23 February 2019

just turn your head a little

Things are feeling a bit hectic right now, as I prepare to install my part of the exhibition at the Leighton Art Centre.  I have prepared ahead some ink drawings, and will balance them with string drawings throughout the gallery, which are unplanned and will be created on the spot.

As you can see, I have opted for tree imagery incorporated with circles.  :)

Leighton Art Centre "just turn your head a little" exhibition

above: studies, approx. 12x24"

below: finished drawings, 24x40"

Leighton Art Centre "just turn your head a little" exhibition

These drawings have been made with twigs dipped in ink, on various types of surfaces.  I do love the slightly uncontrolled quality of the line work with this technique.

Here is a link to my latest newsletter, with information about the exhibition and a couple of other things.

Thanks as always for your interest, dear Reader!

12 February 2019

turn, turn, turn

colourful paintings in my studio verna vogel steel sky woman

I've been able to spend a lot of time painting in the last month.
Several projects on the go, with deadlines coming up soon...

Art Calgary upcoming exhibition at CPL - painting based on Mawson Plan design

work in progress: based on the Mawson plan

Art Calgary upcoming exhibition at CPL - painting based on Mawson Plan design

for exhibition with Art Calgary
at Calgary's new Central Public Library

Art Calgary upcoming exhibition at CPL - painting based on Mawson Plan design

another exploration of Mawson plan

Inglewood Art Supplies, Kama oil sticks, Arches oil paper

work in progress: Kama oil sticks on Arches oil paper

Inglewood Art Supplies, Kama oil sticks on canvas

work in progress: Kama oil sticks on stretched canvas
under and on top of oil paint layers
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And now my studio is turned over to "intallation mode"

Artist Frances Vettergreen and I are collaborating
for upcoming exhibition at the Leighton Art Center

Leighton Art Center upcoming exhibition, installation artwork

preliminary explorations: ink drawings on paper

The thing with creating installation artworks, for me, is to allow the work to respond to the space.  I don't want to just impose my thing, you know?  The Leighton Art Centre is located in the foothills of Alberta.  Rolling landscape with copses of poplar trees and more densely wooded areas, and also open vistas and wetlands.  Thus, my plan for this exhibition is to create tree-feeling things and river-feeling things.  

I also want to use materials found in those areas, such as twigs dipped in ink to make drawings, as above.  Which by the way will NOT be displayed on the walls.  Curious?  Come out and see!  (or wait for the blog post with photos of finished installation)  :)

I will find ways to also incorporate my circles throughout the work, because circular imagery is so important to me, and relates very much to the landscape in balance.

inspired by nature - and longer daylight hours

walking above the river near my home in the evening
daylight hours increasing rapidly

And later this week I'll be doing some workshops 

Life feels very busy and very fun right now.