tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62281235112311968112024-03-23T04:39:30.704-07:00Rising ArtistThe Accomplishments and Struggles of One Artist Trying to Make it in the Art World.Jhina Alvaradohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246235409357281057noreply@blogger.comBlogger364125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228123511231196811.post-24860111493458656252014-04-02T15:07:00.001-07:002014-04-02T15:07:33.893-07:00Studio Sale/ Studio WarmingThe construction in my studio is almost finished. Although I will be cutting it pretty close, it will be done just in time for my studio sale. We hadn't planned on doing construction right before the sale but our contractor had an opening so we took it, not really thinking about what else we had going on. I'm sure next week will be super crazy with my setting my studio back up AND getting ready for the sale, but I did manage to get our house completely unpacked and throw a house-warming party within two weeks so this should be no problem. Please stop by if you live in the area (email me and I'll send you my address) and see my new space!<br />
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Here is a preview of <b>some</b> of the work that will be available just in case you are not local. Please email me at jhina_alvarado@yahoo.com if you would like to purchase any of the following pieces.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Cutting Ties", 24"x30"<br />
acrylic on canvas <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">$900</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Untitled: Green Stripes, 30"x30",<br />oil, graphite, and encaustic wax on panel. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">$1,000</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Resignation" 18"x24",<br /> acrylic, vintage book pages on canvas <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">$600</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Shooting Gallery" image is 14"x11", 16"x20" framed<br />mixed medium on paper <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">$450</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"The Rower" 30"x30"<br />oil and encaustic on panel <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">$1000</span></td></tr>
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The following are gallery prices and priced by size:</h3>
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10x12 $750</div>
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12x12 $950</div>
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16x16 $1,950</div>
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16x20 $2,100</div>
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20x24 $2,300</div>
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24x24 $2,500</div>
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24x30 $3,000</div>
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30x40 $4,500</div>
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30x30 $3,750</div>
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36x36 $4,500</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Sweater Set" 10"x12"<br />oil and encaustic wax on panel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Awkward" 24"x24"<br />oil and encaustic wax on panel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Bird Watching" 20x24<br />oil and encaustic wax on panel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Women Who Lunch" 36"x36"<br />oil and encaustic wax on panel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Off Balance" 24"x24"<br />oil and encaustic wax on panel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Striped Swimsuit" 16"x20"<br />oil and encaustic wax on panel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Two at the Beach" 30"x40"<br />oil and encaustic wax on panel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Finding Our Way" 40"x30"<br />oil and encaustic wax on panel<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Beach Day" 16x16<br />oil and encaustic wax on panel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"College Sweethearts" 24x24<br />oil and encaustic wax on panel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"County Fair" 30x30<br />oil and encaustic wax on panel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Dancing Nurses" 30x24<br />oil and encaustic wax on panel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"First Communion" 24x24<br />oil and encaustic wax on panel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Holding On" 12x12<br />oil and encaustic wax on panel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Homemaker of the Year" 24x24<br />oil and encaustic wax on panel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Three Women Wearing Shorts" 30x30<br />oil and encaustic wax on panel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Photo Album" 30x30<br />oil and encaustic wax on panel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"The Rescuers" 36"x36"<br />oil and encaustic wax on panel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Two by the Lake" 30x40<br />oil and encaustic wax on panel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"TIde Pool" 24x30<br />oil and encaustic wax on panel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Three on a Swing" 36x36<br />oil and encaustic wax on panel</td></tr>
