this is my last post for a week or so but i have the foundart series ready to go …
well about half of the 27 are ready – tomorrow i get to the airport early and will sit and number them and attach label … the label says
foundart series 2 # [to be inserted]. you have found a small piece of original art that is yours to keep – see the story at foundart2; and i added my email address.
see the story at the foundart series2
have a good week ! >> Gina
I travel to Bali on saturday for my daughter’s wedding … so exciting … 7 days of heat and photography, catching up with family and friends and whatever adventures await.
In 2007 when i travelled to Switzerland to spend time with my daughter and my future son-in-law I did a foundart series where i created small original collages and lost them along the way … see the series here >>>
For this trip the collages are larger, postcard size and i plan to create another foundart series2. Keep a watch on this space. <<< for the Bali foundart series. As Always, do let me know what you think .
i shall begin with how the pieces began and keep up to date with losing the series and photographing in situ and hopefully i will have a few stories to tell as the series unfolds. >>> Gina
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i have started this site up again – my sincere thanks to all the lovely people asking me – and thank you to those who have purchased my art … these days ‘art’ includes photographic prints and digital works … stay tuned to the site as i upload each week … (thank you all) >>> Gina
Do send me an email or a note on the site to let me know what you think … keep in touch and stay tuned
Going through some artworks .. .trying to decide what to upload to my shop site … and whether to go purely original one-of and/or digital …
musing as i look through the pile ….
having got together a portfolio of photos to send out to the next competition, tis time for art again … i started throwing paint around, spray painting colour and just enjoying the freedom of the medium …
here are the initial stages to forthcoming collages …
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currently steeped in the form … i go to ‘read’ the art of others … and the work of Janet Jones is where i go often … there is a beautiful sophisticated sensibility in her works that i love ….
i, on the other hand have been struggling the last few days
every now and again … something comes forth …
‘C’
<<< Seeking a title … any ideas ?
you do need to hunker down and do it when the time is right …. again, i must qualify that – the time is right when your mind is in the zone ..but you cant get there until everything aligns – ideas, raw materials, space and time … spread it all out and do it – for hours, or in this case days …
below, the process unfurls – first the papers in 1sta nd 2nd or third stages …. then further stages which are lost in the layering of time and intent (that is lost and found) … then a little light and one or two (or three possibilities) … (pics have been posted very quickly with rough matting to block out extraneous matter) .. final artworks when complete will be posted to the fynearts site.
In 2007 I was planning to travel to Switzerland to spend time with daughter and I was going to be away for 5 weeks. Although I was planning on doing little drawings, taking lots of photos and visiting galleries I knew ‘doing art’ was out of the question but I still wanted to ‘do’ something art wise.
So I hit on the idea of a ‘foundart series’ but with me ‘losing ‘the art and the found part being someone else’s.
I spent 2 months working across older collages, reworking and layering what turned out to be ‘vessels’ (vases and bowl shapes). I then cut the larger collages up creating small business card size artworks and worked on each one to create individual little gems
see the whole article here with pictures of progress and final pieces.
http://www.quazen.com/Arts/Visual-Arts/My-Foundart-Series-Lost-Art-While-Travelling.179977
my collage a day series is not ‘really’ a collage a day … i work every day, across many pieces at a time. I set the content in my mind and then begin large working across the space back and forth bringing out content using collage, paint and lettering/words. Then i cut the large pieces up into the small size that collage a day is and work on each on individually bringing each to its final resolution …
this series is looking at vessels … my current readings take me from ancient vessels made in Mesopotamia to the beautiful glass vessels of Murano and onward to the Venus of Willendorf and woman … as soon as i can get my thoughts on the philosophy together i shall post them; meantime i have a series of small collages to finish …
herewith the beginning stages – they will go through many more layers of colour, design work and collage before they are finished >>> Gina
updating the latest creations …. for the collage a day series site …
brings you small collages that are available for sale – the newest batch are digital collages printed on archival photographic paper, posted to you in a matboard ready for framing ..
a slide show here of the newest digital prints – ‘The Language of Flowers’
a mix of my own calligraphy, silk painting, scanned flowers from the garden and a dab of flare 🙂 >>> Gina
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