Nine new oil paintings featuring variations on this troublesome weed debut at Vita Art Center in Ventura, CA. This invasive plant never looked so good! On view at 28. W. Main Street, Ventura, through April 6, 2024.
Karen Kitchel©2024 “Cheat Screen”, oil/canvas, 84”x95”
It is wonderful to work with Curator Todd WIngate again at the Riverside Art Museum!
Cultivated, abandoned, wild, or industrialized, the landscape paintings on view reveal
human interference everywhere. Utilizing multiple images and unconventional materials, I present open-ended stories that challenge or cultural definitions of Nature.
A small group of gallery artists working in a realist vocabulary combine highly-focused energy in this winter presentation at Gerald Peters Gallery,
24 E. 78th Street, New York, NY 10075
On view December 6, 2021-January 31, 2022
After multiple pandemic-related delays, “Furious Garden” is on view at the Claremont Museum of Art. Featuring major works by Karen Kitchel, Deena Capparelli, and CJ Jilek, the exhibition and related events will span September 3-November 27, 2021.
Karen Kitchel © 2020 detail “Three Sisters”; mixed media/burlap
Central Coast organization Focus on the Masters continues its archival work with a series of filmed and live studio visits with select documented artists. They visited my studio this month—the recorded program can be viewed anytime on vimeo.
https://vimeo.com/640459435/f398729c6d
