discovery
This week's Illustration Friday topic (discovery), along with the weather, reminds me of all the time I spent as a child at our nearby beach, looking in tide pools and turning over rocks, discovering shells and minnows and crabs. I grew up near Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver, when it was still something of a quiet little village.
This is one of seven paintings and ten drawings of mine showing in Rochester, New Hampshire, this summer. The show is called Summer Splendor, includes three other artists, and opens at Susan's artstream gallery tomorrow, continuing until September 6th. If you have the chance to visit, please tell me about it as I certainly won't be able to make it! :( I believe these drawings and paintings will also eventually be made available at artstream's online shop. Visit Susan's blog for updates.
posted by andrea at 9:01 a.m.
30 Comments:
Lovely work Andrea! It is nice to be back again!
Hope you are doing well!
Joy! Annax
Andrea - these ocean-themed drawings are amongst my favorites of yours. Perfect balance of subject matter, texture and complexity. (And since they are ocean-themed, have you considered trying some on a very dark blue background? I was thinking of a set for an artist friend of mine whose studio is all underwater-themed... Hmmmm.... Maybe we should talk...?)
I love the texture!! Nice illo, Andrea!!
Hi Andrea! Looks like you are having a lovely summer! I adore this piece! Very wonderful and reminiscent of my youth too. I never tire of the beach and pictures of the beach. I almost submitted a beach theme too. Best wishes for your group show!!!
That crab is sheer magic. I like it very much.
I used to go fishing out of Horseshoe Bay when I was in university. We used to rent the old clinkerbuilt inboards from Trolls and have a great day drinking beer and not catching any fish.
Ian
Annax: Glad to see you take a break from your busy life.
Tara: Dark blue -- hmmm. That's a great idea. Must see if I can find suitable paper the next time I'm at Opus!
Zime and Val: Thanks.
Ian: Apparently I ate my first solid food at Troll's, thanks to the original Joe Troll who started feeding me fries. I'm still eating them. My first 'real job' was as a waitress at the old Thorn's, the diner at Sewell's Marina.
Beautiful work Andrea.
I am not too far from Rochester NH and am going to check into possibly going to the show.
I would love to have the drawing in this post as a beautiful tapestry to hang on my wall.
I've always been a huge admirer of your piscatorial pieces, it brings out the aquarian in me. There is something ethereal - well in my eyes at least - about aquatic creatures and your work brings that quality into colourful relief.
I love the brilliance of the blue against the dark background, and the crab is so wonderfully done! I am so, so excited to see your work in the gallery... I'll try to take so pictures of it for you.
love the sea paintings...blue...lovely...blessings, rebecca
That's a peaceful beach scene - I like it.
I wouldn't mine having a wander through Susan's gallery...I wonder if Richard B. would flick me a freebie?
Here's wishing you lots red dots!
Great beach, Andrea!
Good luck at the gallery!
I saw the announcement over at Susan's blog a few days ago...and was so pleased for you! As soon as I scrolled down and saw the picture posted I was "Hey! That's Andrea's work!" I hope you sell out! Your work amazes me, and I can't figure out how you do it...which really amazes me and makes me love it even more. I love the textures, colors and layers of image and meanings.
Tori: It would be so great if you could go. Reports back please!
Detlef: Thanks -- I keep returning to the theme. What do you think it means..?
Carla: Lots please! :)
cre8tiva, CS, Cream & Dinah: Thanks.
HMBT: Send buyers! :) And thanks for the kind words.
thanks for your visit and comment, andrea.
you made me remember as well those wonderful sea ponds along the coast...
its a beautiful 'discovery' this yours.
I hope you're feeling better by now and that your show is a great success. I like the cool serene colors in this piece.
Lovely! as always! So, you evolved to grey-blue colours now. I love them but also your "old" colourful paintings as well.
Beauuuuuuuuuutiful!
a gallery in new hampshire?
how did i overlook this?
ooooooh....
Great detail in this one. Nice.
Stunning! I didn't know crabs could look so beautiful.
Happy Anniversary and I hope you're feeling better after your trip with Greg to Harrison.
As usual, your works are wonderful!
I love this crab thang.
And I love the fish series. I want one!
How Uber Cool is that!?
That is so neat...wait I haven't said neat in thirty yearts..that is so awesome..so no my kids say awesome...that is Wicked! Yeah we use to say WICKED!
Everytime I watch an episode of Simon Schama's Power of Art I wish that I could discuss it with you? Have you seen any of the TV series or read his book? It is so interesting to see how Artists were viewed before the world was cluttered with electronic devices.
Anyway I'm certain that you must have studied all of these characters in the mandatory History of Art classes...totally interesting.
Love the photo on Susan's blog today of "your wall" :-)
Thanks all and HE, I've never heard of Simon Schama. Have I been sticking my head in the sand again?
gorgeous ocean piece :) and i'm sure your show will be lovely, too bad you can't go ... too bad i can't go ;-)
Schama recreates the political and social atomosphere behind the biogrphy of 8 famous artistes from the past on a series that was produced by the BBC...yesterday was about David and the French Revolution, last week was Rembrandt and his la-di-da life which was quite the opposite of the previous week's paint eating tortutured soul Vincent Van Gogh
..also watched Caravaggio & Picasso
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/powerofart/
It is all quite entertaining and fascinating for those of us who know little or nothing of Art History.
Thanks, HE. I'll see what I can find out...
Lovely painting!!
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