tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113254321825667052024-03-04T22:40:04.153-08:00Thoughtful AccumulationThe Art blog of Marike KleynscheldtMarike Kleynscheldt Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10931718828491715780noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011325432182566705.post-51960127613107040272018-02-13T13:27:00.000-08:002018-02-13T13:33:19.232-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I painted this large marbles commission last year and actually documented it! Mostly images for a change :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I abhor white primed canvas shining through in completed paintings, so I do a neutral background as a kind of primer. Of course with a large painting like this I had to pre-mix a LOT of paint. But that always comes in handy later, if not on this painting, it will make an appearance on the next.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Floor to ceiling shot to give you an idea of scale. I had to work sideways like this for most of the painting, and when I couldn't reach anymore, turn it 180 degrees. When I actually wanted to see the painting right way around, I had to balance it on the bookshelf to the left, and the desk on the right - on books 'cause of course they wouldn't be the same height! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">AND then it was slightly too big to take in. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Balance it on the shelf and desk, then go stand in the hallway just outside the studio door to take it all in! Mentally earmark everything that looks strange, come back in, move everything back, start making changes. I'd love a motorized easel in a warehouse. But this goes to show that you really can make do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I really loved that rusty marble. But the right side of the canvas had become terribly dull colour wise, so I stole some marbles from elsewhere on the same reference photo and snuck them in! There are a bunch pf little places I added punch, just to balance things out - for example the red background at the top, just right of the yellow marble. Balance ÜBER ALLES!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">June 2017. Alex and Zelda Hamilton invited me to participate in "Dawn breathes gold / Die oggendstond het goud in die mond”, a Charity Art Auction sponsored by Clemengold. 15 Artists made 15 diverse works and I was very excited, high on the successes of the Woordfees exhibitions. And Since my painting 'Die blou van onthou' was so well received, I decided to do something in the same kind of layout, a complex but rather traditional still life, with quite a few complicated textures to challenge me.</span><br />
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<br />I don't mean to guide people in their interpretations, but I intended the wrapped and unwrapped clementines as the sun and moon gods, Aurora being represented by the colours of dawn rising between them. And much more symbolism of course, but isn't there always? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My favourite part of this painting is the majestic paper halo around the top naartjie, it was tricky as all heck to paint, but I'm quite proud of that idea, and will most definitely use it again in future compositions! That and the texture of the naartjie just above the pomegranate, I really struggled to decide how loose to paint them, and this was exactly right.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi bloggers! It's been ah.. well it's been half a year. I'll update where I'm at at the moment, and then fill in the rest of the year in a different post!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I finished a large marbles commission last weekend, it took me a month and a half, and while I was working on that we had what we'll just call some "family drama" Understatement of the decade. So rather a bit of stress. And I already have two group shows lined up for early next year, I need to produce work for that, but I'm wrecked. Emotionally wreckedness leads to physically wreckedness and that's no good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SO while I was waiting for a canvas to be made, I decided to continue my learning. If you've journeyed with me for a while, you probably know that photo realism isn't my goal. I have finally embraced the fact that my paintings are photo realistic, but I want more. Completing a realistic still life is the absolute best feeling in the world, sitting back and seeing what you've made is the most satisfying, complete feeling. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But I miss painting as expression. And painting as exploration. So I started making paintings that are a little looser in between serious work, and it's just terribly enjoyable. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So with my tummy in knots and head achy, my neck all bunched up and just a storm in my brain, I picked up a discarded canvas and opened up one of my favourite paintings of someone I very much look up to, and just tried to replicate her brush strokes, her sense of movement and colour and in half a day I got rid of all my heaviness. I lost myself in painting. And I remembered why I chose painting. So, on a high from that 'success' - and the sudden clarity and excitement, I sent a message to my friends to forward me photos of their kids, 'cause I'm going to be making a ton of little portraits, might as well make some that people want to keep! (needless to sau I got a LOT of photos!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And this is my first attempt: Riley. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So the tricky thing is that I could make gorgeous marks and exciting colour play with my first experiment, because it was just an anonymous head. But when it comes to capturing a likeness, my brain reverted back to what it knows, and my hand would just automatically pick up small brushes again. I would have to paint over detail, lose detail to get back brush strokes. And that delicate balance is everything. But this is just the beginning :) I love this little portrait, but it's very much more my usual style than what I'm striving for.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To give you an idea of what I love, check out <a href="http://www.jenniferbalkan.net/studies/" target="_blank">Jennifer Balkan</a> and <a href="http://www.benjaminbjorklund.com/paintings/2015/9/24/svaelke8d9jiwa152wfcqy6sobfl7d" target="_blank">Benjamin Bjorklund</a>. This is what my heart yearns for. It's more than portraiture, it's skill and expression, and it's play. