Breathing Art
“Solo No.3: Holy Apple” (c)2012 – Acrylic on Canvas Board, 9″ x 12″
This image is part of my “Quick Study” challenge. Learn more here.
I’m not sure if the b/w version works; the halo ends up carrying too much weight. If it’s lightened any more, the balance of the piece shifts entirely to the bottom.
“Solo No.3: Holy Apple” (c)2012 – B&W Digital (photoshop)
“Solo No.2: Red Apple” (c)2012 – Acrylic on Stretched Canvas, 4″ x 4″
This image is part of my “Quick Study” challenge. Learn more here.
I love seeing them in black and white.
Enjoy!
“Solo No.2: Red Apple” (c)2012 – B&W Digital (photoshop)
“Solo No.1: In The Wings” (c)2012 – Acrylic on Canvas Board, 12″ x 9″
More apples!
When prepping the image for this post, I tried a number of photo manipulations. I’m not a big fan of simply running an image through a filter to make it look like a water-color, or such, but I just fell in love with the granularity of the black and white adjustments. The more drama the better.
Enjoy!
“Solo No.1: In The Wings” (c)2012 – B&W Digital
Square Apples (c)2012 -Acrylic, 20″ x 16″
I’m connected with the most amazing painter on Google Plus, +Lena Levin.
She started a couple of challenges: “Chagall Challenge”: making a Chagall-inspired artwork (in any medium, traditional or digital) and posting it on G+ for virtual exhibition in December at +In Studio With The Masters. Any visual artist is invited to participate for a virtual exhibition in December. The other was a personal challenge: the “Wrong color”: to paint something in color that would seem “wrong” realistically speaking, but that would feel “right” to the painter. The bold freshness of her “Floating apple” got me hooked!
So, besides working on the Chagall Challenge on the side, I started me on my own “Quick Study” challenge. The first thing I do when I walk in the studio is grab a small canvas or board and sketch with paint for ten minutes—like stretching before running. There are no expectations of genius in these, just raw expression.
The image in this post is part of my “Quick Study” series but inspired by Lena’s floating apples. It left me unimpressed; I left it in a corner. Danny’s only comment was, “They’re square!”—hence, the name. But after a couple of days, seeing it out of the corner of my eye, I grew very fond of it! You might not like it, or any of the other studies I’ll post, but they help me work out my color-kinks! So feel free to comment, even if you detest what you see!
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“The Green Vase.” Acrylic – (c)2012 36″ x 48″
This spring I discovered the Artel Gallery (@artelPensacola), in Pensacola, FL. I saw two amazing shows: the Women’s Show and “Art As Social Discourse.” After learning that the shows were juried but open to all artists, and although I’d never considered entering a juried show before, I took the plunge into their edgy still-life competition, “Fruits, Vegetables and All Things Still,” and “The Green Vase” won Best of Show!
“The Green Vase” at Artel Gallery.
So, a completely new chapter has opened in my life, and I hope to share my journey with you through this blog, so welcome! I look forward to your company.
Me and “The Green Vase.” Acrylic – (c)2012
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Me and my loving husband Daniel; he’s my biggest fan!
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My unexpected cash prize!–bent from being squished in my hot little hand.
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I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to some of the people that made this experience possible: to Karen Valdéz, the juror, for selecting my piece for such an honor; to Susanne Robbert, the President of Artel Gallery (@artelPensacola), for affording me and all artists the opportunity to partake in such a rich and diverse arts community, and for the unexpected cash award(!); to Sheila Courtney, for her respect, excitement and support; and to Lee Courtney for being the bearer of such amazing news. Thank you! And thank you to all the other artists at the opening who introduced yourselves and offered your congratulations. I’m looking forward to getting to know all of you, learning about your art and congratulating ’you’ in future shows. Exciting times!
And if you happen to be driving through Pensacola, the show is up until Oct. 4!
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