tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27674462500838452922024-03-14T03:08:35.411-07:00Jennie De GrootA painters perspective and some gibber jabberthe distracted painterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215830406391462042noreply@blogger.comBlogger476125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767446250083845292.post-13322463521975669122019-08-26T01:12:00.000-07:002019-08-26T01:12:10.229-07:00Hiraeth: Exhibition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This exhibition had it's genesis in a woodshed in Clyde, Central Otago.</div>
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I was staying at what must be my <i>favourite</i> holiday house in New Zealand . This house, built in the 1880's, had everything that I knew and loved about old houses that I miss so much in new, timber framed houses.</div>
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It had cathedral high ceilings, thick walls with windowsills so deep you could sit on them, wooden floors, slate floor kitchen, clawfoot bathtub, wonky panes of glass that were thicker on the bottom than the top, picture rails and fireplaces....this house had been lovingly restored ,renovated and furnished ..... I loved it. It reminded me of the house I grew up in, a place I always called home.</div>
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But home is a place that lives in the imagination and the house I grew up in is much changed because I am much changed.</div>
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The woodshed in Clyde was a treasure trove of floorboards, architraves and various architectural accessories that the owners had carefully sourced and were using to renovate the house as authentically and as sensitively as possible.</div>
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I liberated a floorboard from this repository and painted a vignette of a Clyde street as a gift my hosts. It seemed important that I paint a picture ON a piece of the place. Only, it did not <i>look</i> like Clyde, it looked like a composite of many towns I have passed through that all, funnily enough, look a bit like Clyde. Places in South Africa, places in Australia, places in New Zealand, ...they share a similar colonial signature and it was this that started me thinking about the concept of home and Hiraeth.</div>
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Kirsty aka Elfinthings ,is originally from Wales. We regularly drink tea, chat about our boys and muse at the complexities we both experience of being immigrants, both loving our new home in New Zealand but having a clear sense of not really belonging. We have both had a whole life that existed before we came to New Zealand and we have commiserated with one another the loss of history, familiarity , friends and family. We also recognise that the loss is permanent, even if we ever returned, because everything has changed, as have we, and nothing will ever be like it was in memory. </div>
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And that grief is Hiraeth.</div>
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So , she stitches and I paint .</div>
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We would love to show you our work together .</div>
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There will be no sobbing.</div>
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<br />the distracted painterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215830406391462042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767446250083845292.post-80513079323042248472019-05-08T00:27:00.001-07:002019-05-08T00:27:47.115-07:00o crap, it's MayI am convinced that each year passes faster than the last.<br />
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It is May. The fifth month of the year and I am only just getting used to writing 2019.<br />
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As I think back and remind myself of what I did in April, I feel a bit better.<br />
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<li>I painted a commission painting for clients who loved it. I was so pleased. So satisfying to get it right...and maybe exceed expectations?!</li>
<li>I made contact with a new gallery and started negotiations</li>
<li>I cleaned the studio</li>
<li>I went to a few movies. Marvel :End game and Woman at War.....quite different choices!first was not my own .</li>
<li>I took the dogs walking, several times . They chased cats and I pretended they weren't my dogs. O the shame!!!!</li>
<li>I Painted en plein air</li>
<li>I painted the study, the laundry and the pantry</li>
<li>I made a valiant effort to declutter the study</li>
<li>I bought more clutter for the study. sigh.</li>
<li>I painted</li>
<li>I thought about painting</li>
<li>I painted and wiped it off</li>
<li>I painted over an old painting....and made it worse. No redemption there.</li>
<li>I spent waaaaaaay too much time on Instagram. It made me feel sad. </li>
<li>I read a few books...they made me feel better.</li>
<li>I went to Auckland Art fair. " Good morning, Madam. Can I interest you in a serving of shame and status?". Always illuminating.Not always about the art.</li>
<li>I started a few Netflix series and as a warning to other...this is a modern day rabbit hole. Drugs seem safer. Cheshire Cat's abound.</li>
<li>I sold a painting or two to lovely people who reminded me how much I love talking to people about art. Bless you.</li>
<li>I sent a painting to a brave woman who chose to trust me and bought it having only seen it via email. It was a gesture of trust on both our parts and very satisfying indeed.</li>
<li>I bought more books and did more reading.This time, about painting.</li>
<li>I watched a lot of sunsets and I chose to lie in bed a a bit longer in the morning.</li>
<li>I cooked a lot. I ate a lot.</li>
<li>I had dinner with friends....... and lunch and breakfast.</li>
<li>I made sure the kids were happy and watched their sports games.....many car conversations between games and events. </li>
<li>I watered my plants and we agreed I was doing a good job keeping them alive, contrary to early predictions.</li>
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............and throughout all of this time, I felt I was not doing enough.</div>
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What is wrong with me?! I am fucking exhausted just reading this!!!</div>
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Bring on June.........................2020. I plan to calm the hell down.</div>
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Singing in canon is when you sing in the round. Remember "Row, row , row your boat"??</div>
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A round (also called a perpetual canon) is a musical composition, a limited type of canon, in which a minimum of three voices sing exactly the same melody at the unison (and may continue repeating it indefinitely), but with each voice beginning at different times so that different parts of the melody coincide in the different voices, but nevertheless fit harmoniously together .</div>
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Get it? Good luck trying to get that song out of your head now...</div>
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the distracted painterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215830406391462042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767446250083845292.post-80803753872696657232019-04-13T21:21:00.000-07:002019-04-13T21:21:03.942-07:00Workshop with Mashiul ChowdhuryMarch was a bit manic.<br />
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I had an exhibition open and a workshop planned with visiting painter, Mashiul Chowdhury.who says I bite off more than I can chew?!!<br />
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The exhibition went smoothly thanks to the professionalism of all those who participated.<br />
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Two years ago, you may remember, I had invited Martin Campos to come and deliver a workshop. On the last evening of Martins stay, as we drank wine and watched the sunset, he asked me who the next person I wished to invite to come deliver a workshop would be. I was a little caught a little unawares by his question , because I had not thought I would do it again! But Organising workshops is the way I can contribute to my local creative community .The first person who came to mind was Mashiul. He and Martin draw the figure together at the PAFA alumni Saturday life drawing and are friends. Martin agreed with my choice and I gave it no more thought until 6 months ago we got in contact with each others...and THAT is how it came to be that I invited Mashiul to visit and deliver a workshop:Abstracting the Urban landscape.<br />
