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The predominant manner in which I coped with all of these emotions was immersion in art...
... I sketched and painted, and this is the period when I first fell in love with van Gogh, de Kooning, and Pollock. Abstract art was a way for me to place my rawness front and center, without words, without fear of retribution. I didn't need to explain anything; the canvas did it for me. I didn't have to use reason or rational thought, because in creating I found a solution to my doubts.
Read MoreGrowing up in close proximity to NYC -- yep, you can call me a "bridge-and-tunnel-girl" -- I used to go on independent jaunts into the city. Where did I go? Museums, of course. I would get lost for hours inside exhibits, sometimes sketching, other times writing.
Read MoreI'm so pleased that I have the chance to show case some of my artwork in the homes that my friend Deborah Nguyen is listing on the market. She came up with this idea a few months ago when we were chatting about my endeavors to foray into the art world. The first home I had my art in was this beautiful first level flat in Potrero -- 320 Texas St. I got to work with the very talented Jeffrey Senkir of Senkir Design, which was a real treat.
This month, some of my work is hanging in 920 Harrison St #1, which is a converted loft in SoMa. I have three pieces hanging there: Winter, Still LIfe, and Fields. (I haven't even had a chance to photograph Still Life properly since I had it framed and immediately hung it in the first place. Much to my chagrin...)
Fields. 11/2015. Acrylic and oil pastel on canvas. 24 x 24, 3/4 in. profile.
It feels good to have my art out there. I've been putting my postcards with contact info at the houses. Honestly I'm so new to this, I'm not quite sure how to best get my name out there. I haven't quite gathered up the nerve to see if I could display some art in coffee shops or small art houses.
Anyone have any advice, from their own trials & tribulations, that they could offer?
Sometimes I think I get so fixated on finding a perfect colour or shade that I end up unpainting what I did the previous day(s). You know, where you're relatively pleased with how it initially goes down but then on further examination you decide that there are certain areas that need work. So then you mix your paints and focus on those areas, and when you step back you realize that you liked it much better before you messed it up.
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Read MoreYears and years later, after college and graduate school and numerous friendships, heartbreak, challenges, and living life -- it was only after growing up, that I could understand the language of jazz. In a way, I had to learn its language through piecing together its alphabet.
Read MoreGrowing up in close proximity to NYC -- yep, you can call me a "bridge-and-tunnel-girl" -- I used to go on independent jaunts into the city. Where did I go? Museums, of course. I would get lost for hours inside exhibits, sometimes sketching, other times writing.
How can we look at the discarded things around us and learn to look at it differently? What have you tossed from your life that could be recycled into something else?
... What other detritus of our lives have we cast off without seeing its beauty and value?
I sold Autumn. Of all the paintings I've created, this is one that's nearest and dearest to my heart. I painted this in the fall of 2009, after I'd been living in Seattle for a few years. Although I'd acclimated quickly to the quirks of the weather in the PNW, I still missed the typical Northeast seasons that I was accustomed to. Autumn is my favorite season...
The predominant manner in which I coped with all of these emotions was immersion in art...
... I sketched and painted, and this is the period when I first fell in love with van Gogh, de Kooning, and Pollock. Abstract art was a way for me to place my rawness front and center, without words, without fear of retribution. I didn't need to explain anything; the canvas did it for me. I didn't have to use reason or rational thought, because in creating I found a solution to my doubts.