The family all arrive a half hour before anyone else. It gave us time to get the Cheese platters out on the tables and get the Catalogues in place. My eldest daughter handed out Catalogues at the door. Some guestes arrived early which was nice as ...
Read moreOpening Night Day!
Opening night is here! It is funny, it???s a regular day with school for the girls and work for Aran, while I wait for 6.30pm! There are odd things to do but all the real organising is done. There are a couple of phone calls to return, some emails t...
Read moreThe night before Opening Night!
All that needs to be done for the ???Messages from the Soul??? is done! What an amazing ride so far! I haven???t had a minute spare to get nervous about tomorrow night. How fabulous! It has crept upon me day by day, step by step! Now, here it is! I am v...
Read moreMonday 2nd. Hanging the show!
The day started with a lot of nerves, none of which were due to the work ahead. It was all about my youngest daughters first day at school! Once I got to the Gallery, I was ready to get on with the task at hand. My sister Michelle came to help me ...
Read moreTwo days until we hang the Exhibition!
Goodness me, along with the days of 40 degrees plus, roll along the days closer to hanging the show! I have 6 hours on Monday with the Galleries curator, Craig. This looks to be very exciting! We have spoken already and I look forward to meeting h...
Read more1 Week until Opening!
Wow! What a week! I have done many interesting new things, including stuffing a very large number of envelopes, it has all been good! The local papers advertisments came out today. I picked up a copy at a friends and got a thrill at seeing the det...
Read morePining the act of painting
I am officially pining for paint! I am missing the smell of it, the texture, the visual stimulation, the ???play??? and discovery! It has only been days since i worked on the last two canvas??? from Series 4. I didn???t end up with a resolution and due to...
Read moreLast Dance
Tonight, I had one last dance with 2 paintings in the Natural toning. If I haven???t resolved them tonight, I should leave them. They definitely need the remaining 2 weeks to dry! It is nice to feel the creativite flow with a paint brush again, as t...
Read moreTidy Up - 3 weeks until the Exhibition
The tidy up process is well and truly underway. Last week I brought all of the paintings outside in the sunlight to get a really clean look at what I was working with for the Exhibition. It isn???t often I get to see them all lined up. They are stre...
Read moreAdvert In Print!
I received the mail out for the ???Chapel off Chapel??? -January Dates, in the mail today. I was excited to see they have included one of my paintings and artist statement in an advertisement for the Exhibition in February! It is rewarding to see it i...
Read more"Messages From The Soul" - Upcoming exhibition
Here are the details for my upcoming show "Messages From the Soul". "Painting is my spiritual practice. It is when I am most connected to my inner world." I have titled the paintings as Messages because that is what they are to me.My painting prac...
Read moreThe Darker Forces
A week of Dark tones???.Sepia, Burnt Umber, Olive Green again as I finish the ???Trees of Brazil???. The canvas begs each application for deeper,, darker, denser color. I have found it to be ???murky??? territory. Although the paint application has been ene...
Read moreOlive Green and Sepia
Tonight I watched as Olive green merged with Sepia.Mixing on my Palette with a large brush, I watched a marriage in the making before my eyes.Glimpsing each individual color as they blended and swirled, twisting in togetherness, tumbling as they j...
Read more"Trees of Brazil" Series.
I am finishing off 4 paintings from ???The Tree???s in Brazil ??? Series. They are autumnal in color range. I get a soothing feeling while I work with the palette of these paintings! There are ???Mixed Titanium White???s??? made with ???Sienna or Umber ??? highli...
Read moreRed and Blue
Wow! I have been working with ???Red and Blue??? for a couple of weeks now. As I looked at the Tryptich nearly completed, in daylight hours yesterday I realized how much the colors had moved me. It has been a very passion fuelled journey. They are suc...
Read moreUltramarine Blue
Tonight, I covered 5 panels with Ultramarine Blue. Not all over, but in various places over two sets. A diptych and a triptych. I love that type of work. I can spread the feeling over 5 canvas??? in one sitting and have totally different effects fro...
Read moreIn the Studio
Tonight I painted four canvas??? with a base coat of Titanium White and Burnt Umber. It is the beginning of a Diptych in the ???Trees of Brazil??? Series. This series has really been a freeing up of technique for me. I have let paintings complete at ear...
Read moreSepia
Last night???s painting session was productive, not in volume as much as, reaching an understanding of darkness through the use of Sepia. Such an appealing color, reminiscent of the past and yet calling forth companion colors to the now.I found usin...
Read moreImage for Chapel off Chapel Gallery mail out
Message No. 3. This is the image chosen for the invite for my upcoming "Messages from the Soul" Exhibition - Feb 09.
Read morePreparation for "Messages from the Soul"
There are so many things to prepare for an exhibition that are not painting related. It has been a real eye opener for me. I have had to access parts of my brain I have not had to use often in the last 5 years of being ???stay at home??? mum! It has b...
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