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The workshop itself was fantastic but it was the post -workshop time that I appreciated most with Mashiul. Gaining insight into another persons philosophy of life and getting a brief interaction with someone who belongs to a different culture is fascinating.Mashiul has boundless energy. He works full-time as a Doctor and then paints every night from about 9 pm till 1 in the morning. He also uses his car as a studio and paints before he has to work from the car. His images of this abstracted urban landscape are the reason I invited him ( Plus Martin"s recommendation). But riddle me this......when the hell dos the man sleep?! He did (in one of our chats) let me know that he is a huge fan of power naps.<br />
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Its quite an experience hosting a workshop. I have written down the list of things that have to be done:<br />
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<li>identify the person from whom I wish to learn</li>
<li>contact and invite them</li>
<li>establish an idea of what the workshop will be about</li>
<li>agree on a date and number on workshop attendees, their fee</li>
<li>panic wildly as you run the sums.</li>
<li>work out a rate for attendees that covers all your costs </li>
<li>work out thinks like catering and hire age of space, equipment required etc</li>
<li>panic again.</li>
<li>Make a pamphlet and start distributing it to all and sundry who might be interested</li>
<li>book models if required.</li>
<li>book space , if required</li>
<li>create a few documents for the workshop. ie materials required, background info and links to youtube etc </li>
<li>continue to advertise</li>
<li>work out menu if self catering or organise caterers( don't forget to ask early about food restrictions)</li>
<li>continue to contact workshop artist to update on workshop progress.</li>
<li>continue to keep interested partied updated </li>
<li>collect workshop deposits</li>
<li>collect final payments</li>
<li>organise airport collection and accommodation and transport for Artist</li>
<li>make sure crockery, cutlery, mugs, beverages are all organised</li>
<li>be host at the workshop and make sure everything runs smoothly</li>
<li>protect the tutor and recognise if and when he needs assistance</li>
<li>ensure the tutor rests adequately each day</li>
<li>try to enjoy and engage yourself</li>
<li>Pay the tutor fees and flights and anything else that is owed immediately.</li>
<li>follow up with everyone a week after the workshop </li>
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I take a risk when I invite someone to come and teach . What if their work is good but they can't teach? What if their work is sublime and they are a total arsehole? What if they smell odd and have personal hygiene issues and I am exposing my family to a wierdo? What if..........? </div>
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Now, there are no pictures on this post because..........I have a new laptop and I have not organised my photos . So , although there ARE lots of photos in existence, I don't have any on this contraption. Opening my shared photo file is like opening Pandoras box. So I am just avoiding that issue at the moment until I'm ready for the fight.</div>
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the distracted painterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215830406391462042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767446250083845292.post-41568632607297400602019-03-20T10:26:00.002-07:002019-03-20T10:26:32.061-07:00Four: A walk through of the exhibitionWith thanks to Laree Payne, Director of Weasel Gallery and Holly Marie Russell for photographs.<br />
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<br />the distracted painterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215830406391462042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767446250083845292.post-62937262426094356142019-03-03T18:22:00.002-08:002019-03-03T18:22:29.189-08:00I wish I was a better person.I wish I was a better person, but I am not. Im too busy, too disorganised and too easily distracted to keep it together to make this blog regular and timeous. But lets be honest here, if you heard from me regularly, you'd find me a wee bit tiresome, so maybe this is a better arrangement.<br />
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Ive had this post it not stuck to my computer screen .<br />
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Its been on so long its about to fall off, but let me run through them.<br />
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Blog. Well, this is it.<br />
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Exhibition:<br />
Yes! An exhibition. It's titled FOUR.<br />
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When: 14 March -6 April<br />
Where: Weasel Gallery, 260 Victoria street, Hamilton<br />
opening event : 14 March 5-7 pm<br />
Sneak peek : 13 March 11-4 pm<br />
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Ok, why FOUR? Sounds a bit Enid Blyton ( and there's a bit of that in there too) but there are four of us exhibiting. Four different mediums and four different approaches to work. We met up once a month to talk about the works we were producing, critique some pieces and generally nut out the details of what we wanted to show and what we needed to keep quiet about. Four went on walks around lakes , walks along rivers and we all agreed that walking and talking is better than just talking.<br />
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This is us.<br />
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Let me elucidate on that point. I'm not saying you should just give up and stop washing your hair, I mean LOWER YOUR STANDARDS FOR WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY.<br />
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You know what makes me happy? Time alone. Time with my family. Time with my friends. Time to walk the dogs. Time to take time to cook a meal. Time to paint what I want and when I want. Enough money i don't have to worry about paying bills and making the mortgage repayments. Good Health. Good mental health. Opportunities and a bit of adventure. Someone to introduce me to good books and good music. Nice food.These are my indexes and I know they makes me happy.<br />
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At no stage in this list did you read about me wanting to win the Lotto, lose 10 kg, become famous , have lots of stuff and be envied.*<br />
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Win Lotto? I did! I married an awesome guy whose funny, kind, smart, sexy and thinks I'm too good for him<br />
Lose 10 kg? I did! About 14 and 17 years ago when I had two , healthy babies.<br />
Famous? Hell Yes! Strangers say hello to me often and compliment my work .(this includes Instagram and Facebook!)<br />
Have lots of stuff? I donate regularly enough to the charity shops to know I have enough stuff and I never want for art supplies. I have two of everything.I own 15 pairs of identical pumps in a variety of colours.<br />
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Are you getting my point? Where is YOUR standard for happiness. I am not suggesting this is an immovable goal and by setting the bar so low you offer yourself no incentive. Precisely the opposite. Set the bar at a reasonable level that you know you might be able to achieve and then, once you have achieved it, celebrate that success and see if you are still happy. If you are, set the bar a bit higher and see if that still makes you happy BUT you still have to achieve your initial standard.<br />
When you are happy, everything else in life is easier.<br />
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<li>Time alone? I get up earlier than anyone else. I walk the dogs. I switch the phone off. I stay at home. I say no to invitations. </li>
<li>Time with my family? I get up earlier to spend time with my husband before the kids get up and before school. We eat dinner together every night. We plan holidays together. I watch them play sports.</li>
<li>Time with my friends? I make arrangements, standing or impromptu. </li>
<li>Time to walk the dogs? I see it as thinking time and time to myself. Two birds with one stone!</li>
<li>Time to take time to cook a meal? Not every night, Josephine! I plan one languid meal a week, usually for a sunday.</li>
<li>Time to paint what I want, when i want? Studio hours are 8-3 , daily. That is a lot of time to paint.I take the weekends off. Sometime my weekend is in the middle of the week.</li>
<li>Enough money? yes, but not stupid money. If we want something, we have to save for it. We drive secondhand cars and always have. We save and budget for holidays.</li>
<li>Good Health? Everything in moderation, including moderation. I yoga 2 x a week and a HIIT workout at home 3x a week. I cook from scratch and drink moderately. </li>
<li>Good Mental health? I surround myself with good influences, I don't drink when I am down, I exercise and I am mindful of my thoughts.I employ someone to clean my house once a week</li>
