tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69771764642942062562024-02-21T03:04:34.646+11:00Joy's DiaryA sometimes kept diary of an artist's life! What we see, what we do to fill in time other than paint, where we go and what we explore.....I can't always be writing but I do try to keep this alive.....feel free to leave your comments and thoughts...be nice now!joy engelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08624522572113588367noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977176464294206256.post-86949091805152780662017-11-19T18:37:00.001+11:002017-11-19T18:38:47.660+11:00Water for Life International Art Exhibition 2018This is an introductory video to the "Water for Life" Exhibition in which I am representing Australia next year.<br />
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Australia is the driest island/continent on earth and exhibitions such as these aim to raise the conscience of humanity.<br />
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My work will feature our driest landscapes, the great outback where water, although it has shaped the landscape for many millions of years and has left it's mark everywhere, no longer exists. When the rains do come up north and the waters flow wide over the floodplains, it gathers into salt lakes and is not supportive to life.<br />
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Water is really scarce here and it is worrying that our government doesn't seem to appreciate the value or disaster that is facing us.<br />
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joy engelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08624522572113588367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977176464294206256.post-1223227242838789812015-12-24T16:15:00.000+11:002015-12-24T16:15:08.928+11:00Merry Christmas to everyone!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well here we are again at the end of the year and all out of breath and wondering what the hell the New Year will bring!? If it's anything like 2015, it will be an awesome ride!</div>
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We, the Wild Women (22 of us so far) of Arkaroola PLUS (plus 3 men now!) went into the desert once again to explore and paint and be inspired and just to chill out and be free!</div>
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Arkaroola is such a great place! The air is so different with it's decaying radio active background (I kid you not!) The area is made up of uranium bearing rocks but the slow decay is natural for man to live in and much of Australia is of course the same! We just aren't told it unless we do some research.... however, out there, it seems to bring about a healthy change and many of us return refreshed, renewed and ready to go!</div>
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This last year, although the Sturts Desert Pea was just at the end of flowering, we did manage to find a few to photograph along the way.</div>
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Maybe you can join us in 2016. We go again in May and September. If you live overseas, you can fly into Sydney and then onto Orange where we will meet you and make sure you get into a 4WD to come along! We would love to show you around Oz!</div>
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<span id="goog_1561446553"></span><span id="goog_1561446554"></span><br />joy engelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08624522572113588367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977176464294206256.post-60089009416208486552015-09-28T20:39:00.000+10:002015-09-28T20:39:11.953+10:00Another big week at Arkaroola!Flying in a small plane out into the western deserts is not for the faint hearted, or so I found out this time around. For the first time, I actually got airsick.... not just the squeemish tummy but the real throw up in a bag stuff.... oh nightmares! I really thought my number was up by the time we got into the desert..... aaargh! The Piper Navaho tossed and jolted across the skies thrown about by hot pockets of air and small clouds..... but sigh, it was fantastic to be back out there.... once the tummy settled.<br />
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This is the 5th trek into the wilderness that I have organised for my artistically inclined friends. Twice a year, I invite people to join me in this wild adventure and it is a lot of fun. It's energetic, focused, free, exciting and inspiring..... Just to get out there in that uranium decaying background seems to reignite the soul and cal, the mind.<br />
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Flying above Lake Frome has to be one of the purest joys of life on earth. It's a surreal and majestic sight and never the same..... again this time, it lay resplendent below us swathed in layers and the palest greys and ochres, watercolour washes across the plains. It's not a well known salt lake, but in many ways, I love it more than Lake Eyre. About 600 sq kms in size, it's like being on another world.joy engelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08624522572113588367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977176464294206256.post-55256325539406948562015-09-11T10:21:00.000+10:002015-09-11T10:21:39.396+10:00OCTOBER ACRYLIC WORKSHOPS - 3 & 4, 10 & 11 October 2015Hi everyone,<br />
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The October Workshops will focus on Acrylics, moulding pastes, flow mediums and other exciting innovative ideas for creating wonderful artworks.<br />
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We had so much fun at our last workshops, that it seemed a great way forward to get right back into all the mess again and start creating for Spring and Summer..... These mediums produce such amazing textures for seaside rocks, rock faces in the landscape and other subjects!<br />
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So once again, this popular workshop will be held over two consecutive weekends so you can do one day on each weekend , or two on the same weekend - you mix and match to suit yourself.<br />
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The first weekend will be in the studio where we will explore the mediums and how they end up being so interesting and intriguing......<br />
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The second weekend will be en plein aire (weather permitting) or in a secret location where we can gaze at the landscape.....<br />
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;">Dates: Saturday and Sunday 3 and 4 October and <br />
Saturday and Sunday 10 and 11 October. </span></b><br /> </center>
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(You can also do one day of each weekend if helpful)<br />
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Times: 9.30 am for 10 am start to 3.30 pm for 4 pm packup.<br />
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Cost: $150 per 2 day weekend<br />
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There is a $25 additional cost if you need me to supply materials - paints, brushes<br />