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Eventually I would love to become a full on figurative painter, and create large dramatic dioramas in the vein of <a href="http://pamelawilsonfineart.com/www.pamelawilsonfineart.com/Portfolio/Portfolio.html" target="_blank">Pamela Wilson</a> and <a href="http://www.nataliafabia.com/paintings/" target="_blank">Natalia Fabia</a> but I have much to learn before then. Also my studio is about 5 times too small! Babysteps.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Opskiet was a pop-up group show on the US Museum's 'stoep' that changed daily. This year each day represented a local movie, and I chose 'Dis koue kos, skat' as it was the most recent one I'd seen, and I had read the book. Of course the book was written by Marita van der Vyver, so I probably end up looking a tad obsessed.. or just very thematic. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you've been following along on facebook, you'll know the full story behind the title, but the short version would be that my painting was named for a favourite novel by Marita van der Vyver. (The English version on the book is called 'Forget-me-not-blues', but the more direct translation would be 'the blue of remembering' - read it, it'll make more sense ;) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And the VERY short version of the story is that I mailed her for permission to use her title, and explained my painting and how it ties in and how my best friend suggested the title, and basically shamelessly sharing how overly sentimental I am, and got her permission and blessing. And if that sounds very nonchalant, it's not, I'm not - AT ALL - the whole thing was utterly incredible. If only because I tend not to idolize people, except for incredible musicians and authors. The two kinds of people without whom my life would be terribly bland. And so believe me when I say I've been dancing on the inside for a month! Having her pose with this painting is very special. Also it made aforementioned best friend incredibly jealous/proud - what's the word for that feeling? - which is always fantastic :D</span>Marike Kleynscheldt Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10931718828491715780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011325432182566705.post-29033018341636580142016-12-31T04:34:00.000-08:002016-12-31T04:49:00.881-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I mostly listen to audio books while I paint (unless I discover a new album, which I then listen to on repeat until I can't stand it anymore) And I found myself wondering how many books I read a year. So this year I wrote them down. These are just the books I finished, none of those started and abandoned make the list. And many are re-reads, since I have favourites and I'm nothing if not loyal to these faithful companions! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This list is chronological, and so I've marked them as 'A' - audiobook, or 'P' - paperback, since I listen while I paint, but of course I still read actual books, 'cause it's my favourite thing in the whole world! (except for art and my husband and chocolate and so on) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">P Terry Goodkind - Wizards First Rule </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Terry Goodkind - Stone of Tears </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">P Mary Kubica - The Good Girl </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Stephen King - Lisey's Story - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Anne Rice - Interview with a Vampire - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Anne Rice - The Vampire Lestat </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Anne Rice - The Queen of the Damned </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">P Patrick Rothfuss - The Slow Regard of Silent Things - R </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Lemony Snicket - The Bad Beginning </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Lemony Snicket - The Reptile Room </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Lemony Snicket - The Erstatz Elevator </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Lemony Snicket - The Vile Village </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">P Neil Gaiman - American Gods </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Laurie R King - Bee Keeping for Beginners </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Stephen King & Joe Hill - In the Tall Grass </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Stan Lee - Amazing Fantastic Incredible </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Patrick Suskind - Perfume </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">P Gaiman & Pratchett - Good Omens </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Laurie R King - Folly - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">P Anchen Trotskie - Dis ek Anna </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Stephen King - Duma Key - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Douglas Adams - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Douglas Adams - Life, the Universe and Everything - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Alan Bennett - The Clothes they stood up in </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Charlie Janders - All the Birds in the Sky </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">P Stephen King - Mr. Mercedes - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Michael Crichton - Jurassic Park - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Terry Pratchett - Lords and Ladies </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">P Stephen King - Finders Keepers - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Terry Pratchett - Unseen Academicals </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Terry Pratchett - Reaperman - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Terry Pratchett - Hogfather </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">P Michael Crichton - The Lost World - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Terry Pratchett - The Last Continent </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Terry Pratchett - Guards, Guards </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Terry Pratchett - Feet of Clay </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Robert Galbraith - The Cuckoo's Calling </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">P Douglas Adams - So long and Thanks for all the Fish - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Connie Willis - To say nothing of the Dog </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Stephen King - Firestarter - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">P A A Milne - The Sunny Side - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Stephen King - Insomnia - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">P