Chez MonetteAcrylic on Exhibition Canvas 24 x 24 $600 + s/h
I'm really pleased to be part of the Autumn Show 2010 in the Victoria Airport Arrivals and Departures Lounge. I received lots of feedback on the last show that featured my Jazz Series. This new show will feature some of my Still Life paintings. I haven't been able to see the shows because I'm not traveling so I don't have authorization to enter the area. Darn!
I enjoy painting the sculptural, sensual forms of pears and I really love painting textiles. In this case the textile was a lace edged linen tablecloth. The embroidery was quite complicated and I thought how am I going to simplify that? So I really squinted the whole time I was painting the lace edge and tried to capture values, rather than trying to recreate the actual pattern of the embroidery. I wasn't sure if it was going to work, and I had one of those 'please don't wreck this painting' moments, but in the end I was really pleased with the effect. So I highly recommend squinting! I'll post another one or two of the Airport paintings over the next few days.
Congrats on the show, Claire! I love your pears and lace. The white on white must have been very taxing to do (do you use the word taxing for something that takes it all out of you?) It came out superb and I hope all those travellers at the airport are loaded!
ReplyDeleteThanks Marie, I think I'd say draining! It's amazing how a colour like white, can be so difficult to get right.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on this show..I wish I was traveling to see it. This is an amazing piece..the color of the pears and the lace around the linen tablecloth is so realistic!
ReplyDeleteLove it!