How We Make Sense of the World – an interview with William Kentridge
This is may be my favorite interview with one of my favorite contemporary artists. So lucid, insightful, and yet unpretentious. I've watched it several times and should probably watch at the beginning of every new year as a guide post. If you are an artist or enjoy...
Summer Group Show
"Mix It Up," opening Friday, 07/21/2017, 5-8 PM, at New Editions Gallery in Lexington, Kentucky. I have four pieces in this show which will be up through September 2nd. For More information: https://neweditionsgallery.com/events/ ...
Work In Progress
I have three new assemblage wall pieces in the works. Sizes range from 30 - 52 inches wide, which I would consider "medium." These photos show the early stages. One has a base coat of tan and white acrylic and the other two are unpainted wood. All will get various...
New Work
This is my latest piece, #4 in a series of small studies in mixed media paring images from nature with abstraction. I am also still exploring the possibilities of a limited pallet. I'm happy with the results so far and looking forward to working my way up to a larger...
Twelfth Annual Mazin Art Exhibition
“Downdraft” by Philip High selected for the 2016 Mazin Art Exhibition
Open Studio Weekend 2016
November 4: 6pm-8 pm - Launch Party/Reception @ Cressman Center November 5: 10am-5pm - OSW Saturday Tour November 6: 12pm-5pm - OSW Sunday Tour One weekend each year artists from all over Louisville open their doors for Open Studio Weekend! This event is a wonderful...
Radio Interview
One last word (I promise) about the show "There Are No Words" opening tonight at Lettersong Studio/Gallery. If you missed our interview yesterday on Louisville Visual Arts radio program "PUBLIC" (and are interested), here is the link:...
There Are No Words – Update
Featured image, above: details from work by Keith Kleespies (left) and Philip High (right). We are excited to now have violinist, Jane Halliday, playing at our opening this Friday, June, 3, at Lettersong Studio/Gallery ,1501 Story Ave. From 7 - 8 PM Jane will walk the...
There Are No Words
There Are No Words Graphically Inspired Abstraction by Philip High and Keith Kleespies Work that explores the potential for using tools, marks, and materials from the graphic arts to communicate expressively without verbal content. In case you missed our show, "DUO,"...
Main-Cross Gallery Opening
Thank you to everyone who came to the opening last night, especially those who drove from Louisville. And thank you to Main-Cross Gallery owner Jill Coldiron who did an amazing job. Everything exceeded our expectations!
Exhibition and Opening
DUO Recent work by Philip High & Keith Kleespies March 18 - April 20, 2016 Opening reception Friday, March 18 5-8 p.m. Main-Cross Gallery The Square 401 W. Main St., #221 Lexington, KY 40507
Commission In Process
Painting a forest waterfall while listening to Hildegard Von Bingen, on a rainy day in late November = Transcendental. This piece, for a couple living in the mountains of western North Carolina, is getting close to being finished. I haven't done anything like it in...
Annual Mazin Exhibition
I'm pleased to announce that this piece, "The Mother Tongue," 24.5 x 24 in., assemblage, has been accepted into the Annual Mazin Art Exhibiton at the Patio Gallery, in the Jewish Community Center of Louisville Kentucky. The show opens November 22 and runs through...
