Visual Voices

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The reception for the exhibit Visual Voices is this Sunday from 2 - 5 PM at 1978 Arts Center in Maplewood, New Jersey - all are welcome, so please drop by.  I will have one drawing on display (for a sneak peak of the artwork on display, click here).

Visual Voices is an exhibition featuring members of the Exhibitor's Co-op:

"Exhibitors’ Co-op is a creative forum to share art ideas and techniques, critique work and to support each other’s creative expression. Over the past 20 years, it has evolved into a thriving community of talented individuals, creating with their own unique voices."

As an artist, I find it imperative to have a supportive community of other artists with whom I can share ideas and critique work; for the past 8 years, my supportive community has been the Exhibitor's Co-op. Under the direction of Barbara Minch and with a core group of 30 - 40 artists, the insight and camaraderie has made the difference between feeling isolated and disconnected to creating work with the knowledge that I would have a place for feedback without the disingenuousness that often plagues some critique groups.

I can't imagine my art life without them. 

 

Strange Tales From My Little Black Book #28

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Finally... a new Strange Tale!  There are many more of these little Tales sketched out and started, however I have a year-long reprieve from sitting in my car for extended periods of time to wait for the kiddies to exit school (the optimum Strange Tale drawing time), so these little sketches are on the backburner. Less time in the car is more time in the studio, so I am not complaining.  They'll get done, soon enough.  At any rate:

"Margaret was haunted by the final woe-laden correspondence"

The better pic is on the flickr page. 

I am currently busy with a new body of work, but I am not showing these pieces (or posting them) for quite a few months; at least three need to be completed so there is context. Oh, it is too difficult to explain...pictures sometime in April or May.  And perhaps some more Strange Tales before that time, too.

Home

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The large drawing is finally finished:  Home

Graphite pencil, India ink, cross-stitched embroidery thread, glass beads, black paper, color pencil on Arches hot press watercolor paper

4 x 6 feet / 44 x 64 inches / 112 x 154 cm

Detail pictures are on  my flickr photostream.

I will write a statement about this specific piece...later.  I am still mulling over what I want to say.

When it rains...

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A Happy New Year to all!

While my primary goal this month is to barracade myself in the studio so I can finish the current drawing, I do have to venture out...I am starting the new year off with quite a few exhibitions up and down the East Coast; two in New Jersey, two in Alexandria, Virginia, and one in Jacksonville Florida.  Please drop by if you are near any of the shows:

Fears and Phobias    Target Gallery at the Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, Virginia

January 12 - February 19

Opening Reception: Thursday, January 12th  6 - 8 PM

"A timely exhibit that explores the theme of fears and phobias. Some of the work is introspective and personal, while others express these issues in a larger social context. "  (Artwork by fellow South Orange artist Jennifer Takahashi is also featured in this exhibit).

 

   From What I Remember, From What I Forget   

   Principle Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia

   Opening Reception: Friday, January 20th   6:30 - 9 PM

   Curated by the Broadstreet Studio artists, this will be a beautiful show in a beautiful space!

 

 

  

   Art Connections 8  

   The George Segal Gallery, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey

   January 17 - February 18, 2012

   Opening Reception: Sunday, January 22nd   2 - 5 PM

 

  

   Alice: Into the Looking Glass

   Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, New Jersey

   February 3 - May 20, 2012

   Mad Hatter Party & Opening Reception: Friday, February 3rd   5 - 8 PM

  "A diverse selection of works range from illustrations based closely on Carroll’s text,

   to works which allude more subtly to the original story, offering new and sometimes challenging

   interpretations.  Imagery relates to the multitude of themes found in Carroll’s stories."

 

 

 

And, last but not least...(what is it with me and Alice?)

Drawing Muchness    

University of North Florida Gallery of Art, Jacksonville, Florida

February 3 - March 2

Closing Reception: March 1, 2012

 

“The Dormouse had closed its eyes by this time, and was going off into a doze; but, on being pinched by the Hatter, it woke up again with a little shriek, and went on: `--that begins with an M, such as mouse-traps, and the moon, and memory, and muchness-- you know you say things are "much of a muchness"--did you ever see such a thing as a drawing of a muchness?'"

Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland.