Seven Powerful Steps to Increase Self-Confidence As some of you know I am not gifted with a whole lot of self confidence. I found this article really helpful in a lot of ways. So, rather than focus on what I can’t do I am trying to focus on what I can. stop the self bashing,…
I don’t know which way to turn! Do I try to make money selling online or do I go for a more traditional path? or is there a happy medium for fence sitters like me? What am I supposed to do? wait until a gallery drops out of the sky and into my lap? My…
The previous article also notes that 60 percent of nude buyers are women. My online selling research also concurs with this percentage. Currently my nude purchasers are all women. I find this fascinating.. what is it about us women that makes us desire nude artworks? is it our body issues? the connection to our bodies…
Jessica Lyons at Art Business News writes about the growing market for Nudes in Selling Sensuality “Buyers are sophisticated and more likely to be informed about styles in art nowadays,” says Cincinnati-based artist Eileen Bloustein, who uses watercolor, oil, charcoal, clay, paper and metal to create nudes. “There seems to be no prevailing style and…
Art News Blog: Guggenheim in UAE with no Nudes?The interesting thing about such a grand museum for contemporary art is that there will be no nudes or works that are confrontational in any way, which includes works of a religious nature. I don’t think it’s a major issue, just different to museums in other countries.Usually I agree with Dion’s views at Art News Blog but this is a bit more personal as it were, a subject close to my heart…. A fear that seeing a nude figure might corrupt their faith probably means it is not strong enough to begin with.There is nothing wrong with the human body.
It is becoming more and more obvious to me that I need to rethink the way I want to proceed as an artist. I didn’t realize how much the show would take out of me. I am still recovering. From the photos I realize I don’t remember a whole lot of what happened. I don’t…
…Then, I decided to revisit the pose in a palette knife piece when I found myself in a zone with nothing to do! I think it is interesting, completely different from my other works and very bold. Oddly, I did this in acrylics and have learned a few cool things about them, they could be…
It turns out a clean studio is an inspiring space. I mentioned before that I wanted to explore color more and that is certainly happening. First came this drawing which I did a few days ago. It is light, frothy and fun. I love the colors and the sketcherly look to it. This pose has…
I have put the photos from the opening up as promised and created a flickr set for the exhibition and photos photos of the works. I pick the works up tomorrow, it has definitely been an experience, I’m really glad I did it, Artholes were great to work with and Jess was great fun. I…
I still don’t feel quite recovered physically, but my mind never sleeps so I thought I would relate some of my plans forward and what I do when I can’t actually get into the studio…. The next series looks at being an evolution further into color and line with a more positive aspect – reflecting my positive change in attitude and my desire to move forward with my new life…. I am not done with the techniques I used in the group show but I want to change tack for a while, loosen up and get into some color!When I am stuck like this and I can’t get into all the exciting images going through my head I have to get them out somehow..
Jennie's Palette 