{Studio Update} New Exhibitions and New Paintings

And I thought last week was busy! This week was even more so. I worked on mounting and framing artworks for two new exhibitions, started two new pieces for some of the challenge groups I'm in, did some more on Valentine and worked on perfecting my plaster priming technique. Now that's a mouthful.

New exhibition at The Collective Store

I changed over the display at The Collective Store this week. The Collective Store is a beautiful boutique filled with all things handmade located in Wynnum.  It's my go to place to buy gifts as it has all sorts of lovely things including jewellery, baby gifts, body products, chai, art and lots, lots more. You can find out more about it here {mentions on this blog} or here:

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New exhibition at GalleryB Newmarket

Behind the hardware in Newmarket is a beautiful boutique coffee shop full of wonderful gifts and accessories and I now have two of my paintings in this beautiful shop. It's one of those places that if you didn't know it was there, you would walk/drive straight past it. GalleryB Newmarket is filled with lots of Klimt inspired items {mirrors, plates, cards, bags and now my paintings} as well as other extraordinary gifts for ladies. Find out more about it here {mentions of this blog} or here:

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How To: Mounting  a Board

Over at  Paint Party Friday artist are sharing the paintings they did this week. They are also talking about framing and mounting artwork, do you do it yourself or buy/get them made? I do a bit of both, it really depends on where the show is and what the piece is.  The two shows I presented this week were mounted/framed myself. The Collective Store images were works on paper and were framed in ready made frames I purchased from a store, they already had a white mat board, however I did cut an overlay piece of off white archival paper to put between the mat and picture to bring out the warmth of the images. {photo here} As for the work that went to GalleryB, it was done on board that I sealed and attached Belgian linen too. The frames were in my collection, I found them at a second hand store, they were painted gold to give them new life. Once the Acrylic paint was dry I coated the painting with a two part resin. I work primarily on boards {I like the rigid surface} and I back them like this {How To} I have a brilliant framer who I can not speak more highly of, you can find out more here {Mason and Daughter mentions on this blog} Head on over to PPF and join the conversation and do some blog hopping, the artist are lovely and inspiring.

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New Painting 'At the Dinner Table'

I painted this little image this week for the Monthly Painters Challenge, as the name suggests it's a group of artists that present an interpretation of a topic each month. We announce the topic and share our images with everyone on the 15th of each month {that's today!} Head on over to the Facebook Page and watch all the work come in throughout the day. I will be doing a blog post in the next few days about my image and also I'll showcase all the other artists work. Keep an eye out for that.

THE FACEBOOK PAGE

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Work in Progress (WIP) 'Fear of new things'

  

This little image is my submission for this weeks Inspirational Avenue's topic on fear. I had high hopes of getting it finished in time, but I now realise that is not going to happen. I'm very happy at how it's coming along and like the 'unfinished quality' of it so I'm going to go ahead and post it because I've captured the essence of the what I wanted to, the rest will be painting in the table cloth, plates etc and only a little detailing on the girl {which is me as a child} Head on over to the IA blog and check out what the other artist fear:

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WIP 'Valentine'

I managed to find a little time to do some more on Valentine, She's getting closer to being finished, this one has been a WIP for some time, It's been one of those transition pieces between styles. This one was started during the Carrick and Fox exhibition at the Queensland Art Gallery, the show has really inspired me and altered my way of looking at painting.

Details on Facebook : FAN SPECIAL ALBUM

Also, I have decided to have a sale on the work that come back from the collective store this week. If you head on over to Facebook and become a fan {if you are not already} you will get 25% of these pieces.

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I'm linking up with Artists in Blog Land, It's a wonderfully supportive community that shares their weeks achievements on a Saturday. Please go over and have a look, you will not be disappointed!

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Wishing you all a wonderful weekend and a productive week next week. I'm off to do some blog hoping and see what everyone has been up to. Tracey xx