Article in the HT about my double show...

Thank you Bloomington Herald Times for covering my current show with a nice article...

I wondered if people would find my double show just very strange, arbitrary, self-indulgent, hard to understand.  As far as I can tell, that's not a problem at all for people.  It seems to make good sense to people.  I think the work itself explains the approach I took, which is how it is supposed to work.

Thank you HT and Jenny Porter Tilley.

Paintings and Palaver: Paul Kane discusses his Dec. 2017 show...

This is my first attempt to make a video of myself discussing a show, with the help of Madelyn Ritroski (thank you Madelyn!)...

It went pretty well for a first attempt, but you can tell I was very nervous when we did the video!  I mean I'm always goofy but I'm super goofy here.  Still I kind of like it and Dave Colman's comments at the end are brilliant. Colman co-runs The Venue Fine Art and Gifts gallery with Gabe Colman and always has something really insightful to say about art in his gallery.

This is an interview with Paul Kane done by Jared Winslow last spring...

Thank you Jared.

This is a slide show I created for my Dec. 2017 show...

...I seem to be learning, little by little, about the multi-media world, even though I'm generally more comfortable with a paint brush in my hand!

The show continues through December!

The Yin Yang of a Bilocation Show

Madelyn Ritroski took some great pictures of the current show at the  Bellevue Gallery at the Farmer House Museum, showing the Bellevue's part of Paul Kane's bi-location show PAINTINGISDEADLONGLIVEPAINTING.

The Bellevue Gallery is an artists' coop, a gallery run by artists for artists.   Its first exhibit was in 1987, so 2017 is the 30th anniversary of the Bellevue Gallery.  Although the Bellevue's existence has been peripatetic, it currently resides at the Farmer House Museum, where it presumably has a permanent (and cozy) home.

The other wing of Paul Kane's bilocation show, PAINTINGISDEADLONGLIVEPAINTING, is at The Venue Fine Art and Gifts ...

The Venue Fine Art and Gifts

Hosting Paul Kane's show at two locations allows a yin yang sensibility to express itself, where darker paintings are on display at The Bellevue and more whimsical paintings are on display at The Venue Fine Art and Gifts....

The Venue Fine Art and Gifts

 The Bellevue wing of PAINTINGISDEADLONGLIVEPAINTING is darker, thematically but still full of light.  This is probably the darkest painting in the show...

I think it is partly about the cruelty of life, but it is also about something like shamanic transformation.

Both wings of PAINTINGISDEADLONGLIVEPAINTING are cozy and encourage spending time with paintings...

                                        

Farmer House Museum curator Emily Purcell has created a beautiful and very complimentary holiday display, which features an Artisan Tree, covered with ornaments made by Bellevue Gallery artists, which can be purchased ...

Spend part of your holiday by the friendly hearth at the Farmer House Museum!