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Jhina Alvaradohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246235409357281057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228123511231196811.post-79328635535532180612014-01-31T21:51:00.003-08:002014-01-31T21:51:45.136-08:00More New Work in JanuaryJanuary was a very productive month with many pieces completed and many connections made. There are a lot of good things on the horizon. My work will be published in the Spring edition of Studio Magazine. Lux Lisbon, and English band, will be using my Forgotten Memories series as art for their new album, merchandise, etc. I am now represented by Anne Nielson Fine Art in North Carolina and this new gallery will be opening in March. These are just a few things happening this year. Stay tuned for more as things develop. In the meantime, here are the latest finished pieces:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Awkward" 24"x24' oil and encaustic wax</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Off Balance" 24"x24" oil and encaustic wax</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Ladies Who Lunch" 36"x36" oil and encaustic wax</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Striped Suit" 16"x20" oil and encaustic wax</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Make a Wish", 24"x24", oil and encaustic wax</td></tr>
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<br />Jhina Alvaradohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246235409357281057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228123511231196811.post-6438271268922872882014-01-11T18:55:00.002-08:002014-01-11T20:49:57.726-08:00A Busy 2014It's been a busy and productive 2014 and it's only the 11th of the month! I have been painting like a mad woman, partly because I have been so inspired by my new work, partly because I am happy to say that I have a galleries waiting for work, and lastly because I figured that once we adopt our child, there will be very little painting for awhile. So, I need to get as much done now before the expected chaos of a new child in the house begins. I have completed NINE pieces since Christmas, which is impressive even for me. I am tired, my body hurts, and I would love a real vacation but I can't stop now. I have a ton of ideas and I can't wait to get them done.<br />
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Here are the latest completed pieces:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Bird Watching", 20"x24" oil and encaustic wax on panel</td></tr>
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<br />Jhina Alvaradohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246235409357281057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228123511231196811.post-92186979682446106272014-01-05T16:38:00.001-08:002014-01-05T16:38:41.316-08:00Three Pieces in ProgressI have been working really hard on this new series of mine during the last two weeks while I have been on Winter break. It has been so nice to be able to get up early and start painting in my pajamas, usually before I've eaten or even brushed my teeth. I get a lot done this way, usually 3-5 hours worth of work. Since I am a fast painter, that amount of time accomplishes a lot. The best part is that when I am done, I still have a full day to do other things. Unfortunately I start teaching again on Monday so my "painting in my pajamas" days are over until my next break. Here are the three pieces that are in different stages of "done-ness'.<br />
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<br />Jhina Alvaradohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246235409357281057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228123511231196811.post-41615308130998935982014-01-03T14:07:00.001-08:002014-01-03T14:07:38.050-08:00New "Eyes", New WorkThe other day I was going through the photos on my computer, deleting duplicates and bad images etc. I came across some images of the first pieces I painted in my Forgotten Memories series. These were dated 2009. I remember being excited back then about my new work and I was proud of myself for challenging my skills and painting people, something I had never done before. It was a turning point in my career as an artist and it is because of these pieces that I have shown in so many galleries.<br />
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I, fortunately, do not have any of these paintings still in my studio. They have all been sold and are living in someone else's home. Because of this, I haven't really had a chance to look back at these pieces and reflect on them. I never really felt the need to look at the old photographs, either. It wasn't until I did that I realized how far my work has come. I realize that my skills have improved tremendously, which shouldn't be so surprising since back then I had never painted people before and now I have been doing it for five years (WOW, five years? Has it really been THAT long???). But what shocked me was how much I have changed as an artist, and by this I don't mean my subjects or my techniques. My skills have change (for the better) and more importantly, how I see things and what I find "acceptable" as a finished product has changed. A LOT. I look at these older pieces and I see so much that I could have improved. I see so many mistakes. I see so many things that could be worked on that I NEVER noticed back them. This is not my being over-critical about my past and thinking everything I've done now sucks. Some of the pieces are quite good. But what I deemed as good or acceptable back then for most of those early pieces clearly isn't okay anymore.<br />
