Guest Artist Kelly Moore works near Taos New Mexico, at the Tesuque reservation flea market, which Kelly calls the flea. He's got incredible energy in his work, and paints from the heart pictures of dogs/coyotes/wolves, horses, rabbits, volcanos and etc.
Below Kelly's writing about the volcano dawgs piece:
Closer to the Fire
its long been thought
that the ancient wolf
was domesticated by man
to serve his own needs
but recently the pointy headed folks
made a discovery
that the dark dawgs moved closer to humans
for their own reasons
shifting the focal point of the painting
to the wolfs eye
not mans
which brings me to a problem
(or what i thought was a problem)
namely my inability to paint humans straight up
without a coyote tale attached to the hindquarters
or a bird beak featured as a nose
but now im beginning to understand
all you have to do is use the wolves eye
as you read the front page of the newspaper
or drive on the innerstate
to realize we need more wild things
because humans
arent solving the human problems
and the wolves knew it...
thay came closer to the fire
because thay knew
we needed help
Kelly's shed at the flea, his from the ground up art studio:
A postcard from Kelly to the MOMA Museum of the Arts (Go Kelly go!, if it works let me know and I'll send the MOMA Museum a postcard too! but in my case I'll tell them I need at least two weeks notice to get my solo show ready):
Below Kelly's letter to the MOMA museum:
DEAR MOMA MUSEUM OF MODERN ARTS
CUREATOR OF THE ARTS MS ANNE TEMKIN
LAST WEEK WHILE IN OKLIEHOMA I STOPED AT A TRUCKSTOP
FOR A BATHROOM BREAK (#1)
AND WHEN I HAD FINISHD MY BUSINESS
EYE TURNED AROUND
AND LO AND BEHOLD
THERE ON ONE OF THE VENDN MACHINES
WAS A PIXTURE OF A WOMAN WHO LOOKD JUST LIKE YOU
(EXCEPT HER MOUTH WAS WIDE OPEN AND HER EYES WHAS CLOSD)
AND I REALIZD IT WAS A SIGHN FROM GOD
(HE HAS ASSURED ME MY TIME IS COMN)
THAT I WRITE YOU
THIS WEEK TO LET YOU KNOW MY CUTTING EDGE
(I AM WORKN ON HORSES AND RABBITS REAL HARD ANDAS I LOOKED ON YOUR WEBSITE
I NOTICED THAT SURE ENOUGH YOU DIDNT HAVE ANY HORSES RUNNIN WITH DARK BIRDS FLYN OVER THEM
AT THE MOMA MUSEUM)
FLEA MARKET ART IS READY FOR THE SOLO FIRST TIME YOU
GOT A DRY PATCH AND WANT ME TO MAIL
THE NEW HORSE PAINTINGS YOUR WAY
(PLEASE GIVE ME A WEEK NOTICE)
So now we've come to the giveaway of Absurdity is my Friend, a book of paintings and artwork by Kelly, photos by Kat Livengood. I'm going to ask at least 15 people to say a few words about Kelly's work via a comment to this blog. After 15 people have commented I'll put all your names in a hat and draw the winner who will receive a free copy of Kelly's book, courtesy of Kelly. So comment away!
Michael, thanks so much for your comment. I am the creator of this blog and yet I realize I don't know how to make a comment, I just know how to respond to others' comments. So here I am asking people to comment for the book giveaway but perhaps even if they wanted to they couldn't figure out how to do it. Did you notice a "make a comment" button at the blog?
Posted by: Mary Shelley | December 16, 2012 at 04:01 PM
I like that little building! You can tell that it was styled by a dedicated soul and it goes along very well with the creative style of his artwork!
Posted by: michael moody | December 16, 2012 at 02:37 PM
Thanks for your comment Donna. Please more comments from the rest of my readers. I've got this gorgeous book written by Kelly with photos by Kat Livengood, lots of glossy photos, 1/2 inch thick. You can comment here at my blog or at my facebook friend or fan page. Once I get your name I'll put it in a hat as a contender to receive the book in a prize drawing.
Posted by: Mary Shelley | December 10, 2012 at 07:44 AM
Absolutely love his use of colour. His work is vibrant and full of life.
Posted by: Donna | December 10, 2012 at 05:20 AM