Kat Powell Artist

Series: de- Title: DNA This is the idea of apples and oranges. Colored pencil and pencil on textured paper. I will be continuing this series for a few more images, let’s see where it goes. I will try to do bolder colors for the next ones.

Another WIP for a solo gallery show in December. This piece is part of a diptych and will be colored.

Story time: The amphibian creatures have lived under the soil for eons; born, hatched, and matured in the perfect conditions. As they age and become too large for their original burrows they unleash a clutch of their own eggs and travel up to the surface. Once upon time they would stay and die in the earth, but this human family has given them reason to emerge. As the creatures calcify in the sun, transformed into empty statues, the little girl sets out food and drink for them. A ritual that her family has done for generations. The amphibian creatures spend their last moments in comfort and happiness. As they die their eyes crystallize over; reflecting the world and the kindness they knew for only a moment.

Bringing home a baby Bumble Bee.... Concept idea for skeletons in balloons and an airhead. Done on a large piece of paper and then on a large transparency.  On the paper I drew up a couple of bodies that are partially fleshed out so that way their limbs are faded.  On the transparency I etched in the skeletal anatomy of the couple along with several cross-hatched lines and boxes. This was a difficult image to capture with a camera and there is still a lot of detail that was lost. Also the transparency adds some really neat shadows on the paper underneath. Playing around with 3-d and 2-d mix-matching. As you can tell the paper has been cut and bent to create a shallow dip. And onto of the paper there is dried glue that is forming a web. Like a tunnel spider.  Again the camera could not pick up the subtle details of the glue's transparency. :(  Foamboard again with ink and marker drawing.  The image above and below are the same. I found this little cardb...

Decide to start sharing some of my work from college years. First round has basic projects in oils. Landscape practice with self-portrait, concept of Pareidolia .  Self-portrait, King's birthday suit concept   Photo-realism, practice with detail, translucency, focus, depth, and color matching.