INSIDE OUT

I was invited to show work at the wonderful Northwest Encaustic Studio in West Seattle run by artist Shaun Doll. Please visit his new website to see all that they offer and visit here to view more images from my show this month. I have been working on this series for a long time and some of you may have seen my work in other exhibitions last year. The following images are my newest paintings and I am looking forward to seeing so many of you at the opening this Thursday! See you there!

Kristin Swenson-Lintault

INSIDE OUT

Encaustic, Mixed Media Paintings

January 9 - February 5, 2010

Northwest Encaustic Studio

7150 44th Ave. SW

Seattle, WA 98136

Opening Reception January 14th, 6-9pm

Second Thursday West Seattle Art Walk

located in "The Building" artist studios

"COIL" Encaustic, oil, canvas, graphite, thread on wood panel, Kristin Swenson-Lintault 2009

"TALLY" Encaustic, oil, muslin, graphite on wood panel, Kristin Swenson-Lintault 2009

"SYNERGY II" Encaustic, oil, rope, pastel, muslin on wood panel, Kristin Swenson-Lintault 2009

"ENTWINE" Encaustic, oil, graphite, pastel on wood panel, Kristin Swenson-Lintault 2009

"UNRAVEL I" Encaustic, oil, abaca paper, graphite, pastel on wood panel

Kristin Swenson-Lintault 2009

"UNRAVEL II" Encaustic, oil, canvas, graphite, pastel on wood panel

Kristin Swenson-Lintault 2009

Sketchbook Project Volume 4 Tour- Brooklyn Library Permanent Collection

I made another sketchbook this year for the upcoming Sketchbook Project Tour.....but this time I experimented with encaustic dipped pages and drawing on the wax surface. I have to say it didn't come easy but I am happy with the results and plan to do more. I love books as objects and I especially like keeping records of ideas for inspiration later.

This is the 4th Sketchbook Project and it will tour at least 5 cities in 2010 and will also become part of a permanent collection library. Books will be available complete with library cards for people to check out while in the gallery. See the Art House website or my schedule listed here to find out if it will be showing near you. Click here if you are interested in the new limited edition Sketchbook Project Tour t-shirts available through Art House.

The Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild in Woodstock, New York

"Synergy" Encaustic, mixed media on wood panel, Kristin Swenson-Lintault 2009

Last month I was invited to be part of the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild's Tenth Annual 5 x 7 show which was at the Kleinert James Art Center in Woodstock, NY. I was happy to donate work while hoping to help support their exhibition programs and events during the year. Well.....my work sold in a flash to a local Woodstock gallery owner and I plan to become more involved as a member in the coming months. I am excited to get to know more artists living in the Hudson Valley. I am a big fan of Nancy Azara and Joan Synder who were part of this show as well.

A detail photo of my painting is on the poster for the show.

Photo courtesy of Laura Pepitone at the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild

10,000 Project Show at Art House Co-op Gallery

"Nourish" encaustic, mixed media on wood, Kristin Swenson-Lintault 2009

"Nourish" encaustic, mixed media on wood, Kristin Swenson-Lintault 2009

I was part of a show titled the "10,ooo Project" at the Art House Co-op Gallery in Atlanta last month. Everyone made work with the same word in mind and over 1000 people participated....I usually would do some kind of 2D format so I thought I would try something different. I love my camera and I having been playing around with images from this piece to see where I can push this idea......I see something brewing.

Art House Gallery has changed locations and is now in New York. Starting January 2010 Art House will reside in Red Hook in Brooklyn. This will be a great venue and I look forward to participating in many more group shows there. Coming up I will be posting photos of my work for "The Sketchbook Project Library" that will be touring several cities again in 2010 including the new location in Brooklyn. Congratulations to Shane Zucker and Steven Peterman, founders of this awesome co-op of artists.

Upcoming Show INSIDE OUT January 2010

Early Inspiration

As I teach painting classes out of my studio......I often think of those who helped me find my voice and the critical thinking necessary to to make work that is compelling and visually strong.

Dale Leys "Signal" conte, pastel, graphite on paper 1988

Dale Leys "Signal" Detail 1988

It has been many years now........but the inspiration, lessons and pure enthusiasm for drawing that I received in art school with artist and Professor Dale Leys has stayed with me and his influence is noted on my studio walls from his past show cards, small hand drawn portraits, and many parts and pieces of natural objects that look like bones and fossils. I can see how my love of surface and layering....... is and has always been part of his drawing style that you will be able to see in the following video of Dale working in his studio. The studio is exactly as I remember it and maybe Bob Dylan is still on the play list as well. His early recognition of my desire to make art my life long pursuit was critical at a time when a young artist could easily choose other paths.

KSL Photos

The Canvas Project: Encyclopedia is showing now.

Here is a partial quote from the show......

"The Encyclopedia Project is a collaborative activity organized by Atlanta's Art House Co-op to bring together artists to create a visual lexicon of words provided to the participants at random. From a pool of over 6000 paintings, 1200 were chosen to represent a sample of this mass effort. The collaborators are from 48 states and 21 countries fulfilling Art House Co-op's philosophy of "bringing art to the masses" and creating both a physical place to share art, through the foundation, as well as a virtual space online for people to share their portfolios and sketchbooks.

The Project will be exhibited for 6 weeks in the Atlanta Airport Atrium Gallery and then travel to the Art House Gallery in Atlanta's art district, Castleberry Hill. The Art House Encyclopedia, Vol. 1 catalog will now be available at the opening on September 25, 2009."

Sorting hundreds of entries!

My piece "Citadel" was chosen for this show and is in the frame above.....

"Citadel" encaustic, mixed media on canvas Kristin Swenson-Lintault

I have been involved with several projects now with Art House. It has been an interesting way to get creative in a quick fast sketching kind of way.....like studies/ideas for later work.....Most if not all of my paintings take weeks or months to do and these past collaborative projects have been fun allowing me to think out of my personal box. It also connects me with other artists around the world who I may not have met any other way. I recently met Michelle Moode who was part of the Sketchbook Project earlier this year and will be in the upcoming 10,000 Project that I am also preparing work for as I write this.....Michelle was a visiting artist this summer at the Kirkland Arts Center and I was happy to meet her and see the"Michelle Moode Picture Show" as she called it. She makes wonderful work and writes about Seattle here.