Kathe Fraga Art featured in Vie Magazine/October 2019 Issue

Thank you Vie Magazine for featuring my Chinoiserie-inspired bird and botanical art in the beautifully designed three-page Artist Interview in the new October 2019 Issue, “One Brush of Color at a Time”. It was an honor to share what inspires my paintings, past and current influences, and my direction and process in the studio–plus upcoming new projects. (Also, news about my silk and linen pillow collection for Kathe Fraga Home and new! Vanity Trays to hold special collections.) Much love to publisher Lisa Burwell, Managing Editor Jordan Staggs and the entire Vie Team for featuring my work!

To see more photos and read the article, click on the image below.

 

Kathe Fraga Art joins the cast of The Kominsky Method and Brooklyn 99-TY Michael Douglas and Andy Samberg

We love The Kominsky Method and we’re honored to have my paintings included in actress Nancy Travis’s (Lisa) “home” on set! Many congratulations to Michael Douglas for his well-deserved Golden Globe and hooray! Wonderful news about the upcoming second season!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brooklyn 99 features my Chinoiserie paintings, “The Lovebird Series,” in Andy Samberg’s mother’s home. TY for including my work!

Kathe Fraga Art for Cle De Peau Beaute/L’Officiel Magazine, Malaysia

Thank you L’Officel Malaysia and writer, Joyce Fan, for including my collaboration with Cle De Peau Beaute and CPB Creative Director, Lucia Pieroni, in the new June/July Issue “Art and Design.” It’s an honor to have my paintings for Cle De Peau’s global and limited edition Holiday 2017 Collection, Nuit de Chine, (Skincare, Makeup Coffret, Nail Lacquers and Eye Crayons, plus marketing banners, backdrops, website banners and more), featured with such a wonderful group of artists.

It was a joy and delight to meet with Lucia Pieroni and the CPB Team in New York to share ideas about the collaboration, based on the idea of opulent color and romance, and also to welcome the CPB Team from Tokyo and New York to our Bainbridge Island home!

Other artists and collaborations in the article include work for Diptyque, L’Occitane and Smashbox. Here’s a link to the complete article:  Kathe Fraga – L’Officiel Malaysia 0618_0718 – Beauty Feature.

 

New! Chinoiserie-inspired paintings from Kathe Fraga Art

Happy Spring! Here are some new paintings featured in April shows at my galleries in Washington and Florida. Each piece is inspired by the romance of vintage French wallpapers and Chinoiserie with a modern twist.

 

With You, In the Garden, 36 x 24 inches, Museo Gallery, Langley, Washington

 

Love Letters, 36 x 48 inches, 530 Burns Gallery, Sarasota, Florida

 

Garden Dreams, 36 x 24 inches, Roby King Gallery, Bainbridge Island, Washington

Amanda Seyfried: Kathe Fraga Art x Cle De Peau, Lucia Pieroni Holiday 2017

Introducing the new limited edition Cle De Peau Beaute Holiday 2017 Collection, featuring my Chinoiserie-inspired paintings! Many thanks to CPB Creative Director Lucia Pieroni and spokeswoman and muse Amanda Seyfried.

For the past year and a half, I’ve had the honor and delight of working on this new collection of paintings for the luxury cosmetic brand, Cle De Peau Beaute (a global make-up company that’s part of the Japanese company Shiseido). We’re excited to announce its arrival in stores such as Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, and Barney’s. 

Many months ago, we welcomed the Cle De Peau Team from Tokyo and New York, to visit my studio here on Bainbridge Island to discuss CPB Creative Director, Lucia Pieroni’s, vision of a love story/narrative, “Nuit De Chine”, based on her inspiration from the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art’s tribute to Chinoiserie fashion, art, film and more at the recent “China Through The Looking Glass” exhibit. (You might remember the gala opening hosted by Vogue’s Anna Wintour, who was featured in the documentary film by the same name.)

The world is definitely becoming smaller. It’s wonderful and magical that Lucia, from London, connected and was inspired by my work here on our island, a half hour ferry ride from Seattle!

As the NY/Tokyo CPB Team visited and presented their vision here in my island studio, of color, fashion, and movie stills, I could see we were all headed in the same direction.