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Cost does not include paper (for sale on the day) and canvas (which you will need to buy - <br />
suggested sizes are 45 cm square or 45 cm x 60 cm rectangle.<br />
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joy engelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08624522572113588367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977176464294206256.post-62453262658187703812015-03-07T17:18:00.001+11:002015-03-07T17:18:58.438+11:00"Diaries of a traveling artist" on show now!Hi everyone<br />
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Well this month and into next (13 April), my artworks are showing at Fairview Artspace in Mudgee. These works have all been inspired by my various trips into and around Australia.<br />
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As I explore this colourful and exciting country, I find I just have to return to the studio and express myself in colour and form that reflects the feelings I have felt whilst out there..... yep, out there.... outback as we call it!'<br />
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To give you a small idea of some of the places I have seen, here's a couple of photos:<br />
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On 28th and 29th March, I will be out at Mudgee in the gallery. I'll show a series of slides of places I have been to give you an idea of what inspires me to paint the Australian outback.</div>
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For too long, we have all been led astray into believing that this is a dull, dry and dusty country worth nothing else than for raping and pillaging. Well, the Australia I know is far from being boring, flat and dull. It is a wild and wonderful country full of colours, energy and forms beyond anything we can imagine.... but you need to be able to find the places, take the time to let the magic happen.</div>
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Join me in Mudgee even if it's only to be inspired to get in your car and travel out into our wilderness!</div>
<br />joy engelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08624522572113588367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977176464294206256.post-61545500225603235722014-10-26T17:38:00.000+11:002014-10-26T17:38:04.913+11:00The Echidna GardenNothing is quite as ZEN as a walk in a wild wood and coming across a lone echidna quietly going about his/her business..... well, at least this was my experience of seeing this amazingly beautiful creature wombling along in amongst mauve melaleucas and bacon and egg plants this last week.<br />
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So here he is...... emerging from the bushes. He/She hasn't noticed me as I am upwind and staring stupendously!<br />
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Yes, a little closer, OMG!<br />
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And now just a few feet away and he/she still hasn't seen me which is strange as I am beside myself with delight! </div>
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And this is the pretty melaleuca that is such a feature of this recent regrowth from welcome rains.</div>
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I just wanted to share this with you all! It was a lovely week on Jacquie's farm in the Shoalhaven Region. Have a wonderful life! </div>
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joy engelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08624522572113588367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977176464294206256.post-59209022306635359892014-10-03T15:32:00.000+10:002014-10-03T15:32:27.126+10:00Painting in the Australian Outback is always a treat!If ever you wanted to experience the Outback and delight your senses all at once, then going to Arkaroola with 8 fantastic women and 2 men to explore, paint and renew friendships is a great way to do it!<br />
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We have just returned from our fifth trip to that great Aussie icon, the Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary where our souls were inspired, nourished and delighted all at once. Many people just drive in, stay over one night, then drive out which for me is completely missing this amazing opportunity to reignite one senses with the arid lands of Australia.<br />
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The landscape was alive with wildflowers and Sturts Desert Peas didn't fail us with their wonderful show of colour. The days were balmy and the evenings warm.<br />
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We wondered and wandered amongst the hills and plains, across fields of flowers, to Paralana Springs where the air was heavy and hot. We couldn't stay long and returned across the Strzlecki Desert, ablaze with colour. Here's Jan putting together some field notes on the Springs in the hot desert sun! Brave Jan!<br />
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A pure whit e gum stands proud against the rocks of Paralana Springs! Sure to bring out the best in any artist!</div>
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Lake Frome also amazed us with the best colours yet as recent rains had semi-filled the salt lake. Pastel colours criss crossed the land awash with salt below us as we circled in the Piper Navaho at 3500 feet. Ah heaven!<br />
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When I began to take artists to the desert to paint, I never realised just how rich and rewarding the experience would be especially for myself! But as the adventures have rolled into each other, we have bonded together into a group, the Wild Women of Arkaroola PLUS (PLUS for the occasional brave male that joins us!). I cannot tell you how deeply these field trips have affected me and my artworks, but they have and I am now painting with all the JOY of a long life as an artist!</div>
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I wish you all a creative and fulfilling life as you explore Mother Earth! May you have eyes to see the beauty in her as we do.</div>
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joy engelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08624522572113588367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977176464294206256.post-38248128358705073422014-05-12T08:55:00.000+10:002014-05-12T08:56:31.883+10:00Arkaroola just continues to delight the senses!Having just returned from my fourth trip to Arkaroola over 2 years, I am still delighted and inpired by that arid and ancient landscape. The sheer size of the outback continues to astound and overwhelm as it silently stands witness to all we do.<br />
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Paintings cannot express the feelings that collide within one's soul as the eyes get reddened and lined with tiredness at trying to take it all in. I realised this time just how many people travel through that country and come home feeling overwhelmed.<br />
