Monday, March 16, 2009
The Door of Mystery
This painting is one of eight paintings in the Door Series which is part of the "Through the Eyes of a Child" show. All paintings in this show are gallery wrapped wood boxes.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Gallery Wrap
People often ask the question, "What does the term Gallery Wrap mean?" The term Gallery wrap is used to describe a canvas that has been stretched around the sides of the stretcher bars and has no visible staples since it is secured to the back of the frame. The sides of the canvas are also thicker than a normal canvas measuring 1.25" to 2" or more. The sides of the canvas are primed and painted as part of the artwork most often continuing the image that appears on the front or sometimes simply painted with a solid color. This allows for a frameless presentation of the finished painting.
In the case of my paintings that are on birch wood panel the term "Gallery Wrap" has nothing to do with canvas that has been wrapped around the sides since I am not painting on canvas. It is a descriptive term used to describe the method of display. The painting that is on the front of the wood panel continues around the sides of the wood. So the paintings are intended to be hung without a frame. See the picture below which was taken from a 3/4 view at one of my shows where all the paintings were displayed in this method.
In the case of my paintings that are on birch wood panel the term "Gallery Wrap" has nothing to do with canvas that has been wrapped around the sides since I am not painting on canvas. It is a descriptive term used to describe the method of display. The painting that is on the front of the wood panel continues around the sides of the wood. So the paintings are intended to be hung without a frame. See the picture below which was taken from a 3/4 view at one of my shows where all the paintings were displayed in this method.
The Door of New Beginnings
This painting is one of eight paintings in the Door Series which is part of the "Through the Eyes of a Child" show. All paintings in this show are gallery wrapped wood boxes.
Friday, March 13, 2009
The Door of Honor
This painting is one of eight paintings in the Door Series which is part of the "Through the Eyes of a Child" show. All paintings in this show are gallery wrapped wood boxes.
The Door Series
To start things off I am going to feature the three remaining available paintings from the Door Series (the other five have already sold). My four year old daughter Elianna did an amazing sketch of her walking between these orange doors that each had chimneys attached to them and rainbow doormats in front of them. I don't have it scanned at the moment but plan to upload it soon. You can see her piece was hung just to the right on the adjacent wall below. That was the inspiration for these pieces which were eight in total. Here are some shots from just before the opening night of the show.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Painting in the Studio
Here is a shot of me painting in my studio on some of the pieces for the, "Through the Eyes of a Child" show. This was the first time that I ever attempted to paint 100 paintings for a single show and even though they were only 100 square inches a piece I had to make use of every square inch of space in the studio ... which is why I ended up painting on the floor. I don't recommend this as it's pretty hard on your knees and lower back.
The Beginning
In an attempt to inspire new collectors of original art this blog was formed to feature pieces that I created in a shorter period of time and offer them at a price that new collectors could afford.
I recently had a show titled, "Through the Eyes of a Child" that featured my four year old daughters artwork along with my interpretations of her drawings. The pieces in this show are explorations in freedom and a tapping back into the raw expression of a child. Children are the most uninhibited artists and are full of such fascination with the world around them. Watching my daughter create inspired me to break the boundaries of my own creative process. I began work on these pieces only ten weeks before the show opened, which was a purposeful attempt to mirror the prolific production of a child.
The exhibition consisted of 100 oil paintings each measuring 100 square inches. Almost half of them have already sold. I will begin this blog by featuring some of the remaining available paintings from this show. If you would like to see more of my other work you can visit my website http://www.truthillustrations.com or you can visit my myspace page.
I hope to have a coffee table book of the entire show along with comments, artist statments, and biographies available soon. If you would like me to send you an email when it is available send me an email with the subject line coffee table book.
I recently had a show titled, "Through the Eyes of a Child" that featured my four year old daughters artwork along with my interpretations of her drawings. The pieces in this show are explorations in freedom and a tapping back into the raw expression of a child. Children are the most uninhibited artists and are full of such fascination with the world around them. Watching my daughter create inspired me to break the boundaries of my own creative process. I began work on these pieces only ten weeks before the show opened, which was a purposeful attempt to mirror the prolific production of a child.
The exhibition consisted of 100 oil paintings each measuring 100 square inches. Almost half of them have already sold. I will begin this blog by featuring some of the remaining available paintings from this show. If you would like to see more of my other work you can visit my website http://www.truthillustrations.com or you can visit my myspace page.
I hope to have a coffee table book of the entire show along with comments, artist statments, and biographies available soon. If you would like me to send you an email when it is available send me an email with the subject line coffee table book.
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