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Karen Taylor @karentaylorart.bsky.social · Sep 8

It's #nationalampersandday today!

The ampersand is my favourite character. You can find this one hanging at Black Canary coffee in Kingston Road.

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Karen Taylor @karentaylorart.bsky.social · Sep 8

Another piece from my new series: "I can fit in that packaging".

#oversizedpackaging #buycanadian #shoplocal

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Karen Taylor @karentaylorart.bsky.social · Sep 8

I don't think the box needed to be that big. #oversizedpackaging #onlineshopping

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Karen Taylor @karentaylorart.bsky.social · Sep 5

It's never too late to submit to one of our art calls.

SquirrelKiosk @squirrelkiosk.bsky.social · Sep 5

Our art calls never close.

Here's another photo of light through glass for our 'Through the Looking Glass' call.

See some interesting light through glass? Post it and name check @squirrelkiosk , we repost our favourites.

Ingredients? Some white wine, a pretty glass, and my neighbour's tree.

K❤️

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Karen Taylor @karentaylorart.bsky.social · Aug 13

Here's the painting of sorrel cells based on the microscope photo I showed you recently.

"Sorrel"
12" diameter
acrylic and graphite on birch panel
magnification x170
stain: orange

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Karen Taylor @karentaylorart.bsky.social · Aug 13

These sorrel cells have an ethereal look, cells floating in a golden glow.

Using a potato peeler means thicker samples, leading to interesting effects. They can curl instead of lying flat. I could only focus on a few lines of cells at a time, the others blurry from being closer or further away.

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Karen Taylor @karentaylorart.bsky.social · Jun 18

I'm proud to be taking part in the Dignam Gallery's 4th Annual Uptown Pride show.

My painting will be there alongside work by Charles Pachter, and studio mate @robcroxford.bsky.social

Unfortunately I'll miss this weekend's opening, but I'm looking forward to visiting next week.

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Karen Taylor @karentaylorart.bsky.social · Jun 3

Wow, what a weekend!

Thanks to everyone who came out to see my new work, and were just as excited about playing with microscopes as I am.

I'm humbled that so many of you chose to take one of my pieces home with you. This is my 19th time at this show, but this never gets old ❤️

#riverdaleartwalk

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Your pissed off grandma @anomaly100.bsky.social · May 31

Who did this? 😂

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Karen Taylor @karentaylorart.bsky.social · May 30

Celebrating my 19th Riverdale ArtWalk this weekend! I'll be at booth 91 in Jimmie Simpson Park.

If you missed out on playing with microscopes at Doors Open, don't worry, you'll have another chance this weekend.

Riverdale ArtWalk
Jimmie Simpson Park
Saturday May 31, 11-6
Sunday June 1, 10-5

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Karen Taylor @karentaylorart.bsky.social · May 29

I love @robcroxford.bsky.social 's entry for our "Through the Looking Glass" challenge.

Want to join in? Make and post a photo looking through glass and tag @squirrelkiosk.bsky.social

SquirrelKiosk @squirrelkiosk.bsky.social · May 28

“Through the Looking Glass" - proves you don't need special materials to make art - just imagination!

Materials for this photo:
- my folks wedding photo
- my folks glasses
- my folks favourite liquor!

Now it's your turn - what you can do with a photograph & some glass tag @squirrelkiosk

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Karen Taylor @karentaylorart.bsky.social · May 23

My solo show is part of Doors Open Toronto this weekend! How cool is that?

It's in a beautiful historic building in Yorkville, home to the Dignam & the Ruth Upjohn galleries.

There's a full schedule of fun programming and tours. I'll be there 1-4pm each day with microscopes you can play with.

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SquirrelKiosk @squirrelkiosk.bsky.social · May 21

Now it's your turn (check out our last post)! Show us what you can do with a photograph of some glass, the theme is "Through the Looking Glass".

Tag @squirrelkiosk.bsky.social so we can see what you make.

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SquirrelKiosk @squirrelkiosk.bsky.social · May 21

You don't need special materials to make art, you just need imagination.

The materials for these "Through the Looking Glass" photos are:
- a pretty second-hand glass from a vintage market
- a nice bottle of red wine from Tawse
- an episode of The Graham Norton Show

K❤️

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Karen Taylor @karentaylorart.bsky.social · May 21

These two monotypes are based on microscope slides of leeks from my garden.

You can see them both at my current solo show:

Ruth Upjohn Gallery
Yorkville.
23 Prince Arthur Avenue
May 14 - 27

#monotypes #microscopeart

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · May 19

Canada, the UK, and France warned that they will take action if Israel does not stop a renewed military offensive in Gaza and lift aid restrictions. The three countries have given Israel an opportunity to stop.

"We will not hesitate to take action, including targeted sanctions."

Canada, Britain, France threaten action if Israel does not stop military offensive and lift aid restrictions
Israel to 'control all parts' of Gaza, Netanyahu says as aid trucks wait to enter territory

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Karen Taylor @karentaylorart.bsky.social · May 16

For my Cultivated series, I had originally planned to create linocut prints. The results looked too heavy.

The microscope slides that I work from are translucent and need a lighter touch. I'd played around with monotypes before but hadn't found a use for them. Now I have!

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Karen Taylor @karentaylorart.bsky.social · May 16

I've been creating monotypes since last summer. For the first time, you can see them in person. They are on exhibition along with paintings from the same series at the Ruth Upjohn Gallery in Yorkville. The gallery is housed in the same historic building as the Dignam Gallery.

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Karen Taylor @karentaylorart.bsky.social · May 16

What’s a monotype? It’s a special, one-off print. No two are the same. Each one is hand-crafted, layer by layer, on a special surface. Then everything is lifted off onto paper.

This one of red chard cells has 5 layers.

#monotype #microscopeart #abstractartist #abstractart #contemporaryart

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SquirrelKiosk @squirrelkiosk.bsky.social · May 12

We both LOVE coloured lights, we each have a ton of them. In addition to the strings and strings of lights, I made gels with cellophane and glass paints to fit over white lights. -K

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SquirrelKiosk @squirrelkiosk.bsky.social · May 11

The lighting in our installation had to do some pretty heavy lifting.

All good Christmas windows have movement. We did that with continually changing light, which also provided all the colour; we painted with light.

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Karen Taylor @karentaylorart.bsky.social · May 14

Spent today in Yorkville, hanging my solo show!

When I started experimenting with my old microscope, I had no idea it would turn into a new series.

I've shown some of this new work in some exhibitions recently. This is the first time I've seen it all together in one space. I love how it looks.

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SquirrelKiosk @squirrelkiosk.bsky.social · May 2

Just like I promised:
Watch @karentaylorart & me set up our “12 Days of Christmas” installation—at a highly unrealistic speed!😜

In real time, this took several hours, some mild chaos, and a strong commitment to festive drama.

#12DaysOfChristmas #installation

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SquirrelKiosk @squirrelkiosk.bsky.social · Apr 30

This installation (aside from giving people something joyful during lockdown life) was to build black & white 3D line drawings and “colour” them with lighting!

Say tuned for a behind-the-scenes video of us putting the whole thing together!

#installation #12daysofchristmas

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