A blog about my work and the way it happens. Things I see, hear, feel and find interesting, funny, odd or just plain curious. News about Everything and Anything Art wise, Expected or Unexpected. This blog is an open work diary for myself, and you are very welcome to follow me on my journey...

søndag den 15. juni 2008

Zorro's Portrait


By the beginning of the year, I talked to the Danish Dog Magazine “Vi Med Hund” about doing a competition online where the winner would get a personal portrait of their dog. The questions you had to answer correctly was what breed my dog, Playdoh is. (he is a boston terrier with attitude!)

Well, The woman who won, asked me to do a portrait of her sweet and beautiful labrador Zorro, and this is how the portrait turned out. I used old ads in the background, ads for dog food, treats & shampoo from american magazines from the 1950’s. The background color is supposed to give a sense of old, disintegrating newspaper, and I like the way the color complemented the black dog.

Back in December (long before I started this blog) I wrote a column for the same magazine (Vi Med Hund) a short story about our Playdoh’s experiences at his doggy daycare around Christmas time... Shenanigans....

onsdag den 11. juni 2008

The Event

Well - Friday was the night, the first evening of the Metuchen JuneBug ArtFest. I spent the day getting the last few things ready, and by the afternoon the refreshments were on the table and business cards on display. A few days before I was informed that News 12 NJ wanted to do a “portrait” of Metuchen (as part of the On The Road segment) and also wanted to talk to some of the artists, and so I was invited.

By 5:10, I went downtown with a painting under each arm - excited and a bit nervous - and we all lined up, resting the artwork on a bench and up the bank wall. We introduced ourselves and afterward the news anchor asked a few individual questions to some of the artists... And she asked me a questions I absolutely could not answer! Something like “did the public support this event” which (as this was the first night) I had absolutely no idea about! So my very intelligent responds was “...Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...” Luckily, Linda LaStella stood next to me, and was quick to say “well, we will know from tonight, won’t we?!” Cheers Linda!

I felt a bit dazed & confused after this incident, but found it really funny, and actually laughed most of the way home - where my husband had watched the part on TV (as it was live - even better!) and he found it quite funny too, but felt a little bad... The event began and was a good time, people stopped by, I got some good contacts and interesting comments on my work. This Friday I am on again - without live TV this time, which is probably a good thing!