KAREN KAMENETZKY
Possibilities
June 25 – July 31, 2022
Opening Saturday, June 25, 12pm
with Artist Reception, 5-7pm
The Possibilities are Endless VII, 2022, artist dyed silk, wool, cheesecloth, mulberry paper, wire, yarn, embroidery thread
“There are constant moments of change on micro, macro, and personal levels that lead to an infinite variation of outcomes. All things are possible.”
My biomorphic fiber wall hangings are inspired by the lines and patterns of microscopic/cellular imagery which I find visually and metaphorically rich. All changes in essence happen on that infinitesimal level and result in the world we experience. My work is a kind of invented biology zooming in on that fundamental nature of things and bringing it into vision.
Beginning with undyed silk, wool and other fibers, I add vibrant saturated color using dye and paint as well as adding dimension and textures through the process of wet felting. Dense stitching adds lines of light and shadow and color. I love the soothing tactile pleasure of handling and creating with fiber.In my long ago younger days, I studied art; primarily drawing and painting. After decades of detours through careers as a teacher and a psychologist, I began dyeing, felting and stitching fiber in the mid-nineties. I now make art full time at my home studio in the woods of Southern Vermont.
~Karen Kamenetzky
see Kamenetzky’s artist page here
Karen Kamenetzky
Cultivating Connections II, 2014
artist dyed wool and silk, yarns
45″ x 31″
$3200
Karen Kamenetzky
Seed Dreaming V, 2016
“The plant is the dream of the seed” ~Australian Aboriginal saying
artist dyed silk, wool, mulberry bark, cotton cord, yarn, padding
38″ x 28.5″
$3800
Karen Kamenetzky
Seed Dreaming VI, 2016
“The plant is the dream of the seed” ~Australian Aboriginal saying
artist dyed silk and mulberry bark, rug padding
38″ x 28.5″
$3800
Karen Kamenetzky
Emergence II, 2009
artist dyed and painted cottons and silk, yarns
37″ x 24″
$2800
Karen Kamenetzky
The Possibilities are Endless IV, 2021
artist dyed silk, wool, cheesecloth, mulberry paper, yarn, embroidery thread
35″ x 19″
$3400
Karen Kamenetzky
The Possibilities are Endless III, 2020
artist dyed silk, charmeuse,
embroidery thread
32″ x 24″
$3600
Karen Kamenetzky
The Possibilities are Endless VI, 2022
artist dyed silk, wool, cheesecloth, mulberry paper, yarn, embroidery thread
36″ x 24″
$3800
Karen Kamenetzky
The Possibilities are Endless VII, 2022
artist dyed silk, wool, cheesecloth, mulberry paper, yarn, embroidery thread
33″ x 24″
$3800
“Karen Kamenetzky’s art dazzles the eye, the skin, the mind. Lush color, sensuous textures, and dynamic compositions combine to form organic abstractions of subatomic life. She fuses intense, unexpected color combinations with forms that are deployed in sometimes rhythmic and other times syncopated patterns. Stitching becomes the top note of her jazzy riffs on the microscopic structures of our world.” ~Mara Williams, Curator, Brattleboro Museum and Art Center