katrine hildebrandt

teasers...

2010-07-02T08:29:00.000-07:00

see the real deal tonight.
pictures by jason bosch.

Get Rainbowlogical

2010-07-01T08:00:00.000-07:00

I'm am very excited to be part of this show opening Friday, July 2nd.
Please stop by if you are in the area. 6 NEW pieces! Pictures to come...

3 new works

2010-05-11T16:01:00.000-07:00

three new pieces.

getting ready for a new show coming up at Corduroy, opening 7.2. the show is titled rainbowlogical, 7 artists, 7 colors...my color is green! more info on this coming soon.

I think i did fall in...

2010-05-02T18:08:00.000-07:00

zoomzoom...

big black hole

2010-02-19T15:31:00.000-08:00

the real experience of color

2010-02-19T12:23:00.000-08:00

"The colors in prison, or the no colors of public places, or sad public places, such as army camps and I suppose hospitals during the war years and things like that...you see gray, you see metal colors, you see an off green with a bit of luck you may see a bit of brown, but mostly you see infinite shades of gray and dirty green. It's like if you deprive someone of colors for a certain time and then you introduce color, however small the area of color that you introduce there will be an intense bang of recognition, the real experience of that color. We live in a sea of colors everyday, we don't even realize that we are looking at them; a bed of pink roses on the wallpaper, or the white color of a bird, or the darkness of a shirt. We are washed over by the richness of colors all the time. But in a situation like prison, all of a sudden there's this eruption of color...a coffee wrapper for instance, or a leaf that got blown over the wall, or even a thread that somehow got through the walls...you can not possibly imagine the intense awareness or experience of that color ... as if you have never seen color before. " ~ Breyten Breytenbach

I was listening to an episode of This American Life and this interview with a previous prisoner, Breyten Breytenbach really struck me. His words reflect his experience of color in a very vivid and tangible way, where you can almost feel those explosions of recognition or consciousness. I just love the idea of a single piece of red thread that somehow miraculously arrived within a closed of and very protective environment. And for just a second, that piece of thread was heaven, a remembrance of the outside world, and the first color ever to be seen.

ink washes, charteuse and exploding stars

2010-02-13T16:02:00.000-08:00

im working on a new series of drawings/paintings/cut paper pieces that are inspired by exploding stars. my last body of work was primarily white on white so im feeling the desire for dark black tones and a bit of green. growth within dark places and spaces.

indiana review

2010-01-25T17:20:00.000-08:00

im back from a very exciting and inspiring trip out to the mid-west. was so nice seeing old friends and making new ones too. here are a couple favorites from my trip, explore...

cara eskine

western exhibitions

krista hoefle

jason lahr

julie and bill tourtillotte

andrew rafacz gallery

above, below, within

2010-01-22T11:38:00.000-08:00

My show at St. Mary's College in South Bend, Indiana opens tonight! I wanted to share some pictures of the work and installation for those of you that can't make it to the opening. I have had an amazing time working on putting this show together, and now for the celebration!

feeling the pulse of the sea

2010-01-18T09:39:00.000-08:00

a walk along the beach the other day allowed me to see the pulse of the sea.  the snow gathered on the sand ripples revealing the patterns that the water created from flowing in and out.  the contrast of the white snow revealed the colors of winter, beautiful rusts and moss.

little magical creatures

2010-01-11T06:21:00.000-08:00

just love kyle field's work. peter got me these little magical creatures, and they have been making me smile and dream about secret fairy lands. check out his site for more goodness.

new work and the mid-west

2010-01-08T14:09:00.000-08:00

I wanted to post some pictures of recent work that I have just shipped out to Indiana for my show at St. Mary's College titled "above, below and within" opening January 22nd. I'm really looking forward to a trip out to the good ole' mid-west, it's been a while since I've been landlocked and drank pop. Check out my website, I have loading some pictures up of new sculptures and works on paper.

view from my studio

2009-12-21T14:53:00.000-08:00

so hard to get anything done, but i can't complain.

some favorite pictures from the past month

2009-10-09T07:16:00.000-07:00

Shacks, shacks and more shacks

2009-09-30T06:08:00.000-07:00

If you need more shacks in your life...Be sure to also check out "Just As Long As You Are There" a new show opening this friday at Corduroy. Michael Dacey creates geometric plywood caves and beautiful letterpress prints. We sure wish we could make it.

Draw Your Face Off

2009-09-30T05:55:00.000-07:00

This friday at SPACE gallery our artist collective is hosting a live drawing rally with 20 or more of some of the best artists in our fare city of Portland, Maine. The even goes from 5-8pm with music and beer aflowin'. Come bring home some affordable drawings minutes after completion.

crytsal couture

2009-07-12T10:24:00.004-07:00

I have been kind of obsessed with the free people blog lately...and, I think they might be catching on.  

Design by  Irina Shaposhnikova
from the collection Crystallographica

 Design by Jean-Paul Gaultier.

Can someone please buy these for me??

colorscope

2009-06-28T06:27:00.000-07:00

I found this via the paper source.

I can't get enough chartreuse in my life, and apparently it helps me explore the inner meaning of life!

a droopy delight

2009-06-16T15:10:00.000-07:00

Peter picked these flowers for me on a hike he did this weekend in Vermont. By the time they got to maine they were a little droopy, by I love them just the same. I had fun playing with them in the studio.

