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Ever wondered about fine art collage?
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On holiday for a few days…
Today I am on a course about Web 2.0 with Paul Reynolds- and then I am off to Wellington for a few days. My friend Natalie and I are going to SENZ; a 3 day scrapbooking expo. We are doing three classes during the weekend. Two with Nic Howard and one with Lusi Austin. Fun. See you in a few days time.
Anyone else got fun things happening this weekend?
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Putting back – Starship fundraiser
The NZ Art Guild are supporting the Starship Foundation’s Christmas Cracker House Tour on November 14th, where there will be a market stall selling a variety of goods. Funds raised this year will go towards head cooling caps for Starship’s Intensive Care Unit.
As a member of the Guild I was keen to get involved. My cousin died if leukemia when we were both 14 years old. I wish Starship had existed then for Dean and his family. So, I have made six 4×4 Christmas canvas – each one is unique, but all are similar (production line art for speed). I hope the money they raise helps this valuable cause.
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Working loose
It’s been a long week at work. School holidays are always a very busy time in a library, but we have 6 new computers with free internet so the teens are swarming! We normally have about 500 people through the doors each week. This week we hit just over 1,000 – not bad when you consider the population of Patea is approx 1100. And to make life even more “interesting” this week two of my four staff were off sick. I just hope they’re resting up well.
My rest has come in the form of painting time, shut away in my art room with no people, no teens, no music – just me and my paints. If I can’t sleep, I can always paint, and paint I have. I have been trying to work looser and also trying to lift my colours a bit. I do tend to paint quite dark paintings, and am making a real attempt at more cheerful work. This one is 10×10″ on gallery wrap canvas.
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GPP Street Team Crusade No 23
Well, the month is almost over, and today I got the chance to enter Michelle’s latest challenge. You can read the details here. The challenge was about cleaning up – “clearing your plate” – but doing it your own way. And I did.
Today I moved mountains of “stuff” that had accumulated in my art room. Emptied boxes, consolidated things, cleaned up piles of left over bits and bobs. I wouldn’t call the room super tidy or super organised; but compared with the non-existent “before” photos, it’s a miracle 🙂
Can you see the wall of 4×4 and 4×8 canvas piled up at the back of my desk – I love having them all sitting there just waiting for me to have a few spare minutes!
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