<li>Opportunities and a bit of adventure? I manufacture these. I don't wait for them to arrive. I ask for what I want. If I want to learn, I chase the learning.</li>
<li>Introductions to good books and good music? Yes, I have people for those! (thanks Michelle and Stef)</li>
<li>Nice Food? Well, I am in charge of the shopping list and So I make it so. I buy the good chocolate and have less of it. Quality always wins over quantity.</li>
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Those seem like pretty average standard but I achieve each and every one of them and it makes me happy. Recently, my lack of organisation has left me feeling anxious and disorganised me is not a pretty me. So I have begun organising all my computer files into folders, deleting old stuff and leaving only relevant documents and images on file. I went through my email and deleted and organised it so that emails from 2015 were no longer lingering in my inbox and had a folder!!! I have extended this to my house and am in the process of getting rid of stuff I don't need or want. </div>
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This, for example, is one of the opportunities I have created to learn with a fantastic painter from Philadelphia. I have wanted to learn from him for a few years and he has wanted to teach and travel. So he is coming to New Zealand to visit and teach and I am getting to learn from him.</div>
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<br />the distracted painterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215830406391462042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767446250083845292.post-16588802413007286832018-12-03T14:52:00.002-08:002018-12-03T14:54:49.966-08:00Round and round we goIt is the tradition of two of the galleries I work with to host Christmas exhibitions that feature most of their stable of artists , all painting on the same size and shaped board.<br />
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<br />the distracted painterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215830406391462042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767446250083845292.post-26594369681392766842018-11-22T13:11:00.002-08:002018-11-22T13:11:39.292-08:00Workshops and November and podcast and painting the wallsStudio time has been a little fractured , recently. This is not a bad thing but not ideal either.<br />
Here is a list of things that have kept me from working over the last few months( in no particular order but clearly the more annoying will be written first)<br />
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<li>painting the living area walls, architraves and doors</li>
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<li>child learning to drive and needing practise and avoidance of study time</li>
<li>spring...garden plant grew monstrously and quickly. I gave that fight up pretty quickly</li>
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I also decided to teach a workshop or two and really enjoyed the experience. I wanted to teach a course that I would have wanted to take when beginning to paint! The premise is an introduction to contemporary oil painting materials ...... describe what oil paints are, what mediums are and how they influence style , tools such as brushes, palette knives and spatulas , substrates , varnishing and basic studio safety and setup.</div>
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I really enjoyed the process of caring what I know and I met some very cool people, including some creatives I had only met online! Meeting them in person was very special and they jumped in , boot and all, with such enthusiasm that the day flew by before we knew it. </div>
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I am now off the paint more walls, because it seems the painting is never finished in this house! I listen to podcasts as I paint. John Dalton-Gently does it is a goodie( for painters) , Breaking Art with Jason Naylor is great to listen to local creatives making their way in the NZ art scene and Jesse Mulligan on Radio NZ....because his is such an interesting variety interviewers, subjects and music !!!!</div>
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the distracted painterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215830406391462042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767446250083845292.post-4661955285269078882018-09-13T18:33:00.001-07:002018-09-13T18:33:11.409-07:00..and now we are five.....oh!I turned 50 last week.<br />
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There was a time, at 39, when I did not think I would see 40, so I am pretty chuffed to have made it to 50!<br />
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I am not a big one for parties, big celebrations or surprises .(Dear God. My worst ever would be a surprise party.I want to hide just thinking about the notion)<br />
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Di and Annemarie know my I am surprise adverse, but laid claim to the day and told me that they would organise a "mystery day out" and I was to" wear street clothes and shoes you can walk in". Seeing as I have no idea what streetwear is and all my shoes are flat, I decided to dress as normal and wing it. Good call.<br />
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8:30 am Collection from home. Give presents of beautiful studio tea mug and soup mugs(handmade in Whanganui by Ivan Vostinar) and luscious hand cream( for painters hands!)<br />
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9:00 Breakfast at Suburban Kitchen in Cambridge and onto a trip up to Sanitarium hill. Established ages ago as a TB convalescent hospital on top of the hills behind Cambridge with stunning views over the Waikato . Daffodils, tui's, snowdrops and cyclists all converging at the top at a surprising new find.Cool. Down the hill and we dropped in on a joiner friend of Annemarie who built a house that looks like it belongs in a fairytale book. Made with love, peppered with stained glass windows and bespoke joinery and an amazing view...from the outdoor bathtub!<br />
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10:00 Then off to meet<a href="http://www.adrian-worsley.com/" target="_blank"> Adrian Worsley</a> in Te Aroha for a private tour of his gallery and studio. Holy Crap. What a place! Go and visit(phone and see if its open but make a plan and go) We had a great time wandering around his curated collection of scrap metals and then into his workshop to see his studio. The man has vision.<br />
Then he took us to view his house that he had rendered in local stone and blew our minds once again with his attention to detail. I don't think he ever sleeps!<br />
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12:00 Wallace Gallery Morrinsville was the next stop to see the exhibition of husband and wife artists, Tim and Tracy Croucher. It was a good exhibition and lovely to see so many examples of their work, side by side. I could have happily walked off with a few.<br />
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13.30 Back to the Tron for a salad Lunch and then to catch a movie at the Lido. Wings of Desire has been remastered and was showing at the film festival. I last saw it in 1988!! I profess it puzzled me when I first saw it , but viewing it all these years later, I realise I did not have the life experience at that time to understand all the angst that was portrayed in this Wim Wenders movie. Beautifully shot (the usual Wime Wenders full immersion to a vision), it was an eye opener for me as it portrayed Berlin, 2 years before the wall came down. That seems like another life ago. Last century stuff ...and yet, I was witness.<br />
17.00 Off to Freit gallery for the opening of Spa Garden, another exhibition by Tracy Croucher! Different subject matter but the artist's hand is very clearly Tracy's.<br />
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Home at 18.30 for Thai takeaway, courtesy of Charles!<br />
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That's a helluva birthday!!!!!A great day, no wild surprises , just lovely surprises and of a calibre that left me grateful that I could still BE surprised !! Thanks so much, Di and Annemarie!<br />
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<br />the distracted painterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215830406391462042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767446250083845292.post-80256246827369659472018-08-26T19:29:00.001-07:002018-08-26T19:29:27.735-07:00Who the hell are you?It struck me that I don't really know who you are. (except you, Mom. Hi!) I write to you but probably not as often as I should. The reason for my tardy attention to correspondence lies in that first sentence . I don't know who I am writing to!!<br />
