The Colorist

Henri Roche Pastels

2012-01-27T11:31:00.000-08:00

A little box has arrived from Paris, France.

12 Half Sticks Discovery Set plus 3 Sticks.

My report is forthcoming. I'll be in the studio till then.

A Little Box Has Arrived

2012-01-26T08:50:00.000-08:00

The Postmaster says she has a box for me to pick up. It's from Paris, France!

La Marseillaise.

I will definitely have something exciting to blog about tomorrow...

Photo:
www.all-free-photos.com.

Room at the Workshop for Two More

2012-01-25T12:03:00.000-08:00

See Differently. Authenticity & Your Art.

PSA member artist and author of The Colorist blog, Casey Klahn, will be teaching his workshop in Morristown, NJ, March 17th & 18th, 2012. See Differently. Authenticity & Your Art.

Contact ArtSpace Studio, Julie Gridinsky Friedman, to secure one of the 2 spaces remaining. A waiting list will be started for this workshop when it fills. Also, the workshop on the 15th & 16th is full. Contact Julie to be added to a wait list.

Rivers Abstract Well, Don't You Think?

2012-01-23T05:40:00.000-08:00

A Riverside

6" x 4"

Pastel

Casey Klahn

iPhone Photo

This pastel painting started out as one thing, and then I turned it upside down to check the composition. It looked better, so I kept it that way.

Winter Scenery

2012-01-20T12:07:00.000-08:00

Winter

Flat File Sale of Small Works

2012-01-16T10:06:00.000-08:00

There is a demand for these small works now. I am working harder to be organized in the studio to make these available, and you can go here to make purchase inquiries.

Little Works

A River Corner

3.75" x 4"

Pastel

Casey Klahn

$80 unframed

Little House in La Ca

5.5" x 6"

Pastel

Casey Klahn

$160 unframed

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Interior Sketch

2012-01-12T11:21:00.000-08:00

Barn Interior Color Sketch

7" x 6"

Pastel

Casey Klahn

SOLD

Just thinking out loud. In color.

Is It Art?

2012-01-10T13:16:00.000-08:00

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Is It Art?

Wolf Kahn said, "Each painting has its own dignity, its own requirements."

"But the Devil whoops, as he whooped of old: 'It's clever, but is it Art?'" Rudyard Kipling.

"The air one sees in the paintings of the masters is not the air one breathes." Edgar Degas.

"Why don't you bore a hole in yourself and let the sap run out?" Groucho Marx.

"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." Arthur Schopenhauer.

Fauvist Forest, Casey Klahn

"To sum up, I work without a theory. I am conscious above all of the forces involved, and find myself driven forward by an idea that I can really only grasp bit by bit as it grows with the picture." Henri Matisse.

"Always do whatever's next." George Carlin.

"Information is cheap, meaning is expensive." George Dyson.

"I found that I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way -- things I had no words for." Georgia O’Keeffe.

"A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to." Banksy.

"Each new situation requires a new architecture." Jean Nouvel.

Pierre Bonnard said, "There is also submission to the picture."

This page, and other quotes pages, are available for free download here.

Small Works in the Studio

2012-01-09T11:40:00.000-08:00

I'm in the studio making lots of small works, and a few medium ones, too.

March 15, 16 / 17, 18, 2012 Workshops

2012-01-05T11:59:00.000-08:00

Never look at your artwork the same way again.

See Differently. Authenticity & Your Art.

Offering two workshops in New Jersey, in the New York City area. To be specific, my See Differently workshop will be taught in Morristown, NJ in March, at the studio of Julie Friedman. The dates are: March 15, 16 and March 17, 18, 2012. More info here.

Intermedio - Degas

2012-01-03T20:54:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year - 2012!

2011-12-31T11:43:00.000-08:00

My well wishes go out to all of the readers of The Colorist!

This holiday, I probably won't do the popular Top Ten post, but there is a new one waiting in the wings! I will point out the hot blogs and the blogs that roared! Stay tuned, please!

2011 - The Blog and Art Year in Review

2011-12-30T18:49:00.000-08:00

The Year 2011, In Review

All choices made here are based upon my own opinions, and not upon readership or statistics.

My Top Six Paintings Posted in 2011.

Dusk With Orange

@ 5" x 7"

Pastel

Casey Klahn

Shadow River

11" x 19"

Pastel & Charcoal

Casey Klahn

The Rain, the Light & the River

11.75" x 18.25"

Pastel

Casey Klahn

Orchard Grass

5" x 6.5"

Pastel & Charcoal

Casey Klahn

Fauvist Forest

12.3" x 10.75"

Pastel

Casey Klahn

Green Tree

6" x 4"

Pastel

Casey Klahn

My Top Six Posts.

Do You Mind?
101 Artist's Blog Topics
Summer 2011 ( My 1,000th. Post!)
Leonardo The News Hound
Potty Talk - Marcel Duchamp's (ahem) Art
Colorist Methods - My Thoughts On The Subject Of Color

My Top Six Art Events.

Oakland Workshop
Battleground Workshop
Participated as a Jurist in Sausalito
Sausalito Art Festival
SFMOMA Visit to See Matisse
Online Sale

Finished Practice

2011-12-30T15:38:00.000-08:00

Practice: Head Facing Right

14" x 13

Charcoal, Pastel & White Chalk on Drawing Paper

Casey Klahn

Charcoal and White Chalk

2011-12-28T15:35:00.000-08:00

WIP - Facing Right

@14' x 15"

Charcoal & White Chalk on Drawing Paper

Casey Klahn

For a hobby, I am re-learning the figure and the head from various sources, such as instructional books and You Tube videos. Before I took up the landscape, this was all I did on an amateur basis. It is crazy how much I have lost over time, and it makes the road back a little bumpy. But, fun.

Frosty The Snowman and Mr. Freeze Would Be Happy

2011-12-26T17:29:00.000-08:00

Photo by Casey Klahn

Christmas Card

2011-12-25T05:03:00.000-08:00

In a manger for His bed

2011-12-24T05:47:00.000-08:00

For He is our childhood's pattern;

Day by day, like us, He grew;

He was little, weak, and helpless,

Tears and smiles, like us He knew;

And He cares when we are sad,

And he shares when we are glad.

http://www.carols.org.uk/

Whose Got a Big Red Cherry Nose?

2011-12-23T15:16:00.000-08:00

Little Drummer Boy

2011-12-22T20:34:00.000-08:00

The Hundreds

2011-12-21T11:48:00.000-08:00

Lists are fun when the topics are fun. Here are the hundreds lists from The Colorist. 101Blog Topics and 100 Things.

Enjoy your holidays!

Medium Size Music & Fields Available

2011-12-20T06:11:00.000-08:00

Music and Fields

8" x 12"

Pastel

Casey Klahn

$600, Framed.

Available.

Large Work Available

2011-12-18T21:47:00.000-08:00

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Pastel Field, 11.25" x 16," Pastel & Charcoal, $1125

Framed.

This larger work is a premium size and I kept it out of the show in Spokane to have something big to offer for this online sale. How to inquire.

2011-12-18T07:41:00.000-08:00

The Census at Bethlehem, 1566

Peter Bruegel The Elder, 152?-1569

Color on Panel

Link

Green Tree

2011-12-17T16:51:00.000-08:00

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Green Tree

6" x 4"

Pastel

Casey Klahn

$150, unframed

SOLD

Inquiries.