Turner (1775-1851) was a British landscape painter. To read about him and to see these and more paintings, click here.
I'm following an instagram account called paintguide. Each week a new artist takes over the account and shares his/her favorite paintings. One of the painting which recently has been posted is Snowstorm by Turner. It is so alive you can almost feel the wind and the snow whirling around you. Also winter is coming up so I thought it to be suitable to post it... I borrowed the pic from Tate Britain.
Turner (1775-1851) was a British landscape painter. To read about him and to see these and more paintings, click here.
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As I've written before, next year one of my goals is to have a single exhibition. When other women are dreaming about their wedding this is what I think about ;) In my head, I'm planning everything from the theme of the exhibition to what food to serve at the vernissage. A dream doesn't become reality until you make it a goal, concretize it, decide upon a deadline and work your ass off. I'm somewhere at the first stage but I'll make sure it happens, just stay tuned :) Photography is quite amazing, don't you think? You can freeze a moment of your life and keep it as a memory. At the photo course a couple of week's ago, we got to make this kind of "sea star"-jump and try to catch the movement without it getting blurry. Fast shutter speed and a little higher ISO will do the trick if I got it right. To learn more about photography, you find the courses here! Photo credit: Kicki Nilsson
We worked a lot in pairs, and my wonderful partner Kicki also has a home page with lots of art and other kinds of creative inspiration. Might be the hardest one so far....Have to go and look for an old lipstick or something! This week's host: Smäm!
First I bought a couple of oranges and cut them with a knife. I actually cut out a bracelet and put it on my wrist and took a couple of photos. Then I painted a sketch (oil on paper). The sketch is made from a slightly different angle compared to the oil on canvas which you will see further down. Many people ask me how long it takes me to make one painting. I did the sketching in the end of May, and the framing was done a couple of weeks ago, which means it took almost 4 months (!) from idea to finished art piece. Starting on the first layer after outlining the image. I used the grind system as usual. Fooling around with the sketch and the oil painting. Look at the difference in size! I know the lighting is bad, but here I've applied the background pattern (which is the same as a Hermès scarf), and also some shading. And voilà, here it is, hanging at the Art Museum of Wermland! Of course you are free to interpret the painting as you want to, but if you want to read about my idea behind it, here it goes:
Have you ever craved that "it" thing? I would definitely add the orange Hermès bracelet to that category. There is this extremely fascinating hysteria of luxury consumption going on, but at the same time we have this other trend in today's society - Do It Yourself (DIY). They are two extremes: shopping vs DIY, and I've combined those two in the same painting. How do you feel about consumption? Does it stress you or can you handle it? Do you treat yourself to these things or are you strong enough to resist? Or maybe you don't care at all? Remember, if you want a bracelet but can't afford it, you can always make your own ;) First out we have two of my favorites. The horses to the right I love. This one is really interesting (digital weaving) and it is made by Tova Fransson who got the Youth Scholarship. Fashion study made by Marianne Martensson. Great use of colorful and I adore a good hat :) Close to the entrance you find "Fastfood" by talented Magdalena Andersson. Love her work and her way of interpreting old/new. Another artist from my town contributed with this detailed and colorful piece of art. I got so much inspiration from visiting the exhibition and I'm doing my best in using it to do some creative work. Have a four piece butterfly collection coming up.
Also, I will publish the step-by-step post later today, haven´t forgotten about it! I'm gonna make two posts out of the photos I took today. Here we go: First out is an installation of Marc Broos. I saw he was there with his wife Karin Broos. He had these two manuscripts hanging on the sides, I didn't have time to read them, but I'll go back to the exhibition later on to watch and read everything more thoroughly. Mingle picture :) Also, pay attention to the ceiling. The sculptures to the left are kind of amazing because they are real instruments and you can play on them. Made by Dag Hultcrantz, Östra Ämtevik. This moose was just too funny, had to snap a picture of it :) A sculpter from my town, Lorraine Rantala, made this: The exhibition will continue on for this whole month, don't miss it!
..hot body, you want a Bugatti, you want a Maseratti, you better work bitch. You want a Lamborghini, sip martinis, look hot in a bikini, you better work bitch" B. Spears
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