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I write and tell you all about my work, the kids, my travels and workshop experiences, some mad things that happen and studio life, but I don't know who you are. Tell me who you are and why you read this blog. If I know, then I write.<br />
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Ok, today I shall write to Mom and Barb( because I know you two!) and others.<br />
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Spring it itching to burst forth and I am looking forward to warmer , brighter days . All my painting have been rather dark recently and I have let them <i>be</i> dark. Today I mixed a batch of bright green. It sat like a blob of snot( this is Pulitzer prize describing) on the palette, but I left it there. I had made it and that meant that my sub-conscious may be trying to tell me something. Maybe lighten up a little? maybe spring is almost here? maybe green is the colour of jealousy( it is! Old Green eyes!) and the colour of the land around me at the moment? Whatever, chartreuse green snot blob. I will work it out eventually.<br />
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My favourite is a New Zealand podcast called<a href="http://www.breakingart.net/" target="_blank"> Breaking Art</a> .....you can also find it on iTunes....It's my fave at the moment because it's specifically about NZ artists and our environment in NZ. The other is <a href="http://www.johndalton.me/" target="_blank">John Dalton</a>, an irishman who has the gift of the gab and interviews wonderful artists, international artists (and a few of my heroes.) He's a good laugh and has a wonderful accent.<br />
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It's exam times for the boys, which translates into a hilarious combinations of stress, ordinary teenage- ring behaviour and moments of profound insight and clarity that make me feel like I am in an emotional pinball game(yes, I am the ball).<br />
All my life, my father would say "read the questions" prior to every exam....and it's good advice. So today, as I was dropping Lucien at school for his physics exam, I rolled the car window down and bellowed" READ THE QUESTIONS" and drove away laughing as he stared daggers after me . I broke the rule of " Don't speak to me when I am at school because your very presence is embarrassing" but also, it appeared my fathers voice was coming out of my mouth! Or at least, that's what I heard.<br />
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I know I need to direct my curiosity and I have a list as long as my arm , pinned on my noticeboard, of topics I can investigate if and when I need to. I need to do this often as I am easily distracted into tangential internet discussions that end up with me ordering welding kits online or trying to knit scandinavian jerseys or learning how to cure animals skins etc This list needs curating because it must be<br />
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My new works are a bit dark( ok, they are very dark) , all traffic cones and flashing lights, dark landscape , ominous horizons. This is because I am teaching my oldest son to drive. He is 16 (legal age to learn in NZ) , he is a cautiously good driver BUT , as with all learning, there are a few hairy moments every now and again. I defy anyone to tell me they were otherwise when they were learning. I know I ran over a kerb or three and definitely took corners wide, freaked out on highways and made mistakes.<br />
It's all good to teach a kid in daylight, saturday afternoon when all is quiet, but that does not help him learn what it's like to drive at night, when EVERYTHING looks different and lights reflect and refract all around. So, I teach hime to drive at night too. In for a penny, in for a pound.<br />
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I was looking at the works of Caspar David Friedrich recently. Bear with me. He is rather famous for what we would now see as a rather sentimental or kitsch image (depending on how hard your heart is). This one is probably the best known, titled "Wanderer above the sea of fog" Painted in 1818,<br />
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Going on this trip to Ireland and the UK was definitely about work, developing some skills, affirming some knowledge and keeping myself abreast of trends and influences but it was by no means onerous. I LOVE this kind of professional development and if going to a gallery or a museum to see a carefully curated show is work, BRING IT ON!!!<br />
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I am not going to go into detail about what was learned in Ireland because I am still working that out myself. Suffice to say, it involved a lot of drawing. I thought I did not draw because I rarely sketch things out with pencil and paper before I paint, but it turns out I do. .... albeit with paint! My technique for painting is remarkable similar to what the instruction revolved around and that affirmation was a good boost for my faith in intuition regarding my development.<br />
I regularly drew a good drawing and pushed and pushed it...until it was past redemption but I generally knew when it was done and did not mind destroying it because thats the function of this kind of exercise. I brought almost nothing home, preferring to go back to my notes that I scribbled each night ( before the Guinness!!) as us three housemates digested the days learning. Michelle, Anne and I shared our take-away learning and were grateful to Anne who wrote down a whole lot of notes in her trusty notebook and allowed us to riff off those notes. I also took a gazillion ( true and accurate number) process shots and they are invaluable.<br />
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The Irish sea is the oddest colour. Alex Kanefsky describes it as a mixture of Prussian blue and Van Dyk Brown. He may be right.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">gritty but accurate</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">money can't buy that colour roof</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dunfeeny stone. its over 5000 years old.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dunfeeny stone in a cemetery. The grass was waist high and I kept stepping in holes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peat drying in stacks, awaiting bagging</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">chaos and confusion</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">chaos, confusion and Andrew(who was the cause of most of it)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I run a tidy ship</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ruler and scalpel were my best friends</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">towards Downpatrick head. This view never got stale.</td></tr>
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<br />the distracted painterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215830406391462042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767446250083845292.post-28015069636713389222018-07-03T15:24:00.001-07:002018-07-03T15:24:41.668-07:00My first pint of Guinness and other storiesA few years ago I identified a painter whose work I admired and who was painting in a way I found compelling. I wanted to find out a little more about him and discovered he was a professor at a university in Minnesota BUT he did teach workshop in Ireland over the summer break. The Ballinglen Arts foundation in Ballycastle, Co.Mayo, Ireland, was founded some 26 years ago by two american gallerists who established the foundation to bring artists of recognised ability from both Ireland and abroad to live and work in Ballycastle. Their residencies are famous and the list of Fellows is a bit of a who's who of contemporary painters . Andrew Wykes is a fellow and has had several residencies there and now teaches some workshops. The workshops are a fairly new arrangement and suit the likes of myself who can only pop over for a few weeks, not a few months.<br />
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Because I am not one to go on adventures alone( it's boring! Who will I talk to?!) and every Han Solo needs a Wookie, I asked Michelle Ives to join me and what an excellent decision that was. We all know Chewbacca is the reliable one. Michelle lives in Glasgow, and so the plan was for me to to fly to Glasgow and recover from jet lag( more on that later) for a few days , then fly to Dublin together and drive cross country to Ballycastle and return 9 days later, better artists.<br />
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So we did just that.<br />
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We arrived late on the first evening, the last of the group of 10 and were welcomed to a late meal around a table that would become a regular fixture of good food and fun figures. Understandably, there were a good few american artists ( Ireland being only a hop skip and a jump for many) and two from Italy and one Brit. Michelle grew up in South Africa, like me, lived for 14 years in Wales and has lived in Scotland for 6 years. Who knows how we classify her!!!<br />
