basma kavanagh: artwork: 2009

12.06.2009

Give Art

Tangerine
7.12" x 10.25"
egg tempera and acrylic on Cartiera Magnani paper
$150

Art makes a great gift! Have a look: notecards, reproductions, prints, paintings of all sizes. If a piece disappears from this page, it has probably been sold (but not necessarily - email me).

Seeds
13" x 5"
egg tempera and graphite on paper
$150

Ghost flower bookmarks
wood engraving printed on luscious Fabriano Rosaspina paper
8" x 2.4"
$5 ea.

Date study
10.25" x 7.12"
graphite and egg tempera on Cartiera Magnani paper
$100

Cortinarius
8" x 6"
egg tempera on Fabriano Rosaspina paper
$150

Coltricia
9.5" x 6.5"
egg tempera on Rives paper
$150

Calypso
11" x 15"
egg tempera on paper
$250

Rhododendron branch
13" x 9.5"
ink and wash on Rives paper
$100

Black chanterelle II
3" x 3.5" (mushroom)
11" x 7.25" (paper)
egg tempera on St. Armand paper
$75

Black chanterelle I
3.5" x 3.5" (mushroom)
11" x 7.25" (paper)
egg tempera on St. Armand paper
$75

Sand/sky no.4
10" x 10"
acrylic on natural linen
$275

Alders
10" x 10"
acrylic on canvas
$275

Graceful Helvella
digital print edition of 200
8" x 10"
$25 ea

'Bolete' hand-tinted reduction linocut
edition of 25
4" x 6"
$25 ea.

Three mushroom notecard designs:
Helvella, Phlogiotis, and Cortinarius (L-R)
5" x 7" cards with envelopes
$5 each

solomon's seal
36" x 24"
acrylic on hardboard
$300

these leaves
36" x 24"
acrylic on canvas
$450

Seaweed surface II
24" x 20"
acrylic on canvas
2007
$350

Ochrolechia variations (diptych)
30" x 60" acrylic on canvas
2007, 2008
$1500

Kaff mariam (twilight)
21 1/2" x 18"
acrylic on canvas
2007
$450

Kaff mariam
egg tempera and coffee on paper
2008
$325

Helvella
30" x 30"
mixed media on canvas
2007
$850

Helvella crispa I
12" x 9"
coloured pencil on paper
2005
$175

Frangipani leaves
32" x 25 1/2"
acrylic on canvas
2007
$850 (framed) $750 (unframed)

desert hyacinth with blood or fire
acrylic on linen
22" x 22"
2008
$600

Aloescape III
28 3/4" x 24"
acrylic on canvas
2007
$850(framed) $750 (unframed)

Calypso
24" x 20"
acrylic on canvas
2006
$450

10.26.2009

New for Fall

A night-time Sand/Sky (no.5)

Sand/sky no.4

the plural of Alder is Alder....

Autumn is mushroom-time! To celebrate my "toadstool friends": three mushroom notecard designs, a limited edition reproduction of my 'Graceful Helvella', and a hand-tinted, limited edition 'Bolete' lino cut.

Helvella, Phlogiotis, and Cortinarius (L-R)

5" x 7" cards with envelopes

$5 each

'Bolete' hand-tinted reduction linocut

4" x 6"

$25 ea.

Graceful Helvella

8" x 10"

$25 ea.

(better view of this image coming soon)

3.26.2009

Meh, March

Well, I really meant to post more in 2009, but I have little to post right now. Last year really took it out of me, and I've been busy with a lot of things that aren't painting (more on that soon). However, here are two new things. I think April will bring some new work, and some good news.

Untitled (illuminated leaves)
finished painting and underpainting (just because I never show that part)
59" x 29.5"
acrylic on canvas
SOLD
Sadly, these photos don't do this giant, luscious, swoon-inducing green thing any justice.
Take my word for it though, it's pretty impressive in real life.

Montropa uniflora (Ghost flowers)

12.5" 17.5"

egg tempera on cedar paper

SOLD

Monotropa detail

1.23.2009

Otherworld

Well, it is a sad time and a glad time. Otherworld comes down, and many pieces head off to begin their lives with new families. Sigh. But it was a great show! My friend, photographer Murdock Smith (http://www.murdocksmith.com/) has taken some great pictures of the work for me, which I will post below, so that we can all continue to enjoy them. I have arranged them in the order that they appeared in the gallery... so even though some are older pieces (posted elsewhere on the blog) you can see how all they all flowed together. Later, I will fit the various pieces into the appropriate posts for when they were created (2006, 2007, 2008). In the meantime....