Opening day of The Creole Gallery's "Vagina Show" is finally here!
I'm very excited and looking forward to meeting the other artists and seeing their work for the first time and meeting the patrons of the arts. This is my very first show at the Creole Gallery and, thus far, the experience has been very positive. The opening reception is from noon til five, so I'll have a good opportunity to really get to know everyone involved.
And there should be wine! However, just in case, I will have a bottle stashed away...
It's going to be a very busy day. I have things going on before and after the show, as well, but, if you're in the area, I hope to see you!
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Sunday, September 9, 2012
Friday, September 7, 2012
Sending the kids to camp!
Varnishing has been done. Hanging wire has been installed. Bios and statements and price lists have been sent. All that was left was to drop off the work.
It's always an odd feeling when the pieces you've slaved over and fussed over finally go off to the gallery. Like "sending the kids to camp", you've done everything you can do but now it's out of your hands. They're on the bus and you won't see them again until "visiting day". Weird.
Actually, it was fun dropping them off. Ben and I took the pieces into The Creole Gallery and met Roxanne, who is co-organizing the show with Ena Busby, and Tanya Becks, another artist who will be doing a performance piece. They both seem like great people. Very friendly and very easy to talk to. New friends! Always great! Everyone is excited for the show and looking forward to the opening on Sunday. Now all I have to do is wait.
Naw, forget that, I'm gonna paint!
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
That's a Wrap!
Ok, so I've had two pieces accepted for the Creole Gallery's "Vagina Show". Yay! Now all I have to do is drop them off and go on my merry way, right?
Wrong.
There's a lot of schtuff left to be done before, during and after show time.
When showing my work, I usually don't frame it. At best, I feel the frame should be the personal choice of the final owner. At worst, the frame can be a distraction, unless it's an integral part of the piece. At worstest worst, someone might purchase the piece for the frame and through the artwork out! (Don't laugh; I've done this myself!) So, instead of framing, I will paint the edges of the canvas a matching or complimentaery color. Simple, looks good, and doesn't distract. Because I do it this way, I also have to "wire" the canvas so it will hang on the gallery wall.
Lastly, I varnish the piece so it is protected from dirt, dust, and grime. You don't want to varnish until the paint is totally cured and, since all the pieces I submitted for "The Vagina Show" were created for the show, I've had to wait to varnish them.Also, you don't want to varnish until you are all done taking photos because the varnish can glare and cause issues with the photos.
Lastly, I need to write an artist bio and an artist statement. Yikes! As you can tell from the "About Me" at the side of this blog, I don't usually offer to much information about myself. I don't know of many artists who are real comfortable with writing about themselves. We all talk about ourselves and art like magpies but put it down on paper? Ugh! Despite the fact that it's for our art and our art business, we are loath to do it.
But it's time to buck up and do it!. I want to do everything I can to help the Creole Gallery "Vagina Show" be a rousing success. For ART! For THE CREOLE GALLERY! For VAGINAS!
Wrong.
There's a lot of schtuff left to be done before, during and after show time.
When showing my work, I usually don't frame it. At best, I feel the frame should be the personal choice of the final owner. At worst, the frame can be a distraction, unless it's an integral part of the piece. At worstest worst, someone might purchase the piece for the frame and through the artwork out! (Don't laugh; I've done this myself!) So, instead of framing, I will paint the edges of the canvas a matching or complimentaery color. Simple, looks good, and doesn't distract. Because I do it this way, I also have to "wire" the canvas so it will hang on the gallery wall.
Lastly, I varnish the piece so it is protected from dirt, dust, and grime. You don't want to varnish until the paint is totally cured and, since all the pieces I submitted for "The Vagina Show" were created for the show, I've had to wait to varnish them.Also, you don't want to varnish until you are all done taking photos because the varnish can glare and cause issues with the photos.
Lastly, I need to write an artist bio and an artist statement. Yikes! As you can tell from the "About Me" at the side of this blog, I don't usually offer to much information about myself. I don't know of many artists who are real comfortable with writing about themselves. We all talk about ourselves and art like magpies but put it down on paper? Ugh! Despite the fact that it's for our art and our art business, we are loath to do it.
But it's time to buck up and do it!. I want to do everything I can to help the Creole Gallery "Vagina Show" be a rousing success. For ART! For THE CREOLE GALLERY! For VAGINAS!
Sunday, August 19, 2012
The Vagina Dialogues
"The Vagina Dialogues" Arylic on canvas 17" X 33"
Second piece submitted for the Creole Gallery show.
This is what I call a "convertible". It is one piece comprised of three paintings. This set-up is how I intended it, but the panels can be arranged by the owner however they want. I needed to do this up get the three dialogues : woman to woman, woman to man, woman to herself.
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