Introductions were made, wine was drunk, we hit the sack and slept like babies, ready for day one.<br />
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Day One<br />
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We hit the ground running and headed to Downpatrick head to draw . Draw rocks. It was hot! Who forgot to tell Ireland I had packed for DISMAL weather!I had woolen trousers, waterproof shoes, fleeces, beanies and raincoats. I almost went swimming.I would have drowned in the wool, though.<br />
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We drew every day, over and over again, outside if the weather was good, inside from references drawn outside if weather was bad. We drew small, we drew big, we made mess, we raged and roared a little and at the end of each day, after dinner, we retired to the pub and drank a few pints( or half pints) of Guinness and got to know each other a little better. The publican was a man called Patrick but it was pronounces Porrig, had an accent so thick I thought I was having a stroke each time he spoke to me . I knew what he was saying but didn't, all at the same time. (Or maybe that was the Guinness. ) I know I said" May I please have 3 half pints of Guinness" and he said" brrr good dggggroooode aaaaagh euro" I knew he was asking for money because Euro sounds like Euro in any accent. And thats how ALL my interactions with him went. Eventually, I felt we might descend into charades. I was prepared to go there. No one should have to work that hard for a drink.</div>
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Anyway, so the days flew by. The longer we spent time in Mayo, the more dire the weather became. I went out painting with my little pochade box every morning at 6 am because the light was gorgeous and I was awake.(thank you jet lag) I dragged Michelle with me and housemate Anne, who had never panted plein air and got into the swing of things. Michelle was invaluable as a insects attractor whilst I avoided being bitten by the legendary irish Midgies. She was devoured and sprouted red bumps like a measeled child, poor girl. The sun rose just after 5 and only set after 10. It was crazy beautiful.</div>
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<br />the distracted painterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215830406391462042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767446250083845292.post-62347978731895082512018-05-22T19:30:00.002-07:002018-05-22T19:37:09.901-07:00Have passport, will travel. Scotland, Ireland and TasmaniaI am one week away from flying off to Scotland to collect my lovely friend, <a href="http://www.michelleives.com/" target="_blank">Michelle Ives</a> and then travel on to Ireland ato take a workshop at Ballinglen Arts Foundation. Michelle is not facilitating the workshop, but accompanying me as fellow painter and gin-swigger whilst we learn all we can from English painter,<a href="http://www.andrewwykes.com/" target="_blank"> Andrew Wykes. </a><br />
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We have been planning this workshop since November last year and I had earmarked Andrew as a "one to watch" for workshops long time ago. Andrew has this wonderful style and he uses planes and allusions to draughting lines in his work that make s it so fresh and appealing...well, to me, that is. Michelle does not need to go on a workshop because she is just so damned good at anything she does anyway, but I like her company and she is the calmest person I have ever met, which put a nice brake on my frenetic style of being. Also, I begged her to come, so she said yes. Also, she drinks gin. Are you sensing a theme?<br />
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Whilst this is a workshop based on DRAWING the landscape, we are both taking our plein air pochades with us because i sense there may be opportunity to knock out a plein air painting every now and then. How could we not?!!<br />
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So this was me in Tasmania, painting amongst the snakes, wallabies and other feral and highly toxic beasties. Agreed, I saw none of the above but I sensed their beady little eyes watching me, looking for a gap to sink their fangs, claws and appendages into my butt as I sat trying to be in the zone and paint plein air . Trust me, I wielded that palettes knife in a knowing way and they left me alone but I look forward to Ireland's "No Fecking Snakes" policy, let me tell you. Not sure if Scotland has the same policy , but hopefully the only thing biting me in the butt will be a hangover.<br />
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Ok, all talk of carousing aside, I have high hopes for some good learning whilst I am away. I like drawing , I just don't do enough of it because I like paint better. Having said that, drawing underpins painting so maybe it means I am going to expand my horizons and really get into it. It's an 8 day workshop...I had BETTER get into it!<br />
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I promise to post photos on Instagram but I won't be blogging because I am not taking all my iPads etc with me...just my phone and blogging on the phone sucks harder than salt cured lemons on a snails arse ( yes, I made that up.)<br />
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Did y'all know I am on Instagram? I am. It's sort of my favourite social media platform at the moment. FB is a bit naff( those algorithms did us no favours) and this blog platform..well, I almost forgot about it myself so you know how that is going.<br />
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Back to Tasmania.<br />
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Tasmania is brilliant. The Tasmanians refer to the island as the " Mainland" and to Australia the continent as "The North Island" . That says it all. Tasmania and the nicest Australians I have met...laid back, friendly and sharing. Hobart is charming, the place is riddled with history and culture, a focus on good lifestyle and outdoor adventure and appreciation. The Museum of Old and New Art is one of the most amazing art galleries I have ever been to. Mad,mad,mad and quite wonderful.Go.<br />
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We spent 4 days in Hobart and then started to navigate our way up the east coast till we arrived at Cradle mountain and had to zoom back down the middle to catch a flight 8 days later. I painted whenever I could and brought home quite a few paintings wrapped in a stack, cork discs in the corners to keep them seperate as they dried(I had to search out wine that still used corks! The sacrifices I made!), bound with athletic strapping tape to ensure they did not move. Imagine seeing that Jenga-like construction my luggage on the X-ray machine at the airport!<br />
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Some photos and a painting of Tasmania<br />
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Anyway, here I am , off again, passport at the ready, more panels primed and packed, athletic tape at the ready...and this time I am also taking some new sketching tools. See you in July, darlings.<br />
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If you miss me, come say hi on <a href="http://www.instagram.com/jenniedegroot/" target="_blank">Instagram</a><br />
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First person to spot me with a gin in hand gets a prize.<br />
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<br />the distracted painterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215830406391462042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767446250083845292.post-79145223851521565832018-02-04T17:26:00.000-08:002018-02-04T17:26:14.763-08:00Creating historyThis is a little technical , kinda, sorta post.<br />
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My favourite paintings are ones that have history on them. Not Ye Olde History, or images of battle scenes , biblical etc because I am a historical philistine.<br />
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I mean layers and layers of physical history: Paint, wax and tooth.<br />
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(although, I have to interject here with a story: as a child, my friend's parents had a historical oil painting on the wall that was described as " The charge of the Light Brigade" and it was fascinating, gruesome and my first point of call in my education about the wars in the Crimea. It held a place in my nightmares for many years)<br />
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Right. Back to history.<br />