Marian Keyes - Anybody Out There - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Laurie R King - A Darker Place - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">P Anne Bronte - Agnes Grey - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Gillian Flynn - Gone Girl - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Stephen King - Rage - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">P Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Stephen King - Revival - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Robin Hobb - Assassin's Apprentice - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Robin Hobb - Royal Assassin - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">P Neil Gaiman - Stardust </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Stephen King End of Watch </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Robin Hobb - Assassins Quest - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Stephen King - The Stand </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">P Hobb/Lindholm - The Inheritance </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Stephen King - The Regulators - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Stephen King - The Long Walk - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Robert Jordan - The Eye of the World ( WOT) - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Robert Jordan - The Great Hunt (WOT) - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Chuck Palahnuik - Invisible Monsters </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Neil Gaiman - Coraline </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Neil Gaiman - Anansi Boys </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Neil Gaiman - the Ocean at the End of the Lane </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Frank Herbert - Dune - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Stephen King - The Gunslinger (</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dark Tower</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">) -R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Stephen King - The Drawing of the Three (</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dark Tower</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">) - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">P Stephen King - Doctor Sleep - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Stephen King - The Waste Lands (</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dark Tower</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">) - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Matthew Fitzsimmons - The Short Drop </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Stephen King - Lisey's Story - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Stephen King - Different Seasons - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">P Marita van der Vyver - Dis koue kos, skat </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Stephen King - The Talisman - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">P Baxter & Pratchett - The Long Utopia </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Paula Hawkins - The Girl on the Train - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Malcolm Gladwell - David & Goliath </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Stephen King - Roadworks - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Chuck Palahnuik - Lullaby </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Stephen King - Blaze </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Stephen King - The Colorado Kid - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">P Stephen King - The Running Man </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Yana Martel - The Life of Pi </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Karin Slaughter - Fallen </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Arthur Golden - Memoirs of a Geisha - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Richard Matheson - I am Legend </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Robert Bryndza - The Night Stalker </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">P Neil Gaiman - Trigger Warning </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A B A Paris - Behind Closed Doors </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Margaret Atwood - The Blind Assassin </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Elizabeth Gilbert - Eat Pray Love </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Bernhardt Schlink - The Reader </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Anne Tyler - A Spool of Blue Thread </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Ernest Cline - Ready Player One </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Paul Beatty - The Sellout </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Patrick Rothfuss - The Slow Regard of Silent Things - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Neil Gaiman - American Gods - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Chitra B Divakaruni - Oleander Girl </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">P George R R Martin - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Mark Edwards - Follow you home </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A John Taylor - Sherlock Holmes: the Rediscovered Railway Mysteries and other stories </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Kazuo Ishiguro - Never let me go </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Truman Capote - In Cold Blood - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Robin Cook - Crisis </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Stephen King - Black House - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Stephen King - (Dark Tower) Wizard and Glass - - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">P Marita van der Vyver - Die Blou van Onthou </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">P Marita van der Vyver - Vergenoeg </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">P Marita van der Vyver Die Dinge van 'n Kind </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Stephen King - (Dark Tower) The Wolves of the Calla - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Stephen King - (Dark Tower) Song of Susannah - R</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">P Marita van der Vyver -Die Ongelooglike Avonture van Hanna Hoekom </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">P Marita van der Vyver - Swemlesse vir 'n Meermin </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">P Karin Slaughter - The Kept Woman </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Stephen King - (Dark Tower) The Dark Tower </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">P Marian Keyes - Watermelon </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yes, Stephen King is my Favourite person. Laurie R King, Neil Gaiman, Pat Rothfuss, these authors make my brain sing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In terms of art, I have completed 5 paintings you haven't seen, 4 of them for 2 upcoming shows (March 2017) - it's all very hush-hush at this stage, and the other I just haven't photographed! So there's that, and an upcoming auction (Jan 2017) about which I'll share more when I can! It's hard to do a roundup of the year when there's so much I can't share! Also, it's very hot. So I can't really think straight, never mind actually wax lyrical about 2016. Things were achieved, others not, hope next year is better etc. