The first group of paintings, on this site, represents about a year and a half's work.
Each of the women (and one man) is a friend of mine (if they weren't before, they became intimate friends during the process of photographing, talking and painting).
They are all artists; Visual, writers, dancers and a filmmaker.
The man is a sculptor, photographer, political activist.
I am grateful to all of these people who so graciously gave me complete freedom to paint their images.
Responses, reactions, questions, critiques? Please contact me here:
kahlo_d(at sign)yahoo(dot)com
Please visit my page often to see new works as they are completed.
Paintings
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[Key: Measurements = inches.]
Halia
Triptych;
Acrylic on canvas.
Each panel 30 x 24
Ave
Triptych;
Acrylic on canvas.
Each panel 30 x 24
Vision of Fiammatta
Triptych;
Acrylic on canvas.
Each panel 30 x 24
Dambala
Triptych;
Acrylic on canvas.
Each panel 30 x 24
Hand-sewn sequins and beads.
Danza de Luz
Triptych;
Acrylic on canvas and wood.
Top panel (with hummingbirds) 30 x 4
Center panel 30 x 65
Bottom panel 30 x 5
Detail: Danza de Luz
Carved, painted hummingbirds on panel.
Leuce
Triptych;
Acrylic on panel.
Top panel 30 x 10
Center panel 30 x 32
Bottom panel 30 x 28
Detail: Leuth
Carved and painted flowers, gold-leafed arch in shadowbox.
Stella Madonna
Triptych;
Acrylic, gold and silver-leaf on canvas and wood.
Top panel 30 x 10
Center panel 30 x 40
Bottom panel 30 x 24
Detail: Stella Madonna
Carved, gold-leafed birds on panel.
Alcestis
Triptych;
Acrylic on panel and wood.
Top panel 30 x 32
Center panel 30 x 6 shadowbox with carved snake.
Bottom panel 30 x 32
Lucia
Triptych;
Acrylic on panel and wood.
Shadowboxes on left and right of painting are 30 x 5 w/ carved rose vines and leaves.
Center panel 20 x72
Detail: Lucia
Carved, painted rose vines in shadowbox.
Hathor
Triptych;
Acrylic on canvas and panel.
Top panel 30 x 8 shadowbox
Center panel 30 x 24
Bottom panel 30 x 40
Detail: Hathor
Carved, gold-leafed antlers in shadowbox.
Renacimiento
Triptych;
Acrylic on canvas.
Each panel 30 x 24.
The Assumption of Guilt
Triptych;
Acrylic on canvas.
Top panel is a shadowbox painted with acrylic and gold leaf on
carved wood.
30 x 72 ~ Sold
Sanctuary
Triptych;
Acrylic on canvas.
Each panel 28 x 24 ~ Sold
Although I have mostly been doing figurative work in the last few years,
many people asked me if I would do some landscapes again... so I took the
opportunity to paint 8 landscapes, 2 streetscenes and a cityscape.
Here are some of those paintings from an exhibition at Wingspan Gallery.
Mrs. Kelly's Vacation
Acrylic on canvas.
48 x 36 ~ Sold
Daydreaming
Oil on canvas.
48 x 36
Dan's Childhood Refuge
Oil on canvas.
60 x 48
Dan's Childhood Refuge #2
Oil on canvas.
24 x 30
Afternoon Delight
Acrylic on canvas.
30 x 30
Broadway
Acrylic on canvas.
48 x 24
Sky
Acrylic on panel.
67 x 67
9 panels, ea. 22 x 22
Refuge
Shadowbox with fretwork overlay.
Acrylic on panel.
22 x 28 ~ Sold
Detail: Refuge (overlay)
Alethia (Truth)
Acrylic, silver & gold leaf on panel.
36 x 18 ~ Sold
Temptation
Shadow box; Acrylic and metal leaf on panel.
26 x 22 ~ Sold
Our Vacations
Acrylic on canvas.
(Painted frame and postcard)
48 x 36
Detail: Our Vacations
My Wall 2
Acrylic on canvas.
