Contemporary Painting Library Card

by Kaysha Siemens

“Contemporary Painting” is a graphite drawing on a vintage library date-due card, embellished with golden watercolor that catches the light and gleams beautifully.

I have a precious small collection of these cards (which haven’t been used by libraries in decades, so they’re a very finite resource), and every so often I pull out a few and make art on them. I think the last time I offered one was around this time a full year ago, so it’s been a while! Every single one is hard to let go, but it’s also wonderful to see how every one of them connects with a different person in a special way.

The card will be mounted and matted with an acid-free mat, and will be shipped flat and ready to fit into any standard 5 x 7 inch frame. The matted and framed example images are from previous cards, but the mounting and matting will be identical.

To see more of my work, visit my website at www.kayshasiemens.com, and follow me @kayshasiemens on Instagram.

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Kaysha Siemens

I was born and raised in Canada, and now make my home near Asheville, NC, USA. My work is primarily figurative and narrative. I work mainly in oil and graphite. My current primary focus is Mnemosyne, an ongoing project inspired by Greek myth.

My goal is the object of beauty, but that goal is achieved through engagement in process, and neither aim is worthwhile without meaning and intention. I seek to talk about the ordinary with the language of story, to arrest with exquisite imagery, and ultimately to leave viewers with a feeling, a lingering sense, that they have had a brush with the sublime.