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It's natural to grow and change as we get older and continue to make art. I think over the years I have definitely matured as an artist. My "eyes" have improved along with my skills and I can see better now. It's nice to look back every once and awhile and see this growth. It's not something you can do too often since it takes time for growth to happen and to be apparent. But now that I have seen it, I am so happy with my progress and even happier with where my art is now going.<br />
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Here are the first five pieces of my yet to be titled series. I hope you like what you see and feel free to comment about them on my blog.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Pretty in Pink", 36"x36"<br />oil and encaustic wax on panel</td></tr>
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Jhina Alvaradohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246235409357281057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228123511231196811.post-16869453818293477352014-01-01T16:32:00.003-08:002014-01-01T16:32:49.018-08:00It's Been a Long TimeIt's been a long time since I have written anything on this blog...since July 2013 to be exact. Last year was an interesting year, to say the least, and I wasn't in the right mind frame to do much of anything, including writing or painting. It was filled with a lot of frustration and heartache that came from my body refusing to do what I wanted it to do, this then causing my creativity to shut down. It was a hard year to feel like I should be creating but not able to do anything about it. I am really good at making myself feel guilty about things like this, which only makes matters worse. But today is a new year and with this new year comes a commitment to write more and, of course, to paint more.<br />
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This year I will be working on a new series that has me excited and inspired (some of you have had peeks of of the new work on Facebook). I have just completed five pieces (as soon as I have them photographed I will add them on this blog) with a few more in the works. The bulk of these new pieces will be shipped to a new gallery in Charlotte, NC, which will have it's grand opening on February 6th. A few of these pieces will also be available at JoAnne Artman Gallery in Laguna Beach, CA. I am hoping to have a few more galleries showing this work, so stay tuned.<br />
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Along with a lot of painting this year, Ben and I are planning on adopting! We are working with an agency that works with children that are in the foster care system and are hoping to get one to two children (siblings of the same sex) under the age of three. We have already completed our training and paperwork (which was pretty hefty) and are now waiting to get our home study done. I am hoping (keep your fingers crossed!) that we will have a little one by summer.<br />
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A lot of great and exciting things are in the works for the Alvarado/ Morse family this year. Some of these things will be challenging, and I truthfully, I can't wait to face them head on. I am ready for 2014 to be a great year! Happy New Year everyone!!<br />
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Here are my "2014 Goals/ Resolutions":<br />
1. Continue to write in my blog and keep it updated.<br />
2. Paint at least 15-20 hours a week.<br />
3. Kick ass on this new series<br />
4. Have at least one solo show/ featured artist show this year.<br />
5. Try something new once a month.<br />
6. Keep a gratitude journal.Jhina Alvaradohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246235409357281057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228123511231196811.post-87243345061272676332013-07-13T14:37:00.001-07:002013-07-13T14:37:09.833-07:00"Storytellers: New Work by Jhina Alvarado" at Julie Nester GalleryI am very pleased to present the following paintings which will be part of of my show, "Storytellers", at Julie Nester Gallery. The show opens July 26th and runs through August 27th.<br />
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Jhina Alvaradohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246235409357281057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228123511231196811.post-35634492717410235192013-05-05T17:05:00.001-07:002013-05-05T17:09:59.643-07:00Today's workJust a little something I'm working on in between studying calculus and trigonometry...<br />
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Jhina Alvaradohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246235409357281057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228123511231196811.post-74266103789195737062013-04-23T10:17:00.003-07:002013-04-23T10:17:43.195-07:00Features Within the ShadowsIt's been a slow couple of weeks in the studio for me. I haven't been painting much. It is not because I don't have any deadlines, I have a two person show coming up in August with Julie Nester Gallery, and it's definitely not because I lack inspiration. I have three pieces drawn out just waiting to be painted. I guess lately I just haven't been motivated to paint. I realize that motivation can come and go, but for someone like me who always seems to be working on something, this was not something I wanted. I wasn't too worried about it at first since I am supposed to be relaxing more. My stress levels can get pretty high and it has been affecting my health so I have been trying to do more "calming" things like massages, exercise, naps, and reading. But now it has been over two weeks, I'm bored, and I need to get back to work. So how does one motivate onseself to get back "on the saddle again"? I guess for me I need to be a Nike ad and "just do it". I find the hardest part is just getting myself downstairs into my studio. It may seem silly considering my studio is in my house, but sometimes I have to trick or bribe myself to get down there. Once I am there, it's usually pretty easy to get some work done, even if it's for a short while. Coincidently, Brooke Shaden, a photographer in Southern California, recently wrote a blog post on <a href="http://shadenproductions.com/blog/2013/04/22/6-steps-to-staying-motivated/">how to get motivated</a>. Between reading her article, and dragging myself downstairs, I actually got some work done yesterday. <br />
