Contemporary Impressionism & New England Fine Art by Susan BarocasAnother piece of exciting news ... I was contacted by a gallery in New York City, somewhere south of Houston St. I am one of five artists they are presenting to a well known city hospital. The hospital will choose three artists to do a commission of 10 to 15 paintings, to be installed in April. I am obsessively checking my email. If I am chosen, I need to hop to it!!! I had registered for the 30 paintings - 30 days challenge, and failed miserably. On the brighter side, I spent a week in Boynton Beach, Florida, and discovered how lovely the coast is. I managed three paintings, one of which I offered to my host, and the others came home with me. I may edit them a bit, but here they are as it.
I was quite inventive, I think, about setting up my painting equipment so that I could easily take it on the plane. Flying from Hartford to West Palm Beach was pretty easy. I played around with a small tripod so that I could clip my panel and palette to it. I sent my paints ahead so that I didn't have any issues at the security check. I also sent my panels ahead because they are annoyingly heavy. Finally, I developed a way to send my wet paintings home by mail. Perfect!!
I'll give the details in the next post! Brilliant.
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This will be the second painting outing of my project to Park Hill Orchard in Easthampton MA. Some of the scenes will be painted at various times of day and weather. I am also curious as to how the nature of my paintings will evolve.
I am getting ready to be out there by 10AM today and 9AM tomorrow. Look for an update to this post when I share what I have accomplished later today!! See you then. I have been assembling all kinds of things - in all kinds of places - for all kinds of purposes throughout my house. What a mess it is at the moment. This is in preparation for a month's worth of painting in Provincetown, MA. I am taking two week long courses at The Cape School of Art. Last year I over packed (who doesn't??) So this year, I intended to be very selective. I leave in two days, so today is crunch time.
I take lots of black shirts, black because I don't want any reflective color bouncing on to my painting surface. Then, there is the painting gear. I have been gessoeing masonite for days. Last night I packed the majority of the panels in a suitcase that I could hardly lift into my car. My old easel is falling apart - held together by duct tape since last year. I looked a long time to replace the one I was using with an identical model. The new one I ordered came yesterday - just in time. It is an Alvin ALV 155. It's light because it is minimal, but it does have some triangular struts about waist high. These struts are handy for hanging paper towel, balancing paint, hanging weights in heavy wind....and I am sure to find more uses for them. Then there is the technical gear. Computer, cameras, and a credit card reader for my iPhone by Square Up. I made a sale up in Keene and took payment using a credit card. They take 3%, then send the rest to your account at the end of the business day. Pretty cool. I had better stop typing and start packing!! See you in Ptown. |
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