’s online class – read all the details on this page. Much is involved with creating all the components, I work steadily on producing the content and extras, ideas that will bring more meaning and celebration into your daily life. (more…)
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by Kathleen O'Brien | Jul 19, 2018 | retrospective
Celebrating my 50th year as an artist from the 1993-1996 perspective continues to be perplexing, because it was such a difficult period in my life, and I don’t have much art to show for it. My records show that I participated in several exhibits; Day of the Dead Zodiac, Memory Theater, Boulder Artist Gallery, Craft Design ’90, Colorado Artist Craftsman, both in Boulder, CO and Shamanic Search for Soul, University of Massachusetts. I was studying with some esteemed shamanic elders. During The Next 500 Years festival I hosted several members of the Northern Arapaho tribe. It was an honor to receive my drum made by Eagle Robe. (more…)
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by Kathleen O'Brien | Jul 5, 2018 | retrospective
Celebrating my 50th year as an artist from the 1991-1992 perspective is perplexing, because it was such a difficult period in my life, and I don’t have much art to show for it. I am very proud of Eagle Feather, and wish I still had it, but it is being lovingly cared for by a dear friend. It is painted from a photograph I took at the Birds of Prey Rehabilitation Foundation, Broomfield, Colorado, where I was volunteering. (more…)
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by Kathleen O'Brien | Jun 20, 2018 | retrospective
The Bridge, from 1989, has come to symbolize for me crossing into a whole new phase into a realm of clouds, soon I was to find myself painting cloudscapes. (more…)
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by Kathleen O'Brien | Jun 6, 2018 | retrospective
This post celebrating my 50th year as an artist, brings me to almost half way through my career and up to my 40th birthday. These were big years because of my studies in shamanic and transformational healing, and as the one being healed. How it manifested artistically was varied and prolific. (more…)
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