We hung my art and finished early (my art is light and easy to hang!), then went to New Day for some coffee. The streets of the Whiteaker were hopping last night, as it was the art walk and there was a local glass blowing contest in the area too.
The art show opened at 6, and 15 minutes before that, we had a couple people come in. There was a good crows of people at the show and they all had nice things to say!
I think people were really interested in the work that I had made. I heard "delicate", "soft", "love the colors." a lot. People wanted to know about my process and medium and weren't shy to ask me.
I don't want to go into my process too much, but for this new series, I made a very high contrast piece of art and printed it directly onto a clean sheet of paper. After the "print", I went back in with a variety of different art tools and finished the piece.
It ended up being soft, ephemeral, and very intimate in appearance.
I think many people will respond positively to this series (and they did last night) because it's so gentle while maintaining complex and intricate. People look into these space I have created as if they are looking for something. It is an interactive wall piece in that sense, where the viewer feels as if he or she is meant to pull something out of it. Not only that, I also use colors that are very personal to humans because they all stem from my interest in natural skin tones (the shade of a natural blush, or the subtle pop of blue under someone's skin. I think that people are drawn to these organic colors.
I am so excited about this show! I am going to work on showing it in some other galleries next year. I will be sure to update everyone on it!
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| Guests viewing some of my older work |
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| Two of the pieces from my new works. |
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| New piece. |
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| Another new one. |
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| Another. |
