- our Open Studio 2-day event was well patronised at Anniversary Weekend. It’s a relaxed way to catch up with friends, and for people who would not normally think of going to a Gallery or Art Museum, to put aside the fear and come and chat with the artists, see how they work, and maybe purchase a piece of art that ‘speaks to them’. Our days were restful and enjoyable, sales were a bonus. Thank you to my U-P ladies for a well organised show.
- the next Pop-Up sale for the Unlimited Palette group will be one day only at the Church Hall in the Waihi Beach village in Wilson Road on Saturday February 16th 2019.
Art at ‘See Level’
An invite to come and view and purchase from the Unlimited Palette group, at Waihi Beach on Auckland Anniversary Weekend Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th January 2019.
Unlimited Palette showing at the Beach
“Unlim
ited Palette” will be showing at various studios around Waihi Beach on Auckland Anniversary Weekend which falls on 26th and 27th of January. Each artist works in a different process – watercolour, acrylic, printmaking, and callligraphy, covering a wide range of styles – traditional, modern, stylised and quirky. Cash sales only.
Recent art
Something from my recent series “Waste Not Wanted” – mixed media acrylic, 3D waste cardboard on canvas.
This piece is for sale at the Gallery at the Thames Society of
Arts, in the Old North School building, Main Road Thames, on the Coromandel Peninsula New Zealand. Worth a look if you are passing.
Keeping abreast of the times
Greetings from Middle Earth, (or pretty close by) – 37 degrees South actually, in New Zealand.
I have been reading on the blog of one of my favorite mixed media masters Seth Apter www.sethapter.com how he has struggled to find the time to keep up with all his online accounts – blogging, facebook, instagram and so on. It would seem that sitting at the computer writing screeds of what is on your mind, is no longer the thing to do. Especially if you are a creative wizard who runs an online shop selling your own lines of mixed media supplies, along with touring the country taking workshops. Can’t be all things to all people. So he has finished with his blog but retained his website because that is where his core business is. I don’t blame him.
Where is the joy in being creative when you are up til 3am answering multiple feedback responses. I had reason to ask a question of him not so long ago, to do with items in his shop, so it was business related. He gave a response within 12 hours, and I thought at the time …’this guy must be awake 24/7 or he has a backup staff who do the menial tasks while he gets on with his creative life.’
So my question is this: How can we be creatively engaged with the wider world while still being true to our artistic selves. Do you have the answer?
Looking for Inspiration in a New Year
a hot, muggy afternoon, doodling in the “studio” wanting to find some inspiration for my next series. On the floor, canvases and boards which have already had a life, waiting there for a new one. My inner artists says “paint what YOU want”, but my sensible voice is saying ” what do you have to say”.
there’s two lines of thought at play here. Do I carry on making new pieces on fresh supports (canvas or board), or do I remake the old ones, cover over what is not pleasing, and carry on. It’s a while since I sold anything, but then again I don’t have my work on show in many places. Last year 2018, I had two serious showings which I worked towards by making pieces for a new series called Waste Not Wanted. These were mainly smallish abstract works on canvas, with a 3 dimensional effect from recycled cardboard.
There are not many opportunities to put work in front of the public unless you go down the facebook or instagram path. I will be taking part in a showing at the end of January when there are 5 artists from Unlimited Palette, in 3 studios, open to friends and family. I have made a couple of new small works for this event, and expect to make a few more. Mainly I am hoping to find the inspiration to carry on making the art that pleases me and also the people who get to see it.
my toolkit is open and ready…………………….