I'm Still Here

The semester has started. I've got all my projects started and am hoping they'll be successful. My medical situation is a bit more complicated than I thought so my summer wasn't as productive as I had planned. It's psychologically draining as well as physically. Sigh. The paintings I planned to do were put on hold but aren't forgotten.

I did manage to get a piece into the Mail Art Exhibit at the Richmond Art Gallery. I almost didn't make the deadline. Funny how a little 5"x5" painting can cause so much activity in a short period of time. It was inspired by the photos of the BP Gulf of Mexico disaster. A FB friend publishes recent photos of Florida's shoreline showing that the oil is still washing up on the beaches killing marine life.

It's ink and acrylic on watercolour paper.

After the Math

International Mail Art Exhibition & Swap

From one of our local galleries:
Call for entries
Richmond Art Gallery
International Mail Art Exhibition and Swap November 17 2011- January 8 2012
Theme: Economy
Technique: open
Size: only 5"x5" accepted
deadline: October 1 2011


Details at RAG

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Caio Fern, my bloggy friend had his painting chosen as "Painting of the Day" on Saatchi Online Gallery. Congratulations Caio!

Follow the link to see his painting.




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Greetings from Canada's wet west coast

Well I've been away too long. I have a minor medical set back, more uncomfortable than serious. I will need surgery but recovery time will be quick, however the wait to see the surgeon might be a while.

I've been popping into your blogs and enjoying every minute ... feeling a bit like a vampire though sweeping in gathering nourishment and flying back into the night. You're all pretty inspirational. I sometimes feel like the little sister who aspires to be as accomplished as her older sibling.

I am regrouping and getting ready to paint again. There are several projects waiting for my attention, one already on the easel.  I probably won't be taking a full course load in the fall so I hope to have a more permanent studio space at home other than my kitchen. I'm eyeing the laundry room or garage. Thank you to those who shared their studios on their blog. It helps me to visualize what's possible for my home studio.

Stay tuned.

Psychologically There

The opening was a great success!
The gallery during installation.

  

The Opening! 

I took these photos with an ipod so images are degraded. I'm minding the Gallery on wednesday and I'll bring my real camera and take more photos. Over 200 attended throughout the evening.

Below is my artist statement and photo of my work 

(take a better one with more detail on Wednesday when I go in to the gallery)

Elizabeth Anderson, "Slippage"

Art is an expression of human experience, which is extremely personal while at the same time a reflection of collective history. Painting is a way of slowing down the fast pace of our technological age and all its consequences. The exploration of wax medium is a way of registering the subtle layers beneath the surface of conscious awareness. My body has spanned across from a time when technology was mechanical and digital was mostly imaginary. Mixing digital and painting is a metaphor for the late modernity of living in our time or how to make sense of the world without going mad.

Tonight's the opening night

We finished the installation last night. Everyone's work looks great. We've had over a 100 confirmations to the invite. Buttons, brochures with our artist statements, window signage, post cards are all ready too. It's going to be an exciting night. Wish you could all be there. I'll post photos tomorrow.

Psychologically There

I've been away from my blog because I've been painting a piece for our collective's upcoming show, "Psychologically There".

I should introduce our collective, Surreyalists. We are a collection of Kwantlen Fine Arts students based in Surrey BC. Our first show is coming up on June 3.   Come to our opening if you're in Vancouver, BC. Enjoy the art, food and conversation.

Work by: 

Andres Salaz

Alan Canning 

Bri Harrison

Chelsea Lawrick

Cody Lecoy

Daryl Markiewicz

Debbie Langtry

Elizabeth Anderson

Gunilla Kay

Rhea Paez

Robert Kovacic

Roxanne Charles

Shelly Leroux

Beyond my little problems - Fukushima

A Facebook friend shared this video update on Fukushima. I am god smacked by what was said about the situation.

 Click here > Fukushima Update Here


"What sphinx of cement and aluminium bashed open their skulls and ate up their brains and imagination?

Moloch! Solitude! Filth! Ugliness! Ashcans and unobtainable dollars! Children screaming under the stairways! Boys sobbing in armies! Old men weeping in the parks!

Moloch! Moloch! Nightmare of Moloch! ..."

Allen Ginsberg, 1955

Lost in Domestic Chaos

It took three trips to move all my painting gear back home from the Cloverdale campus studio where I painted for fourteen weeks. It felt like an eviction. I'm not taking classes this semester due to financial limits so I was told I could not use the studio since I technically wasn't a student this semester. I would not be covered by insurance. I miss not going in everyday for 4 - 6 hours. My working momentum is broken. The domestic distractions are hard to ignore. I am lost in domestic space. I no longer have order where I can immediately start working. Sigh.

The Value of Learning from Others

I now have time for reading, reflecting and taking notice of things beyond the studio walls. I'm looking forward to visiting my friends blogs at a more thoughtful leisurely pace. 


As I was going through my emails I found an article, called "The Value of Learning from Others" by Chris Tyrell in the Opus Art & Community News.

Tyrell wrote a book  Making It: Case Studies of Successful Canadian Visual Artists and he talks about what he learned from interviews with twenty artists, ten self-represented and ten represented by galleries. A short interesting read that I thought might be useful no matter what country you're living in.