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Sculpture Commision Installed

5/20/2014

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"Queen Tower" painted steel
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"King Tower" painted steel
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The "APRONS" are coming

5/6/2014

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I've been thinking about apron images for a few years now ... storing several visual possibilities in my head. Something about the apron as subject matter continues to hold my interest. My normal focus and passion lies in abstraction but for some reason aprons continue to dance through my mind. I touched upon the subject first with an apron sculpture, titled "White Rose Petals". 
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"White Rose Petals" mixed media, 52" x 51" x 8"
PictureApron sketchbook




I then filled a sketchbook with pencil sketches of aprons images formed in my mind.  Each sketch seemed to arrive with it's own story. The sketchbook was sold at a Women's Art league show to help raise student scholarship funds       (I did take photos of the sketches to use as reference for potential paintings).






I have now taken a substantial plunge into the subject matter. Many of those pencil sketches have evolved into large paintings and sculptures ... several are finished and others are in various states of completion.  I was fortunate enough to receive a COG (Creative Opportunity Grant) last year from the Artists of Rubber City which was a huge help in purchasing materials for this project.




PictureDetail of "Betty Lou"

My apron attraction seems to be fueled by many factors ...including but not limited to nostalgic aspects,  feminist perspectives, the idea of a protective cover up of something more precious than itself,  the symbol of "service" and "servitude", an expression of "style", etc.. 


Here are a few images showing small sections of some of my completed apron paintings. An Apron Show is in the works.




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Details of "On the Rocks" and "Heavy Metal"
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    Katina Pastis Radwanski
    (just "Kat" for short) 
    I'm a Northeast Ohio painter and sculptor with strong Atlanta, GA ties.  My Studio/Gallery is located on the 4th  floor of the Artcraft Building, 2530 Superior Ave., Cleveland, OH  katina@cpastisradart.com

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