2020 Painting

 Hi all

I haven't used this blog for sometime, so I feel it is time to update. 2020 has been a very eventful year and we have all had challenges in someway or another. I don't need to name them all, as they have been self evident. We have all coped in different ways. I have thrown myself into my art because art has always given me a much needed positive focus. I had already set up many artistic events in 2019 for 2020, so it was natural for me to follow through on the plans that I had mad where I was able to safely do this. Some things got postponed because of Covid 19, but not all. 

I had been working on a research project visiting contemporary ink brushwork artists in Singapore, China and Japan in 2019 and I had to postpone the Talks I was going to give about these artists at both NERAM (New England Art Museum) and Tamworth Art Gallery. However, I have been very happy about going ahead in Sept/Oct 2020 with a large exhibition of my artworks at the Gunnedah Bicentennial Art Gallery.  I shared this exhibition with the talented encaustic artist Hayley Ward. I was very pleased with the enthusiastic response to our artworks at the exhibition opening, and following the exhibition. 

I am also looking forward to a small exhibition of my works at 126 Gallery in Armidale TBA.

This painting from the 'The Space Between' exhibition is titled 'Mystery 2' 2020 Sumi-e Ink & archival ink on rice paper 35.5 X 48 X 1.5cm 

'Call of Nature' mural finished

Finished collaborative Mural "Call of Nature" by Crisp, Miko and Tish. Bogota Colombia. I must admit that my contribution to this mural was to do some of the buildings and windows. The boys did a great job of the rest. It was fun to be part of this project and gain a greater insight into what Street art is about. It was lovely to see people enjoying the art being done in their neighbourhood on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. It is such community-based art.

I would like to refer you to my new fb page.

I haven't been as active on my blog lately as I had hoped I would be. However, I have started an art fb page to use to display my art work. I am finding it more fun and easier to use, so I think I will use that more often now than this blog. So if you would like to continue to see more of my art work please google Fineartricia  or Fineartricia fb and it should come up. Let me know if you have any trouble. I hope to hear from you there. I would appreciate any 'Likes' you can give me on fb also.

That said I will continue putting things on the blog occasionally. Thank you so much for your support and encouragement in following this blog, it has been very much appreciated. And yes, I will put a photo of the finished mural up soon.

Process photo of Tish painting a mural in Bogota, Colombia.

A mural in progress. This mural named 'Nature Calling' was produced by Crisp, Miko and Tish in Bogota Colombia on a sunny Sunday. I will post the completed mural on the next post.

The ladder was borrowed from a local shop. When Miko offered to leave his watch as collateral  for the ladder, the owner refused saying that they trusted him and it wasn't necessary. How very kind.

Tish is my street art name and I am not very active in the street art scene. However, I very much enjoyed sharing the experience with Miko and Crisp, but it isn't really me. I liked doing something out of my comfort zone as a challenge though!

I'm back after a no blogging break.

It is taking me awhile to get used to the blogging and making it a weekly habit. It may be because I am a fairly private person, who doesn't feel the need to tell people what I am doing. It also could be because although I have been busy painting, I haven't been finishing my paintings. I have been chasing the new challenge and going from one painting to the next. Anyway, I have a lot to finish,so I must get onto it this month. In the meantime, what picture to post on the blog. Let me think!

Aha, I love the wonderful effects you can get with watercolour. Back washes used to be discouraged in traditional watercolour practice, times have changed and you can do what you like now, and have such fun with them. Here I have used back washing in the sky, mountains, hills and foreground. I like them. What so you think?

Experimenting with back washes. 

I apologise for not blogging for some time. I have been very busy doing lots of other activities. I am still painting but just not blogging. I will get back to it soon. In the meantime, I will pop on a little work from the past. This is one of my early portraits of my lovely niece completed in the 1980s. I cannot recall the year I did it at the moment. The photo of the portrait is pretty awful.  I will need to take another one this. You can see how old the album is. Until next time enjoy your art.

Charcoal portrait of my niece.

Quick sketch type portrait of my son as a child

Quick watercolour brushwork sketch from life

I did this painting years ago of my son. I had to be quick because he wasn't going to stay still long. I had my watercolours mixed and brushes ready. I took some deep breaths and a moments meditation and a few quick strokes and he was done. Mind you this wasn't the first one. I had a couple of goes, before I was happy with it. Even though he is looking down, I was pleased that I managed to capture his cheeky smile. It's not perfect, but it's a painting that jogs my memories of those happy days. If I wanted perfect, I would have taken a photo! Have fun! Best wishes, Tricia.