Mattson Family Art Benefit

2009-06-15T12:55:00.000-07:00

3,000 miles away, but ill be there in heart and spirit...

Mattson Family Art Benefit 

Friday, June 26
Surfindian Gallery
4658 Mission Blvd., Pacific Beach 

Music by the Mattson 2  

Silent Auction 7pm - 9pm 
Art to be "in hand" to winning bidder by 9:30pm  
100% of the proceeds will go to the Mattson family.
 $5 suggested donation at the door    
For more information, please go to www.surfindian.com

If you are reading this, and you just so happen to live in California, then you have no excuse but to go and support the Mattson Family. Not to mention there are some pretty amazing artists in the lineup...

Alberto Cuadros : Andrew Paynter : Andy Davis : Candace Anderson : Chivo : Ciro Bicudo : David Hanson : Droog79 : Dustin Ortiz : Ed Fladung : Frank Cubillos : Heather Brown : Jair Bortoleto : Jamie Watson : Jay Watson : Jenny McGee Dougherty : Jessica Nichols : John Zane Zappas : Joseph Conway : Julie Goldstein : Justin Furniss : Kassia Meador : Katrine Hildebrandt : Kieron 'Seamouse' Lewis : Kim Nguyen : Kyle Lightner : Lindsay Preston : Liz Cockrum : Luke Taaffe : Maggie Marsek : Meegan Feori : Michael Singman-Aste : Peter Jackson Hussey : Peter McBride : Renata Morrone : Rick Albano : Ryan Tatar : Serena Mitnik-Miller : Scott Massey : Scott Szegeski : Ted 'Clayfin' Gallup : Theo Hetherington : Thomas Campbell : Tiffany Campbell : Todd Stewart : Troy Dockins : Ty Williams : Yusuke Hanai

oh my.

REVIVAL

2009-06-04T06:07:00.000-07:00

The Pine Haven Collective is at it again. We have been working hard for the past couple months in preparation for our newest installation at ellO gallery in Portsmouth, NH. Come check out new work by Peter Jackson Hussey, Jenny McGee Dougherty, Joseph Conway and myself.

Sick Drawing by Joseph Conway

ellO gallery
110 State Street
Portsmouth, NH
Opening: June 5th from 5-8

thought id share

2009-04-23T05:07:00.000-07:00

some pictures from the weekend...

3 things with rings

2009-04-13T18:35:00.000-07:00

i've been drawn to circles
and what they represent
in the past couple of days.

in my drawing
i've been thinking
about the use of this shape
and how it can represent
the passage between two places.

a path or pattern
in which something goes
from one thing to another.

bits and pieces of things to come...

2009-04-06T17:48:00.001-07:00

Evolve

2009-04-02T05:23:00.000-07:00

Yoga Art

2009-03-31T05:22:00.000-07:00

I took this book Yoga Art by Ajit Mookerjee out at the library, and it has really inspired me in the past couple of days.

Some of the works in the book date back to the 15th century, yet look like they could have been produced yesterday. The forms are so simple, yet they reference things much greater and complex.

I think this quote kind of sums things up:

"According to yoga, the disciplines of science, metaphysics and philosophy must converge in the artist with a personal mysticism that penetrates the confused surfaces of experience to extract the principle of being."

2009-03-27T19:02:00.000-07:00

From the Studio

2009-03-20T17:32:00.000-07:00

This is a pretty simple paper cut i did today...but, it sprouted some ideas about 2d meeting 3d. More to come soon, I think...

goodbye winter

2009-03-18T18:44:00.000-07:00

i took this picture in january i think. there was so much frost on the window that you couldn't even peer out. looking forward to spring...

little movie

2009-03-16T13:15:00.000-07:00

art show

2009-03-15T06:40:00.000-07:00

The Mattson family is going through difficult times due to very serious health issues. Jamie Watson over at Pineappleluv will be collecting artwork for a benefit art show that will benefit the family. The date for this silent auction is still to be determined, but stay tuned as I'm sure there will be tons of good folks who contribute.

Gems

2009-03-15T06:22:00.001-07:00

Yesterday we went for a bike ride down to the piers and I spotted some beautiful old wood sitting out by a dumpster. Just couldn't let these gems sit in a landfill somewhere...so excited to put it to good use.

Studio Walls

2009-03-13T09:25:00.000-07:00

For the past month SPACE gallery, in Portland, ME invited a group of artists to recreate an area of their studio/work-space within the gallery. The idea grew from the often shrine-like accumulations of visual materials that so often find there way into the studio.

The studio, for me, is where I feel most comfortable-a little nest. When I get home, I poke my head into the studio and make sure everything is ok in there, it's like a child or a dog or something. Anyway, here are some pictures of my studios over the years. home....

Check out Studio Walls at SPACE.

Artists include: Greta Bank, Melinda Barnes, Amy Stacey Curtis, Meggan Gould, Friederike Hamann, Joe Kievitt, Scott Nash, Patrick O’Rorke, and Colin Sullivan-Stevens.

2009-03-12T10:36:00.000-07:00