{"id":1662,"date":"2013-04-16T20:41:03","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T00:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/?p=1662"},"modified":"2013-04-17T00:35:03","modified_gmt":"2013-04-17T04:35:03","slug":"realms-of-wonder-art-by-kathleen-obrien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/archives\/1662","title":{"rendered":"Realms of Wonder ~ art by Kathleen O\u2019Brien"},"content":{"rendered":"

The primary reason that I look forward with great anticipation to this Friday\u2019s LexArts Hop<\/a> is because Kathleen O\u2019Brien has a new solo exhibition. The opening reception for Realms of Wonder<\/strong><\/em><\/a> at the M.S.Rezny Studio & Gallery<\/a> is from 5 to 8 pm, and it is certain to be one of the highlights of the evening. It was no surprise when a local Marketing Maven recently exposed herself<\/a> as a Kathleen O\u2019Brien \u201cgroupie,\u201d and I suspect that there are far more than two of us. It\u2019s not at all baffling to find oneself totally captivated by her visionary art.<\/p>\n

Kathleen\u2019s artwork clearly grows out of how she thoughtfully observes and attunes with the world of nature. It also literally contains and preserves natural ingredients. But in contrast to collage that maintains its focus on formal or intellectual juxtapositions, Kathleen\u2019s art always nudges one toward a deeper sense of wholeness and the inner complexity of our balanced existence as both organic and spiritual beings. Without question, she has made a personal commitment to creating art as a mystical practice, and, on a communal level, to providing nature-inspired beauty as a source of healing in a fractured world. With the strong presence of these intangible dimensions, Kathleen\u2019s art is always esoteric, and yet she manages to make the work accessible to all with her choice of subject matter and allegiance to traditional drawing. At the same time, she can delight the eye of a fellow artist with her methodology, aesthetic choices, and pictorial skill. I\u2019m not ashamed to admit that much of Kathleen\u2019s symbolic virtuosity is beyond my ken, but I appreciate that it\u2019s all in play at the intuitive level. Being near the prolific output of her creative life is simply uplifting, and that\u2019s because all the facets of her art \u2014whether conscious or subliminal\u2014 unify as a total perception to nourish the mind, heart, and soul.
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Here is a video<\/strong><\/a> of Kathleen in the studio discussing her art.
\nFind out more about the artist at her website<\/strong><\/a> or blog<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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3 Worlds (detail, This World)<\/em><\/strong>
\nmixed-media collage, \u00a9 Kathleen O’Brien
\n22 x 15 inches<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The primary reason that I look forward with great anticipation to this Friday\u2019s LexArts Hop is because Kathleen O\u2019Brien has a new solo exhibition. The opening reception for Realms of Wonder at the M.S.Rezny Studio & Gallery is from 5 to 8 pm, and it is certain to be one of the highlights of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,11,8,13,22,4,54,35],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1662"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1662"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1705,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1662\/revisions\/1705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}