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Keep safe tonight if you're the partying kind, we'll be breaking in the new year with a braai and board/card games - classic South African Nerd things! Have a fantastic evening, all :D</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One of the reasons I've been so slow to update or post any new works is that I was working on a painting for a group show at the 2017 Woordfees! I'll most likely post a sneak peek soon, but for now you'll have to be satisfied with this snippet from the Woordfees program below :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I framed him to keep him and realised (again) that I really really need to start collecting other people's art - not just for the sake of supporting fellow artists and not being a hypocrite, but also 'cause there's SO MUCH amazing stuff out there, and my walls are missing out! Yep. I covet. But maybe coveting art is okay? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I took these two Soldiers to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/theframedfeather/" target="_blank">Feathers</a> to get framed, because they're just so little and I was afraid I'd struggle to sell them. And someone came into the store and saw them, and ended up purchasing them before they were even framed - which is a delightful win, because they could choose a frame they preferred, and I didn't have to pay for framing! Yes!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think I'll keep working so small once I dictate my own work again, it makes sense (now that I want to buy everyone's every art) to make art that's affordable(er) and tiny enough that it would fit in any home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had begun to despair that RGB wouldn't sell (so much so that it became one of the paintings on my wall (shameless - it really pulled our bedroom together though) and this painting has been such a big deal to me. It was one of my most shared images on facebook (I want to say it went viral, but that would just be a complete lie), it was the 'cover double page spread image in my interview in Acrylic Artist magazine, and he was stlll just hanging around here (hehe) <span style="font-size: large;">BUT</span> I was contacted by a couple who had recently seen my work in the South African Artist magazine (of 2 years ago!) and I added RGB to the available paintings list as a wildcard and they loved him! Awesome customers, prompt payments, insisted on paying the postage fees that I accidentally misquoted them on - it's so lovely to meet people who don't want to squeeze you for every cent they can, and oddly rare - and I was just overjoyed that he found a home! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Only now my bedroom is just bland; all white with a colourful painting is stylish, but all white with a bare nail in the wall is sad :'( but the story doesn't end there!</span><br />
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<br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Straight after that sale I was contacted my a lovely lady through facebook, and she ended up picking RGB: Revisited out of all the available works (of which there were many) and it was so poetic to me, as (you might remember) Revisited was a tribute to RGB and they sold back to back! </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I promised you exciting news didn't I? I lied. There's exciting news, but I'll share it tomorrow :) But have some cat tax! Little sleepy head <3</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first annual Framed Feather and ArtShopper curated group show, where I exhibited Sugarlove I (but could not attend the opening as I pulled the thing in your neck/back that causes all of the debilitating pain - because I'm an unfit potato)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">AND the 30 x 40 Committee's choice group exhibition at Art.b which is still running, and where I chose to show Scapegoat (still one of my favourite works of the year!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I have some exciting news - one of the reasons I've been too busy to blog - but I'll share that next time!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enough time has passed since completion that I can honestly say I like this painting. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was a cover-up, so I was working on quite a bit of texture, and I think that's part of what I like about it, it's a little less refined, the finest detail doesn't come close to that of 'Revisited' (below) but there's something a little magical about it. This was after (and sort of 'while') I was doing all those 15 x 20 cm paintings, so it felt quite large. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I hope you noticed those purple and blue shadows.. 'cause they kind of blend in, but MAN were they outside my comfort zone! *Now that I think of it, that's probably why I feel that magic, I challenged myself - AND managed to keep the challenging thing in the painting, that doesn't always happen!. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cause well I've always liked the layout, and I thought I'd revisit it. Only waaayyyyy smaller. think life size marbles instead of dinner plate sized.. And again some blueish shadows - possibly the first time I've done shadows behind an object. