Plein air or studio painter?
The photograph above was taken while I was doing a study for the painting Portrait of the Old Miner, below. While my work is inspired from work in the field, my paintings are completed in the studio.
Kathy is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Registered Play Therapist (RPT) specializing in Attachment- and Trauma-informed, Child-centered and Child/Family Relationship Play Therapy as well as Expressive Arts Thersapy. She is a Highly Qualified Alaska Certified Teacher and has taught in a variety of instructional settings K - 12, including urban, village and Waldorf schools. She has also instructed adults as Adjunct Faculty for UAF--Northwest Campus. She earned a BFA in Painting & Drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and continues regular practice as an oil painter.
About DOME ARTS: After years of teaching and counseling children, adolescents and families across Alaska, Kathy saw the need for offering counseling and guidance in a an alternative setting. The Slater Street location has a separate play room, living room style counseling area and a working art studio which accommodates individuals, families or groups.
In addition to working as a Licensed Personal Counselor, Kathy offers special guidance and events upon request for individuals or groups.
Doing Art Together--Based on the model used at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Child/parent painting from 1 - 1.5 hour sessions variable per child developmental level(s).
Art as Contemplative Practice--Guidance using visual art as a a form of meditation using mindful-based practice to increase sensory, spiritual, individual and interpersonal awareness. 1 - 1.5 hour sessions.
Developing the Creative Habit--Individual guidance to develop habits conducive to developing and maintaining a desired, regular creative art practice. 1 hour sessions.
Open Studio--Regular weekly open art studio for expressive art work for all levels of artists followed by sharing, feedback and discussion, 1 - 1.5 hour sessions.
Please direct inquiries about counseling, guidance and available artwork to:
kathryncmallory.dome.arts@gmail.com
(907) 457-1101.
DOME ARTS
318 Slater Street
Fairbanks, Alaska 99701
Paying Attention16" x 18" oil on linen
$975. Available at Well Street Gallery, framed.
One Tree13.5" x 22" oil on linen
11/01/2018
$975, available at Well Street Art Co. Gallery, framed.
Fleur12" x 15" oil on linen
11/23/17
$725. available at Well Street Art Co. Gallery, framed
Plein Air Sketch & Winter Easel on Rendezvous Lake
Below find photographs of my current winter easel.
The study pictured was completed 2/19/17 at 10 degrees F.
Curiously, though I was dressed well enough and the paint handled well, my mineral spirits had ice chunks in it!
"And All the Souls On Earth Shall Sing"Plein air sketch, Christmas card 2017
6" x 8" oil on linen
In private collection
One of two plein air sketches completed with my new, more portable cold weather easel & palette developed since painting in the Bering Straits region and on St.Lawrence Island for the Savoonga commission (August 2011 - February 2012).
Sketches were completed at -2 degrees. Though the paints could go a lot colder, I discovered this is the limit for my hands.
Portrait of the Old Miner19" x 23"
oil on linen
1/08
private collection
(above)
Longing16" x 18"
oil on linen
1/10
In the collection of the artist
(above)
Hungry10" x 28"
oil on linen
12/09
private collection
Serpentine Hot Springs series
August 28, 9:05 p.m.10" x 42"
oil on linen
2/09
private collection
The Artist at Work: September 2, 8:55 a.m.
10" x 42"
oil on linen
12/09
In the collection of the artist
First Snows, Serpentine Hot Springs
9.5" x 35"
oil on birch panel
11/07
private collection
(above)
Time to fix their hair
14" x 34" oil on linen
7/08
Purchased for the permanent collection of The Alaska State Museum, Juneau;
currently at the Rasmuson Foundation.
This painting is the last from a series inspired from village visits during the 2007 Rasmuson Individual Artist's Award project, discussed below.
Lena and Pete with the laundry and the meat
14" x 26" oil on linen10/07In the permanent collection of
The Anchorage Museum of History and Art
The following four paintings were included in The Anchorage Museum of History and Art's Bienniel Juried Art Exhibit XXXII, and have completed their tour at the conclusion of March '08.