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I have painted alla prima( wet on wet, all at one, immediate painting.Google it) for years . Mostly, I believe, because I am impatient. My studio process has changed and had to develop as I have wanted more and more from the work. I work slower, in layers, utilising many different tools and techniques( some traditional and some not. I have been banned from "helping myself" to any more of the tools from Charles's toolbox . It seems they are returned in less than ideal state if they are returned at all. I hear you and I apologise. )<br />
I work on multiple painting at the same time, allowing what I learn or discover in one painting to be transferred to the next etc and it keeps all the work interesting. Also, oils take time to dry and did I mention I am impatient?!! Those layers of paint and wax and struggle etc etc all make for a base that is SO interesting to work on, colours sing through unexpectedly and lumps and bumps add to the form and generally, it just all seems to be better with history.<br />
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Plein air feeds that need for immediacy and my impatience with waiting for paint to dry( cue eyeroll) and I am grateful for that extension of my practise, but even now I find I am extending that by working glazes into the plein air pieces when they dry to "further" the work. I tell you, I am still impatient but I am learning that getting better means I also have to go slower. I am a fast slow painter. Yeh, quote me on that one.<br />
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So, THIS painting has been in the studio for a YEAR. Yeah, I know, I should charge it rent.</div>
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Anyways, I did not like the original iteration. It was tame, it was so tame you could pat it and rub it's tummy BUT some people loved it and said nice things about it ( which is the kiss of death for me if I am at all ambivalent about a work) so, I went at it again. And I went at it hard and I tell you,<b> I like </b>this one. It has a something.</div>
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So, for now, it lurks against the walls as I go gesso more boards and think about history and slowing down and my impatience and the all my other faults. But I am happy with this. For today. Building on history.</div>
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<br />the distracted painterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215830406391462042noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767446250083845292.post-55783864577311286932018-01-31T17:52:00.000-08:002018-01-31T17:52:02.138-08:00I took a little breakI took a little break and went on holiday with my family.<br />
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I took the painting kit.......yeah, not THAT much of a break!<br />
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We started from Dunedin in a big-ass van called Betty (sorry, cuzzies, my boys named her!) that hauled SIX of us( my long-suffering parents joined us) , our luggage AND 3 mountain bikes around Otago. A big thanks to my ceramicist friend Kylie Matheson, who met us at the airport to help transition some of our bulky bike boxes into storage and then back to us at the airport so we could transport the bikes in safety. What a mate!<br />
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We travelled to Clyde via Milton, Lawrence, Roxburgh and Alexandra. On these trips, I sit front and centre with camera and take photos and make mental notes. This is where I become inspired and make connections. Anyway, suffice to say I did not move out of this spot the whole trip!<br />
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In the hamlet of Clyde we stayed in a gorgeous stone house built in 1884 by the Naylor family and is still owned by a scion of that dynasty. It was a great place to start. Walls were 2 feet thick which is so unusual when all the other houses I know of in New Zealand are made to withstand earthquakes and are built of balsa wood and paper.<br />
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Next was Wanaka and we dissolved into holiday state once there. Biggest surprise of the trip was the route home( with guidance from a lovely lady in the Art Deco museum in Ranfurly who urged us to go via Middlemarch. Bless you!)<br />
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Kylie met us at the airport with the bike boxes( again, to our rescue!) and we made it home. All very happy<br />
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Here are a few photos that chronicle this trip. The paintings will follow in another blog.<br />
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<br />the distracted painterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215830406391462042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767446250083845292.post-57069652457380786132017-12-31T14:31:00.001-08:002017-12-31T14:31:53.879-08:00Post workshop ponderingsIt has now been over a month since Martin Campos came to New Zealand to deliver a 5 day painting workshop .<br />
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I have to admit, I expected a post workshop lull in my work but did not expect to have to SUCH a lull. He gave me a LOT to think about.<br />
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Workshop experiences affect everyone in different ways. Some people take off at 100 km/hour straight after, churning out new work . Some brew a little before the workshop has any affect on their work . And then for other , the brewing takes longer than initially anticipated. Right now, in the brewing stakes, my spoon would stand vertical in the mug!<br />
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It's not that <b>what</b> he said was so phenomenally mind-blowing or would change my whole practise....no, its a subtle thing. It's how to incorporate and extend the principles that I found most useful into my own practise without me looking like a Martin Campos clone. Too often, the work after the workshop bears the stamp of the master. Martin is a great painter and he has his own signature style I admire....but I have my own too and I need enough time to pass so that I can remember his words but create my own response using his teachings.<br />
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Oh, and then there was Xmas and a holiday with the family to contend with. The break in the work continues. The brewing continues and so does the time-frame. I may start using analogies about whiskey , soon!<br />
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So I look to my own process and analyse how I work and find that much of what I instinctively do was articulated by Martin. I have never been a painter who worked in an orderly fashion, from A to B and onwards, a clear plan in mind of what the painting needs to look like. I think about how I want the painting to FEEL. Or rather, the feeling I want the painting to convey. The painting is most often not about the subject matter at all. I am asked "Where is that?" of my landscape painting. The real answer is that is exists in the "feels"....no geographical co-ordinates for those, I'm afraid. Sure, the landscapes are based in reality on places but are changed by my mind, the passing of time in the memory, the way I paint it, my choice of colours and technique and then it is no longer the Taieri plains, its "Burnt around the edges" ....and all that the phrase might mean.<br />
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The workshop itself was great. I struggled. A lot. I always do and I know that its a good reaction because learning something new, upskilling and having to work in ways hitherto unexplored is always difficult. I was not the only one. I was exhausted by 4 pm...and he pushed us through till 5, wailing and moaning! </div>
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Tension</div>
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History</div>
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Do not be a slave to what you see</div>
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<br /><br />the distracted painterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215830406391462042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767446250083845292.post-38431471088838342572017-10-08T20:21:00.000-07:002017-10-08T20:21:00.835-07:00The exhibition in DunedinI have been working towards an exhibition in Dunedin at Gallery De Novo for over a year. Good things take time. <br />
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This exhibition was in conjunction with my mate, Di Tocker, the cast glass artist. When we exhibit together ( which we have now done 3 times) we refer to ourselves as The Painter and The Glassmaker. We are a good team because we are so different. It helps our mediums are different too. Think Laurel and Hardy, Spock and Kirk, Thelma and Louise, Calvin and Hobbs.<br />
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Let me show you my work.<br />
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The show runs until 19 October at Gallery DE Novo in Dunedin.<br />
