Kinetic sculptures by Katie Ohe, KOAC
Rufous-vented chachalaca, Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Learning from Mom
In fairly good condition
Storm clouds near the city
Pontiac and Massey Harris, rusting side by side
"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet"
And down(y) he flew
The return of the ice pillars
Hello, winter
The ever-friendly Black-capped Chickadee
Snow-capped berries
Sweet White-tailed doe
Old barns in late afternoon sun
Dragonfly - Black Meadowhawk?
The joys of an old farmyard
The red barn
Licking salt from the road
September flowers
The difference 10 days make
At the Saskatoon Farm
Beyond repair
Yesterday's absolute treat - the size of your fist…
Fragile and leaning
Goodbye fall, hello winter!
Final resting place
End of the season
Weathered
Curious Alpaca
Happy Halloween!
Autumn Stripes
International Loadstar 1600
Beauty in old age
A touch of Halloween
Double-crested Cormorants / Phalacrocorax auritus
Finally, the search is over
Welcome colour
Kinetic sculpture by Katie Ohe, at KOAC
Early morning sunrise over the mountains
Katie Ohe, sculptor
Naturalist, Gus Yaki, with Harry Kiyooka, artist
Remembering summer colour
Storm arriving at Quarry Lake, near Canmore
Talons of a Great Horned Owl
Ruddy Turnstone, Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
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Lichens on nature trail at KOAC
The original of this photo wasn't as sharp as it should have been, so I added a filter in post-processing to try and bring out better detail. Not sure that it's an improvement or not. Oh well, I'll leave it as it is. This photo was taken during a walk along a nature trail at the KOAC art centre a few of us visited recently. This short trail will be used by visitors to the art centre and the gentleman who took us, wanted to know a bit more about the nature in the area. These colourful lichens were growing on a tree branch right next to the trail. Though I don't know enough about lichens to give any IDs, you can at least see how attractive they can be.
This photo was taken on 27 October 2017. It was a day filled with interest and enjoyment, and the morning was so different from the afternoon. It felt a day well spent. The morning was spent on a preliminary bio-blitz at the KOAC Art Centre in Springbank, west of Calgary. Straight from there, I drove east of the city to see and photograph an old barn that I had wanted to see for a number of years. A friend posted a photo of an old barn the other day and it turned out to be the very barn that I hadn't yet found. Without being asked, he told me exactly where it was. I had been looking for it just a few days before and must have missed it by just one road.
Early morning, I set out to drive west of the city, to meet a small group of friends at a very special place. It was just starting to get light when I left home and the pink sunrise colours over the distant peaks was beautiful. Unfortunately, I couldn't stop anywhere to take a photo, until I actually arrived.
We had been invited to visit and do a preliminary bio-blitz at an art centre in Springbank, belonging to two amazing, vibrant, creative people who were a joy to meet. There are so many things I could write, but will instead borrow the words from various articles about this lively, hardworking couple.
A friend who usually comes out with us on our May Species Counts knows Katie and Harry and had told our main Naturalist, Gus Yaki, that they were interested in learning more about what plant species were growing on their 20 acres of land. I feel very fortunate to have been invited. Of course, it was not the best time of year to do this, though our Naturalist (unlike me) knows all the plants and trees without their flowers.
I will add some information about this generous pair, as I find again the various websites that I was looking at. I say "generous" because Katie and Harry have donated their home, Gallery, collections, and land, while continuing to live there at present. A tremendous gift!
"Harry Kiyooka and Katie Ohe have dedicated their lives to art. Their work has helped shape the local, national and international art scenes. And now they are taking the step of not just being figurative institutions on the scene, but turning their home into a literal institution for art creation.
Ohe, still a part-time instructor at ACAD (Alberta College of Art + Design), has been teaching art since 1959 and has been with ACAD since 1970. As a teacher, she has promoted the creativity of a diverse range of students. While teaching at the Calgary Allied Arts Centre, she also worked and lived out of the Hart family’s carriage house — that’s the Hart family of wrestling fame. Ohe taught art to the “Hitman” himself, Bret Hart, the eighth child of wrestling patriarch Stu Hart.
Harry didn’t seek the limelight,” says Deborah Herringer Kiss, director of the Herringer Kiss Gallery of Contemporary Art, who has known the couple for more than 15 years. “He didn’t care about having big shows or trying to get into museums. He didn’t care about any of that. He made it work by quietly, constantly creating art.”
