A show of recent studies and watercolors I've painted - many were subjects for classes -  will be hanging at the town library in Searsmont, Maine, until the end of July or mid August. Subjects include paintings after Hopper and Homer, owl studies, a wharf scene, waterlilies, egrets, and a rose garden.

If you're interested in purchasing prints of any of these works please contact me by email: info(@)catinkacards.com. I can scan and upload to ImageKind where you can order prints, including giclees, on a variety of substrates. They also offer framing, however it is probably more cost effective to have a print framed locally rather than paying for extra shipping.

Posted by Catinka Knoth at 7:43 PM EDT

Updated: Monday, 25 June 2007 1:49 PM EDT

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I came across an artist, Dave B. Tibbetts, a fly fisherman who paints watercolors on fly fishing. You can read this article on him, Zen and the Art of Fly Fishing, by Robert Dixon. Interesting story on the artist's life, shows a selection of his paintings of fly fishermen.

Tibbetts is up there in years but certainly going strong (inspiring in itself). Sounds like a modern day Winslow Homer the way he combined painting with his love of hunting sports and outdoor life. Of course Homer didn't do commissions, didn't have to. But then he was at another point in the art history continuum. He came along when photography and (the industrial revolution) were gaining momentum. Art was developing a different purpose. Homer was one of few watercolorists, in a field that had not yet been developed. There was not a broad middle class yet, a broad market for this kind of commission work (paintings of homes, favorite spots, etc.). The new world of watercolors was then wide open for such a master draftsman and brush handler as Homer. He made his place at the head of America's foremost watercolorists, along with a few others. The Tibbetts story is intriguing and inspiring because of how he's joined his two loves, painting and fishing.

I am working on some coloring pages, of fish and fishing, based on the art of Winslow Homer. I'll put them up soon. Meanwhile, here is my pen and ink drawing, of bears fishing, for you to color. (Click title link for enlargement.)

Bears Fishing - coloring page 

Urls of the aforementioned Tibbetts links:
http://www.heartofnh.com/Arts/ZenFlyFishing.html
http://www.dbtwatercolors.com

Posted by Catinka Knoth at 11:31 AM EDT

Updated: Wednesday, 21 May 2008 10:11 PM EDT

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My friend Diana Dorenzo was showing recent work at the Viewpoints Gallery in Maui, Hawaii. Her work reminds me of the later work of Claude Monet, and Wolf Kahn's more colorful paintings, but with different subject matter. She creates vibrantly colored expressionist landscapes and color field paintings of animals. Her materials are oilpaints, oilbars, and oilpastels on canvas, wood panel or acrylic panel.

Expressionist Paintings by Maui artist Diana Dorenzo

Posted by Catinka Knoth at 2:40 AM EST

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Try a papercut! They're such fun. You can try one of these lions. Start with a quarter sheet of copy paper. Pinch a little section about 3/4" from the 'ground' edge. With a small pair of sharp scissors snip into the pinch. This is the back of the back paw. Cut smoothly up the back leg, around the tail, down the back, over the mane, ear, profile, mane again, chest, front leg(s), ribs and belly, haunch?, and finally down the back leg. Oops - each foot on the ground needs to stay connected if you want to turn it into a popup card. When I cut these I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with them. I did then make them into popup cards. Here I just kept making different arrangements with them. To turn them into popups they get glued into a card folder of a contrasting color. It should be positioned with the ground edge in the fold of the card. Glue a tab into the back of the figure. Leave a gap the same size as the distance between the ground edge of the papercut and its paw edge. Fold the rest of the tab up and glue onto the card. The tab acts as a bridge between the card and the figure and holds the figure away from the card. I should show one of the actual cards, but they got mailed. When I make another I'll try to remember to add it here.

See enlarged views of the pictures.
Papercut Lions 1
Papercut Lions 2
Papercut Lions 3
Papercut Lions 4

Posted by Catinka Knoth at 6:49 PM EST

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