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Flashes of ochre walls this time in unexpected places were found as now, this time, I am finally able to start to get down to the details. Found, three more ochre wall sites to explore for next time!<br />
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The wall glows under the gums, a hidden site, not much visited and not well known, and darned difficult to paint with any conviction. People cannot imagine that this exists but there it is.... it's quiet ethereal presence from over 500 million years ago - a testament to how beautiful the earth must have been at one time.<br />
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These colours would have made up the landscape long before they all became melded into one dull brown or grey. They would have shone on beaches and riverbeds, the sides of hills and mountains - a veritable Garden of Eden.<br />
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Now, all we have left in the landscape are a few wild arid places, wilderness areas and sanctuaries, looked over by daring and courageous guardians like the Spriggs of Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary. These are indeed sacred places but will we be strong enough and vigilant enough to protect them from the voracious appetites of a consumer culture. I certainly hope so.joy engelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08624522572113588367noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977176464294206256.post-4697086538922538602014-04-21T16:49:00.000+10:002014-04-21T16:51:05.721+10:00The Inspiring Colours of AustraliaAustralia is a vast island continent that is made up of mostly desert although most people would not know it. The majority of the inhabitants cling to a small coastal fringe around the edges of the continent divided from the bush by long chains of mountain ranges so called the 'sandstone curtain". These dividing ranges not only divide the vastness of the land but also divide the country socially and economically in more ways than one despite what governments would tell you.<br />
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As I travel around Australia looking for inspiration for my artworks, I am reminded constantly of how an unwary population is allowing the countryside to be raped and pillaged by big companies. It scares me as I ponder the huge gaping wounds that mining makes, the wide and denuded soils of large agricultural consortiums, the dying and drying deforested hillsides and I wonder where it will end.<br />
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My early life on an orchard gave me a love of the land I live in and depend on, not only for food and work but also for inspiration to create my art works. The ways of caring for the land that I was brought up to were more closely connected with composting, planting of nitrogen giving plants between the rows, hand picking and pruning, working with the seasons and the cycles of drought and wet. These practices have largely been replaced by methods that for me, seem disconnected and ruinous. Monsanto and other large corporations do not have a holistic approach but instead use a broad brush that misses the defining moments that make up lives at a very personal level.<br />
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I worry for my grand children and what is being left for them but at the same time, I now see a new, young, vibrant and intelligent generation that ask the hard questions and who are taking on the bigger institutions and demanding to be heard. I cheer these leaders of the future on. New ways of lobbying in GetUp and Change.org are bringing about renewed hope for the future.<br />
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After 200 years of settlement, I see a new generation that at long last, regard Australia as their home as they embrace not only the mistakes of past generations, but build hope for a brighter future. In some small way, I trust that my environemental paintings will also bring about change and a rethinkng of politics and 'living WITH the LAND'.<br />
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<i> <b>"Pittapunga Lake"</b> (1.2 m x 1.2 m synthetic polymer on canvas)</i> shows aerial mapping of land use in western NSW, the demands being made on failing river systems, the push into salt lake areas in an attempt to farm salt areas, the decimation of forested areas by clearing for even larger farms, the coal seam gas alongside large mines. Can we continue these unsustainable practises in a land that is largely desert? By the way, this area really exists except that the mine is my addition for now.....joy engelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08624522572113588367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977176464294206256.post-34662568880487796482014-04-15T18:06:00.001+10:002014-04-15T18:11:10.548+10:00Wattle l do!<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Had a great day teaching aspirants how to tackle Wattle watercolours! Harder than it looks, it's a real meditation in the studio!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG8y7iIICZKmuCeIM3rBzW5WyafU54V2BisVN3MKCUXJ8_cluJYtSAQPR9tAnuq7L3ukJZKgzOraW-OODX2Enlwbd2BZHyn3v_xhYwJaNuFfa4E6ZtqsZWS-0FpYuuuVpvl3ffDLS296Vn/s640/blogger-image--278622271.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG8y7iIICZKmuCeIM3rBzW5WyafU54V2BisVN3MKCUXJ8_cluJYtSAQPR9tAnuq7L3ukJZKgzOraW-OODX2Enlwbd2BZHyn3v_xhYwJaNuFfa4E6ZtqsZWS-0FpYuuuVpvl3ffDLS296Vn/s640/blogger-image--278622271.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Now it's at the framers waiting for a beautiful frame to set it off! Arh! The decorative arts! Lovely way to be!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>joy engelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08624522572113588367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977176464294206256.post-55318161716934859252014-03-02T13:50:00.002+11:002014-03-03T16:16:20.870+11:00Watercolour Workshops with Joy!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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During the next two months, I will be holding <a href="http://joyengelmangallery.com/SpecialOffers/Watercolour%20Workshop%20March%202014.pdf" target="_blank">watercolour workshops in Orange</a> and would love to share my techniques and ideas with you! I have been reticent to share in the past mainly due to time constraints, timing being wrong and a host of other things but the time is now right!<br />
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For those of you who wonder what my watercolours look like, I will tell you that I like to use the whole sheet and paint big like Georgia O'Keefe! I like closeups of flowers, bright, bold and luscious!<br />
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Of course, I won't be expecting you to paint this large but I will demonstrate to you how easy it is to get to this size confidently and once you have mastered the techniques!<br />
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This is a peony rose painted in watercolour on D'Arches cotton rag - size 75 cm wide c 52 cm high! - a full watercolour sheet.<br />
