Undaunted with Judith Kindler

Judith Kindler, Artist and Hostess Extraordinaire

This week Ken and I attended a very interesting dinner party at Judith Kindler's Atelier 31.  She and her husband, Kyle Johnson, brought together a group of friends and appreciators of Judith's art to participate in her current project entitled "Undaunted".

It is always such a treat to visit Judith's studio since it is also a gallery of selections of her work and it is fascinating to see all the different bodies of work represented in one place.  It was also fun to catch up with friends, Chloe & Lance Mueller, JJ McKay, John Christensen, Michael Greer, Pam Anderson, Tim McKee,

Ken Hatch and John Christensen

Cathy & Tom O'Keefe and others.    

Pam Anderson & Tim McKee

Throughout the party, Judith invited her friends to come and model for her with a selection of props while she took individual photos and encouraged each subject to look angry, happy and sad (not all at once of course).  The props were an interesting selection of objects including a buddha, small nun in her habit with a large cross, baby doll, stack of books, two cantaloupe, a rabbit inside a cage, a stack of turkish towels, a small sailor man and a number of others.  Judith will convert a selection of these images that she took of her friends wielding the props into her project.  It will

JJ McKay and Julie Thomas

be interesting to see how my angry face turns out if she actually uses it (I am hoping not!).