This is why you should sign the inside cover of a book you give as a gift!

I couldn't believe the dates on these. Imagine - 1884. This book was probably the only gift McLoughlin received that year! Maybe that's a stretch but...

These books are frail and weathered - and full of fragments perfect for collages. Thanks "Sandy" and Rhudele Moorerji!

Kevin Gilmore: 4 new paintings/collages

each mixed with rock

8" x 8"

acrylic and collage on canvas

november 2009

brooklyn, ny

one day in the sun.

in the same way:

8" x 8"

acrylic and collage on canvas

november 2009

brooklyn, ny

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8" x 8"

acrylic and collage on canvas

november 2009

brooklyn, ny

given an x

8" x 8"

acrylic and collage on canvas

november 2009

brooklyn, ny

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Yes, finally, a stream of creative energy hits me again - in time for a group show at Shop Art Gallery - http://www.shopartstudio.com/ - in Brooklyn, New York. I swear it has something to do with the moon...(at the time of this posting the full moon is in 22 hours...) These are for sale at the show, and what a holiday bonus it would be for me to see these go to new homes just in time for the New Year!

I found a few old books of which pieces found their way in these collages:

1. Rasa=Jala=Nidhi or Ocean of Indian Chemistry & Alchemy Vol. I.

Compiled in Sanskrit with English Translation by the Author

2. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas or The Marvelous and Exciting Adventures of Pierre Aronnax, Conseil, His Servant, and Ned Land, a Canadian Harpooner. Translated from the French of Jules Verne.

I only add this info based on the lovely script on the inside cover of each of them. I think it warrants a new posting with a reproduction of each.

"Driftwood" a donation for Latitude 14

This was a small 9" x 12" piece I painted for a donation for Latitude 14 - http://latitude14.org/ind/ - in support for their newest project red fly/blue bottle. It went to a silent auction and resides somewhere in NYC.

happythankyoumoreplease

I ran into the set designers who were getting the set ready for a new flick called happythankyoumoreplease. They were discussing what to do with the "abstract" painting that was needed for the shots when I walked by. On the stoop 5 doors down from me in Brooklyn sat this large painting... well sort of a Pollock-inspired action piece...yikes it was a bit of a disaster. I was on my way to work but boasted that I could do much better given 45 minutes. The rules were simply that it needed to be black and white to match the feel of the set. So here are a few screen shots...

Art Exhibit at Shop Art Gallery in Brooklyn, NY