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Walk with Light

May 18 - June 20, 2017
The Plaxall Gallery
5-25 46th Street
Long Island City, NY

About Me

Kathy Ferguson, a mixed media artist living in Colorado, creates colorful abstract paintings that are bold, richly layered, and complex.

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Little by little. Day by day. Small habits lead to

Little by little. Day by day. Small habits lead to big successes. Practice, practice, and more practice. That's how transformative change comes about.

I’ve tried mixing my paint on a pallet, or a pap

I’ve tried mixing my paint on a pallet, or a paper plate. But I find I don’t make enough paint with this method, and it dries out before I can use at all. It also makes me timid with my paint, not using enough to be bold and powerful in my work. So I’ve switched to mixing my paints in containers with lids. The paints last a lot longer and I find I’m comfortable mixing larger quantities since it won’t go to waste. How do you work with your paints?

Some days it feels to see if my artwork is nothing

Some days it feels to see if my artwork is nothing more than a long series of mistakes that miraculously transform into a final painting. I just have to continue to push through and ignored that nasty voice in my head until I get to the end. How Do you silence the negative thoughts that sometimes come when you’re creating?

Though most of my artwork is abstract, I often lik

Though most of my artwork is abstract, I often like to add a botanical element to them. It seems to ground them a little more in realism and suggest the paintings are landscapes. Even if the plant leaves are purple!! 💜 Closeup of a larger painting.

When we were children we loved to do things just f

When we were children we loved to do things just for the joy of it. How many of you spent hours just trying to get that basketball into the hoop? Or riding your bike 🚴 for miles just to feel the wind in your hair? The next time you're frustrated with a task, try to recapture the childlike joy of just doing without judging the outcome.

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What is item that you love to buy for your hobby even when you already have lots of them? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
• My husband owns about 40 striped golf shirts 👕 . • One daughter loves to read and owns hundreds of books 📚 . ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
• Another daughter loves makeup and has more lipstick 💄 than Sephora. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
• My son loves to bake and his kitchen cabinets are overflowing 🥧. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
• Me … I have a paintbrush obsession 🖌⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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What do you like to collect?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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📷 sarah williams

We all have days when it’s hard to get started.

We all have days when it’s hard to get started. My advice is just to pick one small thing and do that.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Artists 👩‍🎨: Gesso some canvases⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Chefs 👩‍🍳: Clean out the refrigerator ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Gardeners 👩🏾‍🌾: Pull some weeds⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Zombies 🧟‍♂️: Pick the brains out of your teeth⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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You get the idea.

This small corner of a larger painting looks like

This small corner of a larger painting looks like a fluorescent underwater grotto. Wouldn’t it be amazing while scuba diving to stumble onto this? I love creating fantastical abstract landscapes with paint 🎨.

Always! Perfection and procrastination are the tw

Always! Perfection and procrastination are the two greatest killers of creativity. Choosing action is the best way to avoid both.

Another closeup of a new painting. This is such a

Another closeup of a new painting. This is such a fun shape. It looks to me like I took an a eraser to a peach colored chalk board and erased off the chalk to expose this wonderful colorful scribble.

I am a victim of “to-do box check off” syndrom

I am a victim of “to-do box check off” syndrome. I get great satisfaction from crossing things off my task list. But I find I sometimes put easy things on list just so I have something to check off. I’m working on listing the true priorities in my life instead. No more adding easier items that make me feel productive but don’t actually help me reach my goals. Anyone else guilty of doing this?

So many lovely shades of purple in this painting c

So many lovely shades of purple in this painting closeup. Lavender, violet, periwinkle, magenta, and plum. Which is your favorite hue?

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