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| Through the Looking Glass, watercolour, 75x58cms |
The Eastern Open 2013 exhibition opened at the weekend and the photo above is of large watercolour painting I entered. Unfortunately neither of the paintings I put forward were accepted but with a large number of entries from 7 counties I am only one of many who received rejection slips. However, having experienced the task of being a selector for the WNAA Summer Exhibition on two occasions I have some insight into the whole process. I would encourage any artist to take up the opportunity to be a selector/curator if the chance is there - you will certainly never take rejection personally! Fortunately all entrants to the Eastern open have their postcards displayed for sale in the Old Warehouse. I popped along to the Art Centre yesterday to have a closer look at all the work and the exhibition does have a cohesive flow to it, with several stunning artworks on display. It is good to see so many drawings selected. The Best in Show went to a photograph. It was interesting walking round and trying to visualize if my work could have sat in amongst them.
Anyway, I thought you might like to see the process of this watercolour painting as captured via a time lapse film. The original reference photograph I took at Bristol Zoo last month. I was lingering in the indoor area of the mountain gorillas when this big silverback ambled right up to the glass where I was standing and hunkered down for a few minutes. I was fascinated by the animal itself but also with the reflections in the glass. Once the painting was finished, although I gave it an official title, I always mentally referred to it as Egghead! You can probably see why...
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| Drawing on full sheet watercolour paper, Not surface |
The following time lapse film is in 2 parts - I have yet to learn how to join the two sections together (I couldn't see how to do it directly in YouTube, think I might have to find a video editing programme to load on the computer so I can add titles etc.) so I do apologise. I did discover how to add audio, Part 1 works fine in terms of duration but Part 2 finishes rather abruptly. Hope you enjoy my efforts anyway - it's all a steep learning curve.
Part One
Part 2
Not sure if this painting will be seen in an exhibition any time soon - but I had a great time creating it! If you are in King's Lynn between now and 30 November I do encourage you to visit the Eastern Open 2013 at the King's Lynn Art Centre www.kingslynnarts.co.uk. Enjoy the selected work, and see if you can spot my two postcards, on sale for £20 each.