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My two current pieces that I worked on have a lot of interesting shadows on the subject's face. I love painting high contrast pieces and these, with some of the faces in mostly shadow, were especially fun. One would think that it would be easy to just paint a dark, abstract shape and the face would be taken care of, especially in the case of the first piece where the second man's face really doesn't show much of the features, but there is more too it than just a dark mass. Even when I can't see what is going on, I imagine what shapes are underneath the shadows. I paint slight gradients of the dark color in order to give an impression that there is a face there. Even though you can't see much of the details I am adding, if I didn't do this, the shadow would look flat, as if some 2-dimensional absract object just landed on his face. I'm pretty sure that is not the look I want to achieve. I do this with clothing that looks as if there is not much detail because the fabric is black or in shadow. Sometimes if I squint really hard I can see some gradients in the reference photograph, but more often than not, I have to imagine what is there. This is true for white areas where the sun is bleaching out any details of the subject. <br />
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The two paintings I am working on are still in the very early stages so I still have more details to add in the really dark areas. Once I finish painting and waxing the piece you may not be able to see what I did in those areas but I can guarantee that if I didn't add details there, you would notice the flat objects that mysteriously landed on their faces. Jhina Alvaradohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246235409357281057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228123511231196811.post-41291298078569929612013-04-10T13:53:00.001-07:002013-04-10T14:00:56.299-07:00Images from "Storytellers" at Manna GalleryFriday's opening was a lot of fun. There was over a thousand people who showed up and my work was overwhelmingly appreciated and liked. It was such a great feeling to hear how many people really like my work, especially since this was the first show for this new series. If you missed the first Friday opening, fear not. I will be there for the first Friday reception in May since the show runs through May 11th. Below you will find images of the show before the massive crowds showed up. Ben, my husband, also put a very short video together on his phone while he was at the opening. Poor guy had to hang out with me at the gallery on his birthday.<br />
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If you enjoy people-watching, you will enjoy Jhina Alvarado-Morse’s vintage film-still protagonists in her newest series, “Storytellers,” opening at Manna Gallery on Friday. Our habit of contemplating a person’s life based on a glance causes us to imagine pasts and futures for Alvarado-Morse’s familiar-seeming subjects — and you don’t have to worry about feeling creepy staring at canvases rather than people.</div>
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Each subject, paired with minimal surroundings, seems to envisage their futures or desires as realities, causing the viewer to dream for them as well. In “Soaring High,” an aviator rests below a soaring bird. A similarly titled piece, “Flying High,”depicts a handsome man mid-dive with nothing below him save for a shiny thin strip of graphite at the bottom of the canvas. The mid-century styled characters draw faint similarities to John Baldessari’s figures, but instead of amusing or shocking us, they gently endear viewers with their curiosity and earnestness.</div>
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<br />Jhina Alvaradohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246235409357281057noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228123511231196811.post-27539277991602722152013-04-04T09:34:00.002-07:002013-04-10T13:53:32.722-07:00Review of "Storytellers" in Daily Californian<h4>
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If you enjoy people-watching, you will enjoy Jhina Alvarado-Morse’s vintage film-still protagonists in her newest series, “Storytellers,” opening at Manna Gallery on Friday. Our habit of contemplating a person’s life based on a glance causes us to imagine pasts and futures for Alvarado-Morse’s familiar-seeming subjects — and you don’t have to worry about feeling creepy staring at canvases rather than people.<br />
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Each subject, paired with minimal surroundings, seems to envisage their futures or desires as realities, causing the viewer to dream for them as well. In “Soaring High,” an aviator rests below a soaring bird. A similarly titled piece, “Flying High,”depicts a handsome man mid-dive with nothing below him save for a shiny thin strip of graphite at the bottom of the canvas. The mid-century styled characters draw faint similarities to John Baldessari’s figures, but instead of amusing or shocking us, they gently endear viewers with their curiosity and earnestness.<br />