We then flew to New York to meet with Lucia and additional members of the CPB team. It was so great to meet everyone involved in the collaboration! Lucia is wonderful and warm and passionate and creative—it was a joy to hear her ideas and spend time with her and the CPB team. (Lucia’s very fun Instagram features her incredible make-up artistry for many fashion designers such as Alexander McQueen, as well as other makeup brands: @lucia_pieroni )

We had shipped a few of my paintings for the NY meeting so that Lucia and the CPB team could see my work in person. We brought examples of how we might be able to express the team’s ideas for the “Nuit de Chine” Holiday 2017 limited edition collection through my art.

Back home on the island, I worked on pencil sketch ideas for the pressed powders in the coffret. As I usually work in color and paint, pencil sketching was something new. I really liked it, and I love the finished product of my swallow sketch flying to the flower that was interpreted by CPB and incorporated into the makeup coffret.

I painted four love story narratives/paintings for Lucia’s concept of Nuit de Chine: “Premonition,” “Encounter,” “Distance,” and “Passion.” Each painting was then translated into packaging for eye pencils, nail polishes, skincare and makeup coffret.

I also hand-painted a number of gold CPB makeup pouches to sign for CPB clients (in 18K gold!) for a series of launch parties.

Our first event in September was a luncheon in the private Reuben Room at the beautiful Neiman Marcus, Dallas NorthPark. My work was interpreted as tablecloths and also as a backdrop for photos for this special gathering hosted by Dallas Modern Luxury magazine. (We are looking to introduce a Kathe Fraga home décor line–stay tuned!)

My Chinoiserie-inspired silk and linen pillows were available for this special event, and will also be available at upcoming events, along with two different silk scarf designs, based on my paintings, and gift boxed greeting cards.

Next stop: Neiman Marcus San Francisco and Nordstrom Bellevue. I’ll be signing the custom, one-of-a-kind gold pouches as the team introduces the new Holiday Collection.

Many thanks to Cle De Peau, Lucia Pieroni and the Shiseido team for the incredible attention to detail, artistic interpretation of my art for each product, respectful use of the images and romantic concept—I appreciate this magical opportunity to collaborate with such beauty!

Kathe Fraga Paintings at The Bainbridge Island Museum of Art

Exciting news! I’m thrilled to let you know that my Chinoiserie inspired paintings of birds and botanicals will be part of The Bainbridge Island Museum of Art’s new Spring Exhibition, “Revering Nature.” The exhibition opens to the public Saturday, March 11 and will be on view through June 4. Shown here, “Springtime in Paris, 36×48” on frescoed birch panel. (Admission to this wonderful museum is free. If you’re coming by ferry from Seattle, the museum is an easy walk–no need to drive on.)

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Kathe Fraga new Chinoiserie Inspired Pillow Collection

love-song_webNew! My silk and linen pillow collection, based on my Chinoiserie-inspired paintings, is now available on-line and in-store at Artisan Crafted Home (Whidbey Island), Dana’s Showhouse (Bainbridge Island) and my website.

Each pillow is 20×20″ with a down/feather insert and invisible zipper. The print is the same on each side and comes with an art card that describes my paintings and inspiration.

Please email me with any questions!

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New! Kathe Fraga Art for Calypso Cards

I’m delighted to share a new collaboration: my paintings and Calypso Cards! The new collection, showcasing my Chinoiserie-inspired art, features special and very meaningful quotes of love and inspiration from Walt Whitman, Lao Tzu, Hans Christian Anderson and more. I am so happy how the Calypso Team has presented my work as greeting cards-beautiful paper stock, a variety of pretty and colorful envelopes to complement the paintings and a wrap that allows you to see the message inside.

For my friends and neighbors on Bainbridge Island, you can find the new collection at Dana’s Showhouse and Town and Country.

To order the cards on-line, please visit Calypso’s website.

Many thanks to everyone at Calypso Cards for welcoming me into the “family”!

Under the Trellis The Softest Whisper Love at First Sight Goyard Yellow and Sweet Paris Roses Blush Always All Her Favorite Flowers A Whisper of Pink