Kickstarter Rewards

It is time to choose your reward if you donated to my Kickstarter project!  All of the pieces are separated into groups that correlate to the corresponding reward levels.  Here's how it works:  Peruse the selection for your reward level, chose a 1st, 2nd, & 3rd choice that you like to have,  if your first choice has not been taken by the time you contact me it is yours!  I will send all paintings out at the beginning of March.  All paintings are first come first serve, so reserve your favorite ASAP!  I will try to update this post as soon as each painting has been reserved.

(I tried to put everyone's initials next to their corresponding reward level.  Shoot me an email if you forgot which level is yours!)

$30 Reward Level :  AF, LS, JP

R1

 R2:CLAIMED












 R3:  CLAIMED













$50 Reward Level :  RB, AH

R4:  CLAIMED

R5:

R6:













$100 Reward Level : AW, VR, TK, CS, KW

R7:  CLAIMED

R8:

R9:

R10:  CLAIMED

R11:

R12: CLAIMED

R13:

OKAY!  Now it's your turn to pick your top 3 choices and shoot me an email at kim.vorperian@gmail.com  with the corresponding numbers (each piece has the code above the photo).  I'm so excited to finally send you some of my work!

Let me know if you have any questions.  I will mark each piece when it has been chosen.

<3

Open Studio TONIGHT and You're Invited!

Hello hello!  My work is up, the studio is clean, there is wine and popcorn on the table…. I am ready!

Just one hour to go before the open studio starts!!!

I will be broadcasting it live from here: USTREAM  from 1 - 4 pm Eastern US time and 6 - 9 pm Manchester time.

Almost all of the work that is up is for sale at very reasonable prices, if you see something you fancy!

Join me in celebration of a crazy residency experience completed.  I am so excited, proud, exhausted, and ready.

A huge thank you to everyone who has been supporting me along the way.  This is for you!

<3  Kim

12.11.13 - Work

So, I'm in the process of writing a MEGA blog post. BUT in the mean time I wanted to share some of the images of the pieces I've been working on in my NEW STUDIO (details in the near future).

Everyone has been super supportive of me lately and I figured now would be a good time to say:  Thank you so stinking much.   You guys have kept me feeling super motivated, (moderately) sane, and most importantly loved.  I'll stop gushing it up mushy style.  But I figured you should know.

 I'll be hosting an Open Studio next Thursday (Dec 19th) if you're in Manchester.  Come on by and see my work in person.

OKAY!  Here's some new stuff, courtesy of my iPhone camera… ershhhh:

Ink Study No. 9

11X14''

Ink Study No.10

5x7''

The four paintings below were made when I was feeling super homesick and lonely.  Just an exercise in communication of things that are hard or impossible to say.

Self Study No. 1

9x12''

Self Study No. 2

4.5x6''

Self Study No. 3

4.5x6''

Self Study No. 4

9x12''

These next two drawings are Manchester inspired.  They are both unfinished, but I figured I would give ya a sneak peek!

Lusitania

Unfinished

11x14''

PIGEONS: The True Mancunians

Unfinished

9x12''

Okay!  Keep your eye out for my next post.  It will have all the details of what has happened in this past crazy week.  The places I traveled, why I'm in a new studio, some of the wacky foods I tried, etc. But until then…

Oh man!  Wait.  Check out my new studio!!!

HIZZAH!

okay bye!

12.1.13 - Come into my studio. The water is fine.

Week three of the ArtFunkl residency and I'm starting to get into a groove.  My work has taken a little bit of a detour this week.  Before I show you what I've been up to I'll give you a short and sweet recap of this week's adventures in jolly old England.  I saw an art exhibition about radicalism, listened to a talk about the modern day role of the art critic by JJ Charlesworth, and had a gorgeous Thanksgiving dinner with a  bunch of new friends!  It was a special week.  Full of ups, downs, surprises, and good company.  Here are some photos of that:

Thanksgiving with some cool fat cats.

I cooked this.  And for anyone who knows me, this was a big deal.  A BIG deal.

Uncooked Thanksgiving staples.  There were no marshmallows to be found for the sweet potato casserole.  I guess the English only eat their marshmallows with a hint of a strawberry and vanilla?  Who woulda thunk.

Also missing on UK grocery shelves: pumpkin, corn tortillas, that weird canned jelly cranberry log thing (although you can find it's equivalent in a jar, but that's no fun), and a few other items that I can't remember at the moment.

I spotted the elusive motorcycle of my dreams outside the JJ Charlesworth talk.  It is perfect in every way.  Someday I will have my own and ride into the sunset with Bodhi in a side car, and not have to awkwardly gawk and drool while taking iPhone photos of stranger's bikes.  Someday….

I also made a moss garden.  I am in love.

Below are a bunch of pieces I've been working on.  As usual, let me know what you think!  Your feedback has been super encouraging and I really appreciate it.

This is a combo of the two different large plastic sheet paintings I've been working on.  somehow they fit perfectly together.  You really can't make out much of what's going on in the photo.  I'm going to try to make a frame for it so the pieces are separated from each other.  More photos to come!