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I will take you through several techniques at the classes from traditional water colour, chinese brushwork and some easy modern special effects for backgrounds!<br />
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It doesn't matter what your favourite flower is, nor does it matter if you want to paint landscapes, the outcome for the classes is that you will have mastered several techniques that you can use in all of your work to achieve the result you want competently.<br />
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Here's a poppy in progress:<br />
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If you think this might be something you would lik to do, then <a href="http://joyengelmangallery.com/SpecialOffers/Watercolour%20Workshop%20March%202014.pdf" target="_blank">download a brochure</a> here.<br />
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Have a happy day painting!<br />
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It's amazing every day, no matter where or what I go or do, I find people with differing points of view especially about the art world. I guess, really, everyone's experience is so different, so diverse, that we each have to make up our own mind in the long run.<br />
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So just thinking it through today, I realise that in my life I have over 700 paintings of the landscape hanging on people's walls and in their offices all over Australia, the US, China, Japan and various other countries throughout the world. My lifetime has been spent pursuing the essence of landscape through colour, shape, intricacy, abstraction and a variety of techniques and materials. Just this week, I have completed several pieces both large and small, and as I view my studio, there's not much in stock..... so the landscape must still be a winner for many collectors - at least in my experience!<br />
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So what do you think? Here's my latest work titled "The Ancient Ones"
inspired by the many ancient rocks that continue to erode out into the
Australian landscape wherever you go..... they can be found in all sorts
of places but it's the remote ones I love the best! In an arid
landscape, there's nothing quite like coming across a pile of massive
boulders! They provide shade, colour and form, beautiful washes of
colour, and they 'talk' to you! They tell the story of our fabulous
place - our home - Australia!<br />
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When I look, I see maybe a couple of female figures laying in repose, maybe discussing 'life' as time passes by..... what do you see?<br />
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More on my website!<br />
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It doesn't matter what you paint, just continue to follow your heart,
eyes and soul and keep painting - "Let it flow and let it go!" (Joy
Warren of Solander Gallery in 2011) Thank you Joy for that timely
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Have a happy painting day and remember, even when sales are slow, it's time to catch up on all those images that are waiting dormant waiting to be born!joy engelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08624522572113588367noreply@blogger.com0Outback, Tarcoola SA, Australia-31.802892586706747 137.28515825-45.365649586706745 116.63086125 -18.240135586706749 157.93945524999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977176464294206256.post-71695160261448422482013-06-27T15:18:00.001+10:002013-06-27T17:54:25.702+10:00More Arkaroola!Just had to make a little video on Arkaroola and why I head out that way! Looking out my window today, I know exactly why I need to leave Orange in winter - aching joints, limpy leg, creaky bones..... the chilly air brings out the worst in us.... and the cold just gets colder every year.... so of course, now I've been home for 5 minutes, I am wanting to turn around and escape again!<br />
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So made a little video to pass away the time..... hope you nJoy it!<br />
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As well, have been back in the studio as I have a new solo show coming up at Jayes Gallery at Molong..... opens Friday 19 July at 6.30 pm! cyu there?<br />
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We're back from Arkaroola and it was as usual, amazing! The artists found inspiration and healing in this very special part of the Ozzie outback - deep in the heart of South Australia. It has to be one of my own very favourite places to visit......<br />
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We started by flying over Lake Frome - less well known than Lake Eyre and a gem..... this time, the lake had a 50-75 cm cover of water making the surface like a mirror. We were so dumbstruck by it that we couldn't speak much to the consternation of the pilot who thought that we might not have been impressed. But I assured him that we just couldn't speak at the sheer beauty and ethereal nature of the lake in flood.....<br />
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<br />joy engelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08624522572113588367noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977176464294206256.post-50544457902224409142013-03-25T14:06:00.000+11:002013-03-25T14:13:04.320+11:00Wilderness Painting! Come and 'see' with me!Hi all<br />
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Well on my return from the desert trek that Wanda and I took late last year, the place that stood out the most as a painter's paradise was definitely Arkaroola in the South Australian Outback! What a place! IMy heart yearned to return and so after much chopping and changing, I am on a roll and getting back out there!<br />
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But wait! You are invited to come and paint with me! This is NOT a camping trip, oh no no! This is not 'roughing it' in the desert! This is a lovely comfortable week at a wonderful wilderness sanctuary in the heart of the North Flinders Ranges that has a highly regarded reputation in the eco-tourism industry! A gem in the bush!<br />
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Owned by brother and sister, Doug and Margaret Sprigg, this amazing place will host our painting tour. There's several 4WD treks to take, an aboriginal elder who will guide you through some of the area's dreamtime, not to mention the most inspiring landscapes to get you painting and 'seeing' like you have never seen before.<br />
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It was so inspiring that on my return I painted <a href="http://www.artreproductions.com.au/gallery.php?artid=2638" target="_blank">"Flying High"</a> in a whole new range of colours. My own sense of vision has been heightened by going out there and seeing Australian as if seeing it for the first time!. This is truly a wonderful experience (and comfortable and cosy!)<br />