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The artist, who was named one of San Francisco’s Top 20 Artists by Asterisk San Francisco Magazine, will be present at the gallery from 3 to 6 p.m.<br />
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Manna Gallery<br />
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<br />Jhina Alvaradohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246235409357281057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228123511231196811.post-73180073280113709252013-03-30T17:38:00.001-07:002013-03-30T17:38:28.597-07:00Finishing UpI have finally finished all three pieces I was working on for Manna Gallery in Oakland, CA. I will be showing 7 large paintings from my <i>Storytellers</i> series there this April. Here are two of the three pieces:<br />
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I will also be showing in a group show at Gauntlet Gallery, titled "Visions and Reflections", fifty Bay Area artists featuring paintings on 12"x12" panels. The gallery will be showing some of my favorite local artists so I am excited to see this show. Here's my painting, which will be waxed tomorrow.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Since the gallery asked me to be part of this show based on my "Forgotten<br />Memories" series, I didn't think it would be appropriate to show something<br />from the new series. </td></tr>
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Jhina Alvaradohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246235409357281057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228123511231196811.post-17958425563405817752013-03-26T18:41:00.003-07:002013-03-26T18:41:55.691-07:00Storytellers at Manna Gallery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Please join me for the opening reception at Manna Gallery on April 6th. It will be the first time I am showing my new "Storytellers" series as a group. I am excited to see what everyone thinks of the new work!Jhina Alvaradohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246235409357281057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228123511231196811.post-51775332375357321232013-03-21T18:30:00.001-07:002013-03-21T18:30:35.084-07:00One of My Favorite FacesPeople like looking at attractive people. It's a fact that we all know, and when it comes to art, at least my art, this is especially true. I have had a few galleries request "prettier girls" since that's what their clients lean towards. I've noticed that the "pretty people" sell quicker. There's nothing wrong with this. People just like looking at attractive things.<br />
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I try to paint interesting people, images that have a story to tell. Sometimes these people happen to be attractive, but every once in awhile I find an image that I am inexplicably drawn to and the person in the photo is not the stereotypical "pretty person". I know that in all likelihood the painting won't sell, but that doesn't matter to me. Sometimes I need to paint an image for me, because I like the photo, and not worry about whether it is something that will sell. My latest painting is one such image. There is just something about this girl's face that I love. The shadows on the left side of the face, the stark whiteness of certain parts of her dress, the scared looking kitten...all of these things add to what makes this image so good. The composition is great too. I kept the composition of the painting pretty much the same as the photo because it was that good. I know she's not the prettiest girl, but this was one of my favorite faces to paint. I hope you can see the beauty of it too.<br />
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Jhina Alvaradohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246235409357281057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228123511231196811.post-56420099549078711822013-03-12T16:06:00.004-07:002013-03-12T16:06:46.523-07:00Back to WorkI haven't been painting very much lately. I have been sick and have had some other things going on that have kept me from mentally (and sometimes physically) being able to paint. But I am now back in the studio, painting away. It's a good thing too since I have a few shows coming up in April and three commissions to be working on. I will be in a group show at Gauntlet Gallery in San Francisco and in a two person show at Manna Gallery in Oakland. Both shows open in April and I will post the dates to the openings sometime soon. I will also be showing my work with JoAnne Artman Gallery at the Affordable Art Fair, in New York during the same month. It will be a busy couple of weeks getting ready for all of these events!<br />
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Here's the latest painting in progress, which will be shown at Manna Gallery:<br />
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<br />Jhina Alvaradohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246235409357281057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228123511231196811.post-46589171339965645642013-02-27T19:01:00.000-08:002013-02-27T19:01:24.489-08:00My Two JobsWhen I first started painting, many years ago, people would ask me if my dream was to be a full-time artist. At the time, painting was a huge struggle. It wasn't that I lacked the skills to become a full-time artist, but what I did lack was the inspiration and motivation to have art as my main career. I couldn't imagine doing painting all the time. I didn't think I could come up with enough ideas for paintings to make a living off of them. I also thought I would be completely bored, isolated, and generally unhappy. <div>
