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The Art Gallery Open House was a success!
Dauna managed to take some pictures before a number of pieces were sold. For friends and family, this was what much of the fuss was about — a complete rearrangement of furniture, lots of dust bunnies, a multitude of printed tags, labels, and signs, and lots of glazing. Oh yes, and picture framing — lots of framing, or matting & bagging.
Many thanks to our customers and supportive friends and neighbors who made the event a success. Look for new images on the website and in the store. Very soon you will also see more pottery and the scented art will be added to the shoppe as well. Your business has made it possible to forge ahead!
Enjoy the scenes of the Gallery.
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This image was created in 2000 by Marty Kiser.
I began this painting after my wife gave me a book of Salvador Dali’s artwork for my birthday in November of ’99. Dali’s work sparked in me a realization that a lot of what we think about keeps us trapped in the ridged structure of time. Dali used the bull in several of his images, which inspired me to do the same for this one.
The four shoes on the bull stand for all of us — the average person working outside, at the office, in the sports arena. The melting clock is another Dali element. It and the bull stand for Time in its fluid state. We don’t see that Time is fluid and so are enslaved to what we perceive it to mean. Produce, produce, produce — more, better, faster. Life rushes past, we rush through life, and then Time gets away from us and runs amock. We become overwhelemed and easily toppled over. The figures represent how fragile all of us are in our need to keep up with Time and try to make the most of every minute. All the important trappings of the modern day are strewn about, and we end up stopping anyway to recover and repair the damage.
Rushing around doesn’t really get us anywhere any faster.
There is a self-portrait of me in there somewhere. Can you find it?
I also wrote a poem for the Painting.
You can purchase a giclee of this painting from our Gallery Shoppe or from the Kiserart Gallery on Yessy.com.
You can get a copy of the poem, too, with your order.
One of Marty’s older drawings; still popular (and applicable) today. Original Colored Pencil Drawing on Canson Paper.
A long-term relationship can be a wonderful thing. It can also seem like a constant battle between egos, a dual of personalities, or compromise after compromise. It is often all of the above. Our dual with ourselves is just as constant — the worries and irritations vying to overcome satisfaction, compassion, and progress (of any kind). Duality is an interesting phenomenon — something like Schrodinger’s’ Cat. Is it here? Is it gone? Does it really exist? It is a dance as well — who’s leading…. the mind? the heart? today? again? yet?
Original is ~24 x 12 inches. Original is available.
You can purchase a print of this image from the Kiserart Gallery on Yessy.com. Information regarding giclees and other products coming to our website Gallery Shoppe soon.
 Raku Mask of Golds, Greens, Coppers, and Blues
Raku Mask by Marty Kiser
Just out of the Raku kiln in mid-August, 2011. This amazing mask shimmers with golds, coppers, greens, blues, even translucent violet colors. The pictures show it from different angles and in both sunlight and indoor light.
The photographs do not do the piece justice, as in reality it appears different according to angle, lighting, or distance. The actual mask is even more beautiful than we could show you here. Those areas in the photographs that appear flat or matted are actually layers of glossy glaze colors.
The nature of Raku is such that the unglazed clay body is black and the glazed areas contrast dramatically with the naked clay body. It is fired quickly, allowed to smoulder in a combustion chamber containing sawdust, then plunged into a vat of water to stop the firing process and allow the piece to be handled.
The colors change for about three hours as the piece cools. Raku is a traumatic and risky method of firing, so a piece such as this that survives is both unique and rare.
Buying information in our Gallery Shoppe will appear shortly. It is for sale now in our Sculpture Gallery on Yessy. This sculpture has been sold!
Feel free to Contact Marty for more information about this piece, and other Kiser Art.
More images ow:
Raku Mask Slideshow
Farming Daydream. Original Colored Pencil Drawing on Canson Paper by Marty Kiser
This surreal depiction of the farmer working his fields began during a 2002 conversation with his father-in-law on the farm in Minnesota. They were looking at the fields out of the window of a new edition to the house, and discussing farming practices. This image is a gentle reminder of the family farm — many of which could not compete with – and have given way to – large agricultural corporations.
You can purchase a limited edition giclee of this image in our Gallery Shoppe or from the Kiser Art Gallery on Yessy.com.
The original is also available. Contact Marty if you are interested.
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