Kinetic Paintings on Clay Board

These One Of A Kind Kinetic paintings are created from two originals painted on Clay Board. They are planned to be viewed individually as well as combined to make a third middle view. The first step in my creation is to do a complex pencil drawing of what the middle view will look like.  Then I create the two individual paintings on Clay Board.  Clay Board is a time consuming process of etching into a white Porcelain Clay surface that has been painted with Watercolor.  The cuts create the detailed texture on the surface and they are then glazed with thin transparent layers of Oil Paint.  This seals the paintings so they do not need glass for protection. 
The two originals are sawed into long narrow strips and joined together at 45 degree angles.  The joined line is beaded with fine glass seed beads to connect the paintings and create another design dimension.  When viewed from an extreme angle of either side, the beads appear as a solid design.
The beaded design is planned so that it works compatibly with both original paintings.
There are four distinct views created by the two originals and the beads:  Left View - Right View - The images combined in the Center View - The beaded edge.

Tiger Tales

Framed   16 x 21 with hand-stitched Suede mats by the artist.      
$5,500.00
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Original one of a kind kinetic painting on clay board by Southwest Artist, Kathy Morrow. 16 x 21 Framed $4500. Two original paintings on clay board with watercolor and oil glazes. Each painting is sawed into strips and assembled on 45 degree angles. In the middle view the two painting create a third image. The edges are finished with fine seed beads that create design of a butterfly when viewed at the extreme edge.

Now You See It...

Framed   20 x 14 with hand-stitched Suede mats by the artist.      
$4,500.00 

Strawberry Hedgehog cactus open and close as the view walks by to see the painting change.  Male Broad Tail Hummingbird on the left side view and Female Broad Tail Hummingbird on the right side view.  In the middle both flowers are in full bloom with the hummers on either side.

Red Hawk

Framed 14 x 20 with hand stitched Suede mats by the artist.   $4,500.00
​A one of a kind Kinetic painting created by Kathy Morrow
On the left side view, the Red Tail Hawk is in flight across the sun with a tail feather in the foreground and the right side view features the bird with outstretched wings. 
​Its interesting to see how both ​paintings merge in the middle view of the Kinetic to form a new image that combines the elements of 
both sides. I begin with the middle view as a pencil drawing. You can see the pencil sketch in speed drawing time on my you tube channel, Kathy Morrow Studio - titled Red Hawk Pencil
There are two originals that were created on Clay Board. The video shows the time consuming process of creating this original is speed video. Weeks of work shown in less than 5 minutes.

Star Walkers

 Framed 28 x 42   Image 13 x 28 with hand stitched Suede mats by the artist.
$9,500.00
A one of a kind Kinetic painting created by Kathy Morrow. 
The painting shows the Big Dipper and Little Dipper also called Big Bear and Little Bear pair with images of 5 bears.and a crystal shield embellished with a bear paw.  Both Grizzly and Black Bears are walking in the stars among their constellations.

Night Spirits
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​Framed 36 x 27 with hand stitched Suede mats by the artist.
$9,500.00

The Barn Owl and Great Horned Owl are both from a rescue center in NM.   The owl is a visionary of the future in many Native Cultures.

Silent Passage

Framed 20 x 30 with hand stitched Suede mats designed by the artist.
$7,500.00 
Raven, the black wolf on the left side is from the Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary.  On the right side of the Kinetic painting is another wolf from the Sanctuary named Zeus.  Some  people think they would like  a wolf for a pet and are able to purchase from breeders wolf hybrids.  
Wolves are not dogs and don’t do well when left alone for hours while their people (pack-mates) leave for work or vacation.
​There are over 100 animals at the sanctuary because their people didn’t understand that they had a wolf, not a dog. 

A portion of the sale of paintings involving wolves from the rescue center go to further their cause to keep these animals from being put down.
  

The Patriot

Framed 23 x 32  Suede mats  designed by the artist.
$9,500.00
The Patriot's eagle is from a raptor rescue center. He was injured and unable to be released but is now used to educate people about wild life. This bird has a beautiful spirit and his name is Spirit. Even though he can't fly, in the painting The Patriot, he soars as it was meant to be.A percentage of my originals, involving rescued animals, is donated to the centers that help support their care.

Tatanka Brothers

Framed  Suede mats  designed by the artist.
$39,000.00

35 x 53  Framed
Original Pencil drawing available value $900. Framed 18 x 24

The Buffalo Soldier played an important part in Western
History.  Recently freed slaves from the South found work in
the West with the US Army.  "Buffalo Soldiers" were named by Native Americans when they saw that their skin color and hair texture were like buffalo.  The Native Americans said that the soldiers fought like a wounded buffalo and honored their valor in battle. 
My model, Don Parish, does impressions of a Buffalo Soldier in the 9th Cavalry. The first Buffalo Soldier unit was the 10th Cavalry and the 9th was formed from the 10th.   In the Lakota language, Tatanka means “buffalo”.  In the Kinetic Painting (Right Side), Don is reclined and smoking a corn cob pipe, one of the few pleasures that a Buffalo Soldier might have had.  The smoke curls from the pipe and begins to turn into buffalo. as the viewer moves to the other side of the painting; two life like buffalo are on either side of a Medicine Wheel.
Don rightfully takes great pride in the authenticity of his uniform, tack, equipment and his horse, Ghost.   From shackles to glory, Don tells the stories of the Buffalo Soldiers and how they helped settle the Western frontier.