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I would love to see this place through your eyes! And see what you come up with in paint!<br />
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Violet ranges with acid limes and yellows, hourly changes of colour, like driving through a 'living painting'<br />
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Some of the landforms are quite strange, new shapes and hills, a fascinating array of colours in a rugged land.<br />
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There's an 'ah!' around every corner.... a place begging you to stop, the contentment you feel in this awesome place...... aaahhhh!<br />
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<br />joy engelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08624522572113588367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977176464294206256.post-9890194040120781382013-02-13T17:27:00.000+11:002013-02-13T17:32:50.887+11:00What is 'style', 'palette' and 'subject'?Obvious? Well no! Apparently not!<br />
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I often get the comment, oh you change your style so much! Or 'but this is not the same as your other style!' or even "I like your other style better" ..... hmmm .......<br />
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I have been baffled for ages just what people are talking about? And have wandered away bemused... and a little intrigued.<br />
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But aha! the penny dropped the other day! It seems many viewers of art don't understand the difference between 'style' 'pallette' and 'subject'...... I guess what is bleeding well obvious to us as painters, eludes the average viewer who look to see some continuity in an artist's work. This can be quite tricky if the painter isn't a realist prone to painting the same subject..... which is the path many painter's stick to!<br />
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If like me, the artist paints different subjects in different mediums and with a range of pallettes, then this can leave the viewer caught off guard. So I thought I'd elucidate a bit.....<br />
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My 'style' hasn't changed much over the years except to get more complex and layered. I always start with a seemingly chaotic layer of freely applied paint which can use up to three or four different qualities of acrylic paints from transparent to inks, opaques and thick dribbles. Over this, I build up to six layers which make the work more complex but also adds to the depth of the work and helps to define the subject. I developed this style of working from my early love of watercolours which I then translated into acrylics by using watercolour or flow mediums. 90% of my acrylic paintings are created this way, in this style of paint application. I still paint watercolours from time to time, like the one above, but they are single layer works.<br />
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My 'subject' matter has however changed over time as I usually wander between 'inner forests' and 'landscapes' - sometimes 'aerial mapping of the land' - and again 90% of my works are on these themes..... however, like all artists, I often get called on to paint other subjects such as portraits, florals, interiors, abstracts.... etc and since I can, I do.....<br />
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Then it comes to 'pallette' - and here the fun begins because I love colours - all of them! So I am not inclined to just chose a limited pallette but like to explore all sorts of different colourways and combinations! No wonder the viewer gets worried..... because if they aren't completely observant but just give my art a passing glance, then they would never have studied the way I actually apply my paints hence thinking I have changed my 'style'......<br />
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I guess they can be forgiven!<br />
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The other confusing thing that a viewer needs to be aware of is that of 'materials' and as an artist, I often paint on paper, canvas, or even can collage papers together to make my own ground...... lately, I have also ventured into having some of my larger and major works editioned onto Italian papers and Indian Silks to add to the mix. These all add to the many differences that one can see in my works and to the confusion. However, I still paint in the same 'style' - the 'style' hasn't changed; the subject, materials, pallette all do though as like a lot of creative people, I get bored.......<br />
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Till next time! Joyjoy engelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08624522572113588367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977176464294206256.post-81728637411646461472013-01-27T18:06:00.001+11:002013-01-29T21:12:14.116+11:00"SUMMERTIME" at Jayes Gallery! Painting along.....Hi there<br />
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Well summertime is here and my paintings (or a few of them) will be the fabulous Jayes Gallery in Molong in a group show along with leading artists, Eris Fleming, Jaq Davies, Ian Grant, Glenn Hoyle and Josephine Jagger- Manners. The show opens next Wednesday 30th January and runs for 5-6 weeks...... further details from <a href="http://jayes.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">jayes blog</a>!<br />
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Ther's not a lot of engelman works available at the moment as I'm painting for my mid-year solo show with Jayes (19 July - 25 August 2013) and then, my nose will be well and truly in the paint bucket getting the large works out for next year's big one! Or maybe that will be 2015..... who can tell as I have big plans for large, large works from my recent outback journeys..... well documented landscapes that have burned into my soul!<br />
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But for now, here are the paintings that Jayes has available...... why not pop out to the gallery, stroll around the sculptures and have a chat with Libby and Hugh Oldham in their beautiful setting in Molong!<br />
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"Anticipation" - a painting inspired by my grandson William with his red hair and handsome face. I tried to capture the feeling that a boy has when he first goes to catch that ball! The moment that makes him a cricket fan for the rest of his life.... it's 100 cm x 88 cm and framed in a black box frame! Would make a great gift for a cricket fan or young boy!<br />
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Then there's a watercolour for the kitchen (?) I'm not sure where to hang this one but I think a nice clean modern kitchen/dining area, which is why it is framed with a deep white box frame and 120 cm mount in white all round - sort of building on a white on white theme - anyway, it's a fresh painting in watercolour with some black and gold inks on D'Arches watercolour - full sheet 70 cm x 50 cm framed.<br />
