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ARTEXPO New York, 2010
 As I have mentioned briefly before, I am currently getting ready for my 5th exhibit at the annual ARTEXPO, New York. I am planning on exhibiting 23 pieces, most of which have never been on display before. The show covers about 300,000 square feet with the highest standard for art from over forty countries. Every year I've also had the amazing privilege to meet a large number of people collecting or fallowing my work and I trust this year will be the same. So if you are in the New York area or can get there, please stop by!
When & Where:
ARTEXPO New York
Booth #S234
Pier 94 (on the Hudson River)
March 25-25 (Trade)
March 27-28 (Trade & Consumer)
More Info: www.artexponewyork.com
If you would like a free pass, just click here and enter promo code: AENY2010 (Registration at the show is $25)
This is one of the exhibition pieces I am currently working on. Your thoughts on this piece would be appreciated.
36x24"
Acrylic & Graphite on board
Inspiration
 I get a number of questionnaires from art students every week and one of the questions that always come up is; ‘Where do you get your inspiration?’ It’s a difficult question since the answer will differ from painting to painting. Sometimes my head is running away with me and I just need an outlet. Other times I see the work of great artists and I feel moved to my very core. I think it’s crucial for any artist not only to spend hours behind the easel creating but also find things that lifts your spirit. So in this exceptionally bust time where I am getting ready for the New York ArtExpo (opening March 25th) this is exactly what I did; spending a fantastic day at the Telfair Museum of Art here in Savannah.
What is it that lifts your spirit?
Happy Valentine's Day!
Happy Valentine's Day to all of my friends, far and near! Where ever you may be, I hope you had a memorable day.
Today I am sharing the painting currently on my easel. It will shortly be exhibited at the New York Artexpo, together with 22 of my other originals. It is dedicated to my husband, the love of my life.
Nude male & female photo shoot
Recently I put out a casting call for a nude male & female photo shoot. Last night I had the privilege of working with Michelle & Chris –two incredibly creative models. Sometimes I feel like creating art is like a drug, the more you do it the more you need to. A big thanks to this exceptional team!
'The Romance in Art' Exhibition -Rochester, NY
Opening Thursday, February 11th, my work will be featured in a group exhibition titled ‘The Romance in Art’. This exhibit will be up through March so if you are in the area, please stop by. For more info, please contact Nan Miller Gallery – details below.
 
Model Casting Call: Male & female 'couple' shoot
I'm planning on doing another nude shoot with both a male & female figure. This will be focusing on closeness, interaction, movement and balance. If you're interested and in the Savannah, GA area, please give me a shout.
 An image of Tantila & Diablo taken in 2008
PS. Thanks to all for the well wishes for our recent South African trip. We had the time of our lives!
Merry Christmas!
May you all have a very, Merry Christmas and a wonderful 2010!
Tomorrow TJ, Aidan and I will fly to South Africa. It has been almost 5 years since I’ve stepped foot on the soil I called home for most of my life. Quite a journey lying ahead…
 Another one of the photographs created with Sarah
10 New Charity Auctions
As I promised a few weeks ago, it is time for my annual end of year charity campaign. This time I am auctioning 10 giclee prints as well as originals -and as always, 100% of the proceeds will be donated to a number of special charities. To view these auctions please Click Here
 Zen Energy VIII
11 x 14" Oil on canvas
-One of my charity auctions
The first auction will end in about an hour and the last I will list later today -to end in about week.
New Nude Photoshoot
Today I share one of the first images from a recent shoot with Sarah, an exceptional model here from Savannah.
Chicago Exhibit
Seven of my originals including the piece shown here would shortly be displayed in a small private exhibition in Chicago. If you are in the area and would like to go, please contact Lissa Weinstein; 773 405 6315 or lissa.Weinstein[at]
sothebysrealty[dot]com
Reception details;
Wednesday, Desember 2nd, 2009
6:00 – 9:00 pm
40 W. Schiller 2D
Chicago
Equanimity
24 x12"
Charcoal & Resin on Canvas
Support for a special Orphanage
With my little one’s recent birth I haven’t done my usual mid year charity campaign, but with the holiday season around the corner, I am definitely going to do my usual 10 daily eBay auctions early in December.
