Karen James

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Illustration Friday

There is a great website called Illustration Friday in which many artists jointly commit to doing one illustration per week on a chosen word. These are my attempts:

"Talisman"
10 x 10 inches
Ink and conte on paper
2009

"Poise"
10 x 10 inches
Ink and conte on paper
2009

"Addition and Subtraction"
10 x 10 inches
Ink and conte on paper
2009

"Legendary Return"
10 x 10 inches
Ink and conte on paper
2009

"Intricate Unwinding"
10 x 10 inches
Ink and conte on paper
2009

"A Gust of Laughter"
20 x 10 inches
Ink and conte on paper
2009

"Instinct"
10 x 10 inches
Ink and conte on paper
2009

"Celebrate"
10 x 10 inches
Ink and conte on paper
2009

Friday, January 09, 2009

Where Do We Go From Here?

"Where Do We Begin?"
Acrylic and crayon on watercolour paper
10 x 13 inches
2008

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Words and Meaning

"Maybe"
Crayon, Acrylic paint and ink on velum over stamped paper
9 x 12 inches
2008

"Yes?"
Crayon, Acrylic paint and ink on velum over stamped paper
9 x 12 inches
2008

"Yes and No"
Crayon, Acrylic paint and ink on velum over stamped paper
9 x 12 inches
2008

Monday, April 07, 2008

Ordinary People, Every Day

Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.
--Martin Luther King.

Once one assumes an attitude of intolerance, there is no knowing where it will take one. Intolerance, someone has said, is violence to the intellect and hatred is violence to the heart.
--Mohandas Gandhi

There is no trust more sacred than the one the world holds with children. There is no duty more important than ensuring that their rights are respected, that their welfare is protected, that their lives are free from fear and want and that they grow up in peace.
-- Kofi Annan

Let all people be healthy.
--Ethan James (my son, at 3 years old)

According to Tolerance.Org :

SOMEWHERE IN AMERICA...

Every hour
someone commits a hate crime.

Every day
at least eight black people, three white people, three gay people, three Jewish people and one Latino person become hate crime victims.
Every week
a cross is burned.

All pieces are done in ink and acrylic on the pages of an old Social Psychology book.
Each individual has a key.
The sizes are approximately 7 x 10 inches.
Completed in 2008.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

This series focuses on using recycled materials. Many of the pieces intend to be playful and are collaborations with my son. The junk that is incorporated into these works is found on walks around our community and from a collection of items from around the home. The hand-made paper has been made from our mail and used wrapping paper.