Critique

I really need to get more organized and start updating these blogs more. I took my 2 pieces to the critique, unfortunatly there was only time to critique one piece so I chose the one with the figure
John quite liked it the only comment he had was to increase the value of the white mark on the left side of the figure, so I will do that, sign it & it's done. Now to get back to work & finish some of the others that I am working on.

Critique tomorrow

Tomorrow, the Markham Group of Artists has their monthly meeting. We are having John Leonard come in to critique 1 or 2 paintings from each member. Here are the 2 I am taking, not sure if there will be time for both to be critiqued but at least one will be. Its always interesting to here what others think of my work, we will see if I agree with what he has to say.

Oops

Okay, I did something really stupid. In an earlier post I showed a painting that I was working on for a class I go to. The one that was started by another artist & I had to work on it. Well I finished it, took a picture & gave it back to Sally, the artist who's painting it was initially. And then I deleted the picture thinking I had uploaded it but of course I didn't. So now I can't show you what the finished work looked like. I can tell you I added some paper pages, some more colour, keeping some of the birds, & the buildings. Sally said she liked the final painting, of course I'm not sure she would have told me if she didn't like it, she's too nice. If I think about it I will try to get her to email me a picture of the finished piece. Meanwhile I wanted to show a couple of pictures of some silk scarves that my daughter has been painting, very beautiful.

Donations

So I almost have the two pieces finished that I am donating. The first is for the Jennifer Ashley foundation, the 2nd is for The Varley. I need to live with them for a bit to see if they are finished. They both are a combination of acylic & papers. The first also uses image transfers, while in the 2nd one I used stencils. Both of these use images of my daughter, she makes a great model.

Working on donations

As an artist I am always being asked to donate to various organizations. I am currently working on one for the Varley Gallery in Markham & one for the Jennifer Ashley foundation. Considering that the Varley one is due next week, I think I need to get moving. I will post them when they are done, hopefully soon.

Back to work

Okay, I haven't been updating the blog, I am really good at procrastinating, but I am getting back now. I have been working on several new paintings, as well as proposals for shows I am hoping to get into. Here are a few of the pieces I have been working on. They are small collage pieces.

new assignment

In my Tuesday class, we tried something new, at least new for me. We each brought in a painting that was not working for us, then exchanged it with someone else in the group. We had to then take home the new painting & work on it. For me this is a really tough assignment, to work on someone else's piece, to put in my own mark without eliminating the other person's.

Here is the image I was given. The problem is I like this just the way it is, how do I work on it without changing what the artist intended? This may take awhile.