A Louisville, Kentucky transplant will show his art to the world in the heart of downtown Racine. “Bob Ross Nudes,” which opens on March 6 displays the modern oils of KM Scott Moore. Drawn to the flexibility of oils, Moore experiments with the textural qualities of his raw materials to create representational and abstract human forms.
Despite being inspired by the 16th Century High Renaissance and early Mannerist painters, Moore foregoes artistic mimicry in an effort to “do something that no one else has thought of,” something that he dreams he will “do… before (he) dies.”
Moore stated, “This is a rather daunting task, as we have roughly 30,000 years of art history…I am constantly asking myself, ‘What has been done already, and how is what (I am) doing different than that?’”
Describing his works as “artifacts of a thought process,” Moore wants people “to read the pieces not in the sense of a narrative, but as a creative process.”
The “Bob Ross Nudes” runs from March 6 through March 30. The opening reception is Friday, March 7 from 6-9 p.m.
Kathleen Laybourn, a lovely and gracious Lady, is a Kenosha native and resident and a painter of note. Kathleen recently won awards at KAA’s first Advent Art Show.
Joe: What did it feel like, winning both the first place, and people’s choice awards at the Advent art show?
Kathleen: Unbelievable! It was unbelievably wonderful. I didn’t expect it. That’s for sure. I knew the piece was good, but there are a lot of good artists around. To be singled out like that is always a wonderful thing.
Matt: Not really. I was born in Indiana. And lived in Iowa and Missouri and moved up here right before the fifth grade, in 1985.
T: Oh, so you’ve been here for (not wanting to do simple arithmetic in her head)… a while.
M: Most of my life. After I graduated from high school I lived in Racine, I lived in Waukegan for a little bit. And I was in a band and we were on tour so I lived in Minneapolis for a little while, but other than that, mostly Kenosha.
T: Alright. Were the arts a part of your upbringing? Is that kind of how you got into it?
M: Not really. I studied classical piano when I was a kid and that was the bulk of it. When I was a little kid I got a transistor radio from my grandpa, I would fall asleep with it under my pillow. That kind of turned me on to popular music as opposed to classical music. In junior high I started writing music. I remember writing a lot when I was a kid. Writing stories. My parents didn’t have much to do with it, aside from using piano lessons as punishment.
Christine Sikora, one of the original artist members and founders of Lemon Street Gallery opens her solo exhibit “Botany,” at the gallery through November 28, 2007. In a recent Kenosha Interview by Bill Robbins, Christine said,
“Maybe I love plants because they are related to the warmer seasons and to growth. It’s just that feeling you get when everything is growing and smells fresh – it’s life affirming.”
I got to preview the show at the opening reception and it is surely life affirming. Her plants and flowers are lively bright colors that bloom off the canvas and come to life giving her artwork personality and animation. I’m sure I heard one of them say “feed me”. Continue reading →
She says she isn’t chatty, but Jessica Meyers had plenty to say about art a few weeks ago at Mo’s Lounge.
Jessica is a mixed media artist who incorporates newspaper and hand written words into her paintings.
“Before I started painting I didn’t realize you could stick all kinds of stuff onto the canvas. I thought it had to be just paint.”
A Louisville, Kentucky transplant will show his art to the world in the heart of downtown Racine. “Bob Ross Nudes,” which opens on March 6 displays the modern oils of KM Scott Moore. Drawn to the flexibility of oils, Moore experiments with the textural qualities of his raw materials to create representational and abstract human forms.
