What are you working on?
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Thanks.Really dynamic Joce. I also like how you did the background pattern. The look on her face is perfect!
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I'm still working on this--haven't touched it in days though. It's the last painting I'll do for my upcoming show in the fall. It's a small oil on a 16x20-inch gessoboard.
I think I haven't been doing much on it for a few reasons: 1. I'm still seeing the dentist once a week. I have 3/4 of all the work finished now. But my insurance ran out, so I don't know what I will do until next January now.
...2. I'm already working on tons of promo for the show and have been making arrangements to stay out there midway through the six weeks it's up to do an artist's talk
while trying to drum up some kinds of interviews, podcasts, etc.
And 3. I most of all want so badly to start on new ideas that have nothing to do with the work I've been making. No desert stuff at all. I've had my mind on two new series of work and both are abstract(ed). One is more abstract expressionism, and the other is totally abstract. The abstract expressionism stuff is kinda-sorta figurative and based on family pictures, at least the ones I can find that aren't really "posed." I will most likely have to embellish/morph them into other things and maybe combine them with imaginary stuff.
I've never really embarked on this kind of thing and have always said I was going to paint more loose and sloppy. I don't even know if I'm capable of it, but I'm going to give it another attempt. I've only been able to do it on a few paintings, but not a lot. I hope to use those as inspiration, just like the non-representational pieces I have in mind. Those began with the grocery bag series I started at the beginning of Covid.
So that's my story for today.
EDIT: Oh, and I've also been building an artist's website for one of my best friends. I suppose that's been taking up some time too.
I think I haven't been doing much on it for a few reasons: 1. I'm still seeing the dentist once a week. I have 3/4 of all the work finished now. But my insurance ran out, so I don't know what I will do until next January now.
...2. I'm already working on tons of promo for the show and have been making arrangements to stay out there midway through the six weeks it's up to do an artist's talk
while trying to drum up some kinds of interviews, podcasts, etc.And 3. I most of all want so badly to start on new ideas that have nothing to do with the work I've been making. No desert stuff at all. I've had my mind on two new series of work and both are abstract(ed). One is more abstract expressionism, and the other is totally abstract. The abstract expressionism stuff is kinda-sorta figurative and based on family pictures, at least the ones I can find that aren't really "posed." I will most likely have to embellish/morph them into other things and maybe combine them with imaginary stuff.
I've never really embarked on this kind of thing and have always said I was going to paint more loose and sloppy. I don't even know if I'm capable of it, but I'm going to give it another attempt. I've only been able to do it on a few paintings, but not a lot. I hope to use those as inspiration, just like the non-representational pieces I have in mind. Those began with the grocery bag series I started at the beginning of Covid.
So that's my story for today.
EDIT: Oh, and I've also been building an artist's website for one of my best friends. I suppose that's been taking up some time too.
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Can’t wait to see the abstracts.I'm still working on this--haven't touched it in days though. It's the last painting I'll do for my upcoming show in the fall. It's a small oil on a 16x20-inch gessoboard.
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I think I haven't been doing much on it for a few reasons: 1. I'm still seeing the dentist once a week. I have 3/4 of all the work finished now. But my insurance ran out, so I don't know what I will do until next January now.
...2. I'm already working on tons of promo for the show and have been making arrangements to stay out there midway through the six weeks it's up to do an artist's talk
And 3. I most of all want so badly to start on new ideas that have nothing to do with the work I've been making. No desert stuff at all. I've had my mind on two new series of work and both are abstract(ed). One is more abstract expressionism, and the other is totally abstract. The abstract expressionism stuff is kinda-sorta figurative and based on family pictures, at least the ones I can find that aren't really "posed." I will most likely have to embellish/morph them into other things and maybe combine them with imaginary stuff.
I've never really embarked on this kind of thing and have always said I was going to paint more loose and sloppy. I don't even know if I'm capable of it, but I'm going to give it another attempt. I've only been able to do it on a few paintings, but not a lot. I hope to use those as inspiration, just like the non-representational pieces I have in mind. Those began with the grocery bag series I started at the beginning of Covid.
So that's my story for today.
EDIT: Oh, and I've also been building an artist's website for one of my best friends. I suppose that's been taking up some time too.
Good luck on your teeth. I am going through that myself with no insurance. That takes your mind of the potential fear and pain.
You are so active, Ayin. I respect that .
With age , my energy level has dropped quite a bit. That part is a little scary for me.
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Whenever I read posts like this from Ayin, I feel a strong urge to take a nap.
Their discipline wears me out!Kidding aside, I'm excited to see the new stuff too, Ayin. Sounds completely different from what you're finishing up now.
Jocelyne, I absolutely love this latest one from you. The crown, the hair, the expression - even the background all fits together. It's a beautiful piece! I love your abstracts, too, but your portraits are amazing.
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Here's the sculpture that I'm working on now.
It's alabaster but this particular piece is not as large as I want so I'm refining
the features, hair , drapery [gown] etc while I'm waiting for a giant piece of
alabaster to arrive !
Cheers,
Patricia
'ENLIGHTENMENT'
It's alabaster but this particular piece is not as large as I want so I'm refining
the features, hair , drapery [gown] etc while I'm waiting for a giant piece of
alabaster to arrive !
Cheers,
Patricia
'ENLIGHTENMENT'
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This photo of the rabbit house is really terrible, but I'm still working on this one in oil. I wanted to outline the windows with a tiny black outline. I tried it in paint, but I didn't have a brush small enough. Then I tried a micron pen, but that didn't work at all with the oil paint, so I'm just going to leave it alone. I may thicken up that middle white line on that center window and call it. Now I'm working on the mountain range.