However when I heard about the House Of Blessing Orphanage in Mozambique I decided on a head start by auctioning 4 additional items starting at $9.99. Having spent time in Mozambique myself, I understand a little of the desperation these poor children are in and how sincerely your help would be appreciated. To view these charity auctions, click here.
Aidan: Update
When I started this blog, the last thing I wanted it to be is a family photo album. However after I got a number of emails & messages asking for new baby photos, last night TJ & I got the camera out.
Aidan has been an absolute joy. Not even in my wildest dreams would I’ve been able to begin to imagine the amount of love he’d bring to my life.
Art that moves us
In my last post I talked about great drawings being so much more than just the capturing of subjects. The same principal I believe is of course true for paintings as well as all other kinds of artwork.
Today I am asking the question; But what exactly is it about certain artworks that move us? Why do we walk past one artwork barely noticing it while another stops us dead in our tracks? Simon Schama, author of The Power of Art described it well: “the greatest paintings grab you in a headlock, rough up your composure, and then proceed in short order to re-arrange your sense of reality. . . “ Most art enthusiasts can relate to this. But what is the difference between an artwork that causes this reaction versus one that does not? And how about certain work moving one person but doing nothing for another?
The Practice and Science of Drawing
Recently while at the Goodwill, my husband discovered a book called “The Practice and Science of Drawing” by Harold Speed. Though I am merely past the introduction, I was immediately moved. How often do we have ideas and no words to articulate them? Then I find a guy like Harold Speed and it’s like meeting an old friend. Though written nearly a hundred years ago (1917), his words are as true today as ever.
Harold begins by talking about the difference of art that is only technically correct versus art inspired by something deeper, by referring to ‘works showing much ingenuity and ability, but no artistic intention’ ‘The best things in an artist’s work are so much a matter of intuition’ and then he continues explaining that ‘intuitions are shy things and apt to disappear if looked into too closely’
For a long time I’ve found myself trying to explain just this; that there is so much more to art than merely capturing the world. But how do you explain the difference between an artwork created with great talent and masterly precision but a mere replication of the subject versus an artwork in which the artist poured his heart and soul?
Harold says that ‘the facts of life are conveyed by our senses to the consciousness within us, and stimulate the world of thought and feeling that constitutes our real life… Pure intellect seeks to construct from the facts brought to our consciousness by the senses, an accurately measured world… The artistic intelligence is not interested in things from this standpoint of mechanical accuracy, but in the effect of observation on the living consciousness’
‘It is not enough in artistic drawing to portray accurately and in cold blood the appearance of objects. To express form, one must first be moved by it’
Enough said.
 12 x 12"
Mixed media
Not titled yet
Back to work
 Lateral Self I
 Lateral Self II
Two new 12x12 inch mixed media pieces fresh of the easel. I have started working on these shortly before my son was born and really enjoyed bringing them to completion.
8lb 4oz of Love
It was a beautiful, clear Friday afternoon, a week before our son was due when my husband, TJ and I went out shopping. Suddenly a painful contraction stopped me dead in my tracks. I recall thinking that these Braxton Hicks are surely becoming challenging. I still had a photo shoot as well as a dinner meeting scheduled for the next week. I knew most first time babies are about a week late -especially if he is anything like his Mom.
Around 11pm we were doing our grocery shopping when things were speeding up. In the cereal isle I had one contraction but by the time we got to the soup it already progressed to two. The ice-cream isle was met with three and it was somewhere between the cheesecake and the ice pops when the realization slowly dawned on me; my son just may have his father’s genes and be early after all. By this time TJ already started timing. I was still adamant about completing our shopping, but thankfully my more sensible hubby finally convinced me getting out of there is more important than the dishwashing liquid or the bath tissue.
On August 15th, after another 16 hours of peaceful labor our son Aidan was born.
I would never have imagined that one could feel so much love for such a tiny person. My world has changed completely.
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