artSpacific: Opening Reception

Today was the opening reception for artSpacific and was pleasantly surprised that my painting Frozen in Time was awarded the SDAG "Work of Distinction". This is my first award at a show and hopefully there will be many more in the future!



Opening Reception
© 2008


The one thing that I did learn/see at the show... is that I need to start bringing up the sizes of my paintings and increasing my body of work so I can enter more shows and galleries. I may be a little slower at producing these larger works (only get an hour or so an evening to paint) but it is now a goal of mine.

There is another show deadline in June that I am going to strive for four new paintings to enter. So... stay tuned!

Poppy Perch

One last little one until I've finished off a couple of commissions. I wanted to try a wider variety of colours (okay, the black and white of a chickadee may not be a wider variety of colour...) on the black gesso to see how they look against the black. My favourite part of this painting... the way the alizarin crimson seems to glow against the black.



"Poppy Perch"
2.5" x 3.5" oil on canvas paper
© 2008

Peek-a-boo

I had a lot of fun painting this one... a nice little relaxing painting for a quiet Sunday afternoon.



"Peek-a-boo"
2.5" x 3.5" oil on gessoed paper
© 2008

A Closer Look

I'm back from my short break with a new little chickadee painting. This is a bit of a warm up to get back into painting after my week long break.



"A Closer Look"
3.5" x 2.5" oil on gessoed paper
© 2008


One of the things that I am really enjoying about the black gesso (using Golden brand) is how quickly and vibrant the paintings seem to be. The colours seem to jump off the page with a little bit of extra 'sparkle' that I don't seem to get with the white gesso. I'm not going to stop using white gesso.... but I think I'll go back and forth between the two.