A couple years shy of 90, Kiyooka is still a prolific painter. Inside his and Ohe’s home, his paintings hang alongside the “greats.” Other paintings line the walls of his studio, and he still works on several huge canvases. More paintings are stored behind couches and under beds, and there’s a dedicated storage room packed with filing cabinets, filled with his paintings." From an article in AvenueCalgary, from February 17, 2016 (see link below).
www.avenuecalgary.com/City-Life/Calgary-Contemporary-Art-...
The link below is the KOAC Arts Centre Introduction Video (7:17 minutes long). It includes these sculptures in motion.
youtu.be/QcBKwZ_KpPA
www.koartscentre.org/
www.calgaryherald.com/entertainment/work+progress/8484134...
One of Katie's kinetic sculptures (Chrome Plated Steel) in motion:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp05CHJGV6I
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-art-centre-springb...
Thank you so much, Katie and Harry, for allowing us to come and spend a morning with you at your beautiful home. Both of you, and your home full of beautifully created artwork, are an absolute inspiration.
This photo was taken on 27 October 2017. It was a day filled with interest and enjoyment, and the morning was so different from the afternoon. It felt a day well spent. The morning was spent on a preliminary bio-blitz at the KOAC Art Centre in Springbank, west of Calgary. Straight from there, I drove east of the city to see and photograph an old barn that I had wanted to see for a number of years. A friend posted a photo of an old barn the other day and it turned out to be the very barn that I hadn't yet found. Without being asked, he told me exactly where it was. I had been looking for it just a few days before and must have missed it by just one road.
Early morning, I set out to drive west of the city, to meet a small group of friends at a very special place. It was just starting to get light when I left home and the pink sunrise colours over the distant peaks was beautiful. Unfortunately, I couldn't stop anywhere to take a photo, until I actually arrived.
We had been invited to visit and do a preliminary bio-blitz at an art centre in Springbank, belonging to two amazing, vibrant, creative people who were a joy to meet. There are so many things I could write, but will instead borrow the words from various articles about this lively, hardworking couple.
A friend who usually comes out with us on our May Species Counts knows Katie and Harry and had told our main Naturalist, Gus Yaki, that they were interested in learning more about what plant species were growing on their 20 acres of land. I feel very fortunate to have been invited. Of course, it was not the best time of year to do this, though our Naturalist (unlike me) knows all the plants and trees without their flowers.
I will add some information about this generous pair, as I find again the various websites that I was looking at. I say "generous" because Katie and Harry have donated their home, Gallery, collections, and land, while continuing to live there at present. A tremendous gift!
"Harry Kiyooka and Katie Ohe have dedicated their lives to art. Their work has helped shape the local, national and international art scenes. And now they are taking the step of not just being figurative institutions on the scene, but turning their home into a literal institution for art creation.
Ohe, still a part-time instructor at ACAD (Alberta College of Art + Design), has been teaching art since 1959 and has been with ACAD since 1970. As a teacher, she has promoted the creativity of a diverse range of students. While teaching at the Calgary Allied Arts Centre, she also worked and lived out of the Hart family’s carriage house — that’s the Hart family of wrestling fame. Ohe taught art to the “Hitman” himself, Bret Hart, the eighth child of wrestling patriarch Stu Hart.
Harry didn’t seek the limelight,” says Deborah Herringer Kiss, director of the Herringer Kiss Gallery of Contemporary Art, who has known the couple for more than 15 years. “He didn’t care about having big shows or trying to get into museums. He didn’t care about any of that. He made it work by quietly, constantly creating art.”
A couple years shy of 90, Kiyooka is still a prolific painter. Inside his and Ohe’s home, his paintings hang alongside the “greats.” Other paintings line the walls of his studio, and he still works on several huge canvases. More paintings are stored behind couches and under beds, and there’s a dedicated storage room packed with filing cabinets, filled with his paintings." From an article in AvenueCalgary, from February 17, 2016 (see link below).
www.avenuecalgary.com/City-Life/Calgary-Contemporary-Art-...
The link below is the KOAC Arts Centre Introduction Video (7:17 minutes long). It includes these sculptures in motion.
youtu.be/QcBKwZ_KpPA
www.koartscentre.org/
www.calgaryherald.com/entertainment/work+progress/8484134...
One of Katie's kinetic sculptures (Chrome Plated Steel) in motion:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp05CHJGV6I
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-art-centre-springb...
Thank you so much, Katie and Harry, for allowing us to come and spend a morning with you at your beautiful home. Both of you, and your home full of beautifully created artwork, are an absolute inspiration.
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