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And last, a small watercolour titled "Up Close Poppy" which shows the heart of our favourite red poppy in all it's summer glory! There are many paintings in this group show that will delight you from Eris's spirited outback humour to Josephine's pretty interiors, there's a painting there for everyone!<br />
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The group show for Coloured City Creatives finishes tomorrow so then it's back into the studio and up to the elbows in paint, paper and canvas with the whip cracking..... <br />
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Love to see you at the studio some time but remember you need to phone and make an appointment as once I get 'on the brush', it's hard to focus on the 'real' world! joy engelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08624522572113588367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977176464294206256.post-64898909564876391972012-10-18T08:46:00.000+11:002012-12-12T08:46:20.000+11:00Outback Trekkin'.......Well after quite some time, I am finally ready to do some blogging again! You might wonder where I've been... or those of you who follow my blog, and thankfully there are a few.......<br />
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These last few weeks, my friend Wanda and I have been outback and across the Birdsville Track down through South Australia, through the mighty Flinders Ranges and through the back country to Silverton, White Cliffs and back to Bourke.<br />
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This amazing trek was brought about through our great friend Stuart Johnson of Bourke and his wonderful 4WDs that he hires out to any intrepid traveller of this great southern land of ours!<br />
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The road ahead! Australian red soils abound right through the corner country of NSW and it always makes me really happy to be out in this beautiful land. It really is painter's country so if you want inspiration, then head out this way..... don't forget to call <a href="http://www.outbacknow.com.au/index.php/tours/detail/new_south_wales/outback_nsw/bourke/back_o_bourke_mateship_country_tours#">Stuart at Bourke for wise advice and a 4WD ready to go!</a><br />
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Sitting in the shade while we get the car ready...... a terrific way to spend a day!<br />
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The monitors are friendly out here as they survey they're land..... grand little proud creatures that welcome you to 'country'.<br />
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Not to forget the other locals having a laugh in the shade!<br />
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Over the coming weeks, Wanda and I will be painting up a storm! Literally, we found a wonderful storm in the Strezlecki Desert as we passed through that way..... so I am sure it will feature in ssome of our works as the palette of colurs was just amazing.......<br />
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With over 6,800 photos (and that' after chucking the crook ones away) to sort through it will take a while to relive this journey. I will load them up to panoramio (no not all of them just the special few) to entice you to the desert.<br />
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But do always be careful when you travel out there for while it is a magnificent and wild place, it is also unpredictable and a trap for the unwise and unwary..... carry plenty of water, and spares, and take your time..... we saw many cars by the side of the road with broken axles, shredded tyres etc as people tend to think it's a racetrack and forget the dangers of being stuck out there without provisions or help.<br />
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So till next time, have a wonderful life!joy engelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08624522572113588367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977176464294206256.post-57062819568313454732012-04-01T15:51:00.000+10:002012-04-01T15:55:09.686+10:00Have we lost our way on this planet?We have but one home - it's called earth..... and it's an important place because even if we could find a way off, other planets are hardly welcoming.... we still haven't found one nearby that would support life and even if it could, it would taken many generations to build the home we have here.... or did have here.... before we started to pollute and rape the earth.<br />
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2012 is surely the year for a wake up call... as we plunder the limited supply of oils, coal, minerals and metals, convert them into rubbish which we then bury back into the ground or worse, throw out to sea, maybe this year we could all take a look at our own consumption and start to think how we might be part of the solution. For me, I have cut down to a pretty simple lifestyle and this year, I am determined to not buy anything I don't absolutely need and to mend things rather than throw away.<br />
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My paintings have traditionally been inspired by our beautiful Mother Earth, the wonderful landscapes we live and enjoy and I have found great pleasure over my life creating many paintings, each one completely different to the next. The joy of being able to express myself through art has never left me.<br />
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In these later years though, I have found myself wanting to express my concern for the earth and what we are doing to it seemingly with little regard for the future of the generations of human beings to come. Here in Australia, our laws unfortunately were set in place by colonial attitudes to allow the rape and pillage of the landscape by the early settlers and those same laws also now allow us to mine the landscape to its detriment...... most people don't have the time "to give a damn!" esconsced as they are in a cheap luxury lifestyle and kept busy by an aquisitive culture that has made 'money' god.<br />
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Today I worked on a painting entitled "LAND / SCARRED" (above) which features the pindan soils of the top end of Western Australia - those luscious reds and purples of iron ore, those sensuous curving hills and there right in the middle I find myself painting a mine site..... it isn't any particular mine site, just one that I designed from the lay of the land on the canvas..... worked up from a number of mine sites that I have seen from the air in my travels. Please feel free to download it and save it as a desktop image if you would like. I doubt if it will ever sell but if I can raise some comment, an eyebrow or make someone out there think, then I have achieved much.<br />
