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Signed up for monthly donations to this charity. It does all the things I want to be involved in, like child education, gender equality, sustainable living, etc. (Taken with instagram)
Artwork, inspiration, connection, communication.
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Perhaps it is finished. I’m falling in love with watercolors! (Taken with instagram)
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mrdanberberich asked: I read on your blog that you just decided to be a full time artist. I'm just curious, how exactly did you do that? I'm an artist and I've been trying to break out for a while, and I keep coming across people who just did it one day. It just boggles my mind because it seems almost impossible to me. O_o haha
Well, for me it started with creating work that people wanted to buy. Of course, I didn’t make the work with that intention at all, but that’s what the reaction was to it. I was encouraged to do more and started contacting galleries. I also made a great effort to meet the right kind of people who would be interested in buying my work. Once I had secured my first gallery show, which was about a year after deciding to do art full-time with a few side-jobs here and there, I worked incredibly hard to have all of the work ready in time for the opening. The show went over really well and all of the work sold. From there I just kept going.
What was most important for me was to never stop creating and looking for new avenues to show my work. Being reliable and personable was also key.
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Synaptic Visage
My show at Ayden Gallery just opened last Friday and I’m so happy with how things are going. It’s definitely a relief to be finished after many months of hard work. I gave myself the challenge of painting much larger than I normally prefer - many of the paintings are around 40in x 50in. I don’t have a clear photo yet, but the largest painting (75in x 51in) was done in the gallery the week of the opening. I think painting in the gallery on such a tight deadline was very beneficial as I’ve noticed an increase in my painting endurance since then. Doing such large paintings was quite fun and freeing since you can really do so much more with a big space! Part of the reason for going big was to push my work into more of a New Contemporary vein, but I can’t say how successful this was. I’m not objective enough towards my work to see it as anything but my playground and so I will just have to leave it up to others to decide.
Anyways, there are also some amazing supporting artists in the show! Ayden Gallery is such a large space that it is near impossible to fill it oneself, so I got the chance to ask some of my favorite artists and friends to participate. Cherry Rae Thompson, Edith Lebeau, Laura Bifano, Lani Imre, Dwam Ipomee, Catherine Cant, and Carla Dearman are the contributing artists. You’ll notice that they are all women. This is awesome.
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Sketching out these sudden ideas for a conceptual painting. @galours and @ihaveawhitepussy are the lovely models here, photo by @dwam. (Taken with instagram)
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Outline done. Got to get home to do other work now even though I could probably keep at this for another 2 hours. It’s better to come back another day with fresh eyes anyways. Install at Ayden Gallery, 75”x51”. (Taken with instagram)
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Got the sketch for my big install that I’ll be doing at Ayden Gallery worked out. I made @choplogik take reference photos of me today. Heh heh. (Taken with instagram)
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Finished! The artist @shaunaeve was my model for this. Oil and acrylic on canvas. 42”x48” (photo cropped for instagram). This will be hanging in my show at Ayden gallery next week. (Taken with instagram)
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Finished the first layer! Now for glazing and touch ups once it’s all dry. (Taken with instagram)
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My first plein air painting! Oil and acrylic on canvas. Done for a competition where we only get 5 hours to complete. (Taken with Instagram at Granville Island)
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