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And also about 6 background colour changes. With this one I wanted to see if I could pull off a background similar to the main object's colour, close but different enough that it still pops. (Turns out that's really tricky)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm working on a commission that I can't show on here, been busy with it for about 3 weeks, and it's absolutely murderously hard. And it's not sweets in foil, which is sad isn't it. But I have that to look forward to, so that's nice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I had a pretty amazing spring day in terms of sales, but until it's all finalised I guess I'll be all mysterious and vague about it :P</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First off, I have to mention that one of the greatest things that came out of the interview was the overwhelming love and support from my friends and extended family. So many people sitting huddled around radios in their homes, sending me messages of support, and even play-by-play messages about a comment I made or a question I was asked. We forget how many people root for us in silence, and the sheer amount of people hoping for my success astounds me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also got quite a few messages from strangers on facebook, new fans wanting to connect, and I chatted with a couple of them. And the thing that kept coming up was one of the main things that concerned me right after we recorded the interview. She asked me how I got started, and about my not having formal training. And I said the first thing that came to mind, namely that my art teacher told me not to study art, that it wasn't a good idea, and that I believed her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thing is, I can't remember the exact context or emotions. For all I know she didn't realise I was asking her whether I should seriously stop thinking of going to Stellenbosch, or doing research into fine arts degrees. We didn't have a long heart to heart about it, I remember that much. BUT I was very young for my age, and naive. And I REALLY didn't have a clue what to do with my life, I only knew that school never interested me, I only enjoyed art. So I need to make this clear: There's no blame for the art teacher. I made my own decisions. I didn't have to believe her, but I did. I could've done more research and gotten more opinions, but I didn't. Mainly because I was immature, and had no idea how to make large decisions like that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also. I do believe things happened the way they did for a reason. The two years I spent studying graphic design taught me so much about layout and colour - and the photoshop skills I need to set up paintings and to clean up and colour-correct photos of paintings. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I believe that, because I was so immature at that age, if I had gone to a fine arts institution, I wouldn't have been strong enough to shape my own style, I would've emulated others. And getting critiqued on paintings would've devastated me - crit sessions in design was bad enough, and I wasn't really even invested in that! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had to find my own style in my own time, through trial and error, and without an art lecturers opinions and tastes shaping them. Of course that doesn't apply to all, this is just my opinion on a thing I don't know much about.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We've become to quick to blame others for our failings in life. I could have become a graphic designer, and for the rest of my life bored people at dinner parties with tales of how I could've become a famous artist had it not been for that witch of an art teacher who foiled my plans and wrecked my life. But that's just silly. for the most part we ourselves are to blame for missed opportunities, and it's so much easier to blame people than to take chances and fail. I mean if the art degree was the issue, I could enroll today! Nothings stopping me! Stop blaming people for your life. If you're unhappy, start making changes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I mean most people didn't initially support me in my art choice. My parents wanted me to get something secure first, many friends tried to intervene, most people tried having 'serious talks' with me about it, or just talked about it when I wasn't around. And that sucked. It's horrible when you're working your butt off to achieve something and people try to talk you out of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But if I was the kind of person to listen to those people I wouldn't be where I am today. The only way to make it if you don't have money or the right contacts is through sheer stubbornness, and hard work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My art teacher liked a bunch of my paintings in high school, and that was great. But it didn't matter so much cause I wasn't making art for her. And honestly, the 'work' I produced then sucked. Because it was only the beginning of the road. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I made two 15 x 20 cm paintings for an upcoming group exhibition - so very small! But very satisfying to complete paintings quickly for a change.. well I say complete, but I haven't uploaded them yet, since I'm still tweaking. They are done, I just keep changing my mind about the background, it has such an impact on the foreground; shouldn't detract, but highlight and complement the tones, and subtle changes actually make a big difference. So they sit on the shelf behind my easel, waiting. But I enjoyed them enough that I bought two even smaller canvasses, a quick challenge before larger work. </span><div>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And this is the result. The first actual life size marbles I've done. (I changed the background this morning :P ) These are also the first paintings I intend to frame before showing them, just because they're so very small, and I think they would be very handsome when framed.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wednesday (15th) 9am to 2pm<br />Friday (17th) 9am to 4pm<br />Monday (20th) 9am to 4pm<br />Tuesday (21st) 9am to 4pm<br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And the RSG (Radio Sonder Grense, roughly translates as 'radio without borders') interview is tonight at 8pm, but you can be a sneaky bum like me and listen to it on their site, here: </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.rsg.co.za/images/upload/sound/klanke/20160614_RSG_KUNS_Marike_Kleynscheldt.mp3" target="_blank">Marike Potgooi</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I took a bunch of reference photos last week, and this time I used natural light from the right, and a yellow desk lamp from the left, so I have even more exciting tones to work with (The ten little soldiers reference photos were also taken last week, but I think the paintings are so small, it doesn't really show) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't usually start a painting with such a neat background, this is a cover-up, and only because I needed a certain size canvas, couldn't find a new one on the same day, and the half-done painting on this canvas just didn't excite me. The reddish background will probably change, I'm thinking something between this and caramel, but who knows what will happen, depends on what colours end up in the wrappers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's all, happy thursday!