{"id":31450,"date":"2018-04-27T20:34:36","date_gmt":"2018-04-28T03:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/?p=31450"},"modified":"2018-04-28T07:26:58","modified_gmt":"2018-04-28T14:26:58","slug":"mixing-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/27\/mixing-magic\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;mixing magic&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/27\/mixing-magic\/kayleedalton1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31452\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31452\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/kayleedalton1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/kayleedalton1.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/kayleedalton1-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/6531902\/height\/26\/width\/584\/theme\/standard-mini\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/no\/autoplay\/no\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/\" width=\"584\" height=\"26\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The term &#8220;mixed media&#8221; is a massive understatement for the work of American artist<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kayleedalton.com\/\"> Kaylee Dalton<\/a>. You&#8217;re looking at paint, wax, fabric, bits of watercolor paintings, gouache, and probably a bunch of other stuff! I just discovered Kaylee&#8217;s work a few months ago, and yes, I was an instant fan. Listen right up there under <em>&#8220;Midnight Lush No.5&#8221;<\/em>,\u00a0\u00a0or\u00a0you can\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/jealous-curator-art-for-your\/id996338562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">subscribe on iTunes<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>First&#8230; the way I found Kaylee&#8217;s work? She submitted to the issue of <a href=\"https:\/\/create-magazine.com\/\">Create Magazine<\/a> that I curated. Not only did I select her work for the issue, I also chose her for the cover:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/27\/mixing-magic\/kayleedalton2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31453\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31453\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/kayleedalton2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/kayleedalton2.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/kayleedalton2-128x300.jpg 128w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/kayleedalton2-438x1024.jpg 438w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gorgeous!<\/p>\n<p>So, I mentioned that I basically stopped in my tracks and wrote about her the second I saw her submission &#8211; here are a few of the encaustic monotype \/ mixed media pieces I included in that post:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/27\/mixing-magic\/kayleedalton3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31454\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31454\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/kayleedalton3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"3447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/kayleedalton3.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/kayleedalton3-51x300.jpg 51w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh my word, I love them all. As you can see, I had a really hard time deciding if my faves were on the white Rives BFK paper, or the black Stonehenge&#8230; and I still don&#8217;t know!?<\/p>\n<p>Next, Kaylee&#8217;s encaustic paintings on peg board panels. This is what she was working on up until last year:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/27\/mixing-magic\/kayleedalton4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31455\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31455\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/kayleedalton4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"2474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/kayleedalton4.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/kayleedalton4-71x300.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/kayleedalton4-242x1024.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can see the seeds <em>{pun absolutely intended}<\/em> for the work she&#8217;s doing now, yes?<\/p>\n<p>Ooh, and if I wasn&#8217;t having a hard enough time deciding between the black \/ white paper backgrounds, she recently started playing with Kraft paper &#8230; or in her words, coffee ice cream paper:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/27\/mixing-magic\/kayleedalton5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31456\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31456\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/kayleedalton5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"3571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/kayleedalton5.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/kayleedalton5-49x300.jpg 49w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mmmm, coffee ice cream indeed! See, wouldn&#8217;t ALL of her new work be gorgeous as fabric? Hey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gucci\/\">Gucci<\/a>, I&#8217;m talking to you!<\/p>\n<p>And finally, Kaylee in her studio and one lovely work in progress <em>{both found on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dalton_studio\/\">her Instagram feed}<\/a><\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/27\/mixing-magic\/kayleedalton6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31457\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31457\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/kayleedalton6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"1019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/kayleedalton6.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/kayleedalton6-172x300.jpg 172w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beautiful. Thanks so much to Kaylee for coming on the podcast &#8230; gushing aside, I really do think there are exciting things in her future! Thank you to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.saatchiart.com\/\">Saatchi Art\u00a0<\/a>for supporting the episode, and thanks to you for listening. There will be more <em>Art For Your Ear<\/em> next weekend.<\/p>\n<p><em>Other links:<\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dalton_studio\/\"><em>Kaylee on Instagram<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/create-magazine.com\/\"><em>Create! Magazine<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.bsu.edu\/\"><em>Ball State University, Indiana<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/krisknight.com\/\"><em>Kris Knight, Artist<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gucci.com\/ca\/en\/\"><em>Gucci<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsy.net\/artist\/frank-stella\"><em>Frank Stella, Artist<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/KitchenNightmares\"><em>&#8220;Kitchen Nightmares&#8221;<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/milkbarstore.com\/\"><em>Milk Bar Bakery, New York<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>ps. I just got a message from <a href=\"http:\/\/caitlinmcdonagh.com\/\">Caitlin McDonagh<\/a>, and she suggested <a href=\"http:\/\/www.krylon.ca\/products\/uv-archival-varnish\/\">Krylon Archival Varnish<\/a> spray for sealing work. I&#8217;m going to try it this afternoon! &#8211; Thanks Caitlin<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The term &#8220;mixed media&#8221; is a massive understatement for the work of American artist Kaylee Dalton. You&#8217;re looking at paint, wax, fabric, bits of watercolor paintings, gouache, and probably a bunch of other stuff! I just discovered Kaylee&#8217;s work a few months ago, and yes, I was an instant fan. 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