ART AT SHINE
LA VITA NUOVA | THE NEW LIFE
VISUAL POEMS by SHAWNA KHALILY

Opening Reception | Fridy, April 6, 2012 | 7 - 9pm

Shawna Khalily is a Visual artist and Accomplished Printmaker
who lives here in Louisville, Kentucky.

WHAT IS HUMAN?

Human figures, human bodies acting out the human condition on paper and blocks of wood. I am woodcutter second, a drawer first. I have learned recently, from 25 years of drawing bodies, how to connect my pencil to my heart. My heart makes the figures to match the muses I feel in dreams and see in life. From martyred saints and angels of the upper air to haunting demons, dancing jesters and impish ghosts playing out the whole landscape of human interaction: falling in love, going to war, being converted, ascending, falling, the ways we connect and reject, toil and turn and return, the ways we torture and nurture, maneuver and learn, the ways we live and die, and survive. I'm into the way bodies look when they live the stories as souls who bond and respond and belong to one another.

Making pictures for me is the best way I know to live through the most human questions, the intensity, the curiosity and confusion and amazement about the essence of hearts and of purely being.

Shine is a wellness studio devoted to nurturing a graceful life through movement, music and fun. ART AT SHINE creates four exhibits each year changing seasonally. The art that we show is chosen to illuminate the healing that art provides in both the artist and the viewer.

Shine is open daily for viewing before and after our classes and by appointment. 502.442.2843