Kehler Liddell Gallery Presents "Couples"

Article by Jen Payne

(Photos by Zimmerman Fine Art Studio)

On the cusp of Valentine’s Day, New Haven's Kehler Liddell Gallery will present COUPLES, featuring the evocative work of artist Kathleen Zimmerman. Her drawings, prints and sculpture will be on display from Thursday, January 14 through Sunday, February 14, with an Opening Reception on Sunday, January 24, 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. Casey McDougal, (SAG-AFTRA), an award-winning actor, will perform a devised work inspired by Zimmerman’s exhibition.

In all of her work, Zimmerman’s love affair with form is evident. Her special way of seeing the underlying abstract shapes of her subject matter inspired one of her professors to remark, "you draw like a sculptor." She earned artistic merit scholarships and academic grants from the University of Hartford Art School in West Hartford, Connecticut, where she received a BFA concentrating in sculpture and printmaking. Zimmerman’s work has been exhibited in solo and group shows around the country and is part of both public and private collections. Most notably, her life-sized sculpture, Melody, is part of the renowned Benson Sculpture Garden in Loveland, Colorado. When asked about her work she said,  “My art communicates day-to-day life as well as more profound ideas surrounding relationships, stages of life and culture. I use symbolism & surrealism, which creates a mythical quality adding layers of meaning.”

Kehler Liddell Gallery is located at 873 Whalley Avenue in New Haven, Connecticut. Gallery hours are Thursday through Friday from 11:00am - 4:00pm: Saturday and Sunday from 10:00am - 4:00pm. It is free and open to the public. For more information, visit our website, www.kehlerliddellgallery.com, or call 203.389.9555.

As you explore this unique show, you’ll find that Zimmerman often relies on pairs in her work.  Sometimes as separate but related images as in WoMan Series, or mirrored images as in BlockHead Series or two main subjects in one work as in Lovers Series or two different interpretations of the same image in her EastWest Series.  She has even married both two-dimensional and three-dimensional in works such as in CosmicCow Series or BearHug Series.

COUPLES runs concurrent with NEW YEAR/NEW WORK, which compliments and works with Kathleen's solo show, featuring 20 of Kehler Liddell Gallery’s other member artists in a full range of media, from painting, printmaking and works on paper, to photography and sculpture.

Founded in 2003, Kehler Liddell Gallery has grown to represent some of Connecticut's highest achieving mid-career and emerging artists in a full range of media, from painting, printmaking, works on paper, photography and sculpture. The Gallery is dedicated to representing critical perspectives that challenge and illuminate our culture and enrich our aesthetic experience, and is committed to establishing New Haven as an important center of arts and culture. Its programs have included collaborative group shows, projects with musicians, theatre troupes, filmmakers, authors, actors, dancers, creative entrepreneurs, and events like the Westville ArtWalk.

Note: Kathleen's exhibition Couples runs from January 14th through February 14th, 2016. Kehler Liddell Gallery is located at 873 Whalley Avenue in New Haven, Connecticut.

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It's a Wonderful Life: Celebrate with Art

A Group Holiday Exhibition featuring drawings, paintings, prints, photographs and sculpture.

Kathleen Zimmerman is exhibiting a graphite drawing, an intaglio print and five digital archival prints in Kehler Liddell Gallery's holiday show. As the title suggests, all the work in this holiday show is about celebrating life and art. Kathleen Series' Dance and Music as well as her newest creation, Spirit Guide or what some call "Over the Hills and Through the Woods" will be on display. SpiritGuide is part of her DogDaze Series, which she started earlier this year. This graphite drawing and intaglio print were inspired by Kathleen's daily walks with her beloved dog and walking companion, Izzy, at a series of trails not far from her home. When asked about it she says that Izzy's free spirit and the beauty of this area fill her with joy everytime she goes. This made her want to try to capture how she felt about her time with Izzy and this particular place in this drawing. As you can tell, this work like her whole body of work, uses symbolism and surrealism to communicate in Kathleen's unique visual language.  

Kehler Liddell Gallery is the first to exhibit SpiritGuide and cordially invites you to come to see her as well as our other artists work November 19 - December 20, 2015 Thursday through Sunday 11 - 4.  Kathleen and the rest of the artists at Kehler Liddell hope to see you and yours at the Opening Reception: Sunday, November 22, 3 pm – 6 pm to celebrate art and this wonderful life. 

Note:  This exhibit is at the Kehler Liddell Gallery, 873 Whalley Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut.

