Portrait of the artist...

Vernal Equinox

Not a Circle (II) and Not a Circle (III) | ink on vintage endpages | copyright Kate Castelli 2015

Spring has sprung...and my favorite daffodils and crocuses are blooming after a very long and harsh winter. They are a welcome sight indeed!

Friday the 13th

Not a Circle (III) | ink on vintage paper | 7.125x10" | copyright Kate Castelli 2015

Studio playlist (snow-day edition...blizzards make for productive days in the studio...)

This is the Last Time / The National
Uptown Funk (featuring Bruno Mars) / Mark Ronson
Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf) / AWOLNATION
Better Man /Leon Bridges
Future Starts Slow / The Kills
I Put a Spell on You / Annie Lennox
I'm on Fire / Bruce Springsteen
Shots / Imagine Dragons
What Makes a Good Man? / The Heavy
Same Mistakes / The Echo-Friendly
Sign / Harriet

The Impossibility of February

Not a Circle (I) | ink on vintage paper | 7.5x10" | copyright Kate Castelli 2015

Indigo

The cure for anything is salt water-- sweat, tears, or the sea. (Isak Dinesen)

In 1837, according to the date on the inside cover, a girl named Georgiana tore this end paper and stitched it back together again. She repaired her book and made it better in more ways than one. The 19th century fast forwards to the 21st century and I add a sea of indigo marks.

Untitled

ink on 19th century paper, thread

9.5 x 11.75" each

copyright Kate Castelli 2013

part of End Page: Books and Works on Paper, MFA thesis exhibition at Fourth Wall Project, Boston

Long may you be

Long May You Be 
ink on vintage endpage with found inscription 
8 x 10.5" 

copyright Kate Castelli 2013

Conversation

 

Conversation
photocopy and ink on graph paper
8 x 8"

Snow day. The impossibility of February and feeling listless in the studio. When I get frustrated in the studio I draw lines...lots of lines. Either long continuous lines (like these) or small concise marks like above. It becomes very meditative. 

I haven't decided if this drawing is finished on its own, or if it will be incorporated into a book.  To be determined...

copyright Kate Castelli 2011 

Kenmore Square

An 8th floor balcony view of Kenmore Square and the famous Citgo sign. I began the drawing on a single sheet and expanded outwards continuously onto 2 more sheets.

The final size is approximately 9 x 18," pen on graph paper.

Click the image above for a larger view.




A detail. This was the 2nd sheet of paper I spilled over onto. I love the scaffolding on the Citgo sign.




A detail of the first part of the drawing. I would constantly loose my place in the image. There is an overwhelming density to the line.

copyright Kate Castelli 2010.