Painting is relaxing and meditative to me–it calms my mind and is a source of contentment & joy. This work is an expression of this experience and I wish it may spark some of that joy wherever this art will be. ~Nadja Martens
New works created in a host of media during a hyperactive hallucinogenic fever dream of creativity and imagination. Steven Borelli has been drawing since he was a fetus. The inside of his mother's womb is tattooed with the product of his blossoming visions. Today, between fever dreams and feeding his cat, Borelli is still an artist. Doing arty things. For art's sake.
KALEID Gallery is very proud to present "Art is Life and Only Life" 40 year retrospective of art work by resident gallery artist Gianfranco Paolozzi. Please join us on first Friday Aug. 4th at 7:30pm for a tour of the show led by Gianfranco and a live performance by the Paolozzi Tango Trio.
Gianfranco was born in a small Italian village in 1952. He has always been an artist and musician; he remembers drawing and creating art from as early as preschool and received his prized accordion at the age of 9 (which he continues to play while performing with his Paolozzi Tango Trio)
Shannon Amidon 50/50 Project Pieces Mixed Media Encaustic (showing 9 pieces), each 6″ x 6″ NFS…
There is nothing that could unite Fruit And Mammals together except their squareness; 3 x 3 feet each, spaced 3 feet apart, and that I made them in sequence. And that I made them. Each painting is a stray thought (with layers and layers of more thoughts underneath) and the layers are no more related than the five paintings are between each other. I start by making the canvas as ugly as possible: the worst colours, awful–seriously awful– lines and shapes. I make the grossest compositions until I reach a point where, no exaggeration, it is hard to bear to look at them; I truly cringe inside. Each painting went through this between two and six times before I let it become finished. ~Denis Korkh
Prints and paintings by Brandon Anderton An ensemble of mindful meditations expressed through art.
Dark Expressions by Julie Barrett Julie Barrett is a Bay Area artist, born and raised. Capturing dark expressions and inner thoughts, focusing on those darker images that flash in your head. Fear and Anxiety can be cagey and playful too. However, these thoughts thrive in the dark… Artist Reception: April 7th, 7pm–11pm part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk in downtown San Jose. Free & open to the public. Exhibition dates: April 7–28, 2017 88 South Fourth Street (@ San Fernando) San Jose, CA 95112 info@KALEIDGallery.com 408-947-1785Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon -7pm Free admission…
