DIANE KAHLO & STEVE ARMSTRONG and Friends:

CHIAROSCURO:A LIFE OF LIGHT AND SHADOW

 

December 7th 2024 -February 1, 2025

GALLERY HOP, Friday, January 17th, 5-8 pm

 

CITY GALLERY , Pam Miller Downtown Art Center, 141 East Main St., Lexington, KY 40507   

Hours:   Tuesday-Thursday, 11 am- 5 pm, Friday, 11 am- 8 pm, Saturday, 11am-5 pm.

   
 

 

Exhibit Statement

The last year has been a life of contrast; we have suffered the loss of our daughter and niece, but in that grief we have sought light, humor, and purpose in the way that artists often find healing: through art-making. Our artwork is a vessel for that grief, as well as a distraction from the reality of our new life. In Steve's work there is humor, often revealing the beauty and light even in the darkest of themes and events. Diane's work refers to the cycle of life, death, and rebirth in both the mandalas made from found and disposed objects, and in her paintings that refer to Memento Mori paintings. Included in the exhibition are four local artists who were a big part of our daughter, Anna's, life. They each created something that was a part of who Anna was.

Carey Neal Gough, Pat Gerhard, Sarah Spradlin, Michelle Newby Armstrong

    

   
 

 

 

Diane Kahlo

 

 

Anakis Treasure

NFS

   
 

 

 

 

 

 

Memento Mori: "Colibrí/Kολιμπρ?" (Spanish/Greek)  Hummingbird

Oil on canvas

$1800

 

   
 

 

 

 

 

 

Mandala
Mixed Media

24 x24 inches

$3000

 

   
 

 

 

 

 

Mandala #4, 2024

Mixed Media

6'x6'

$9,000.00

   
 

 

 

 

 

Memento Mori: Acherontia atropos (Latin)

Oil on canvas (unframed)

$1500

" I'm fascinated by dichotomy, duality, contrast. Although the Death's-Head Moth is the subject of numerous superstitions of being evil, it is actually harmless except to a few crops and beehives. I was fascinated by its visual beauty and the obvious image of a skull on its body. I used this image to represent the skull that is traditionally found in Memento Mori paintings."

 

   
 

 

 

 

Steve Armstrong

Queen of Night Juggles the Stars 2024
Acrylic on Carved and constructed wood

 30 x 12 x 9

$3500.00

 

 

 

 

Visit II/2
Carved Wood Automata

12.5 x 7.5 x 7.5

When cranked the curtain moves and the cat raises its head and book page turns

$3200

   
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Man Threatened by Lions
Carved and painted wood

12 x 7 x 6.5
When cranked, man moves back and forth

$2500

 

   
 

 

 

 

 

 

Pirahnas
Carved painted wood, hand carved wooden gears

14.5 x 7.5 x 5.5
When cranked the pirahnas circle around

$2000

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

Bee Rider 2024
Acrylic on carved wood with handcarved wooden gears

25 x 9 x 9
When cranked, the bee flaps its wings

$3500

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cane Table
Unpainted carved wood
34.25x14x14

$4500

 

 

Table detail

 

 

 

Table Detail

 

   
 

 

 

 

 

 

Stallion

Carved and painted wood automata
13.5x7x7
When cranked the stallion rears up

$2400

   
 

 

 

 

 

 

The Puppeteer 2024
Carved wood automata
21.5x7.5x7.5
When cranked the puppeteer moves his hand and moves the puppet

$3200.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blacksmith 2024
Carved Wood Automata
7.75x6.5x6.5
When cranked, the blacksmith swings hammer to strike metal

$1800

   
 

 

 

 

Contact us for more information at

info@heikepickettgallery.com or (859) 233-1263

Additional photos of Steve Armstrong's and Diane Kahlo's work are available under the artists link below

 

   
   
   
       
 
 
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