Busy...
Front Yard Flowers 30×40″ sold.
I haven’t had much time for updating the journal lately, so I thought I would jsut throw this image up with a quick update of what I’ve been doing. Things are a bit hectic for me this time of year, and I’m just trying to keep up with all of the work. There are a few main events taking up alot of my time.
I have a show coming up at the Dowling Wlash Gallery in Rockland, ME. That show just got hung in the last few days, and the openign reception is coming up next Wed, June 17 from 5-8pm. This is a show of my work along with David Vickery’s. It’s taken alot of work getting everything ready for the show and delivered to the gallery, but it’s been worth it. Jake (gallery owner) is alread making some sales from this show, which is great news!
I also have a show coming up in July in Philadelphia at the FAN Gallery. I have most of the painting done for that show, but I still have alot of framing and prep work to do before delivering the paintings. I’m spending alot of time in the studio getting ready for these shows, and still stretching and priming canvases for future paintings.
And the other big event, which is coming up this weekend, is a workshop I’m teaching at the North River Arts Society in Marshfield HIlls, MA. This will be a two day workshop, which should be a lot of fun, but first I have to get all of my stuff together for my plans.
There are more shows coming up later in the summer, which I’ll talk more about later, like shows of my work at the Courthouse Gallery in Ellsworth, ME… a show at the Addison Gallery on Cape Cod… a Plein Air Festival in Door County, WI…
I have to go get to work before I get overwhelmed thinking about all of this!
Posted on Thursday June 11, 2009 | 11 Comments
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Hey Colin . . .
I am knocked out by all your work! In particular, I completely admire how you are able to put little flecks of light into your pieces . . .and how you color the shadow side of your light valued shapes. I could go on and on, but just wanted to tip my hat out of respect for your work!
Hi Mike,
Thanks alot. Glad you like my work. I’ve always been most excited about trying to figure out how to paint the luminosity of whatever scene I’m looking at.
I love this piece! It is impressionistic but not at all sentimental. It is clean and captures the feeling of the warm sunlight on the flowers.
Bravo!
I could go on and on, too, but I won’t.
I’ll just say that this painting, with its incredible chaos, is awesome. How you get it to hang together is just masterful. The balance is just sick. I mean that in a good way. Like BAAAAAAAAAAAD!
Colin – great workshop! I am so glad I got your book, too – everybody should get one! I’m still absorbing the lessons of the weekend, but I blogged about it – and included a photo of you! Hope you had a nice potluck dinner at Diane’s. Sorry I missed it!
Beautiful painting Colin. That one would look good in my living room.
Your paintings are awesome. You just seem to make painting and selling painting seem so easy for you…is it?
I’ll add to the chorus: Love your work Colin! I hope to catch one of your workshops at some point but they fill up so fast!!
Hi Mary and Kelley,
Thanks for coming out to the workshop. Your class was a lot of fun! I enjoyed having both of you there.
Hey Frank,
Sorry to say that one will be hanging on someone else’s living room wall.
Hi Tom,
Neither is easy. Both take alot of work. Many hours and lots of persistance are needed for both. I’ve gotten better at both over the years, and it helps to make sales that I’ve been putting my work out there for 7 years. But selling and paintign both take alot of work. I’m glad I make it LOOK easy though!
Eden,
Thanks for checking in. I hope you make it into one of the workshops. I think there are still space left in the 5day class in Rockland in Sept. If you want to look into that the website is:
http://www.coastalmaineartworkshops.com/welcome/
Hi Colin…
I keep seeing your name on Frank’s blog and then I saw it on another I just visited so here I am.
Beautiful work!!
Hi Colin,
I posted more photos of our workshop on my ‘other’ blog, http://marewheeee.blogspot.com
Don’t forget to put my name on the book list.
The workshop was great. You ROCK!