Easing back in...with ATCs

After such a month I thought I'd get back into artymode  (new word!...it IS a living language) by joining a few ATC Swaps.  I'll only show you a few of each or I'll go on all day, and my studio is calling.

First up is my Paper Traders group and the Postage Stamp People swap.



The Explorer

My Hero

This Ol' House

Next, an ArtChix swap with a spooky theme for Halloween.

A Horrid Idea

Headless

The Royal Ghost

Part of the brief for ArtChix is that the card must contain at least one of the ArtChix products.

Finally, for my Ipernity group, the theme was 'scissors'.

Tape

 

Oops!

Scissors Kick

NOW I'm ready for some REAL art....off to the studio.

Been there....

...done this....

Rinda's Photo Scavenger Hunt

1. Open air market: A wet day in Transylvania

 
2. Theatre for performing arts:  This amazing building is the Esplanade performing arts complex in Singapore.

 

3. City Hall, Capitol, or other similar civic building: The Palace of The Parliament, Bucharest.

 4. Airplane: From my window seat

 
5. Sunset: Reflected on the aircraft on another leg of my journey.

 
6. Someone, or something, taking a nap - Paris streets are littered with the homeless.  This was the usual sight outside our Paris apartment early in the morning.

 
7.  A sign that is intentionally, or unintentionally, funny : How about several?

a) Budapest

 
b) Dubai

 
c) Singapore

 
8. A tower:

a) The Memorial Of Rebirth, near Revolution Square, Bucharest.  This monument commemorates the struggles and victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989, which overthrew Communism.

b)  My beloved lounging around Castle Hill, Budapest.

 
c) The ultimate tower....Eiffel in Paris.

 
d) Peles Castle, Romania.

 
9. Someone, or something, out of place:  I couldn't go past this gorgeous child parked on a handbag display in Dubai, while mum shopped.

 
10. A bench that is outside:  Rustic seating at the Village Museum, Bucharest.

 
11. An animal in a zoo, nature reserve, or aquarium: A frill-necked lizard, cleverly camouflaged, on a tree in the reserve where we walk each morning.

 
12: A cloud in the shape of something:  Can anyone else see a bunny?  This one was much harder than it sounded.

13. A fence: Wonderfully woven fence at the Village Museum, Bucharest.

 
14. A stained glass object, or mosaic: Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris.

 
15. A fire truck or police car:  The Paris Fire Brigade.

 
16. A windmill:  A very old wooden windmill at the Village Museum, Bucharest.

 
17. Candle(s): A shop window in Bucharest.

 
18. Local pub, bar, or coffee lounge: This coffee shop is in Maleny, an old village, about 15 mins. from home. 

 
19. A fisherman: Taken on a recent visit to Mooloolaba.

 
20. A dinosaur: This nasty looking critter was found in Dubai. He was a feature of The Magic Planet, the largest indoor family entertainment centre in Dubai, located in the Mall Of The Emirates.

 
21: A photograph of you with an artistic tool or craft supply:
 Will a photo of my hand do? Am working on some 4" x 4" canvases for a Christmas exhibition at the Rosebed St Gallery.

 

 
Options:
a) A person wearing something that symbolises your country:
Me, wearing a temporary Australian flag tattoo.

 

 

 

b) A sundial:  This one was found in the Musee des Arts et Metiers in Paris.

 

 

 

Well I'm back...exhausted, exhilarated, and ready to tackle the washing now.  THEN I can play with my toys again.  Yay!!!

 

 

Book Review - Emily Mason

(For those of you who know I am at present in Budapest, I scheduled this post before I left)

I am an avid collector of art books. Many are instructive but lots are about artists whose work I admire. One of those artists is Emily Mason.

GROUND FOG - Emily Mason

The above image is on p.78 and the cover of the book "Emily Mason - The Fifth Element"  by David Ebony (managing Editor At Art In America Magazine) 

FENCES FLED AWAY (p. 68)

Emily Mason was born in 1932 and is an American abstract painter known for her work in colour field painting and lyrical abstraction. This book showcases her career as an abstract painter active in New York City since the 1950s.

Her most recent exhibitions have been at the David Findlay Jr Gallery, NEWYORK

Her work incorporates elements of abstract expressionism, colour theory, references to the natural world, and personal intuition and instinct.  No wonder I'm besotted with it.

DEW DROP (p.76)

I found her by accident while cruising the net, and immediately went to the Book Depository site (see link on right hand side bar) to look for anything about her. I choose to buy from the Book Depository because local bookshops do not have the range of books available, they are relatively inexpensive, AND they deliver to my door INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE FREE usually within ten days.

Anyway, this book has become a fave and is the source of much inspiration for me. I often collect women artists because I admire their dedication to their work, often against all odds.

Emily Mason's abstractions have underlying geometric structures, but  the artist's work is driven, above all, by colour. Her abstractions are rich with areas of layered, saturated colour contrasted with delicate, translucent washes and glazes that resemble watercolour, with push and pull...

EMBRACE (P.66)

...with monochromatic planes interrupted by fissures and crevasses of other colours...

JUICE (p.67)

...expressive brushstrokes, scumbled, rubbed, scratched. Her masterful use of colour imbues her canvases with mysterious luminosity.

GOLDEN RAIN (p 47)

Overlapping and layered shapes in glowing yellows, brilliant reds, vivid oranges, rich blues, greens and deep purples shift and flow into each other.

In case you want to find it, details for the book are

Format: Hardback
Number of pages: 128
Width: 229 mm
Height: 254 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight: 871 g

Language English

97 illustrations (86 colour)

ISBN 13: 9780977757152
ISBN 10: 0977757153

Included are a chronology of Mason's life and work and a list of illustrations.

The book concludes with a selection of prints made by applying ink and a paste of silicon and carbon to glass plates; in these works Mason's ethereal colours reach new heights of intensity.

The beautifully produced volume, the first comprehensive account of Mason's work, is a splendid tribute to an artist whose paintings deserve to be better known.

If you love colour, you could go no further than Emily's wonderful, luminous creations for inspiration.  I'm so glad I found her.

 



 

ON SHOW.....IN BRAZIL!

At last the 18th International MiniArt Exchange is going up on the walls of  this wonderful building in Porto Alegre, Brazil....

...and I am a part of it.  Who would believe?  My collage, 'Concept', will be on show on the other side of the world.

To see the other participants, click HERE.

For those of you who might be somewhere in the vicinity, here's the invitation.

It's too far away for me to attend but I'd really love to hear from anyone who goes to it.

LOCAL ARTISTS

After last week's post on my collection of Aboriginal Art I did promise to show you some of my collection of local (Sunshine Coast, QLD) artists. 

Hope you enjoy them:



Peter Hudson - Ray & Moon, bought as a gift for my husband

 

 

My friend Aileen Shaw with her painting, bought at her exhibition



Noela Mills (collage), traded in the International Collage Exchange

 

Kym Barrett, bought at her exhibition



Kim Schoenberger (wallpiece), traded

Wendy Epp, bought at her exhibition

Mieke Van Sambeek (wallpiece), traded

Josephine Knight,  bought at her exhibition



Wendy Van Der Drift, traded for one of my works

Hope you follow the links to see more of their work.  I am privileged to own these pieces, and to live in a place where art proliferates.