<br /><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With: Katharine Meeding, Hennie Meyer, Mark Chapman, Sarah Pratt, </span>JP Meyer<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">, </span></span></span>Andre du Toit, <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Samuel Allerton, Ilse Nieman, <span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;"> </span>Grace Kotze, Theo Paul Forster Michele Davidson, and probably more people whose names I didn't spot in the 20-ish fb posts I just scanned through :)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was such a fun show, and really such an interesting (eclectic?) bunch of artists thrown together! I don't much like group shows, I never know how to look approachable, or mingle with strangers, or whether I'm allowed to glower at anyone who walks past my work without a second glance. BUT if the recent shows I've been in are any indication, they can be sort of great. Also, Alex's shows have Margaritas. So there's that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Creating work, trying new things, taking time to learn and things like shows are radically different experiences depending on recent sales. If you're broke, you can't afford to take time to learn and experiment, and you can't be relaxed at a show if there aren't red stickers next to your work. It's so sad that it's like that, we're apparently supposed to create freely and never think about disgusting money. But blind faith in terms of financial success probably comes easier to the naive and the unintelligent. I would know, I was very young when I decided to be an artist! :P </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Luckily I can be very stubborn, and that's gotten me this far, and I have spent too many late nights, broken dates, lost friends, unwanted arguments about my irresponsibility, utter joy at creating a lovely thing, satisfaction to have struggled and overcome, detours to paint shops, not listening to conversations because the light on someones face is beautiful and I wonder how I would capture that, frustration upon frustration, and meeting goals I never even knew I had.. if I give up all that was for nothing. A timely paycheck brings only so much peace.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So as you know I follow a bunch of Artists on facebook, and it's a great way to learn from them, everything from technical application to how to run business. And having a timeline that's chock-and-block with new paintings, drawings, ideas, philosophies, WIP's and even just encouragement is very inspiring.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I became fb friends with Alex Hamilton a while ago, can't remember where I saw his work or name, and he ended up managing 16 art exhibitions at the Woordfees - and how incredible to view the whole experience through his facebook page! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And then I saw him sharing info about the up-coming Mash-up exhibition, and I always wonder how people get in on these things. You don't know the right people, you don't get invited to participate.. but how do you meet the right people? (especially if you're something of a recluse!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But I let that go by. And I saw Alex sharing that Ilse Nieman brought in some beautiful works for the show - she runs the Framed Feather, where I buy my canvasses and have done the little framing I've done - and seeing someone I kind of know taking part just pushed me to try! </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I mailed him! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And he was open to seeing my work (thankfully us artists are curious above all), and I dropped off my paintings yesterday at his studio for the show! Which just goes to show how easy these things can be if you just make a move towards your goal. And not only is the show very exciting, but meeting Alex and the other artists there, seeing his studio space - which is a collectors dream, full of not just art, but sculptures, figurines, every little vintage/kitch collectable you can think of.. The kind of space you can spend days and not see everything, and every second object would make a wonderful painting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll be showing the Foiled duo - one of which is featured in that top image, and the 'Toffee apples in various stages of undress' duo as well. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Which are four paintings that I'm so proud of, I've literally kept them at home, waiting for an opportunity as cool as them. I realise that makes me sound like I think my work is pretty friggin special, but you know what, some of them are. If you work as hard as you can, and push your abilities for a couple of weeks to produce a precious thing, I think it's okay to be proud of that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Alex Hamilton studio - https://www.facebook.com/Alex-Hamilton-Art-Studio-166885483363072/?fref=nf</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I made a drawing of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kleynscheldt.art/photos/a.927019750657626.1073741860.246201658739442/939784929381108/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">Madiba</a> for Hugh in 2014, and ever since he's been telling me that I'm going to do another of his dog, Kensei. Late last year I noticed that he started referring to the 'painting' I was going to make of Kensei, and tried to convince him otherwise, but to no avail.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You see the prospect of painting fur is fantastically terrifying. I don't have much experience with portraiture, I'm not 100% comfortable there yet, even though I love love love it. Also details are MUCH easier in pencil! And dogs are made of details. And like love and friendship and moist noses and sunshine.. but I digress.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since facebook became the place you share less-than-motivational posters of minions and videos of puppies, I had started following more and more artists from around the world. (and unfollowing people I went to high school with, but would not stop to chat with in a surprise grocery store encounter) And I have been inspired daily by unbelievable techniques, so many examples of greatness. And it's hard to not let SOME of that seep into your brain :P</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">David Kassan - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kassan?fref=ts" target="_blank">have a look</a> and </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jennifer Balkan - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jennifer.balkan?fref=nf" target="_blank">look!