tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25487325591491896752024-03-12T17:30:47.654-07:00MythApplied...kathryn gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07825212824204076390noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2548732559149189675.post-42106951209047663982011-12-12T19:34:00.000-08:002011-12-12T20:20:09.858-08:00Sold for the Holidays<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Always love it when a painting sells - this one however, was a real favourite of mine and will be missed:<br />
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<em>French Hill Town (Rocamadour 2)</em></div>
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6"x6" encaustic on claybord panel $175</div>
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Can we say Joyeux Noel?</div>
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<span closure_uid_kpel3k="213" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">My searching has lead me to a near match by the name of <span closure_uid_kpel3k="214" style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><a closure_uid_kpel3k="242" href="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=a312&file=index&do=showpic&pid=17161">Pierre Courcoulée</a> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">(posted by TheCaptain, again) but I am not so sure it is the same site....</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">One thing I do know - there are TONS (tons and tonnes!) of megalithic sites. Check <a href="http://www.megalithicmonumentsofireland.com/COUNTIES/LOUTH/Proleek_PortalTomb.html">this</a> out if you've any doubt... and that's only one...Evidently size <em>did</em> matter!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I've been scouring <a href="http://www.shop.ordnancesurveyleisure.co.uk/search/all/northern-ireland/1">maps</a> (and even <em>more</em> <a href="http://www.osi.ie/en/intro/paper-maps.aspx">maps</a>) and archaeology books, historical monuments books, celtic myth and faery spirit books...Well, I can't be all dry archaeology all the time - or Katie'd be a dull lass indeed! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I'm especially liking both the </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><a href="http://www.patricia-monaghan.com/the_red_haired_girl_from_the_bog__the_landscape_of_celtic_myth_and_spirit_94620.htm">Red Haired Girl from the Bog</a> and<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49879.Fairy_Paths_Spirit_Roads"> Faery Paths and Spirit Roads</a> by Paul Devereux. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Julian Cope's The Megalithic European <a href="http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/the_books/">book</a> AND his Modern Antiquarian <a href="http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/home/">website</a>), oh my! so much info to sift through...... I just cannot do justice or give credit to all the sites that have stoked the stone fires for me whilst I waited for this opportunity. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Three weeks....THREE weeks! So many sites, so little time.....</span></div>
kathryn gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07825212824204076390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2548732559149189675.post-43752722535416075292011-04-22T20:36:00.000-07:002011-05-14T20:45:53.163-07:00Voila! Violins on Auction<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Update on the <a href="http://youthorchestrasfresno.org/">Painted Violin Project</a> for the Youth Orchestras of Fresno: The violins are now being shown at various venues in Fresno:</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.arteamericas.org/">ARTE AMERICAS</a>, 1630 Van Ness, Fresno, from April 12 till May 2</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://studio-74.org/default.aspx">STUDIO 74</a>, 1274 North Van Ness, Fresno, from May 2 till May 21</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.fresnoartscouncil.org/">FRESNO ARTS COUNCIL</a>, 1245 Van Ness, Fresno, from May 21 till May 27</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kathryn Gordon</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All the painted violins will be auctioned off at their Sixtieth Anniversary Celebration Concert on Sunday May 29, 7pm, at the <a href="http://calendar.fresnobee.com/fresno-ca/venues/show/279598-william-saroyan-theatre">William Saroyan Theatre</a> where t</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">he three current orchestras will perform the Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique. If you'd like to attend, ticket sales begin three weeks prior.</span><br />
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</span></div>kathryn gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07825212824204076390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2548732559149189675.post-31627389728951308252011-04-02T18:22:00.000-07:002011-04-22T19:59:26.307-07:00Revive+<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">In this instance the" +" is followed by 11 piece solo exhibit and new gallery. Wanna guess whose? Well, the gallery isn't mine, but it feels like it this month - eleven pieces! <span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Intersections</span> - and runs until April 31st. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'll be setting up a special Revive+ Gallery on my website for those who cannot make it over - that way you can see them all.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Come over to the island and stop in at 17123 Vashon Hwy, Vashon, WA. </div></div>kathryn gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07825212824204076390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2548732559149189675.post-2391041141358306152011-02-12T17:07:00.000-08:002011-04-04T21:12:34.385-07:00Almost there...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Well, just a couple weeks left before I must send my violin on it's way. And yes, it is finished. Here's some photos before I reassemble it with the tailpiece and strings:<br />
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Well, now off to buffing and assembly.....</div>kathryn gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07825212824204076390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2548732559149189675.post-26050012573819273812010-12-26T18:38:00.000-08:002011-05-14T20:45:03.087-07:00The Painted Violin<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Youth Orchestra of Fresno was wonderful enough to have selected me to paint one of their ten violins for the 2011 auction in May. Right before Christmas the 'no longer usable' violin arrived on my doorstep.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So of course I HAD to open it immediately.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">And then I had to sand and gesso it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">And gesso it some more - here with the verona green that will be the base colour</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now that I've done all the easy steps - on to the wax......</span></div>kathryn gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07825212824204076390noreply@blogger.com