If it was only painting
My show is finally up. Putting up a show, small or extensive, takes time, many hours of work, dealing with selection, adjustments and paperwork. It felt as if the small tasks were never-ending: glazing, covering with protective layer, attaching wires, designing and printing price tags. I have taken numerous pictures. Light was not that good some days; well, it’s February. Therefore, contrast ranged from extreme to none, brightness went from burnt out images to a total lack of light.
Lots of work and many decisions
Even putting up paintings at location was time-consuming. Any place has its pluses and minuses. Light is as it is, and I had to figure out the best layout immediately and without hesitation. There was staff, who went up the ladder and put up each painting, and while they were doing their best, everything took some adjustment. I think I managed to do very well with placement of my art.
It is a great advantage to see art in person
While less people attend shows or art events nowadays since everything is on the internet, I would like to still emphasize that nothing compares to seeing art with your own eyes and experience the feeling of direct presence. There are so many devices between the real painting and its image on the internet! Any of these devices change the look of painting to a great extent, so some things get lost along the way, which especially refers to balanced and carefully crafted colors and contrast.
Paintings which were included in this show
My paintings frequently display paths and roads. Road, as well as path is an important symbolic element of my art. We are always on the way, always going to something new which is still to be discovered and explored. I am posting this time a few completely new and a few overworked paintings. That especially refers to “Nostalgia” series.
Subjects of my art
I loved to find untouched landscapes in close vicinity of a town: old country barns, quiet streams, birch groves and meandering forest paths. I genuinely love wildflowers, they appear quite frequently in my art. The same goes for always painting spring in winter. That is a natural mood lift and fantastic way of spending dark and gloomy days when storms, snow, cold and ice make the outdoor landscape very hostile.
Less text, more art
This post is intended to show paintings, therefore, less text, more art.
Red country barn, early spring, acrylic painting 76 x 61 cm, acrylic on canvas
Red country barn, early spring won the easel, Nostalgia series
Path in blue bell woods, Nostalgia series, acrylic painting, 24 x 20 in or 61 x 51 cm
Reflection of clouds, summer stream, acrylic painting on 24 x 20 in or 61 x 51 cm canvas
Nostalgia, the painting which initiated the series of landscapes disappearing from our neighborhoods, acrylic on canvas, 24 x 20 in 61 x 51
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If you happen to live in Greater Toronto Area and especially around Ajax, please stop by. My show is on at Ajax Town Hall Council Chambers Lobby until March 19. 25 works of art are exhibited. I take from the first responses, that people like it. Enjoy!
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I agree wholeheartedly with the thought that attending an art show is a profound experience that cannot be duplicated by viewing via the Internet. All the very best – wish I was able to beam over to join you.
Thank you very much! The show is in a place where lots of people walk through and there are also some events, etc. I could see that the art was noticed while I was there after installing the show.
Beautiful!
Thanks very much Michele! I appreciate everybody who reads the actual post and checks out pictures as opposed to just clicking on like from Reader.
Congratulations on your new show, Inese. Beautiful. I hope you sell out!
Thanks! That kind of never happens, but it would be great. I just posted a few paintings here, but, I think some florals might sell.
Lovely paintings, Inese. Wishing you a lot of success.
Thanks Irina! Well, these are a few from the Nostalgia series. I will post a few more in next posts. Most people only see the lead image since they click on like from Reader, so it makes sense to post more with fewer images.
I hope looking at paintings in person will allow people to see the interpretation of my subject more clearly, the flow of my lines and color transitions between layers and separate areas which are many and very sophisticated.
At the same time, I do regret, that the only way I can present my art is most often via the internet. It is what I am saying: there are numerous devices between the real painting and online viewer, and they have changed the look of art noticeably, not to mention no size impact.
Yes, you’re right, more often than not the online photo doesn’t do justice to the real painting. I’m sure visitors to your show will be impressed by your work. Good luck!
Thanks very much Irina! I hope so, too. While I was there after putting up art, I mean, I was just giving commands, worker put it up, people were already asking questions and showing interest,
Sending lots of love and good energy for your show, Inese!! Your paintings are beautiful and I agree…must be seen in person as you can feel energy from them in person. Hope you are well <3
Thanks very much Lorrie!
It’s probably fine, I haven’t been at the exhibition space recently.
I am having trouble with professional grade titanium white paint. The local stores do not have good quality or any at the moment. It looks like prices doubled from what they were just a month ago. Wow! And quality is so bad that I had to throw out a few just opened tubes.
There are huge quality issues nowadays. I think with everything.
I just asked my daughter maybe she can send from Latvia. Can you believe that price for similar item and better quality is at least 10 times lower over there?
It is mind-blowing how much they cash in on artists in North America, but especially in Canada.
Canadian prices are totally the worst, everything is at least 30% higher than in the USA.
That is so strange, Inese…Hope you get what you need and for not too much cash! Probably the only thing we get cheaper from Canada is prescription drugs!!
