Carol Kroll

Live Performance Announcement: Sept 19, 2009

I have a couple announcements to make. Quite recently, I was asked to sit as an active member of The Capitola Review Advisory Committee. An incredible honor that I am really excited about. So I feel it apropos to announce that the fall issue of The Capitola Review will start circulating the first to second week of September around Dane County.

Over the next week or so, I will provide a list of locations where you can pick a copy up. Along with a slew of amazing writers, artists and photographers, my work will also be featured in this issue as well. If you are out of the area, you might want to give these businesses a call and see if you can purchase a copy over the phone. I bet they would be happy to oblige.

With the release of each issue, there is an ongoing series of Capitola readings/performances featured around the Madison area. The poets, artists and musicians featured gather to perform and/or talk about their pieces. The first one I will be a part of will be September 19th, 6:00PM in Spring Green, WI. The details are still being confirmed, but I at least wanted to announce the date and general location for people who would like to come out and see this great event.

Along with a couple other tunes, I was asked by Richmond Powers [creator of The Capitola] to perform an amazing piece by Mary Gauthier entitled Between Daylight And Dark. Her lyrics will be showcased inside this fall issue. I have been rehearsing it for a bit now and I think I can get through it now without tearing up. Maybe. There are a couple lines that get little dicey and poke at my heart/soul. A hard place to cover up while you’re singing.

Along with the other artists featured, my visual art pieces will be on display at this event as well, so please come out to say “hi”, ask questions, and enjoy being entertained by a group of very talented people.

August 16, 2009 | Comments (2) | Views (223)

new painting: bluebird vs blackbird series

I know it seems like I have retired from my web post here, but I have been working behind the scenes on various projects. I have a number of things coming up in the fall that I want to be ready for, so I’ve been holed up in my studio.

Yes, I know it’s summer and I need to be outside enjoying every drop of this lovely weather. I feel incredibly guilty hiding in my lair, because in a blink of an eye I am going to be writing heated letters to March again (like this one and this one )

But! I have had all my windows open and a breeze blowing in while lodged in there, does that count? At times I do work outside, but my collage pieces tend to blow around which is irritating. So I try to go out there on the porch to do watercolor parts and then come inside and stay awake all night working on the collage parts. Fair enough, I feel. My guilt ridden self feels some relief anyway.

So along with a new batch of art cards I’ve been working on (I’ll post them here soon) – here is my latest piece. It’s the second installment in a series involving the Bluebird of Happiness and the Blackbird of Destruction (or Depression if you prefer. The Double D I like to call him). It’s only no. 2 in the series, so don’t be alarmed by the bluebird’s progress. Yet.

bluebird of happiness vs blackbird of destruction: fighting a losing battle
watercolor, ink and collage
15.5in x 6in

*Note: the first installment of this series is a diptych, though not currently presented that way here on the site. I moved that piece’s 2 thumbnails in the order at the top right if you would like to look at this series in context.

August 7, 2009 | Comments (4) | Views (293)