Kirsten Lei Art

02/05/2015

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." (Albert Einstein)

10/26/2014

"To love a painting is to feel that this presence is not an object but a voice." (André Malraux)

10/06/2013

"The world," said the Irish poet W. B. Yeats, "is full of magic things patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper."

07/19/2013

"Painting is the passage from the chaos of the emotions to the order of the possible." (Balthus)

06/28/2013

La La Love!

Derek Gores is a Florida-based artist who creates intricate collages from recycled magazine scraps, Internet photos, data, maps, and more. Named 'one of the ...

06/07/2013

"The master makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation, his love and his religion. He simply pursues his vision of excellence in whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him, he is always doing both." (Lao Tzu)

05/31/2013

U.B.C. Gallery show, come visit me for the opening this Sunday at noon.

05/21/2013

For self-employed artists, desire needs to trump distraction. Even regular cheques in the mail shouldn't hinder an artist from his self-appointed rounds. - Robert Glen

04/24/2013

As always I am in love with the figure.

04/08/2013

The Laws Are Made For Breaking Painting is not a witch's brew. With applied curiosity and reason, a dedicated student can grasp the processes. Often straightforward and practical, the best processes are the ones you figure out for yourself. Further, there are laws. They're not like the law of gravity, which pretty well guarantees an apple will fall on the head of a Newton who sits under it. The laws of art are conventions, and are there for the breaking. Lots of them exist, both for practical and eternal reasons. Here are just a few:

Too many colours mixed together make mud.

A poorly thought-out painting is almost always weak.

A beginner's scales lead to a professional's concertos.

Painting is easy, but painting well is difficult.

Most art is not improved by a committee.

Chance and accident are best guided by a knowing hand.

Good artists never blame their tools or their situations.

Doing it is better than talking about doing it.

Asking "What could be?" leads to what is.

Paintings are for all time. Quality is always in style.

You can't put in a nickel and expect a dollar tune.

The flame of uniqueness still needs regular stoking.

There's no such thing as an undiscovered genius.

In painting, drawing is still the bottom line.

Great artists know well the joys of studenthood.

Better work is made by workers who love their work.
-Robert Glenn

04/07/2013

Art City Austin Volunteer Opportunity! Great way to give back and meet like minded folks. http://artallianceaustin.volunteerhub.com/Events/Index

Work with festival organizers to hang sponsor banners and event signage, care for landscaping, set-up table cloths, set-up booth facades, etc. This will be relatively physical work. Must be able to bend and lift and stand for long periods of time.

04/02/2013

So true so true

Abstract painting by Patricia Abramovich. For more information visit: http://www.abstractartistgallery.org/patricia-abramovich/

"Art for me is the freedom to create with no boundaries, to express the diversify of color from which the human soul is composed. Spreading color across a canvas is a means of meditation; I connect with my inner self."