Ink Study No. 1

And so begins the odd blob paintings.  I'm not really sure where these came from.  But I found a couple bottles of ink in the studio and decided to see what came out.  These are all 9x12''.  

Reflection on Piccadilly Garden.

Ink Study No. 2

9x12''

English Garden

Ink Study No. 3

9x12''

Uni Bus Stop

Ink Study No. 4

9x12''

Chinatown

Ink Study No. 5

9x12''

Conwy House, Wales

Ink Study No. 6

9x12''

Hailstorm

Ink Study No. 7

9x12''

Reflection on a Dream

Ink Study No. 8

8x8''

This is the beginning of a new watercolor study.  I thought it deserved to have a little showcase before I defiled it with more paint, colored pencil and lord knows what else.

9x12''

A photo of my studio post 14 hour work day.  Hizzah.

Tomorrow I am headed off to Liverpool to check out what's happening in that town of royal awesomeness.  I will take lots of photos.  Then I'm going to hit London on Wednesday!  Updates to come!!!

11.25.13 - T-Day, Drawings, and a whole lotta cotton going on.

First and foremost, Thanksgiving is a mere 2 days away.  !!!  I felt that it needed to be said.  And while no one I've met here seems to share my enthusiasm, there will be a Thanksgiving feast in the old ArtFunkl abode, Thursday November 28th.  The guests have been invited, the menu has been decided, there will even be candles.  Excitement is not a strong enough word to express how I feel.

This week Gloria and I decided to tackle the Manchester Gallery scene.  After a lot of backtracking, stranger asking, moderate swearing, and crappy map consultations we managed to find a few of the locations on our list.  The Center for Chinese Contemporary Art had a really cool exhibition on by artist Cao Fei.  It was a zombie film called "Haze and Fog".  It was funny, disturbing, and stunning.  Here is a LINK to CFCCA.  We also got to see an exhibition called "The Vanity of Small Differences" by artist Grayson Perry. Here's a LINK to that.  A group of six vibrant tapestries hung on the wall.  Each one was filled with sarcasm, humor, and hostility.  They were huge and expertly crafted.  They made me LOL and I loved it.  One small side note to our gallery and museum adventures in Manchester is that they were all free to the public.  Yup, FREE.  It blows my mind.

I took a few photos from this adventure.  That gorgeous building is Town Hall.:

Gloria!  The artist at the residency with me.

This is an image from the antique and craft section of the Manchester Art Gallery.  It made me "heh heh heh".  Maybe you'll get a kick out of it too.  By the way, this is the only part of the museum (apart from the gift shop) that you could touch.  Heh heh heh.  

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I also got to venture into an old cotton mill called Quarry Bank Mill outside of Manchester.  It was SO COOL.  Not only do they have all the old cotton cloth making machines, they also have live demonstrations.  That part was mega interesting, while being a little disconcerting at the same time.  At one point one of the demonstrators kept switching from speaking as herself (a middle aged, collar-t-shirt-clad demonstrator for the machines) to some fictional mill worker from the early 1800's.  You could only tell by the slight lowering of her voice and subtle lack of expression in her face when her role-playing began and ended.  It was oddly terrifying.   I also got to witness a woman spinning thread on an old spinning wheel.  Afterwards I felt like I knew exactly what I wanted to do with my life:  Pick up another antiquated hobby.  Let me know if you hear of any cheap spinnin' wheels about…

They started a new tv series on the BBC about this mill, surprisingly called "The Mill".  I wasn't feeling good later that day, so I ended up watching 4 hours of it.  From what I picked up from the show and my time at the mill, life was grim.  Now I feel a real respect for that kooky demonstrator.  She is bringing history to life.  I just didn't understand.

Quarry Bank Mill

 The Big Ole Water Mill under the Cotton Factory.

A Magical Cow living near the Quarry Bank Mill.

And now the reason I am really in Manchester: to work on my art.  Here are a few photos of what I've been messing around with this week.  I'll put little descriptions underneath each photo to give a little background if needed.  Otherwise, you're on your own.  As always, feedback is much appreciated.  Thanks to everyone who has let me know what they think so far, it really helps.  

9x12'' 

Maunsell Sea Fort Study No. 1  

I am in love with them.  This study is in pencil and ink.

Unfinished: Messing around with the Conwy Castle and SHEEP from last week's Welsh castle adventure.  It has an awkward feel to it right now.  Can't tell if I like that or not.

Below are a few color studies that I've been working on with a fall theme.  

9x12'' 

Fall Study No. 1

9x12''

Fall Study No. 3

9x12''

Fall Study No. 2

(aka subconscious Thanksgiving study)

10x10''

Alexandra Park - Autumn 2013 

Below are the two photos of Alexandra Park which the above drawing is based on.  This park is right next to where I am living and I like to run in it every so often.  The photos are taken only one week apart in the same area. 

 Lesson of the Day: Leaves fall fast in this part of the world.

And to finish off this post:                            SOUP

I hope your fall is warm and welcoming.   Wishing you a very, very Happy Thanksgiving this week. Let's make it one for the memory books, eh?