Wordless Wednesday - Colors of Jazz @ Wall Flower Studio

Painting a Theatre Backdrop - The Golden Slipper & Collaboration

The backdrop for "The Golden Slipper". A play written by my friend, an author, writer & playwright, Michael Fay. It was such an honour to be involved with this production, and with such a creative & professional team, called "The Conjurers" for short. I'm very happy to continue this association, too! The backdrop was meant to tie in with the painting for the brochure.
"Dirty Thirties" is the painting I did for the brochure of "The Golden Slipper". It was raffled off at the end of the show's run in 2010.
So.... We're in collaboration again. This time, I'm creating two characters using the medium of papier-mache. One is already finished, a character named "Toad". The other, a goddess type individual, named "Terra", which is currently in the works is coming along nicely! Will post pictures when I'm done. Looking forward to sharing.
Have a good week!

The Cellist - Strings Section - Visual Music @ Wall Flower Studio

A Cellist heading up the strings section...

Lately, more and more, I've been acquiring a taste for Classical music.

As always, I'm curious about other genre's of music, and how it will affect my work, so of late, I've been listening to CBC Radio Two, in the morning where they spin the classics all day long.

Suprisingly enough, it's not been the chore that I thought it would be. I already enjoy some of the bigger names, especially Vivaldi, so I've jumped right in.

At night CBC radio play's the best Jazz pieces every evening on my favourite show called "Tonic". I've been enjoying that for a long time now, so I thought grazing in a different musical pasture might be interesting for a change.

So, it's little leap foward for me, since I have developed definitive likes and dislikes when it comes to what I like to listen to; a sort of musical snobbery, if you will.

Admittedly, my knowledge of the classics growing up was quite limited. If it weren't for all the Warner Bros./Bugs Bunny cartoons I loved to watch on Saturday mornings during the 1970's, I'd probably still be wondering if the Barber of Seville weren't some prominent hairdresser to famous Matadors at bullfights.

And, who can forget Charles Schultz and the beloved Peanuts Gang for introducing my "Why Generation" members to Beethoven. It just wasn't something my folks were spinning on the record player, but that's okay. ; )

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"The Cello" - 8" x 10" - acrylic on canvas

New! From Wall Flower Studio

by Karen Sloan

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Theater Masks - A Fun Frog from Papier mache

Many know me as strictly a painter on canvas, and mainly of Jazz / musical themes, however, I like to stretch the limits from time to time, and really enjoy creating crazy, whimsical 3D sculptures with papier-mache.

Let me tell you, it's like being a kid again. Messy as hell, but totally fun, and absolutely worth it! And really, what's a bit of mess? That's all part of the creative process.

So... Let me introduce "Frog". He's a full mask I've created, (for use by a wonderful theatre group here in Minden, Ontario, the Conjurers that I happily belong to), and he's built upon a hard hat, which makes him adjustable for any sized head.

Frog will be turned into a Toad, so this will be the only photo of him in green. Thought I'd share before he gets his makeover!

I have another mask to make for next year's performance. Just starting to work on her now, and really, I can't wait to see the actors wearing and performing with them. What fun!!

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