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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 [...
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Yes, folks, it is true. The Kisers are finally getting things together and hosting an Open House for the Holiday Shopping Season. If you are in the West Liberty area, please stop by and see us!
Saturday, December 3: 1:00pm-600pm at the Kiser Studio Parlor Gallery
There will be a multitude of new and familiar items for sale – for yourself or for gift-giving: Stoneware & Raku sculptures, vases, Morticia Pots, and functional organic pieces, Giclees, Prints, Greeting Cards, & a 2012 Calendar of art images you can order. There will be incense, burners, oils, and accessories, individually or in [...
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~From Dauna’s corner of the Studio
Oil painting in progress, begun in July of 2011.
This image is of an old farmhouse behind the family farm in Minnesota. The farmhouse belonged to my Great-Great Aunt and Uncle, whose descendents moved about a mile away, off to the right of the large clearing (and down the hill).
Childhood memories almost always involve this old house; playing in it until the floors fell through and it became too dangerous, or role-playing around it in the woods down the hill behind and to the left of it. Behind the house and down [...
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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 [...
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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 [...
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