Author Archives: Katana Barnett
Katana Barnett
I’m going to Mount Awesome and taking you with me: snowboarding my way to being a successful artist and I want to help other people join me. Email me at Katana@Katanaville.com
Six Awesome & Violent Movies with Female Protagonists
March 3, in Katanavision by Katana Barnett
Silver Hawk
Cutest Superhero in existance. Michelle Yeoh is also in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Not so violent, but lots of entertaining fighting.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Jade Fox, Shu-lien, and Jen: three deadly women make this visually pretty movie, well, AWESOME. Surprise International Success? If you’ve seen the movie, you will know it’s not that [...]
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptan
February 28, in Profiles by Katana Barnett
“Canadians are nationalized bigots, Aboriginals aren’t recognized in the Bill of Rights… and the Indian Act is a [document espousing] white supremacy. Canadians conveniently hide behind words.” – Laurence Paul Yuxweluptan (Yuks-whale-upten)
Yuxweluptun’s strategy is to document and promote change in contemporary Indigenous history in painting, using Coast Salish cosmology, Northwest Coast formal design elements, and [...]
Designing Artistic Success with Tara Reed
February 25, in Artist Interviews by Katana Barnett
At one point, Tara Reed had the opportunity to get a traditional job. But instead- she created her own, and is now creating her entire life with her art. Not only is she artistically talented, but jobs in sales (selling e-books!) meant that by the time she rolled around to art licensing, she knew how [...]
H’art for Haiti: Raise Money for Haiti’s Biggest Earthquake in 200 Years
February 21, in Art, Miscellany by Katana Barnett
It’s hard not to have been affected by the news of the Earthquakes in Haiti. Ecclesiax is hosting an art auction where all proceeds from the auction are going to World Relief Canada. With photography and painting in all sizes- from small framed city scapes to birds and moose to larger abstract works, there’s an art [...]
Fine Art: Megan Allard’s Rococo Buttrock Parties
February 19, in Artist Interviews by Katana Barnett
Emily Carr University’s studio space is lots of art, and rhyme or reason looks like madness. And the madness of Megan Allard’s painting is awesome: it stands out. I was walking through the space and passed a nook; I did a double-take. Beer, Friends, and Fishnets in a pastoral setting- a fresh, jarring take [...]
Artist Profile: Amy Cutler, Bizarre Menagerie
February 19, in Profiles by Katana Barnett
New York based painter Amy Cutler has recently sprung to fame for her cartoon-like creatures that resemble toys. Inspired by media, fairy tales, folklore, and her personal life, she creates fabulous images:
In Tiger Mending an array of women sew together these distorted carnivores, Giraffe Maypole is children dancing, strangling, and Dinner Party sees chair-bedecked Victorian [...]
How to Install Wordpress at Your Domain Name
February 18, in How To, Katanavision by Katana Barnett
I spent two days on the phone with Godaddy, trying to figure out how to what to do with this stuff Wordpress said I needed for this so-called “easy install”:
An access to your web server (via shell or FTP), A text editor, an FTP Client (if you need to install WordPress on a remote server), Your web browser of choice
This didn’t make [...]
Artist Profile: Inka Essenhigh’s Distortion
February 17, in Profiles by Katana Barnett
Inka Essenhigh “just does what looks good” – something that must be intuitive, born from experience, with such odd subject matter. Born in Pennsylvania, working in New York- Inka Essenhigh graduated in the early nineties and became known for oil and enamel. She is developing a rich world of surreal characters and rich imagery.
A trait [...]
Laura Owens: Painting, and the Space Unpainted
February 12, in Art by Katana Barnett
“I am not interested in making people uncomfortable, but at the same time I don’t have an interest in paintings that are truly passive. The best paintings are ones that require an active, discerning viewer.”
Laura Owens
Her paintings are quite large; taking up huge walls, creating landscape with oil, watercolour, and/or acrylic, she leaves parts of [...]
Interview with the Artist: Katana Barnett