Today’s painting is a bit of hopefulness. “Imaginary Sanctuary,” oil on stretched canvas, 6″ x 6″. I thought about accompanying this with a tune from Westside Story (There’s a Place for Us…. Somewhere… A Place for Us…) but I went with Dave Van Ronk’s brilliant cover of Joni Mitchell’s classic just because I like it better.
Available here
And now here’s a really good song.
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Oil on canvas board, 5″ x 7″.
Available here.
I don’t know that I’m in purgatory, but I’m certainly in an in-between place just now, with the end of the month deadline looming for vacating my studio.
But the Sufjan/Gallant below makes me feel better. Beautiful music is medicine.
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I was ahead and now I’m playing catch-up. Funny how quickly that can happen. Day 7’s painting is “On Deaf Ears,” 5″ x 5, oil on stretched canvas.
It is available here.
The song below is the best song, in my opinion, from XTC’s brilliant mid-eighties album Skylarking. I think it has held up very well over the years.
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Oil on canvas board, 5″ x 7″
This holiday season I watched the old television production of Truman Capote’s “A Christmas Memory” yet again. It is one of my favorite Christmas stories, and if you haven’t yet read it or listened to it or watched it, I envy you. You’re in for a treat. The closing lines:
And when that happens, I know it. A message saying so merely confirms a piece of news some secret vein had already received, severing from me an irreplaceable part of myself, letting it loose like a kite on a broken string. That is why, walking across a school campus on this particular December morning, I keep searching the sky. As if I expected to see, rather like hearts, a lost pair of kites hurrying toward heaven.
I also love Joanna Newsom’s song, “Flying a Kite.”
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In times of turbulence and an uncertain future, my mind casts itself toward magical thinking and mythical creatures. A Djinn is an Arab mythological creature made from smokeless, scorching fire. You have probably heard of the famous Djinn who emerged from Aladdin’s lamp.
If you had only one wish, would you wish for more wishes?
5″ x 7″, oil on canvas board.
Available here.
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Just over four years ago I lucked into renting an affordable, highly visible studio space in the heart of Denver’s Art District on Santa Fe. It has come to feel like home to me, and my fellow Fresh Art Studios artists – Claudia Roulier, Jon Koenigsberg, Dave Wyzenbeek, Terri Bell, and Anthony Camera– feel like family.
Three weeks ago, we got the sad news that the building has been sold and we are to vacate by the end of January.
I won’t be immediately seeking another public studio space in Denver’s current rent climate. I will be putting the larger paintings in storage for now, and trying to remain optimistic about what 2016 holds in store.
To facilitate this move and the storage, I am offering 25% off of all paintings that are 20″ or larger in any dimension, just until the end of January. You can check out the available works here Katie Hoffman Fine Art, and see a few examples below.
“Crossing the Waters (Flowers for Esmin Green)”
Oil on canvas, 30″ x 40″ $1050 $785 if purchased before the end of January
“Chimera”
Oil on Canvas, 40″ x 40″ $1350 $1000 if purchased before the end of January
“Elephant”
Oil on canvas, 36″ x 36″ $1250 $900 if purchased before the end of January
“This is the Priest All Shaven and Shorn”
Oil on canvas, 30″ x 30″ $935 $700 if purchased before the end of January
Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday!
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Tagged Changes, Childish Gambino, Chimera, Crossing the Waters, Denver's art district on Santa Fe, Elephant, Flowers for Esmin Green, Fresh Art Studios, Katie Hoffman, Nothing Gold Can Stay, sadness and change, Studio Closing Sale, The Priest All Shaven and Shorn, What Kind of Love
I have paintings at St. Mark’s Coffeehouse through this month of August.
So. Despite this hilarious sketch about coffee house art from Portlandia-
-in an age where there is a Starbucks inside of a Starbucks on every corner, I am delighted to have paintings at this independently owned Denver tradition. Doug Peterson- the guy who curates for St. Mark’s, is an artist himself, and asked me if I’d show there- is really nice.
There will be a sort of reception this Saturday evening, August 15 from 6 to 8 PM.
I will be providing a cheese plate, so if you’re low on calcium that is an incentive to come, fortify your teeth and bones, and have a cup of coffee or a beer with me.
If you’re feeling the need for something harder, you can duck over to the next side, The Thin Man Tavern.
If you simply can’t make it by, don’t want to see me, and/or hate beverages of all kinds, that’s okay too.
You can virtually see the paintings here below and be on the lookout for forlorn redheads.
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Paint Fumes 