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I can honestly say I loved working on these paintings.<br />
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<span id="goog_1402058333"></span><span id="goog_1402058334"></span><br />the distracted painterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215830406391462042noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767446250083845292.post-26390609547864452017-09-28T15:53:00.000-07:002017-09-28T15:53:08.680-07:00Feeling crankyMy studio easel is a Mabef monster that operates on a ratchet system to raise and lower the height of the shelf. Now, I am not sure if "ratchet system" is a real term, but thats what I call it. To raise or lower the painting shelf(yes, I may have made that term up too. Go with it) , one has to pull a pin thingy and either push up or lower gently, ratcheting down the ratchets till you get to the place you think ideal. (It never is, but thats a different tale of woe.)<br />
It requires certain angles of leverage to be just so and I am fairly good at gauging it, but not this time.<br />
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I have some largish canvasses on the go at the moment and yesterday I needed to raise the level to work on the bottom of the canvas. Monster canvas on the easel, it's lardiness disguised as mere wood and canvas airiness, I casually leaned down , pulled the pin out and then WRENCHED THE SHELF AND THE CANVAS NORTH.....and nothing happened. The Canvas and the easel remained unchanged . Something DID , however, happen to my back. <br />
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Shit.Shit.Shit.<br />
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So, yesterday was spent alternating hot water bottles and ice packs (hideous torture, what mad fucker thought that up?), guzzling ibuprofen and tea and wailing a little.<br />
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Now, please do not inundate me with tips on lifting heavy objects, unhelpful instruction to try yoga or <br />
some arcane homeopathic remedy. I KNOW how to lift heavy objects(theoretically), I yoga REGULARLY and I am all for an arcane remedy if it includes booze, but THIS type of injury was an accident and it requires the remedy that can only be offered by shopping.<br />
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So, I need a new easel that has a crank.<br />
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NOW you may offer a suggestion.<br />
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<br />the distracted painterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215830406391462042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767446250083845292.post-48472966513471994782017-09-09T18:10:00.002-07:002017-09-09T18:10:43.641-07:00You are invited.....The packers arrive tomorrow to crate all 17 paintings in anticipation of their journey from my studio in the Waikato to Gallery De Novo in Dunedin. From the north island to the south island, the paintings are going on a trip.<br />
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Seventeen paintings take up quite a bit of space, I must tell you!! I am living in Trip-Hazard-ville. I am anticipating a small crisis of loss at their departure, but we will be reunited on Dunedin 6 October at the gallery, all hung on the walls and telling their stories.<br />
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Di and I titled this exhibition VISIT. It happened organically because we always refer to our trips to Dunedin and Otago as "visiting". So, what better title than Visit?<br />
Both of us harbour a whimsical desire to live in Dunedin. It really is a special city and is very close to my heart.<br />
I think the works in the exhibition bear testament to how I feel about the whole Otago and Southland area. I like the place in a way that I can't fully express with words. I like the extreme conditions, the rock, the dry, the harsh vistas that are supplemented with waters of the most insane colour. Its hard and cold and hot and prickly and nothing says "It will be easy here".....and I love it.I respond to that.<br />
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There is something in this unfamiliar landscape that I recognise and I try to portray that in my work...along with all the intense emotions that they seem to elicit from me.<br />
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So here is your ticket to the exhibition. We would love to share this trip with you.<br />
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Di and I will be in the gallery for the entire of saturday . We can talk about the works, the process, the inspiration, our collaboration....natter natter. The visitors are visiting.<br />
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<br />the distracted painterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215830406391462042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767446250083845292.post-8535436562598394452017-08-19T01:48:00.001-07:002017-08-19T01:48:32.924-07:00When the cat's away.....I am not very DIY inclined . Saying that, I do have a Pinterest account full of clever things to do and make if only i could, say, use a saw. That Pinterest addiction and the exposure to waaaaaaay too many clever projects has opened some kind of Pandora's box of curiosity about DIY. A Glasshouse made of old wooden windows?! Sure, I could knock that together. Raised Garden Bed?Totally doable! Garden furniture with something clever built in somewhere? Sure, why not. A million projects for a palette?????Hell, yeah. And don't even start me on my sewing projects. But I digress....<br />
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I also want to be able to be more self-sufficient and do more of my own cutting of boards to paint on etc. To know how to do basic DIY and work a saw should not be too far out of my capability.<br />
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Now usually, I start muttering things about machinery and DIY and Charles shuts me down with the reminder that it's quite dangerous and possibly I have more to loose (Digits, an eye, my dignity) that I have to gain. Curiosity is a cat I know well.It has led me down many paths and a few have been a bit wild. But Charles is not here. Charles is riding motorbikes in Australia with the Romanian Photographer and the Naughtiest Man alive. The cat went shopping.<br />
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...and bought a circular saw. And board. And hinges. And some other wood thingies I thought would be useful. I forgot screws.<br />
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Then I came home , unpacked the thing and went straight to Google" How to use a circular saw". You tube, I thank you.<br />
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A few hours later I realised I was short of a few things. A saw horse or two, clamps, safety goggles any experience.So I alarmed my dear neighbours by borrowing their sawhorses and clamps and asking for a live tutorial on circular saw usage , with focus on what NOT to do, too. Brian is a saint. He gave me the tutorial and left.<br />
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I enlisted Julius to help me because he HAS actually used a saw before. He is 12. I must admit to being a bit startled at the realisation of how MUCH he knew. He advised me on technique (start the saw before you hit the wood) hat and encouraged me not to chicken out half way through the job. He even worked out a more efficient way to deal with the project of cutting the hardboard.<br />
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I was crap at it. The early learning curve is very, very steep. Thank goodness I realised this quickly and lowered my expectations of my DIY Skills from" Rehab Addict" to " Cowboy builders" . Also, DONT'T saw hardboard indoors, it gets everywhere (like a dusting of "what the hell were you thinking dust" on every surface of the entire room. that is going to remind me for days) Also, what you really should have bought is a table saw, a drop saw and a handyman.<br />
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Ai ai ai.<br />
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But, I did cut the board<br />
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I made some mistakes. I chickened out of one cut half way.<br />
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I had to restart and forfeit that piece of board.<br />
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I stopped cutting 1 cm too soon on 3 cuts. Slow learner, but I did learn.<br />
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Modern clamps are so easy to use!!!! I remember those crappy metal vice clamps..the new ones are fancy!<br />
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Everywhere.<br />
