Kirsten Blair is an artist creating multi disciplinary works based on observations of the natural environment of the Oregon Coast.
Kirsten Blair is an artist creating multi disciplinary works based on observations of the natural environment of the Oregon Coast.
What We’ve Left Behind.
Originally Exhibited at Bay City Arts Center, August 2022
This work illustrates personal growth and transition. From constraint to freedom, schedule to spontaneity, tension to fluidity. Through immersion in space, presence, rest and place. Grounded on the beach of Cape Meares, Oregon I’m present, curious and in deep observation. In the studio through painting found elements I rebuild those memories and strengthen those neuro-pathways.
While these works initially feel full and energetic, they are evidence of rest. I develop the color palettes intuitively and reference seaweed and eelgrass left behind after high-tide to create the forms. The abstract shapes created on the sand feel repetitive but have broken organization into a lyrical and fluid quality referencing the breaking of internal patterns.
Kirsten Blair
Things I can Hear
28 x 39, acrylic on Tansy and Iron Dyed Linen
$950
Things I Can See
28 x 39, acrylic on Alder Bark Dyed Canvas
$950
Things I Can Hear
29 x 38, acrylic on hawthorne dyed linen
$950
Old Patterns, Before Sunset, Hazy, When I’m Grown Up
20 x 30, acrylic on paper
$350 each
Dad’s
45 x 55, acrylic on linen
SOLD
Nicknames, Sleep Paralysis
17 x 27, acrylic on canvas
$350 each