29 April, 2013

Video Interview of Casey


Here is the premier of the professionally filmed documentary, The Colorist Idea, with Casey Klahn.  Film by Kathleen Secrest and Mark Forman.


26 April, 2013

IAPS!

The River Blue
11" x 15"
Pastel
Casey Klahn


The River Blue has been selected to show at the International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS) Tenth Biennial Convention in Albequerquie, NM. The exhibit is the Twenty-Second Juried Exhibition and will be June 6-9th., 2013.  






24 April, 2013

Durango Photo Wrap Up




Every once in a while I do leave my studio and get to mingle with other artists.  Here is a photo review of my trip to the Four Corners area of Colorado to teach a workshop.  I am overflowing with visual stimulus and will be creating works from this trip for a long time.

This was the See Differently - Authenticity & Your Art curriculum, with a third day added for outdoor work.  I will share more about the event later.

Also, while enjoying the hospitality at the ranch studio of artist Lorraine Trenholm, I talked her into starting a blog.  I will link it for you soon!

18 April, 2013

The Storm Begins On High


For those who didn't see it last month, I post this one again.
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The progress of a pastel drawing.

The Storm Begins On High

9 x 23





05 April, 2013

Intermedio - Wiener Symphoniker



Thanks, Karin Goeppert.
Herbert von Karajan rehearsing Schumann's 4th with the Wiener Symphoniker.

02 April, 2013

29 March, 2013

Good Friday - 2013

The Last Supper
1495-98
Fresco
Milan, Italy
Leonardo da Vinci



Phil Keaggy
Shades of Green


Phil Keaggy
County Down





27 March, 2013

Blog Action!

The Storm Begins On High
9" x 23"
Pastel
Casey Klahn

Thanks to the following wonderful bloggers for noting The Colorist: Donna Zagotta, Laura K. Aiken and Alyson B. Stanfield. With Donna, this blog been featured 3 years running among Blogs to Watch, and it is wonderful to be found in this company.  Laura and I share a love for Henri Matisse, and so I am honored by this attention.  Alyson is the Art Biz Coach, and her work with artists has helped them make incredible strides in the business and outreach aspects of their studios. I have benefited from several of her workshops, and recommend her to you without reservation.  Be prepared to work hard, and reap benefits, at her workshops, including and especially the online ones!

Donna Zagotta

   22 Art Blogs to Watch in 2013

Laura K. Aiken  

   Eight Blogs That Rock My World

Alyson Stanfield

   Save The Apologies...

I also made it in Alyson's newsletter.  Thanks, my blog friends, for the exposure and for the interaction in blogging over the years!

23 March, 2013

Beginning the Storm

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The progress of a pastel drawing.
The Storm Begins On High
9 x 23






18 March, 2013

Nocturne and Prose

Darkly, He Writes
12" x 9"
Pastel& Charcoal
Casey Klahn


This will be the fourth book cover I have done.  Happy to do these.

You can enjoy the stories by author Terry Gildow at his website: He Writes One Page a Day.

17 March, 2013

The Blues and The River


Click on the image to see it in full.
The River Blue
11" x 15"
Pastel
Casey Klahn

16 March, 2013

River Bottom Land

Season's Change
@9" x 16"
Pastel
Casey Klahn

Look for several new works to be posted over the next few days.  I will post them here first!




14 March, 2013

PDX is Short for Portland, Oregon

PDX Workshop, June 15, 16, 2013.



Studio 30 at Cathedral Park Place is Kat Sowa's premier teaching space in the heart of Portland.  I am very happy to be teaching my See Differently workshop there, in June of this year.  It would be a good idea to sign up early.

Studio 30 is huge!  This very well appointed space has natural and corrected lighting, a separate coffee break space, and is adjacent to one restaurant. It is in the St. Johns district, which is bordered by the Columbia River to the northeast, the Willamette River to the northwest, the North Portland railroad cut to the southeast, and the Cathedral Park neighborhood to the southwest. 





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