This past September into October, I was honored to be a part of the annual Twilight On The Pier art and music festival on the Santa Monica Pier in Southern California! I was one of three artists painting live and it was my first experience working outside the studio with it’s benefits and limitations. Here… Continue reading Twilight On The Pier / Live Painting
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Publication in TUBE Magazine
“Optical Journeys: Joyce Nojima and Kayla Cloonan at En Em Art Space” by Justina Martino A lovely write-up on the show “Deceptive Clarity” at my representing gallery in Sacramento, CA: EN EM Art Space. M.A. in Art History and Gallery Assistant for EN EM Art Space, Justina Martino. “Deceptive Clarity features Kayla Cloonan’s large multi-media… Continue reading Publication in TUBE Magazine
Progress in the Studio: Work for EN EM Art Space
Finally photographed some of the stuff I’ve been working on in the studio the last few months. This is work for a series to be shown at my first show with my new representing gallery EN EM Art Space! The show is in Sacramento, CA and will be on display from October 1 – November… Continue reading Progress in the Studio: Work for EN EM Art Space
Artist Journal #23
3/11/15 I had a break-through moment in the studio with this painting, which for a while I couldn’t quite crack the code for what it needed to be complete. I have succeeded in creating a single, larger shape, floating on a white surface; surface tension. It both sinks into the fabric beneath the history of… Continue reading Artist Journal #23
Do Art Not Drugs Art Show – South Pasadena
Brought in the end of February with a little last minute show at Leisa Collins Art Studio in South Pasadena! I was lucky enough to be contacted by the artist herself, Leisa, whom I met early on in my re-location to Los Angeles, CA. She was looking for a couple more aritists to fill wallspace… Continue reading Do Art Not Drugs Art Show – South Pasadena
Now Available for Purchase!
Life just got easier for all you art lovers out there <3 <3 <3 My work is now available for purchase through Saatchi Art Online and my new Etsy store! Visit Saatchi Art Online for larger original paintings, and visit Etsy for smaller original drawings and collages. Thanks for supporting the arts!
Artist Journal #20
7/18/14 In the best of times and the worst of times – it’s about aggression. So much aggression welled up. My day job is all about showing nothing but pleasantness, no matter how rough life is. It’s a fucking miracle any of us ever get through all this shit. My art is all about that… Continue reading Artist Journal #20
Feature in Studio Visit Magazine – Volume 28
My first professional artist publication in Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 28, 2015! You can find my work on page 31. Click here to download the digital copy of this issue Thanks to everyone who helped make this possible. And thank you Studio Visit Magazine for choosing me to be featured among the fabulous artists within… Continue reading Feature in Studio Visit Magazine – Volume 28
Love Sick Art Show – Los Angeles
Come down to Heart of Art Gallery this coming Saturday, February 7th at 8pm for a night of music, performances, art and fantastic company! Love Sick is an anti-valentines show, interpreted by each artist as fit. It’s going to be an amazing night! Support one of the last all women & queer galleries in L.A.… Continue reading Love Sick Art Show – Los Angeles
Artist Journal #13
11/24/13 The work is about uncovering and recovering. It’s a struggle we deal with everyday. The switch between friends and public transit; work and family; home and car. We constantly have to go in and out between realities, personalities, projections, behaviors, truths, lies. Sometimes you can find those secret moments of revealing of the flaws… Continue reading Artist Journal #13
Kal L. Cloonan 