</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">David for his gradual building up of layer on layer of colour, and Jennifer for her pastel tones and strokes. Now you will no doubt see nothing of their work in Kensei, because I can't be them, they are masters. I was simply mindful of their work. And that made such a difference in this portrait! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Because I got to try a new thing. I layered tones with fur-like strokes, instead of trying for individual hairs. I got layers of blues and oranges in without making it look like a child coloured it in. I left the left side loose - I usually don't have the guts to do that. For the most part I used a mix of Windsor Blue and Burnt Umber instead of black. In sunlight the part around my signature that runs up to his ear, and details in his folds and around his eye is Violet. And I did something I learned from Heather Horton blogs, I was a mindful painter. Think twice, apply brush once. In so doing I finished this painting in a week and a half, which just about halves my usual time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also: experimenting and learning is super invigorating. I actively enjoyed every second of this. I had daily moments where I'd catch myself thinking 'I shouldn't be enjoying this so much'. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Nadia is a collector. I can count on her to contact me about twice year with a couple of photos, and the text in the email saying 'What do you think?' And we take it from there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In November '15 she emailed me a lovely Hibiscus, and I replied with an image of the painting of an orange Gerbera I had made for my cousin. Apparently completely blocking out the emotional carnage of making a complete painting in one colour, and painting 3000 water droplets.. She loved the idea, and I sent her some of the reference photos I had taken for the previous commission - too many to decide it seemed, and they couldn't - so I sent them my favourite three (orange, red and yellow), not at all thinking of painting it, just looking at composition. And they picked the orange one. Naturally. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So it's coincidentally the exact same flower as the previous commission (very photogenic flower this), but with different lighting and focus point. Interesting challenge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To make matters worse, I was in the middle of talks with the Popsons burger people, and it didn't look to me like they were going to go for my quote, so I was keen to get Nadia's commission ASAP. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And they both agreed to their respective commissions a day apart, with the same deadline - end of Dec '15 - the one time of year my husband is on holiday. And it's only Christmas and New Years, and the time to catch up with family and friends.. and rest? Nope.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I struggle to find a favourite between the two, they are so different. I do prefer the dramatic lighting of Nadia's, but vibrance is HARD to do realistically, and there are technical things in Linda's, tiny little details they'll only notice later on, and I like that kind of depth. Both are great show pieces.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You will appreciate that I bought two bunches of Gerberas to photograph, to make sure I'd get something usable. Funny that I'd end up painting just the one flower! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">These photos were taken in my kitchen, best lighting at the time, and sprayed with a little water bottle-thingy that I use to dye my hair. There's some pointless trivia for ya.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Another: This was painted during the heat wave. It was bonkers. You want to mix enough of a given tone to put it on every petal and in every drop of water, and the paint dries before you can say 'It's so hot my brain is melting'. I'd usually start early and work till about 3 pm, at which time the 'studio' turns oven, the brush keeps sweating out of my hand, and my legs are so sweaty I'm slipping off my chair. It was not easy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Time to breathe! I'm gonna run through the last paintings I worked on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was contacted on <a href="https://www.behance.net/marike" target="_blank">behance</a> by a company looking for a 'photo realistic hamburger'. That's already tricky, since I don't consider my work to be photo realistic, but there are those who do. (These days it's not about what the word means, but what the speaker thinks it does) Turned out they were looking for something in the direction of a Tjalf Sparnaay. Which I will never be. But it's hard to resist a chance to test your skills like that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I picked the best photo I could find from their reference pics, but there were things that were tricky to see. I had to improvise a little, using random google images of burgers. Which is strange, I never work from different photos. And as you probably know, I've never-ever done a background like this. Nice challenge.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The hardest part of the whole process was photographing my painting, progress and complete. I had made a deal with the company that my payment would be in three installments, 1/3 deposit upfront, 1/3 upon receiving a high res image of the completed painting (since they really actually wanted it to use on the website as a design element) and the last third upon receiving the painting. Of course it's always a little tricky photographing paintings, because the colour changes in every type of lighting, and you have to be true to the painting. Colour wasn't the slightest issue though, it was the dreaded glare!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Reeves Mars Black - which I looove - is glossy. I rather like using glossy and matte paints together, I think it adds a some depth. My camera thinks its the spawn of satan though.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Long story short, at least a week of my very tight deadline was spent taking pictures of this painting at different times, various angles in and around the house. Sorting the photographs, cropping, emailing, and taking more. Friggin' mission. But it paid off. :D</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Also I got to do the whole exporting a painting thing. That's always happened through galleries before, so it was super nerve wracking. but it went smoothly. And I learned A LOT. So that's cool for future commissions. Regrettably the client ended up receiving the painting the week after the burger-joint opened, due to shipping times mostly, super anti-climatic. