Tag Archives: Katie Hoffman

This is the Cat who Killed the Rat

Oil on canvas, 30″ x 30″

ThisIsTheCatWhoKilledTheRat

The Cat is complete. Now I am just over half-finished with the twelve new paintings for “The House that Jack Built,” opening at Core New Art Space on October 23 with a reception on Friday, October 24 from 6 to 9 PM.

Here is The Dog who Worried the Cat who Killed the Rat who Drank the Malt that Lay in the House that Jack built, now finished:

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And this is the Malt that Lay in the House that Jack Built,  oil on canvas, 24″ x 24″:

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And here is The Maiden All Forlorn who Milked the Cow with the Crumpled Horn who Tossed the Dog who Worried the Cat who Killed the Rat who Drank the Malt that Lay in the House that Jack Built:

ThisIsTheMaidenAllForlorn

 

I have 5 more paintings to finish, and some long nights ahead of me.

 

Sticking around

for this shit. Another day.

TheOptimist

“The Optimist,” oil on canvas board, 7″ x 5″.

TheOwlsAreNotWhatTheySeem

Oil on canvas board, 7″ x 5″

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“Firefly #2,” oil on canvas board, 7″ x 5″

Locusts

“Locusts (living in 3:4 time)” oil on canvas, 6″ x 6″

BeachHut

“Beach Hut,” oil on wood, 4″ x 4″

LittlePinkHouse

“Little Pink House,” oil on wood, 4″ x 4″

StormyWeather

“Stormy Weather,” oil on canvas board, 8″ x 10″

I am trying.

Summer Art Market- Heloise & Abelard- She’s out of my Life

On this Friday the thirteenth I have a spate of undeserved good luck to reflect on. The  Summer Art Market at the Art Students’ League of Denver was better to me than it has ever been. (Until the deluge hit Sunday and we discovered that the EZ-Up leaks. But we survived that with minimal damage.)

Remarkably, I sold my Heloise and Abelard there,

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to a terrific couple. Funny, smart, kind people who love her.

I am so grateful that someone loved her enough to want to own her. I am also  grateful for the sorely needed money. But, weirdly, I will miss having her around. Never felt quite so attached to a painting. Hm.  Onward and upward. Hopefully I will eventually make a painting that will make me forget all about that one. Or maybe not forget but just move on. You know.

I’m not only pining and crying and navel gazing these days (though I do all of that so well).  I do have stuff going on. I’m working on a mask for the Denver Hospice’s Mask Project that is almost done. I’ll be delivering it next week. Almost done shot below:

 

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I’ve been invited by the fantastically gifted ceramicist Pat Cronin to show in the “Creatures” exhibit at Zip 37 Gallery. I have been thinking hard about Rat Kings but have not yet started one. I think/hope/believe I will have new work to show.

And I am thinking about my fall show at Core New Art Space. Some canvases are stretched and prepped, and ideas are fermenting. I believe it will be called “The House that Jack Built.” I have been thinking lately about the concept of home and  the structures that can serve as the places we dwell.

Wishing a very lucky Friday the 13th to you all.

The Vengeful Pigeon

A 30 in 30 I forgot to include. Oil on canvas, 6″ x 6″

VengefulPigeon

 

 

 

Flowers (For Kathy Wolohon)

Oil on canvas board, 8″ x 10″.  # 3 of my 30 in 30.

Dedicated to a gifted painter – perhaps the shyest artist I have ever known.

She did not know her own power. Rest in peace, Kathy.

 

 

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Duplicity

Oil on canvas board, 4″ x 6″. This is #2 of my challenge to create 30 small paintings in 30 days. Finished it last night!

Duplicity

 

 

 

 

Heart & Soul

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“Heart & Soul,” new paintings by Katie Hoffman & Lance Green at Valkarie Gallery, is now up and open and there will be a reception tomorrow from 5 to 10 PM. I did send out postcards but apparently too late. Since my mom didn’t receive one, it’s a sure bet nobody else did either.   (Finding postcard stamps was an ordeal.)

 

If you are one of the 2 or 3 people who reads this blog, please know that you are invited and I would be delighted to see you there tomorrow evening.

Even if you don’t read this blog, I hope you come and I would love to see you.

We will also be there on the First Friday in March if you can’t make it tomorrow, and there may still be wine and cheese available.

This show runs through March 9 and the open hours are as follows:

Wednesdays 10 – 3 & 4 – 7

Thursdays & Fridays noon – 7

Saturdays noon – 6

Sundays noon – 10

Plus we are open on the first Friday of the month (that will be March 7 for this show) from noon – 10.

 

Happy Valentines Day.

Because it is Bitter

Oil on canvas, 40″ x 30″

BecauseItIsBitter

Wedding at Cana

Oil on canvas, 18″ x 18″

WeddingAtCana

Here I am

Covered in paint and quite busy.

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I am mostly preparing for “Heart & Soul,”an upcoming show at Valkarie Gallery in Lakewood, Colorado.

This show will run from February 12 until March 9, with an opening reception on Saturday, February 15 from 5 to 10 plus Belmar Block 7’s First Friday Art Walk reception on March 7 from 6 to 9. Valkarie is located at 445 S. Saulbury St., Lakewood, CO  80226. Regular open hours are Wednesdays 10-3 & 4-7, Thursdays & Fridays 12-7, Saturdays 12-6 and Sundays 12-5. Open on First Fridays from 12-10.

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I will be participating in Artma, an auction to raise funds for pediatric cancer research, once again this year. I have donated “Alistair the Fierce Bad Cat,” shown below. This happens on February 8 from 6 to 10 at a brand new location- the 1st Bank Center at 11450 Broomfield Lane, Broomfield, CO 80021.

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And, I have been invited to participate in Westword’s Artopia 2014. This will be happening on Saturday, February 22, from 7 PM until 2 AM.

 

Below are a couple of newly finished paintings. Hoping to finish several more in the next two weeks. We’ll see.

“yes & his heart was pounding,” oil on wood, 9″ x 12″

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“In the Belly of a Dream,” oil on canvas, 8″ x 8″

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