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...

fredag den 18. februar 2011

Oh that website business...

Well - my new/old website is back, finally!

Since my hard disc crashed a few months back, I've had some technical (and rather frustrating) issues with my website, and at a certain point I choose to just forget all about it, and instead change my entire site into a simple blog! This very blog!
It actually worked okay, but I missed certain aspects of my old site. Mainly, I missed having a more collected site with CV, gallery, contact info - all under one roof.
I finally managed to work out the issue, and have spent the last few weeks rebuilding the site to where is (almost) was before. With a few (hopefully good) updates.
But - I do like this blog format, so collagepainter.blogspot.com will continuously be my blog page, as an addition to my main page.

Welcome to my new/old site: www.HeleneundDenBoer.com

tirsdag den 8. februar 2011

Private View In Bovbjerg Lighthouse


Bovbjerg lighthouse, on the very edge of the North Sea


This past week I’ve been buried in preparations for my new art show at the "Bovbjerg Fyr" (Bovbjerg Lighthouse). I took my work down from the gallery on Sunday, and on Friday I hung it again, in this new location. I suppose I expected it to happen quickly and smoothly and with very little work, considering that everything was ready to hang! Hmmm... Nope, I found out (-as usual-) that everything takes much longer than planned. I was not ready until the last minute. A few of the paintings are repeats from the gallery show, but mainly, with new pieces.


As mentioned earlier in my blog, I got a little container of paintings home from Guam a few weeks ago. Not in time for my first show, but I had them for this one. Which worked out quite well: this way the show is not the same, it consists mainly of newer work. But even so: the new surroundings give the work a completely different feel. I am always amazed at how much a painting can change character, depending on where and how it hangs.


The Private View was on Sunday, quite a few people showed up, chatting, drinking wine and looking at art. A beautiful afternoon, only a stone’s throw from the North Sea. The Lighthouse is quite alone on the edge of the sea. Tall, proud and blood red, almost the color of a fire engine.


We went to hang the work on Friday, and I had a chance to meet some of the four other artists that I share the space with. The work between us is very different, and complement each other beautifully. The rooms are old, odd and charming: big and small, carpeted or with wood floor. Some walls are high, the ceilings crooked. A wise old house with a lot of personality, and a perfect frame for art and cultural events...


The poster: