Happy 2020! First of all, thank you to everyone who purchased art from me this year - I am always so happy and grateful that people enjoy my work enough to fork over hard earned $$ for it :) This year I have some big plans - an online course, new conceptual pieces, and a new approach to my traditional work inspired by my various experiments this past year. As I type this I am thinking”When, how will I fit this all in?’… But I will find a way(she tells herself using self help-y fake it ‘til you make it attitude)…. Haha - well … you can be the judge, I’ll keep you posted as I get this new stuff rolling.
In my new “new work” tab on this site you’ll see paintings I created this year using a different approach. I splattered paint all over the canvas, hoping to create a dynamic texture that would bring energy and movement to the finished pieces. I think it did that - but my biggest challenge is deciding what finished looks like in these pieces. I think a % of “unfinish” makes them feel alive… but too much and they look just, undone. So I’ll revisit them and try not to destroy them with tweaks and updates.
As far as conceptual pieces… I’ve had visions of a series of images that pair the natural beauty of Gloucester with the dreaming/thinking/trying of the people who live here. There is something about how we all drive around, staring endlessly at the ocean, loving how gorgeous and hypnotic it is, and almost cursing the magnetic power of that beauty and everything that comes with it (or more simply, the pluses and minuses of living on an island)….
The online course is the farthest stretch, but also the most exciting, in that it will bring a whole new world to play in. I can imagine what I learn crossing over into my work at Cape Ann Art Haven, which could be really cool.
So, thanks for listening - by writing all of this & hitting psot I have committed to my new projects. Wish me luck - what are you up to this year?