Sending all good things…
I find prescription drugs very expensive here. It’s about $500 a month for insulin, test strips and enzymes, that is only for what I need for 1 month, and so every month. I think it’s very expensive. House rent is $2,700 a month without utilities. I believe that our prices are abnormal. Even internet is in some absurd range, I’m not sure how much husband pays for it, I just know that provider bills are over $500 for TV, 2 cell phones and internet.
It is supposed to be quality for which I am paying when I am buying paints, but, unfortunately, professional grade is worse now than students grade was even 10 years ago. That is an issue. I am combining these paints, etc, but still, lack of quality makes painting so much more difficult. Daughter already said she would send some and also come to September exhibition reception. Which is fantastic!
I am happy she will send it to you…I know how important supplies are to create your vision! Here is to always having a vision…and the inspiration to manifest it!!
Sweet Blessings
Thanks! Well, absolutely. One cannot paint without good paints. We have nice weather today, too.
Your paintings are very beautiful, Inese, and I totally agree with you on the importance of seeing art with your own eyes. I also think it’s a great idea to attend art shows and be surrounded by real people interested in art.
I’m wishing you the best with your art show!
Thanks very much!
Well, the exhibition is on until March 19. I haven’t been there recently, but most likely everything is fine so far.
Best wishes with the exhibition and love how you said this:
“ nothing compares to seeing art with your own eyes and experience the feeling of direct presence”
I so agree
And would like to see some of these in person – especially the Dogwood painting featured in this post – 😊
Thanks very much!
It is kind of not right that most art is presented via the internet. That is pretty much the only way.
None of paintings look in reality exactly the same. When I post them on blog, the size becomes the same for 12 x 16 in painting and for 40 x 24 in painting, but it is a huge difference in reality.
As I said before, taking good pictures is a bit of a stretch. I do not always have time for special photos taken with camera, so I use Iphone 11 Pro Max currently. It is better than previous versions of IPhone, but there is undeniably way too much contrast, colors are off one or another direction and editing doesn’t really help.
I do not have perfect light settings or devices to have perfect light, therefore, I mostly rely on outdoor light. It is good for painting because I only paint at natural daylight, but it is insufficient for taking photos or making videos.
I haven’t been at the exhibition place recently, I guess, everything is fine over there.
Thanks for stopping by!
I have to place “likes” under comments afterwards going through every post, I cannot do them from this interface, strange, but that’s how it is.
When I used to bring students for art museum visits – to tie into a course topic – we would look at art works from far away – from a few feet away and then close up.
And so many paintings have a Texture and energy that is only felt in person.
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And while I think the digital works allows us to see more art globally — you are so right that it is limited – glad to still have access to museums via the digital world but it is so limited –
And side note – many art pieces I like in person but did not like digitally – and the other is true – I might have liked a piece digitally and then saw it in real life and liked it less.
Just depends
Yes, that can happen. I have seen also images of paintings which looked excellent as pictures online, and there was nothing much when they were hanging on the wall, and vice versa: some painting doesn’t look impressive as online picture and makes so much sense on the wall.
I haven’t even posted many images because the reason was exactly that: I could not get a true photo.
That refers to some colors: shades of yellow and red, especially, also very textured works look quite horrible as pictures and very good in reality.
Camera does its own adjustments and photo is actually never 100% true to reality, even when it is an outdoor scene or close-up object.
Camera also changes proportions and definitely distorts distant or close parts regards the middle part.
Great you were encouraging students view art in its real environment, that is a very valuable lesson.
Wishing you a great weekend 😊
Thanks! I wish the weather was warmer, more spring-like.
Have a good weekend, too!
Yes – I am ready for more spring like weather too – 🌺🌸☀️
Best time of the year, but passes so swiftly.
I have class soon, and one more leg surgery on Tuesday. I will have March break to get back to normal.
I wouldn’t have traveled anyway, no big loss. Last vacation I had was in 2013.
Hopefully, if the viruses calm down, i could take some trip in late fall when my September exhibition is over.
😊
Thanks, stay safe!
THINGS HERE ARE FINE – HOPE ALL IS WELL IN YOUR AREA 🙂
Thanks! Everything is fine here, too. This I posted a long time ago. I’m talking more about everything in recent posts, but I am ok. Stay safe!
OK – I WILL BE BACK LATER TO CTACH UP – I HAVE HAD SOME PAUSES FROM BLOGGING TO GET SOME WRITING DONE — BE BACK SOOM AMIGA
No problem. I was actually away, too. I am trying an e-book done.
Hope all is going well with ebook
Slow. I seem to lose time with everything I do. Updates are in the newest posts.
Superb 😉😎👍🙏
Thanks! I hope you’re safe!
Hopefully 😷👍🙏 💙
Hopefully, in some half a year, this situation will be resolved.
Here’s to hope 🙏😇🙏😇🙏