Humdinger

20 x 27 Framed with hand stitched Suede mats by the artist.

$5,900.00

Humdinger - Male and female Broad Tail Hummingbirds on either side of the lower Hedgehog cactus that opens and closes as the viewer passes by.
the sun design changes into a medallion with a beaded hummingbird design.

Fountain of Youth

Framed 30 x 16 with hand stitched Suede mats designed by the artist.
$5,900.00

Fountain of Youth shows Stag Horn Cholla cactus flowers in bud and in bloom. A Broad Tail Hummer appears and then becomes a basket with a hummingbird design in it. The flowers close or the buds open; The green fruit ripens to yellow.; The hummer will appear or disappear into the spirit image in the basket.

Panther Power

Framed 28 x 38 with hand stitched Suede mats designed by the artist.
$10,000.00
The Black Panther was from Terre Haute, Indiana at the Exotic Feline Rescue Center. His Name is "Prince" and he used to be a Las Vegas performer. I think it was time for him to retire and the E.F.R.C. took him in. When I photographed him, he was so majestic. He knew his name was "Prince".

Ka Mi Mi La On Ci

Grandmother Butterfly in the Lakota Language.
Framed 48x68 with hand stitched Suede mats by the artist.
$50,000.00
  Jo Beth  was 17 years old and had just graduated from high school she was at the beginning her life anew. Jo Beth was wearing a buckskin dress that I had made from three deer hides with my beaded Apache style necklace. Jo Beth wore my dress into the Cheyenne River and I had her cup her hands and scoop the water and let it flow through her




fingers. The  Black Swallow Tail butterfly represents change and transformation and this was what I saw in Jo Beth. Notice in the middle view that she is the body of the butterfly. My Lakota friends told me that when a woman is on a vision quest and is visited by butterflies, it is said she is visited by the Grandmothers.

Tiger Tiger

Framed  48 x 48 with hand stitched Suede mats designed by the artist.
$36,000.00 
The Bengal Tiger transforms into a Tiger Swallow Tail Butterfly. When pausing at the middle view, the two images combine to create an illusion of a mask. The tiger’s name is Saginaw and he was raised from a cub at Out of Africa Park in AZ.



The original paintings are connected with fine seed beads that have been strung in a design. If you view the painting from the extreme edge, you can see a butterfly design in the bead work.  


Walks With God

 Framed  32 x 43 with hand stitched Suede mats designed by the artist.
$32,000.00  
The White Tiger transforms into a White Tiger Swallow Tail Butterfly. If you pause at the middle, the two images combine to create an illusion of a mask. The Tiger is from Out of Africa Park in AZ. His name is Elijah which in Hebrew means “Walks With God”.






The original paintings are connected with fine seed beads that have been strung in a design. If you view the painting from the extreme edge, you can see a butterfly design in the bead work.



Four Directions

Framed 24  x 44 with hand stitched Suede mats designed by the artist.
$20,000.00
     Four Directions was created with two original paintings on Clay Board. There are 4 horses that represent the rainbow of mankind: Red, Yellow, Black and White. The colors are related to the four directions: Red is South; Yellow is East; Black is West and White is North.
 

  There are two horses on each side of the painting. When you stand in the middle, you see all four horses at the same time. There are four main views: Left side, Center, Right side and the edge where the connective bead work forms a design of its own.




Tatanka Star

Framed  36 x 48 with hand stitched Suede mats designed by the artist.
$39,000.00

 
The four colors of buffalo represent the nations of Mankind.  They merge in the center view with a Buffalo skull and the Lakota star behind it.

Elk Dreamer

Framed 48 x 36 with hand stitched Suede mats designed by the artist.
$36,000.00 
     The Plains Indian tribes believed that certain people had the power of Elk Medicine.  The Elk Dreamer  had abilities to find herds of animals at hunting time and could help a young man find the right mate. The symbols of an Elk Dreamer were  elk designs with lightning bolts coming from the eyes, much like Cupid and his arrows.
     The elk demonstrate  the power of love. These designs are prominent on the left side of the painting in the shield of the Elk Dreamer. Flanking the shield are the bull and cow elk. The other side of the painting shows the star crossed match of the handsome Cowboy and beautiful Indian maiden. Notice the color and designs of the blanket that he is putting around her.​They are similar to the pattern created in the bead design that connects to two paintings together. The design can be seen from an extreme side angle.
     The top layer has elk on one side and lightning on the other. When you stand in the middle all the parts come together and fit like puzzle pieces. You will see the lightning coming out of the elk at the top. You can also see the Indian maiden and her cowboy lover and the shield flanked by the bull and cow elk.