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<br />joy engelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08624522572113588367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977176464294206256.post-4692481573846778332012-01-17T19:35:00.002+11:002012-01-17T19:53:22.627+11:00ART NEWS NOW — THE PASSION AND GENIUS OF COLOUR CITY CREATIVES<a href="http://www.orangenewsnow.com.au/art-news-now-the-passion-and-genius-of-colour-city-creatives/">ART NEWS NOW — THE PASSION AND GENIUS OF COLOUR CITY CREATIVES</a><br />
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If you wonder why I've been quiet these past few weeks, it's due to the long days and hard work put in at the new studios. I have been using my studio on and off for over 10 months now but it was whilst sitting on the beach at Budgewoi at Christmas, watching the relentless waves beating the shore, that I realised I had to get off my backside and just "DO IT!'<br />
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And so I came home, talked to Phil Salmon.... wonderful Phil, he came along and worked his backside off, then Michael Carroll came and joined in, then Lotti and Dan got excited, then Aida got a new lease of life and before we knew it, the plan has come together!<br />
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So Friday night 27th January at 6.30 pm, come and join us for wine and nibbles, and see the art, cruise the studios and party, party, party!<br />
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So I am starting early to consider the year ahead. With a very full month ahead of me and an important solo show next April at Aarwun Galleries, it is time I knuckled down to serious work in the studio.But whew! What a year and still some to come.<br />
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This morning I was driving, no....cruising along the highway in my comfortable car, looking out over the hills and valleys of this wonderful landscape I live in; abundant growth everywhere and warm sunshine after a week of non-stop rain. I noted that the rivers were full to the brim and wonderful puffy white clouds building up in the bluest of skies overhead. I am always happiest in my car, free as a bird listening to music and cruising the landscape. My heart sings! Or in my studio, paint everywhere.... love getting all messy and seeing what works with what.<br />
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I have just had lunch with my dear friend Karrin, wonder woman artist from Lightening Ridge and a true Ehulii woman spirit. She looked marvelous! You can find her art work on her <a href="http://thorungullaart.com/">website</a>. We always enjoy sharing together the various stories of our respective lives. True friends are great treasures to be enjoyed while we can so these are special moments when we connect with our soul sisters.<br />
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We both are acutely aware of the damage being done to this sacred land we live in and we worry for the delicate deserts and waterways being disturbed by an ever increasing mining presence. It might be that Australia will be uninhabitable in time as awareness of being in touch with the land is eroding in the face of an increasing greed. It is another invasion happening - perhaps the last! I remarked to Karrin that lately it is the aboriginal people that are buying my artworks and not the European descendants. I feel that is a privilege and shows my connection to the land is being recognised by the original land owners. But with it, comes a responsibility: a responsibility to reach out and make others aware of the 'pain' the land is in.<br />
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I hope I am up to it. Still Canberra is the place where my next show will be so maybe, just maybe I can make a small contribution to raising consciousness. I certainly hope so! So look out for "LAND /MARKS" in April!<br />
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This painting depicts an abandoned homestead block in the western desert.Man has tried for over 200 years now to conquer the inland of Australia but marks such as these home sites left long ago show the harshness of a desert that we still have not learned to live with.<br />
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<br />joy engelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08624522572113588367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977176464294206256.post-30981053012610738992011-10-31T14:16:00.001+11:002011-10-31T14:18:25.456+11:00Forbes Town - what a hoot!Well, this last week saw some of my works shown at Forbes Town Hall some 150 kms west of Orange where I live. It's always interesting to take your work into another town, especially the smaller towns and see what the exercise brings! I'm not sure about anyone else, but I had a fabulous time..... the people of our Ozzie country towns are really the 'salt of the earth', super friendly and welcoming!<br />
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One very special lady I met called Lee wrote a poem about me and she has given me permission to put it here for you also to laugh at enjoy! Lee also liked my hand painted shoes (grand-daughter's art) so much that she was inspired to paint her own..... now that's my sort of person!<br />
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Glorious colours that make your soul sing.</div>
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The Town Hall is really quite stunning inside with a colonial architecture that reflects our rather British heritage so the show looked quite good in the space provided. One hopes that the Forbes Council learns to encourage the arts further and support the hard work of their local people. Maybe an Arts Prize or an Aquisition from the regular shows that the people of Forbes voluntarily put on.It would be good to see these country councils participate more fully and engage their arts communities by building local collections of Australian art.<br />
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So this week, I'm off to Coffs Harbour, a trek of some 800-900 kms north and to the beach! Yay! My paintings will once again go on display only this time at Opal Cove Resort - so let's see if Coffs can come up to Forbes standard! It'll be a challenge!<br />
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Added to the grief of having a mental block, or an avalanche, there's the continual interruptions to one's day / week from a variety of competing concerns / jobs. And so life goes on... so how does one get into the right mindset to just start?<br />
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Sometimes the best results come out of sheer frustration and trying something completely new. I like <b><i>to run with a few new techniques</i></b> and just throw paint around- see what comes! Here's one I did with a business card instead of a brush - just for fun!</div>
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That's all well and good if it's a sunny day and warm outside but what if there's a chill wind blowing....? </div>
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I like to <i><b>promise myself a great cup of coffee</b></i> from Moshi Moshi with 2 of the nicest young creative people around, Lotti and Dan! After seeing their cheery faces and getting one of Dan's neck rubs, topped up with Toby's (great coffee) I head off cheerfully into the chill wind...</div>
