Tuesday, November 11, 2014

More updates:

The next stop of this show - Griffin Museum of Photography
Opening Jan. 10, 2015.  On display until March 1, 2015.


Davis Orton Gallery - photography, mixed media, photobooks
114 Warren St.   Hudson, NY   518-697-0266  contact  website  Friday to Sunday, noon to 6 p.m. & by appt


Twenty Photobooks in Exhibition

photobook 2014, twenty books
Thomas Alleman, The American ApparelRosie Barnes, Understanding StanleyKaren Bell, Color Field; Andrew Fedynak, In the Light of a Fading SunDeena Feinberg, Morning MeditationsPoala Ferrario, 19 Pictures, 22 RecipesPreston Gannaway, Between the Devil & the Deep Blue SeaCathryn Griffith, Weaving Hopes and PrayersMiki Hasegawa (bos), The Path of Million PensMichael Hunold (bos), SHOOTRobbie Kaye, Beauty and WisdomKay Kenny, Into the Night in the Middle of NowhereBarbara Ciurej & Lindsay Lochman, Processed Views: Surveying the Industrial LandscapeLinda Morrow (bos), CallaAlex Nichols, Proof That Nothing Matters; Nathan Pearce, Midwest DirtRebecca Sittler (bos), All the Presidents’ MenKris Vervaeke, AD InfinitumHeidi Woodman, Gold FeverSebastian Zimmermann, Fifty Shrinks

MORE See all photobook artists exhibiting at Griffin Museum of Photography

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Monday, August 11, 2014

F L O T S A M  &  J E T S A M

Photographs by Karen Bell
Alliance Gallery 37 Main St.
Narrowsburg, NY
Reception: Friday, August 15   7-9 PM

“For several years I have been
exploring natural curiosities—dead birds, feathers, insects, reeds, twisted vines, shards of ice—as discovered and photographed during my many
wanderings, or gathered and brought back to my studio where they get incorporated into my life and sometimes into images,” explains Bell.
Bell lives in New York City, but spends a good deal of time exploring nature both in the 
Upper Delaware River region and at the VCCA which is nestled in the foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. www.vcca.com

“Through my collections of feathers, leaves, insects, seed hulls, and other biological curiosities, I aspire to freeze the lens of time as objects reveal themselves in their (frequently) decaying splendor,” she says. “Chance and design converge in the creation of these portraits of our natural world.”

Bell photographs what she encounters in the natural world and also creates still-lifes in the studio. “Being a constant collector of flotsam and jetsam, I now find myself able to utilize the varied objects I collect into my image making, whether photographing in situ, on a surface, or using a scanner as a recording device.” www.karenbellphoto2.blogspot.com



The exhibit is sponsored by the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, the Arts Council for Sullivan County, NY, and is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the

support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. There will be a reception on Friday, August 15 from 7 to 9 p.m. www.delawarevalleyartsalliance.org.

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Inkjet/vellum - more

Printing the new combos - vellum - not always my friend, but worth the challenge.
All are printed 13" x 19".  Moab Entrada is the base print.  Inkjet Vellum on top.















Sunday, May 18, 2014

Looking at my books….

To see more of my books - please visit my old website -

http://karenbellphoto.com/books/books.html



Stilled Life 
Includes a wonderful poem by Dorianne Laux







Flotsam and Jetsam





Color Field - my last all film project

























My interpretation of the Gates project.




Jardins du Plantes




City Park, Lynchburg, VA







Coney Island - a Flexagon

   


BUGS  Another flexagon








Monday, March 24, 2014

End of March news.

More news and a sign of spring - finally.

May 1- 31 - I will be showing a generous amount of work at the Westhampton Beach Library - 7 Library Avenue, Westhampton Beach, NY.  
Open 7 days/week.
There will be a reception on May 24, Saturday, from  4-5pm.  

Registration continues to be open for the Plein Air Portugal workshops.
July 26- Aug. 1 - photo with me or painting/drawing with Dale Emmart.
Aug 2- Aug. 9  - photo with Peter Adams or painting/drawing with Dale Emmart.

www.pleinairportugal.com  for additional info and to register.

And now a taste of spring.  Can't come soon enough.


Tuesday, February 11, 2014

More News:

I will be leading a workshop in digital photography in Portugal this summer.  The program - Plein Air Portugal, started by Dale Emmart is in its second year.  It is open to all who paint, draw or photograph. Come for the first session - July 26 - Aug.1 or the second Aug 2 - Aug 8 or both!
Enjoy the beauty of the landscape, the food, the people.  We will be a small group, so lots of individual attention.

For more info:  www.pleinairportugal.com
                       www.pleinairportugal.blogspot.com

Email me at klbphoto@gmail or Dale - emmartd@aol.com  for additional info.


Second piece of news:

I just learned I will be having a show in Raleigh, NC sometime in the 2015-16 season.
Looking forward to seeing all my NC friends.  Stay tuned for additional info.

And now a look out my window:  Winter, 2014.   This is why I'm so looking forward to Portugal.