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Robert
Hagan's Newsletter - January 2010
Better let you know what’s happening in the world of art as I
know it…and that’s a pretty restricted world at
that! For
the last month its been about 1 square mile, a house, a studio, a car
and 3 hungry Jack Russels. But that’s how it goes
when
there’s a recession and work to do.
If you‘ve been watching my web site you will know
there’s
been a fair bit of activity both from what’s been going on
there
to my You Tube
site to
my blog
which swings
from one random thought to
another. The You Tube site has been the focus of my attention with a
number of video clips taken from various projects underway or
completed..
There’s 3 new ones going on there in the next 24 hours..one
is
taken from a series of 6 clips I did a few years back in San Diego
involving a blue bucket and some of the basics of learning to paint.
The one showing is how to draw a bucket and then paint it. Others go
into reflected color, aerial perspective and so on but I did them for
those who want to start from scratch.
Also on You Tube are 2 paintings I did with the camera set on a 20
second timer. Now these look great. You see me paint each compressed
into a blinding 2 minutes. When I paint I generally work on 2-4
paintings at a time –going from one to another. This allows
me to
continue on one while the others are drying. Often painting
‘wet
on wet’ is a tough ask for a good result to gallery standard
so I
like to let the paint dry a certain amount before revisiting a painting
in progress. One of these is a young woman in a pink dress
pausing in a pond and it turned out a great painting. Its not
dissimilar to one I did a few years back which everyone loved. To see
it done in just a few minutes is riveting to say the least. The other
painting is a backlight one with a couple of trees behind in fall and a
young mother wandering by with her child in her arms. It’s a
top
painting and is likewise interesting in just 2 minutes.
I will be adding an On-line
Gallery to my web site and a
ebay account where I will
‘park’ paintings for you to see before they head
off to the
galleries for sale. These will have a price attached and if you are
interested you can buy them. Some will be small and some big but the
subjects will vary as I float over the various areas that keep me
inspired. If I remember, I will video them as I paint them, so you can
see the ‘artist in action’ in 2 minute blasts!
After a
suitable period and depending on demand these will go to one of the
galleries that handle my paintings.
Next week I’m back to filming a short documentary on the
Erawan
Elephant Shrine. This is an amazing 3 headed elephant in Bangkok built
by one man and is about 8 stories high and made from copper. It was
supposed to have 33 heads but that was too many they decided. If you
ever get to see it I think you would agree. Anyhow if you are
interested in the result of the exercise let me know and I’ll
get
it up somewhere for you to see. By the way it was built by the same
person who built the Sanctuary of Truth. If you want to see the 30
minute episode of that go to my TV site
www.spalshofcolor.tv
and click
on download and sit back. Its one of the best I’ve done I
reckon.
So does Discovery HD.
Until next time.
Happy painting and a great 2010
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