48 x 36
Altarpiece 2
Acrylic on canvas.
36 x 36 ~ Sold
Bird Watching
Triptych;
Acrylic on canvas.
94 x 48 overall size ~ Sold
Altarpiece
Acrylic on canvas.
48 x 24
The Family Affair
Acrylic on canvas.
48 x 24 ~ Sold
The Clock Shop
Acrylic on 4 canvases.
36 x 36 each ~ Sold
Main Street
Acrylic on canvas.
48 x 36 ~ Sold
Secret Places
Shadow box;
Acrylic, and gold leaf on panel.
28 x 24
Sacrifice
Shadow box;
Metal leaf and acrylic on panel.
30 x 25
Garden of Eden
Diptych;
Shadowbox on top.
Acrylic on canvas.
40 x 28 ~ Sold
Adoración
Painted frame;
Acrylic on panel.
36 x 34
My Wall 1
Acrylic on canvas.
64 x 36 ~ Sold
Familiar Place
Acrylic on canvas.
48 x 46 ~ Not For Sale
Madonna with Sparrow
Shadow box;
Acrylic and gold leaf on panel.
Wooden overlay.
14 x 12
Detail: Madonna with Sparrow
Pastoral Symphony
Shadow box;
Acrylic on panel.
28 x 16 ~ Sold
Birdcage
Triptych;
Acrylic on panel, metal leaf.
32 x 21 ~ Sold
Aegean Dreams
Illusionist painting;
Acrylic on canvas.
48 x 46
Detail: Aegean Dreams
Portrait in Black and White
Acrylic on canvas.
26 x 20 ~ Sold
Detail: Portrait in Black and White
Voyeur
Acrylic on canvas.
40 x 30
Detail: Voyeur
The Postcard
Acrylic on canvas.
36 x 36
Detail: The Postcard
The Flight
Acrylic on canvas.
30 x 24 ~ Sold
Detail: The Flight
Main Street
Acrylic on canvas.
64 x 36 ~ Sold
Exhibitions:
- May 8 - June 6, 2009
No Borders
Curated group exhibit, Logsdon 1909 Gallery, Chicago, IL. - January 2009
Memento Mori: Contemporary Manifestations
Juried Exhibition, Eleanor Heartney, juror
Claypool-Young Art Gallery, Morehead State University - October 2008
Death's Showcase
Curated Group Exhibition,
Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY - September 2008
Esthetica Social
Curated Group Exhibition,
Chicago State University, Chicago, IL - May 2008
South of Eden
Three-person Exhibition
Logsdon 1909 Gallery, Chicago, IL - January 2008
Ritual and Myth
Two Woman Exhibition
Singletary Center for the Arts President's Room,
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY - September 2007
Imprinted Bodies/Cuerpos Marcados
Curated Group Exhibition
Sonia Baez-Hernandez, curator
Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY - August 2007
The Digital Show
Invitational Group Exhibition
Logsdon 1909 Gallery, Chicago, IL - August 2007
Till the Violence Ends
Juried Group Exhibition
Artsplace gallery, Lexington, KY - April 2007
Southern Incongruities
Invitational Group Exhibition
Logsdon 1909 Gallery, Chicago, IL - January 2007
To Have and to Hold
Invitational Group Exhibition
Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY - November 2006
Invitational six-person exhibit and collaboration celebratingEl Dia de los Muertos
Singletary Center for the Arts, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY - June 2006
La Familia
Invitational Group Exhibition (five person)
2006 Women Writers Conference, Lexington, KY - June 2005
Myths and Revelations
Solo Exhibition
Arts Place Gallery, Lexington Arts and Cultural Council, Lexington, KY - March 2005
Femmes Fatales
Invitational Group Exhibition 2005 Women - Mulberry & Lime, Lexington, KY
- Thresholds: Expressions
of Art & Spiritual Life
Thresholds began its regional tour in 2004 after it closed in Charleston, SC. The exhibition is on view August 27, 2005 to October 23, 2005 at Guilford College Art Gallery, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC.
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