Showcard Front:
Kathleen Callery, Daffodils with 3/5th Purple Gray
(detail).
2022, 20" x 20" x 1.5", Oil on canvas
Kathleen Callery | Marsha Staiger
April 10 — May 18, 2025
Artist’s Reception: Sunday, April 13, 4 — 6 pm
On a daffodil painting: I enjoy the tactile sensation of drawing and synchronizing my hand-eye coordination. I am interested
in creating a painting that is complete, but still shows some of its inherent structure. I correct the emerging image using my imagination,
thinking of the many daffodils I have seen in my lifetime, a sort of “universal” daffodil and draw now with a free hand.
This work shares my emotional response to the nature of daylight in this geographical area. — Kathleen Callery
As I work, I encourage the child in me to reinvent the delight of repeating the cadence in the mark making that begins my process
.... Layers of color talk to and influence each other. The balance
between warm and cool, the rhythm that is created as a color travels through the work New colors added or taken away that
change all the relationships The way an accidental drip leads to
the next large mark. Mixed signals and ambiguity are part of my process of creating. — Marsha Staiger
Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association
201 Prince Street, Alexandria, Va 22314
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City of Alexandria.
Summer Solstice:
A Curated Expo
of Original Works
by Local Artists
Daffodil on a Tan Background
2023, 20" x 20"
Oil and
gold leaf on canvas
Nepenthe Gallery
7918 Fort Hunt Road, Alexandria, VA 22308
571-347-7961
June 22 - July 5, 2023
Art and website
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