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Meet Kehler Liddell's Newest Artists

Meet Kehler Liddell Gallery’s Newest Artists
Kehler Liddell Gallery introduces five new artists in a New Member Exhibition on view from Thursday, September 10 through Sunday, October 11, with an Opening Reception on Sunday, September 13 from 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. The show runs concurrent with Mexicans, a photography exhibit by Sven Martson.

The New Member Exhibit presents an exciting collection of work by Kehler Liddell’s newest artists, highlighting the key elements of design: form, space, texture, color and shape. Featured artists include:

Laura Barr
Laura Barr lives and works in Stony Creek, Connecticut. She received a BA from Tufts University and a BFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She also attended Tyler School of Art in Rome, Italy. “I have always drawn inspiration from direct observation,” Barr says. “My instinct is to simplify form and enhance color, distilling and embellishing what I observe, while paying close attention to strong composition.” In her recent series, which include Water Glass, Quarry Depths, Rock Water: Thimbles, Rock Water: Quarry and Waterline, her work explores color, transparency, reflection and the material qualities of light. 
Roy Money
Roy Money has been involved in photography for 40 years, including a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Delaware, teaching at multiple schools and universities and exhibiting widely. But it was a 2008 trip to China that reinvigorated his commitment to making art and stimulated a connection between the artwork and his then existing practice of zen meditation. That connection continues to be a major influence on his use of the camera – exploring the limits of awareness and the porous boundary between self and everything else. “Photographing affords me a way of affirming and exploring my place in the single world we humans share with all manner of animate and inanimate matter,” he explains. 
Liz Antle-O’Donnell
An Elm City native, Liz Antle-O’Donnell has been an active member of the New Haven arts scene as a teacher, arts administrator and participating artist for close to a decade. Though primarily a self-taught artist, she studied printmaking and studio arts at New York University, Paier College of Art, and Rhode Island School of Design. “The central theme in my work is the conversation between the natural and urban landscapes,” she explains. “Perhaps more typically considered a clear-cut, good vs. evil scenario, this dialogue is represented as a harmonious struggle, a relationship full of fractal symmetries and fluid dichotomies.” 
Jaime Ursic
Jaime Ursic received a BFA in Painting/Drawing from the Pennsylvania State University and a MFA in Painting/Printmaking from the Yale University School of Art. She has taught and lectured at universities and museums around the country. Ursic's artworks demonstrate the experimental and playful nature of her production. “I create inspired by my visual accounts of the moment’s circumstances, searching for ways to best achieve what I see,” she writes. Her palette is inspired by her surroundings, working with locally found materials, layering them onto a variety of inked surfaces. “The final effect is comparable to an archeological dig, calling on the viewer to sift through and inspect the final image, mining the work for visual treasure.” 
Kathleen Zimmerman
Kathleen Zimmerman’s love affair with form is evident in all her work. Zimmerman attended the University of Hartford Art School in West Hartford, Connecticut on artistic merit scholarships and academic grants where she earned her BFA in sculpture and printmaking. She has worked in the fields of art casting, carpentry, metal fabrication, printmaking and teaching art. She currently works at Zimmerman Fine Art Studio, as well as Dog Eye’s Print Studio, producing intaglio prints and mixed media sculpture. “My art communicates both day-to-day life as well as more profound ideas surrounding relationships, stages of life and culture,” she says, “I use symbolism and surrealism to lend a mythical quality filled with layers of meaning.”

Founded in 2003, Kehler Liddell Gallery has grown to represent some of Connecticut's highest achieving mid-career and emerging artists in a full range of media, from painting, printmaking and works on paper, to photography and sculpture. The Gallery is dedicated to representing critical perspectives that challenge and illuminate our culture and enrich our aesthetic experience, and is committed to establishing New Haven as an important center of arts and culture. Its programs revel in the excitement of cross discipline collaborations—including collaborative group shows, projects with musicians, theatre troupes, filmmakers, authors, dancers, creative entrepreneurs, and events like the Westville ArtWalk.

Please join Kehler Liddell Gallery for these upcoming fall and winter shows:
    October 15 - November 15: Keith Johnson and Edith Morrison
    November 19 - December 20: Kehler Liddell Artists, Holiday Show
    January 14 – February 14: Kathleen Zimmerman Solo and Gallery Artists Show                                              

Kehler Liddell Gallery is located at 873 Whalley Avenue in New Haven, Connecticut. Gallery hours are Thursday through Friday from 11:00am - 4:00pm: Saturday and Sunday from 10:00am - 4:00pm. It is free and open to the public. For more information, visit our website, www.kehlerliddell.com, or call 203.389.9555.

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