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...

onsdag den 28. april 2010

Canvas As A Playground

As mentioned before on my blog, I was given a very large canvas a couple of years ago, as a gift. At first I felt very intimidated, as it was far larger than any work I had done in the past. At the same time, I was extremely exited to get started. My first attempt didn’t work out well, and the canvas stood in my studio for a long time, quietly waiting for me to try again. I’ve had many ideas, but none of them have made it all the way from my mind to the canvas. Until this week, when I tried again. I don’t know it is is due to the size, and the unfamiliar feeling of this huge format - but I felt inspired to play with the surface, experiment with color schemes, shapes and expressions that are entirely new to me. I work a little at a time, then look at it, trying to take it in, and then change elements or continue a few days later. As I am writing this, the canvas is on my easel, patiently waiting for me, as I am playing and hopefully find out something new about myself and the way I work. Generally, I am attracted to (and inspired by) abstract work, but I am such a structured person that I find it hard to be spontaneous and not plan out every little detail before even starting. But this time I am determined I do it differently, and I am trying SOOO hard, not force the my ideas and pre-thought visual plans onto the canvas...

tirsdag den 20. april 2010

Art Prints

Recently I have started making a few prints of my work, matted and framed. It is not something I have ever even thought of doing before, but Filamore Alcon at the Guam Gallery of Art mainly sells prints, and he suggested I should look into it. It is still a project and a thought in the making, but I like the idea. Especially since I was able to get great quality prints made - it has GOT to be good quality. So far a few prints are available in the Guam Gallery of Art, but in the near future they should also be available at the Gift Shop at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.

mandag den 12. april 2010

Ideas In Transit

I always, always carry a little black moleskin book with me. Just in case an idea suddenly jumps into my head, I want to be able to capture it there and then, or chances are it disappears into thin air. In this book I have a long list of ideas for titles, motives and color combinations. Many have been in there for years, just quietly brewing, some I use the minute they enter my head. But I like to have this little personal “library”. Sometimes I can’t remember then, where or why, and then they obviously get erased from the list. Others I like instantly, but don’t instantly have a plan for, and I am just waiting for the right moment and the right painting.


A few years ago, we were painting our (then) brand new condo in NJ, and we took a lot of trips to Home Depot. I collected a bunch of color cards and brochures in the painting department. And this was one of them, on the left. I just LOVED the color combination, kept it, knowing that eventually I would need it. And I did - just a few weeks ago, here on Guam, the color scheme fitted perfectly into this painting...

tirsdag den 6. april 2010

Island Time


My husband and I went to the Infusion Cafe recently, and came across the new issue of Island Time, a quarterly magazine about life on Guam - sport, entertaining and dining.


I flipped through it, while enjoying my tea and looking out on Tumon Bay. It had an ad montage over a few pages, presenting foods at different restaurants. On page 32 my eyes fell on the ad for “Sugar and Spice”, the great restaurant I currently show my work - and the picture was obviously taken after I hung my art on the wall. Pretty fun to have my work (kind of) featured in a Guam tourist magazine...