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Fast forward to 2009. I now have a new series that really inspires me. I am painting on a regular basis, and feel like I am ready to make art my career. At this time I was teaching middle school math and while it was a good job, I didn't really want to make it my main career. I worked pretty hard at refining my series, saving money, and really pushing my to get my work out and into galleries. I was ready to quit my job. </div>
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I quit my teaching job and was living the dream. I was a full-time artist, making a living off of my art. During this time, many things happened. I got married and my husband quit his job and was working free-lance. Here we were, two people without health insurance, trying to make a living do what we loved. It worked for about 9 months, when I got the call from the principal from the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts. A math teacher was taking a leave of absence in January and he had heard that I was a math teacher/ artist and currently not teaching. After some negotiating, I decided to take the job since I would only be working until 12:30 (academics are taught in the morning so that the afternoons are free for the arts) and I would have health insurance for both my husband and I. I also thought it would be a temporary job and I would be able to go back to painting full-time.</div>
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Things never really work out the way we plan though. The school and students liked me so much they wanted to offer me a permanent position. I had a hard decision to make. After much debate, I decided to take the job since I would still have most of my day free to paint. After all, there are very few full-time jobs where I only have to work from 8-12:30 and the thought of health benefits sounded great. It was a good thing that I did take the job because a few months later, my husband was diagnosed with melanoma skin cancer. He is fine now, but without health insurance we could have had a very different outcome.</div>
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Fast forward to 2013 and I am still teaching at the school of the arts. A friend recently asked me when I thought I could quit my job again and just do art. It's a question I often get asked. It seems natural to think that an artist would want to just do their art, free from any day job. In fact, if you ask most artists, they would love to quit their multiple day jobs and make their living making art. I am no longer one of them.</div>
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While I still want plenty of time to create art (which I get since I am done teaching at 12:30), I also learned that I need some mental stimulation that can't be provided through painting. I love math and I am good at it. I am good at translating this foreign language and explaining it to students in a way they can understand. Because I struggled in math in high school, and I am a visual learner, I can relate to my students, what they are going through, and teach them well. I love the challenge of doing pre-calculus and calculus (the subjects I teach) problems and can get absorbed in solving them. It's actually fun to me. I enjoy the fact that I am an artist who teaches math at a school of the arts. (You should see the shock on people's faces when I tell them this!). I like my day job. I like my day job enough that I don't mind having two careers, art and teaching. So when people ask when can I quit my day job and just paint, I tell them I actually don't want to quit my day job. I am an artist AND a math teacher and I love both jobs.</div>
Jhina Alvaradohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246235409357281057noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228123511231196811.post-35245677544233994692013-02-15T10:53:00.002-08:002013-02-15T10:55:09.115-08:00Chickens, Surfers, and Freaking OutThis week has been crazy busy for me. Teaching has been a bit hectic with all of these three day weekends (last weekend and this weekend) plus Valentine's day, which is always disruptive to a classroom environment. Since we have block scheduling, I am only seeing some kids four times in two weeks and others six times, which just throws off my timing of the curriculum. Trying to keep up and make sure everyone is learning the same thing has been hectic. I also need to create my calculus curriculum, since this my first year teaching it, which includes a lot of deciphering, note-taking, and math solving lately. Math is hard enough and trying to translate calculus into a language my kids can understand is no easy task.<br />