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Another is<b><i> to flick through my photo album</i></b> and print out a couple of inspirational landscapes- you know the ones that turn you on!</div>
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But recently I came across a marvellous creative soul who gives away so much information to us arty farty folks on how to be businesslike and break bad habits. Mark McGuiness of Lateral Action is one of us so he really knows the problems we wild children can have trying to do the adult stuff! His FREE book is available online at <a href="http://lateralaction.com/creativeblocks/">http://lateralaction.com/creativeblocks/</a> and well worth the time to read! Co-author is Marelisa Fabrega.<br />
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The Year of the Rabbit has hopped around wildly for me but the lessons I have learned along the way have all helped me to maintain focus, overcome 'painter's block' and keep on that journey towards my 'self'- the 'real me' at the core of my being! I reckon it's been a great year with so much still to do! A wonderful end to the year is looming steadily and I'm sorry, I have to get back to my painting! What about you?joy engelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08624522572113588367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977176464294206256.post-10282973687978329562011-09-02T10:57:00.001+10:002011-09-02T11:00:57.491+10:00Time out is needed even for the best artist!I feel all of us artists should take some time out from ourselves at times and so this last week or so, I have been doing just that. I took a short holiday to Coffs Harbour..... so different to going to Broome! Of course as I've been there many times before, I was relieved to find I could put my art eyes and my camera aside for a week and just do the same as everyone else does on a holiday! Read books, watch videos, window shop, stroll on the beach, and talk with friends!<br />
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I find myself reflecting on how good it was not to have to think about art for a week and just chill! And so I am writing today to tell all of you that paint and reflect on life and its meaning, take some time off from yourself! Give it a go! It's been so good for me that I really feel like I have had a holiday! So much so, that I am not wanting to get back into it just yet!<br />
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I did relent though and give a workshop to my girlfriends! Just one day where we focused on 'eyes' and 'lips' - it was good fun and here's some of the results!<br />
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I returned of course to hit the deck running and there's to much to do! I find I've been given a new job in my absence, Publicity Officer for Colour City Creatives! ah well! But I was thinking of being a bit more committed there anyway so it'll be good to get that group up and running.... there's a lot to do! But they're a terrific group of artists and craftsmen and it's a fantastic project!<br />
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I rather liked this photo I took off the verandah at the resort! There's a new day dawning in the distance- new beginnings! The forest (people) are growing in the 'light' and I'm standing behind a wire gauze, a separation from it all happening, a protection if you like! I can see it happening but I don't have to be in the middle of it! <br />
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Anyway, thank you for reading my blog! I hope I've inspired you to take some time off and reflect and meet with friends! Till next time......joy engelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08624522572113588367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977176464294206256.post-37891850299950861092011-08-15T16:52:00.000+10:002011-08-15T16:52:08.506+10:00Ruminations of a frustrated artist!You know the saying "Just do it!" Such wise words, so hard to follow but today I did! I did it!<br />
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I think finding this website <a href="http://www.worldprintmakers.com/english/career.htm">"The Flinty Hard Road"</a> and reading it made so much sense to me and brought me back to the place where I know I'm not alone..... the arts is a hard career choice.... probably the hardest! I really related to the heading "Fabulously successful, penniless and deranged" particularly the 'deranged' bit!<br />
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Lately I've been well, let's say "occupied" but today, I bit the bullet and "just did it!" and boy does it feel good. I went to the studio and prepared all those canvases that have been patiently waiting for me. There they are now, all virginal white, covered in that clean clear pure pristine coat of gesso. They wait for me now to pour forth all my energies onto them..... sigh! What a good day's work!<br />
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The weekend saw another exhibition of works open to an assembled throng of art lovers, purveyors of fine art and wine, some really decent and genuine people amongst them..... the wallets remained firmly locked and who can blame them for today's economy sees most people worrying about their retirement plans as their super funds vaporise before their disbelieving eyes. Not so for us artists, we don't have the luxury of retirement plans. We'll be painting until we're blind and hanging around hopefully for a sale.<br />
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But we do have the luxury of filling our lives and walls with wonderful art that others can only dream about! Not for us, those dreary prints and commercial crappy decorator pieces, don't they make you cringe! <br />
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At least 3 people promised to buy work.... ah that's nice and I remind myself that despite the current downturn this year, I have had some sales and offers that other artists would be glad to have.<br />
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So to get into the studio today and back to my virginal white canvases was a joy! My mind started to focus immediately as I imagined the images starting to appear. I could feel the paints calling to me from their tubes to squeeze them and spread them luxuriously across each virgin in turn. Ah what a pleasant day! <br />
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It's going to be good year after all! There's so much to do and so much opportunity lying right here at the doorstep.... it reminds me that "everything you need, is right there in front of you!" So watch this space as the year rolls on.....<br />
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Here's one that I would like to see painted up into a large work...... hmmm.....<br />
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So keep painting out there!joy engelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08624522572113588367noreply@blogger.com0