Kate Breakey: Golden Hour

 

 

Catherine Couturier Gallery is delighted to present the work of gallery artist Kate Breakey, in a solo exhibition entitled Golden Hour. The artist will be in attendance at the opening reception on Saturday, May 19^th from 5-7 p.m.

Kate Breakey (B. 1957 Adelaide, South Australia) is internationally known for her large-scale, richly hand-colored photographs of luminous portraits of birds, flowers, animals, and insects. A few years ago, she became interested in the science of gold, especially astrophysics which inspired the beginning of her new series, Golden Stardust. Struck by the beauty, brightness, and the depth of Orotones, a historical photographic process which was first used in the early 20th century by, among others, Pillsbury and Edward Curtis. This series of work is a contemporary version of an Orotone in which an image is digitally printed on UV Art glass and adorned with 24kt gold leaf applied to the back. Upon viewing, this technique gives this eclectic body of work including classical still life, landscapes, nudes, the moon, and other biological subjects an ethereal and enchanting glow that commands the viewer’s attention. For Breakey, the gold leaf unifies it all, making each image ’precious’ and preserves the memory, beauty, fragility and simplicity of her daily surroundings.

The exhibition will be on display from May 19 - August 4, 2018.

Please enjoy selections from over 70 peices which will be on display.

 

Three Sheoak Trees, Mid North, South Australia
Edition  #2 of 20
Image 3 x 5 in.
Unframed $800/ Framed $925

 

Chrysanthemum
Edition #5 of 20
Image 8 x 8 in.   
Unframed $1,200 / Framed $1,375

Purple Tulip
Edition #3 of 20
Image size  5 1/2  x 8  in.
Unframed $1,000 /  Framed $1,175

 

Waterfall, Mongolia 
Edition  #1 of 20
Image size 5 1/2 x 11 in.    
Unframed $1,200/  Framed $1,375

 

Silver Coffee Pot
Edition #4 of 20
Image size 4 x 5 in.
Unframed $800 /  Framed $925

 

Scotch Bonnet Shell 
Edition #1 of 20
Image size 5 x 5 in.
Unfarmed $800 /  Framed $925

 

 

White Vase with Single White Tulip 
Edition #1 of 20
Image size 6 x 7 in.
Unframed $1,000 /  Framed $1,125

 

Torso 
Edition #3 of 20
Image 5 x 5 in.                            
Unframed $800 / Framed $925

 

Reclining nude  
Edition #9 of 20
Image 3 x 5 in.                                   
Unframed $800 / Framed $925

 

Six Pears   
Edition #1 of 20
Image 7 x 16  in.         
Unframed $1,500 / Framed $1,675

 

 

Cherry
Edition #8 of 20
Image 3 x 5 in.
Unframed $800 / Framed $925

 

Still Life With Five Figs
Edition 3 of 20
Image 8 1/2 x 11 in
Unframed $1,200 / Framed $1,350

 

Small Chinese Bowl  
Edition #4 of 20
Image 4 x 7 in.
Unframed $800 /  Framed $925

 

Daisy 
Edition #1 of 20
Image size 6 x 10 in.
Unframed $1,200 /  Frame $1,375

 

Vase with Chrysanthemums II
Edition #3 of 20
Image 8 x 8 in.     
Unframed $1200 / Framed $1,375

 

Unopened Carrion Flower (Stapelia)
Edition #1 of 20
Image size 6 x 5 in.
Unframed $800 / Framed $925

 

Round Green Vase with Two Daisies 
Edition #1 of 20
Image size 6 x 6 in.
Unframed $1,000 / Framed $1,125

 

Virginia Creeper in Jar
Edition #1 of 20
Image size 6 x 5 in.
Unframed $800 /  Framed $925

 

Scotch Thistle I
Edition #2 of20
Image size 5 x 5 in.                            
Unframed $800 / Framed $925

 

Vermillion Fly Catcher IV 
Edition #2 of 20   
Image size 3 x 4 in.
Unframed   $800  / Framed $925

 

Hummingbird
Edition #1 of 20
Image size  3 x 4 in.    
Unframed $800 / Framed $925

 

Yellow Breasted Warbler
Edition #6 of 20
Image 8 x 8  in.                                      
Unframed $1,200 /  Framed $1,325

 

Verdin   
Edition #2 of 20
Image size 8 x 8 in.
Unframed $1200 /  Framed  $1,375

 

Vase with Crepe Murtle
Edition #1 of 20
Image size 10 x 12  in.                       
Unframed $1,500 / Framed $1,675

 

Vase with Bougainvillea
Edition #1 of 20
Image size 13 x 10 in.
Unframed $1,500 / Framed $1,675

 

Twenty two Birds in Bare Tree, New Mexico   
Edition #3 of 20
Image size 10 x 15”                 
 Unframed $1,750 / Frame $1,925

 

Prothonotary Warbler
Edition #2 of 20
Image size  5 x 6”                         
Unframed $800 / Framed $925

 

Gambel’s Quail, Male 
Edition #2 of 20
Image size 8 x 10” 
Unframed $1,200 / Framed $1,375

 

Gambel’s Quail, Feale 
Edition #1 of 20
Image size 8 x 10” 
Unframed $1,200 / Framed $1,375

 

Tall Vase of Roses
Edition #1 of 20
Image size 10 x 18”  
Unframed $2,000 / Framed $2,250

 

Coffee Pot, Italy  (from  villa Rocco)
Edition #1 of 20 
Image 3 x 4 1/2 ”                                
Unframed $800 /  Framed $925

 

Chrysantheum   II 
Edition #4 of 20
Image 5 x 5 1/2” 
Unframed $1,000 / Frame $1,175

 

Sea Horse  1
Edition #1 of 20
Image size 4  x 10”
Unframed  $1,000 /  Framed $1,175

 

 

Ship in a Bottle
Edition #2 of 20
Image size  9 x 14                   
Unframed $1,500 / Framed $1,675

 

Black Tulip II 
Edition #2 of 20
Image size 4 x 7  
Unframed $800 / Framed $925

 

Waxing Cresent Moon 
Edition #1 of 20
Image size 3 x 4” 
Unframed $800 / Framed $925

 

Lunar Eclipse Jan 2018  Tucson Az  l    
Edition #2 of 20
Image size 10 x 10” 
Unframed $1,500 / Framed $1,675

 

Lunar Eclipse  Jan 2018  Tucson Az  l  
Edition #2 of 20
Image size 10 x 10”         
Unframed $1,500 / Framed $1,675              

 

Solar Eclipse, Nebraska, Aug 21, 2017,  (1^st contact ), Baileys Beads
Edition #3 of 20
Image  size 11 x 11 
Unframed $1,750 / Framed  $1,925

 

Lunar Eclipse Jan 2018  Tucson Az  (Blood moon)  
Edition #2 of 20  
Image size 6 x 6”        
Unframed  $1,000 / Framed $1,175

 

Lunar Eclipse  II Sept 2015, Airplane window 
Edition #4 of 20
Image size  4 x 5” 
Unframed $800 / Framed $925

 

Lunar Eclipse  I  Sept 2015  airplane window  
Edition #4 of 20
Image size  4 x 5”
Unframed $800,  Framed $925

 

 

 

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