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Blog Blast

To my left you will see a very blurry picture of a pen and ink drawing of a flower. I am posting it mainly because I said I wanted to blog today, and I kept bugging you about setting up blogger blogging ability (blog is a fantastic word, and I am pretty sure it can be used like smurf...smurf, smurfing, smurfed). Anyway, I wanted to post pictures from my sketchbook, but my computer is working at a blogging slow pace.

The sketchbook has a sketch, pretty much everyday, from my ride on the commuter rail. I am really facinated with the interaction between different riders, and the countless stories that each rider has to share (and, because I am not interviewing any of them, the stories, for the most part, are formulated purely in my mind based on their individuals looks of concern or excitement or etc.). I will expand more when I am able to upload the pics.

By the way, am I suppose to write to you or to the general world wide web?

justice - painting for Sean

recently completed painting commissioned by Sean - waiting to get it framed - can't wait to see how it looks in his office!

printmaking

review of Intergenerational show

TheDetroiter.com has posted a really great review of the Intergenerational Show at the Ellen Kayrod Gallery.

mini paintings added to website

these and more mini paintings available through my website:www.kellydarke.com

recent abstract paintings

a few of my recent paintings - the middle one is sold already and the small square piece on the right is still changing, I felt it needed a little bit more... we'll see where it ends up...

mini paintings

here a few small paintings I did a while ago - nine of them are on display at the Ellen Kayrod Gallery through Aug. 4th, 2006 for the intergenerational show. I framed them in black and they are hung on the wall in a 3 by 3 grid - they look really nice - you can kind of see them in some of the pictures from the opening night.

Ellen Kayrod Gallery Opening Pictures

The opening for the 3rd Annual Intergenerational Community Exhibition was last night and here are a few pictures - The show was a great collection of fun work, it all looked great together and the musical entertainment (Djeto Juncaj and Ben Temkow) was excellent!
The three large abstract paintings are mine and can be seen here: ocean, sky, and circus.

Intergenerational Community Exhibition

THE ELLEN KAYROD GALLERY PRESENTS:

THE 3RD ANNUAL INTERGENERATIONAL
COMMUNITY EXHIBIT
June 23 - August 4, 2006

The Ellen Kayrod Gallery is a venue for artists age 60 and over; however, once a year artists of all ages are invited to exhibit in an intergenerational show. This year's exhibit includes paintings, ceramics, assemblage, and sculpture by Kelly Darke, Rachelle Guenther, Robert Hyde, Harlan Lovestone, Azucena Nava-Moreno, Teresa Petersen, Rachel Timlin and Vito Jesus Valdez. An opening reception on Friday 06/23/06, from 5:00-8:00pm, will include acoustic guitar and violin by Djeto Juncaj and Ben Temkow. The performance begins at 7:00pm.

The Ellen Kayrod Gallery is located on the 1st floor of the Hannan House, located at 4750 Woodward. Gallery hours are Fridays from 9:00-7:00pm, or weekdays by appointment. For more information contact Mary Herbeck at 313-833-1300, x. 18, marylaredo@hotmail.com, or visit www.hannan.org.