This painting was one of the series completed after village visits for the 2007 Rasmuson Individual Artist's Award, a project which consisted of visits to villages on the Seward Penninsula and a series of paintings inspired from those visits.
Color Study: April
18" x 20" oil on linen
6/07
private collection
This painting is another from the 2007 Rasmuson Individual Artist's Award project included in the above named juried art exhibition.
Watching the sun go down12" x 28" oil on linen3/06In the permanent collection ofThe Anchorage Museum of History and ArtI knew this scene would be make a good painting, but I had to be on location at just the moment as the sun was glancing over the crest of the hill before the entire village was in shadow. It took me a couple weeks--too late, too many clouds, too windy--but at last got myself on location at the exact right moment.
My Boy at Six
16" x 20" oil on linen
12/07
private collection
This is the fourth painting included in the The Anchorage Museum of History and Art's Bienniel Juried Art Exhibit XXXII.
Going Home
14" x 22" oil on linen
8/07
private collection
The following are a selection of 5 from over a dozen paintings completed from the village of Wales, the most western settlement on the North American Continent. Those completed in '07 were part of the series made for the Rasmuson Individual Artist's Award project.
Throwing out the scrap
12" x 24" oil on birch panel
10/06
private collection
Those of you familiar with the residents of Wales, this is Faye Ongtowasruk: always working, no matter what the wind or weather.
Summer howling after the blizzard
15" x 16" oil on birch panel
7/07
private collection
In the Shadow of the Church
12" x 24" oil on linen
8/06
private collection
Stormy Day Out
18" x 24" oil on linen
8/06
private collection
Above is a photo of one of my earlier attempts at plein air painting. It is included at the behest of those who wished to see a picture of the painter smiling at work. Though I may not be smiling in later photographs, I am, however, comfortable enough to concentrate on my work. In this instance the wind was blowing 25-30 m.ph. with temperatures in the low 40's. I sought shelter from the wind behind the village church, but within an hour my palette was coated with beach sand. The clothing I am wearing may have been adequate for painting in the interior or brisk work along this coast, but not for the stationary work of painting in the field.
Since these early excursions I've developed better systems for painting and gathering the visual references I need out in the field.
Beached, Teller Spit
11" x 34" oil on birch panel
12/06
private collection
Fireweed
18" x 36" oil on panel
8/05
Teller Aklaq School
This is one of four paintings commissioned for a 1% for the Arts project completed in fall 2005. Students K-12 were lead through the process of responding to art work with their own images, then painted their responses to one of the paintings on 4" x 4" panels. Student responses can be seen arranged on colored borders of each painting mounted along the hallways of the Teller Aklaq School in the village of Teller.
The Blue Tarp
17" x 21" oil on birch panel
4/08
private collection
Under the gracious direction of Curator of Exhibitions Walter Van Horn I've had the privilege to copy two different works of Sydney Laurence--Silent Pool & Creek in Birch Forest (pictured above)--in the galleries of The Anchorage Museum of History and Art. I've benefited much working in the galleries, enjoy speaking with museum patrons, continue to apply the lessons in my work and hope to work more in the museum in the near future.
Meditation from the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola7" x 12" oil on canvas 5/05In the collection of the artistThe title of this painting comes from a series of spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola. This particular exercise involved reading and consideration of Matthew 26: 17-39, the Lord's last supper. In the words of the directive, "After meditating on the text, pour a glass of wine, break a piece of bread....Sit before this bread and wine for fifteen minutes thinking about what it means to you." I decided to invest a couple hours on this exercise.
Still Life in Arctic Studio
12" x 16" oil on linen
2/05
private collection
Inside My Paintbox
12" x 16" oil on linen
5/06
private collection
Study of Whites
12" x 16" oil on linen
4/06
private collection
Missing the Children
17" x 17" oil on linen
2/06
private collection
Self-portrait posing as a painter12" x 16" oil on linen3/05In the collection of the artistThough-- if you look hard enough-- every painting is a self-portrait, this one was done looking into a mirror.
Please direct inquiries to:
kathryncmallory.dome.arts@gmail.com
