Monday, September 08, 2008
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Hawaiian Art -Mural Commissions
Door mural done by Kathy Ostman-Magnusen for a client in Hawaii. Below are several details of it. Aloha!
Hibiscus Mural and Other Fantasy Faeries - detail
Detail of one of the hibiscus on the wall posted about below.
Hibiscus Mural and Other Fantasy Faeries
This is one wall that adjoins to another in a clients kitchen in Hawaii. These Hibiscus grow in her yard so she also wanted them in her kitchen.
Landscapes Still Life Portrait Commissions|Door Mural
This is the door I did for a woman I met at the internet cafe while finishing off a mural job that someone walked away from. It took me 19.75 hours.
Sunday, February 25, 2007
"A Sea Horse Meets an Angel"
"Whimsical Angels and a Sea Horse"
Everyone has a story to tell
prison robes felt
rainbow that came after the rain
I cradle mine
and listen to yours.
I search out my song
listen to silence when needed.
I place a fence around my garden
my garden that is me.
I let in what will cause my garden to grow.
I think of of the times I failed
saw wilted stones
tossed them into a lake
skipped time
skipped me.
Gentle flowers sing.
They leave a delicate fragrance
they dance when the wind is right.
I prop them with a stick and gentle cords
they await my compliant sighs.
Sometimes
I cannot swim in this sea
close the wrong doors
open the right ones
decipher my worth here
and yet
I hear those flowers panting.
I write about fairies
whimsical angels
musicians of the heart
I post their pictures high.
I hope that I can still reach them later
when later arrives.
I get tired of hearing of dead robins
and yet
I cannot help but run to their rescue.
I feel their last breath
hold their fate
and mine
I can only sigh at theirs.
I cry for them.
I drew a sea horse.
I will mount it and it will take me home.
I will gather all the roses
and dead robins in the yard.
All the angels and fairies will meet me
past that last star
no longer bleeding.
I will wrap up wounds
with ribbons and bows
and we will leave them there.
Saturday, January 20, 2007
Kathy Ostman-Magnusen | kathysart.com
Self Acceptance & Acknowledgment of Achievements, Self Confidence Here I Come! (I hope?)
As an artist who questions herself on an hourly basis, "Is this the right direction? Is this good? Am I there yet or at least close?" I understand the need for confidence builders.
I don't consider myself to be a genius in any way shape or form. I am at times haunted by indecision and self doubt. I think that sense of indecision does confirm intelligence however so I give myself that star and post in on my bulletin board .
I have always felt that the second you think you have arrived you are indeed finished. You will never meet that goal if that is indeed your goal. Try to fall in love with the process.
A mark of intelligence it so admit wrong, see visions in the simple and create in oneself the ability to creatively express it.
I had an artist friend once who told me that if I wanted to learn to paint well that I could learn from an past artists. He said the best way is to read about the artists life. What caused them to find expertise and what their journey like. Oft times I relate on some level and realize their struggles were something I can relate to.
I am not nor have I ever been alone in my struggle for self acceptance and acknowledgment of achievements.
I have come across plenty of artists who say they know it all and then you see their work and put it into perspective. Sometimes people say they have the answers you need and it turns out they are just sort of full of themselves. You know?
Maybe, just maybe by putting it all into perspective I can arrive at some middle ground and accept that I do have reasons to feel confident about myself. It is OK to say I have reached certain goals and feel proud of the process. I am learning and growing. I am and you are too. Lets realize our efforts and feel confident about recognizing the journey is difficult at times maybe, but we are none the less making the effort, a real sign of intelligence!
We are all trying to find our way.
Friday, November 25, 2005
"DNA"
"DNA" approx 25x30 Reversed plexi painting done with acrylic, car paint, photos, magazine tear outs, gold liner and glow in the dark paint.
Major fun! The DNA glows in the dark... because in the end, when all it said and done with you... there is still your DNA. I did this painting for my sister and her husband. It was also in a Art Kauai a juried show before I shipped it on to them.
I plan on doing more with plexi this coming year.. more sculptural work... you will just have to wait and see!
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
"Kahiko" hula sculpture/taking orders
This is a 'work in progress', she stand approx. 15 inches tall. She looks a lot bigger doesn't she?! She will be cast in bronze.
I am taking orders if you are interested in owning one for yourself. The cost will be approx. $4,500. w/o the stand. Contact me at kathy@kathysart.com subject:sculpture
Monday, November 21, 2005
"Jackie Hashimoto"
"Jackie Hashimoto" 24x18 (I think) oil on canvas
Oh what can I say about Jackie Hashimoto? Where do I begin? He blessed me sooo much!
I worked with Carol Yotsuda, Executive Director of Garden Isle Arts Council, Kauai, HI as President under this great woman. I headed up a "Portrait Challenge" one year with her guidance. Carol put a tremendous amount into this show as well. There were three people who had passed that year who family and friends wanted to honor at that show, Jackie Hashimoto being one of them. I contacted his widow telling her I would like to do a portrait of Jackie for the show, I would give it to them at n/c after the show had ended. I did not know him but felt led to do this non the less. I asked her if she could lend me some photos and tell me some things about him.
Jackie was a fisherman. He had a canoe that he would take out in the bay and he would also use his throw net along the coral reefs. He kept his pick up full of things to use to help people should they ever need him. He was a kind and thoughtful man. He died of cancer.
When I started painting him I could feel him. I painted his image and spirit over a 3 day period, crying the whole time. I cried because of the blessings he gave to me with every stroke I made onto my canvas. I cried because he moved me.
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