Over the past few months I became aware of the beautiful pastel paintings of Casey Klahn.
Nearly every single time he posted one I would stop dead in my tracks and be captivated by his use of colour and his semi-abstract style. I found his works satisfying and solid to look at with simple yet powerful shapes which pleased me eye.
In the end I have to give in and just buy one. It is the first image – beautiful isn’t it?
Now that I have it I am deliberating on how to frame it. Here are two possible ideas (I used Adobe to create virtual frames).
Which do you prefer – if any?
Meantime I have isolated some of those lovely passages in the painting that caught my eye and I hope they do yours.
To view Casey’s work visit his blog here…http://currentcaseyklahn.blogspot.co.uk/
or his Pinterest board here and be blown away buy his flamboyant and confident use of colour – http://www.pinterest.com/pin/181762534932537925/
I am lucky enough to now be going on a pastel workshop that he is running in Kemijarvi, Lapland this August – I only hope to be a quarter as good as Casey after my trip!
I have never really worked en plein air as the UK’s weather is so unreliable – I hope this trip will change all that.
It’s amazing how the darker may really makes the light passages pop,that’s my vote.casey is truly gifted
Fred – he is and thanks for your comment. We all have to try to be braver with dark passages in our paintings as they really do switch on the lights elsewhere!
Thanks for the lovely post, Alison. I’d say the light frame shows the art better, but the gold one would work better in a fully furnished environment. I guess context would count, and I do favor that gold one, too.
My pleasure Casey 🙂 I love the gold – I shall see what wonders my framer can do with it! Alison