April 2006 Archives

Got a nice style. One that's getting pretty close to something I was thinking about.

Artists Online : Dee Adams

Dee Adams’ history as an artist spans the worlds of traditional art, graphic design, advertising design, and technical illustration. Born in the US, Dee spent time studying art and biochemistry at Ithaca College and Cornell University originally pursuing a career as one of the top scientific technical illustrators in her field. Seduced by the world of graphic design and advertising, Dee went on to San Francisco to work for such companies as Yahoo!, Microsoft, Disney, and various media and film studios.

It wasn’t until several years ago that Dee made her way back onto the traditional art scene with shows in both San Francisco and New York. Her style has been described as contemporary bold minimalism with an edginess inspired by technology.

I found this on an artist's website, and it looks like a good list of services to provide if you've got a lot of art which isn't moving. I suppose it's always important to consider all current contracts you have with galleries or studios, as the following list could impact on your existing agreements:

• Trade discounts on more than 2 pieces
  
• Rental schemes for show homes
  
• Collections for galleries and retail outlets
  
• Free sourcing of artwork
  
• Free art on loan service in return for promotional presence
  

Been looking at some different sizes of canvases for my next painting project. I was thinking something in the range of 91x91cm (3'x3') or 91x122cm (3'x4'). These look like good sizes that would still fit into my car, if I needed to transport them. I really like the idea of using canvas. It's so much lighter than the masonite projects. I'm a little worried about whether I can knock them around as much as the masonite projects, though.

Now I just need to consider pre-stretched, pre-gessoed canvas vs. doing it myself. The benefits are easy to see for pre-stretched:

• everything's pretty much done for me
  
• pre-stretched
  
• pre-gessoed
  
• properly assembled
  

The benefits of doing it myself are also compelling:

• I don't feel like a real artist unless I do it myself
  
• the canvas materials are cheaper
  
• I like black gesso, not white
  
• I can make whatever size I want
  

It boils down to one thing, really. Am I too lazy to do this myself, or do I feel like I could do this better than the art supply store would. I'm still thinking....

Here are some pictures of the exhibit at Queen St. Yoga in downtown Kitchener. The studio is located at 44 Queen St. S., Kitchener, ON (just above Encore Records). They've got twelve of my paintings, and have installed nine of them. They are looking for places to display the other three at the moment. This exhibit is part of the Kitchener Available Space Art Project.

The paintings will be on display for the next 2-3 months. QSY has offered to extend this show after ASAP is finished.