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 1996 South Africa took part in the Olympics for the first time after last participating in 1960, because Apartheid was finally abolished. And everyone was super excited. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was an awkward 12 year old in Newton Park Primary school in PE. My first real boyfriend had just broken up with me - a VERY big deal - and I had just gotten my first truly horrid haircut - a chinese bob, which on me was an afro that started above my ears. Not my favourite memory. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every single kid in every (compulsory) art class made an entry for the Olympics competition. Mine was a coloured pencil drawing of an action shot - a bunch of South African athletes holding up the trophy and celebrating. I don't have an actual image of the drawing, but I imagine it wasn't terribly good, as I drew from imagination, and I've always sucked at that. But my work was chosen (as were hundreds of others), and I would be flown to Johannesburg for a weekend and have the privilege of flying in our Olympic plane. (woot)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I sound snide now, but it was a big deal. My first time flying, a weekend all expenses trip away with my mom and about 8 others from my school. We got bunches of olympic merch (too short but very colourful tracksuit and beanie is what I remember best) We got to stay in a Formula 1 hotel - the kind where the bathroom is so small, its a wetroom by necessity - I'm fairly sure we met the athletes (but that wouldn't have been a priority, never cared much for celebs) and the highlight, and flying in Ndizani, the plane with a name. I very specifically remember that the settings in Ndizani were still being tweaked, most of the kids on the hour flight (joyride?) got sick to their stomachs. Air pressure trouble I guess.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Starting high school, the only thing I was completely sure of, was that I would take art as a subject. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These were the first things that set me on this path.</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your reward for scrolling through all that: cattax! This was Cat Stevens during last week's heat wave. A bad time to be very very fluffy.</span>Marike Kleynscheldt Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10931718828491715780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011325432182566705.post-19932188393411921792015-12-31T08:42:00.000-08:002015-12-31T08:42:56.000-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That, plus 3 WIPs is what left my easel this year. I think. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We seem to have wrecked our backup harddrive, and since I recently moved from a laptop to a pc, my everything was on the backup. I couldn't mention it on social media as I try to not write anything dying of despair. But so, the very tidy folders of every painting, every quote, every little gallery invite is lost. Possibly to be retrieved when we have funds to have it professionally done. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm still struggling to figure out if it's just vanity to document my work so carefully. I guess I had hoped that one day I'd achieve a point where the world would want some kind of Kleynscheldt anthology. Others have kids to leave a legacy, and I want people to want to read about my progression as an artist after I'm gone? That doesn't ring true, but it's close-ish! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What ever it might be, I'm glad that I've reached a point in my journey where I can enjoy looking back at my naive paintings and attempts at career building. I don't often feel that I'm moving forward, I feel I've been battling the world to survive and enjoy being a painter for decades, but I truly have come far. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have to thank everyone who has played a role, whether it's a sale or a word of encouragement. I feel like it's only really art if I'm proud of it AND if others enjoy it, that 'dialogue' between me and you is why I do what I do. And 2015 has had 8 commissions (one currently on the easel). Through word of mouth, and faithful clients that come back for more. I used to see myself as much more of a exhibiting gallery from gallery type of person. But making a living from commissions, and painting what I need to for myself in-between seems like a pretty fantastic way to live.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks for the support everyone! Have a very joyful new years eve (we plan to go into 2016 painting, accompanied by champagne and epic music) and may the new year bring you many challenges and successes!</span>Marike Kleynscheldt Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10931718828491715780noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011325432182566705.post-76930578050186681812015-12-21T07:10:00.002-08:002015-12-21T07:10:58.070-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">11 months ago, I had the privilege of drawing dear Toto, shortly after he passed away. And as if that wasn't hard enough on the family, their beloved little Cody died unexpectedly last month. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just to be clear: these are candy paintings, and not Christmas paintings.. I don't subscribe to Christmas in November (mostly because November is my birthday month and I demand attention :P )</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I knew these canes had to be painted when I spotted them behind some spooky halloween sweets. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I really love the idea of doing a set these days, especially in this case; a sedate still life and a more punchy colour and angle version. Of course the second one was much more fun to work on, but after the initial joy of seeing how many colours I could squeeze in, I inevitably start thinking 'this is the one that won't sell'. How sad that that thought is always so close. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But what the hay. That is the kind of painting that sweeps me away, and reminds me how much I love painting. There are so many distractions, admin and social media and admin and emails upon emails.. but then you have that moment when you're in the zone and you realise you have no idea what time it is, how long you've been painting, when last you ate. And that makes it worth it.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Also I finally got some business cards! Yay me! </span><br />
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