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But I DID cut it and they will be perfectly good boards to paint on....and trim IF I want to frame them. Sigh.<br />
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My other neighbour has a table saw. I might go ask if I may have a tutorial on the table saw.......<br />
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Charles is home next saturday so my window of opportunity starts closing soon.<br />
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Oh, and I was selected for the Arts Gold Awards 2017 with painting inspired by an exhibit in the Central Stories Museum in Alexandra.<br />
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heartbreaking letter attached to an anonymously donated knife sheath and
leather strap in the Museum in Alexandra . The letter is from a dying father
in England to his son prospecting for gold in Roxburgh, Otago. In the letter , the father farewells his son James with great love and affection but simultaneously cuts him off financially . He explains that they are destitute if they help him and no more money could be sent to support him and his . This poignant letter, dated 1862, has stayed with me
for years. What happened to either is unknown. The area around Roxburgh is
unforgiving, especially in winter and I imagined the grief both men felt at
the finality of that letter. This work is my interpretation of that story.<br />
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<br />the distracted painterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215830406391462042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767446250083845292.post-30711922641142379642017-08-10T00:15:00.003-07:002017-08-10T21:18:20.032-07:00Breathing spaceAll the works for my upcoming exhibition with glassmaker Di Tocker at Gallery de Novo in Dunedin are completed. And when I say completed, I mean signed, varnished , named and photographed. Seriously completed. Done. Dusted. Done and dusted.<br />
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I have moved them ( all 20 pieces) out of the studio into the room I annexed specifically for completed work...shall we call it a the viewing room?...and now there is a vacuum in the studio. The space that was filled with months and months worth of work...is now empty. The thing is, I feel empty too. I love the work. I am happy with it, but I thought I could move straight on to new work...and I cannot. Di tells me that I need a break and to enjoy the time, but it has come at a time when a break is NOT what I want! I want to work! I want to paint! Charles is away on a three week trip through Australia, the boys are engrossed in school and studying....its the perfect time to be engrossed in painting, unapologetically , 100%, forget to eat,bathe and drink into painting...and I'm spent. I need a break, like it or not.<br />
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So, tomorrow I begin my break from the studio.<br />
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I have no idea what I am going to do, but if I pitch up on your doorstep, be nice. Make me a cup of tea, show me something interesting, give me a book you think I would like to read ...whatever, just throw something at me and let's see if it sticks.<br />
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The universe keeps saying "Tasmania" to me. I am going to chase that lead.<br />
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<br />the distracted painterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215830406391462042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2767446250083845292.post-12545402408722487482017-07-25T17:24:00.001-07:002017-07-25T17:25:21.945-07:00More information about the Martin Campos workshop in New Zealand<br />
For those of you who would like to attend this workshop and need more information, heres what I can tell you.<br />
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It is going to be an opportunity of a lifetime. Seriously.<br />
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Martin loves teaching, he loves talking and imparting his knowledge on others and he loves pushing painters out of their comfort zones to create great work.<br />
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Have a look at <a href="https://youtu.be/SmckW8iDZTY" target="_blank">this clip </a>of his work .<br />
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The workshop will take place in Hamilton, close to Hamilton Lake, at a private studio. The mornings will be spent painting plein air (that"s outside, from nature) . Martin will demonstrate his abbreviated, 2 brush method of gathering information in these plein air works. Small canvasses, short bursts of time ( 20 minutes) spent on each painting and several paintings and then back to the studio and the model. The afternoons will be spent drawing the model and incorporating the information gathered in the morning from the plein air work into the paintings of the figure.<br />
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Martin teaches is most painting mediums: oils, acrylic, pastel,watercolours. He stresses that the workshop is not about the materials , the mediums, the substrates or any of the technical paraphernalia of painters but about a new mindset, a way of thinking.<br />
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That sounds exciting!<br />
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Imagine 5 days of this and 5 days of personal painting growth!.<br />
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Please email me jennie@jenniedegroot.com if you are interested in attending and i will forward you payment details. New Zealand participants can pay via internet or bank deposit. Foreign participants can pay via paypal.<br />
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So, this is exciting news!!<br />
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I invited Martin Campos, a contemporary American figurative painter, to come visit and hold a workshop in New Zealand .....and he said yes! Who knew you could just do that?!<br />
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There was squealing....I confirm it was me.<br />
There was delight...me too.<br />
Martin then confirmed his excitement...so we are all squealing , delighted. and excited.<br />
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Martin teaches figure drawing at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and figurative painting, plein air, and still life painting at the Wayne Art Centre.<br />
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You can see more of his work <a href="http://www.arceniomartincampos.com/" target="_blank">here</a> and a video of his works <a href="https://youtu.be/SmckW8iDZTY" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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Join American contemporary figurative painter Arcenio Martin Campos in exploring the connection between figure and space in this 5 day dynamic and thought provoking workshop.<br />
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This workshop will include an introduction to Martins refined and abreviated plein air technique that aims to report and gather information in small format in a short period of time.This work is the means to creating powerful and dynamic figurative pieces. Martins observation of light in in its fleeting moments drives his figurative pieces in the studio<br />
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Students will explore the construction of form and how it relates to a real or an imagined environment. We will employ a wide variety of approaches, from the traditional, to the organic as well as the intuitive —– with the final goal to build solid design and composition. Added discussions will focus on narrative and imagination and the importance of how they correlate to drive and support an image to completion<br />
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A model will be provided or participants may use their own personal reference.<br />
Combined with image making, we will also discuss the importance of an artists studio and surrounding environment as an inspiration and influence.<br />
Please Note: This workshop is suitable for artists with some painting experience.<br />
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•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>We reserve the right to cancel the trip if it is not meeting the trip minimum and in that unlikely event, your deposit and any payments made will be fully refunded.<br />
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Still not sure....go and listen to him as he was interviewed by Antrese Wood <span id="goog_271914203"></span>The Savvy Painter <span id="goog_271914204"></span><a href="https://savvypainter.com/podcast/martin-campos/" target="_blank">https://savvypainter.com/podcast/martin-campos/</a>Podcast.<br />
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