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In addition to this, I have been trying to get some pieces finished by March first so they can be shown at the Affordable Art Fair with JoAnne Artman Gallery. I had two finished and was working on a diptych as my final piece. Well, fortunately the diptych sold before it was even finished (yay!) but now that means I still need to finish the piece AND come up with two new pieces to replace the sold one for the art fair. I also have a 12"x12" piece that is due soon for an upcoming invitational show and I have yet to figure out what I will paint. Throw in an interview for a Barcelona magazine, where they are featuring my art, that still needs to be completed and you have an overwhelmed girl. But wait! There's more! The California College of Art wants to feature my artwork in their upcoming arts/ literature journal, which is awesome! I now need to get high res images to them. This isn't too hard to do, but when everything else is feeling overwhelming, this is just one more thing to do. I haven't even mentioned the three 16"x16" pieces that were commissioned but not started. It's for my brother, and since he's family, it just keeps being put on the back burner. Sorry Albert!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Detail of painting. The panel is two 16"x16" panels. Since the panels are so <br />
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So right now, instead of doing some much needed calculus planning, I am writing a blog post and making a list of what needs to get done by me personally and what can I get my art assistant to do. I am a list maker and I find that this calms down the anxiety and feeling of being overwhelmedness. Unfortunately, first I have to freak out about all that I have to do before I can calm down enough to write my lists. Now that I am calming down, it's time to get working on that list. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh, and did I mention the chicken I am painting? This was commissioned by a <br />
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Jhina Alvaradohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246235409357281057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228123511231196811.post-27351898548702096462013-02-09T16:42:00.001-08:002013-02-09T16:42:38.467-08:00Subtle ColorI just finished two paintings that, along with more, is bound for the JoAnne Artman Gallery and the New York Affordable Art Fair in April. The piece with the "flying" man has a thin dark strip at the bottom of the piece, done in powdered graphite. It's the first time I have used this on one of my own pieces and I like the subtle, yet shininess of the color. I didn't want to add too much in terms of color on this one since I like the light feeling of this one, as if the guy is flying into nothingness. I think if there was color or a thicker bar, it would have weighed the piece down. I am letting the pieces dictate what they need in terms of color and blocking. What I want to avoid is a formulaic look to my pieces. I hope you like this piece!<br />
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<br />Jhina Alvaradohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246235409357281057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228123511231196811.post-14254938699545425062013-02-05T18:44:00.000-08:002013-02-05T18:44:42.439-08:00To Wax or Not to Wax?Today I finished two new pieces and my hands HURT. They usually hurt after using my blow torch to fuse the layers of wax on my painting, but now they hurt even more. With this new series I have been applying the layers of wax, fusing in between each layer, then taking a straight razor and scraping back the wax so that I can smooth out any bumps, but more importantly, I can add scratches into the wax. I want to rough up the wax so that when I rub raw umber oil paint over it, then wipe it off, the paint stays in the crevices and create a warm sepia color. The painting then looks like an old, worn photograph, much like a precious photo that gets wrinkled from overuse and constant holding. I like the way that it looks...and trust me, it's one of those surfaces that you need to see in person to really appreciate. The problem is, n addition to wearing out my hands by holding a "heavy" blow torch for long periods of time, I'm also hurting them by scraping the wax, and even worse, rubbing the oil vigorously on then off the surface. For someone who has tendonitis in both wrists, elbows, and shoulders this is not a good thing.<br />
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I know we are supposed to suffer for our art, but how much suffering is too much? I am seriously starting to rethink the whole wax and oil step of my new series. Would the work still look good with the whites stark white? I like the way the wax makes everything yellowed and hazy, but it is such a pain to do. So what do you think? Do my paintings look better waxed or unwaxed?<br />
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In other news, it looks like Bizzarre Magazine in Barcelona will be doing an interview with me and featuring my work in one of their upcoming issues! I love how the internet allows people outside of my immediate area to see my work and contact me. Last year my work was in LOLA Magazine, which is distributed in Brazil. I don't think any of this would be possible ten years ago. I don't think I even had a website back then... Isn't technology wonderful?<br />
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<br />Jhina Alvaradohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246235409357281057noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228123511231196811.post-46321140409057530642013-02-04T13:08:00.001-08:002013-02-04T13:08:11.385-08:00Nothing is too PreciousHave you ever worked on a painting where there was one section that you totally fall in love with but the rest of the piece just doesn't work? If you are like most people, you spend many hours trying to make the rest of the painting work around your favorite part. If you are lucky, it works and you have a great painting to show for your effort. If your are not so lucky, you waste many hours trying to make it work, but no matter what you do, it just won't and you either leave it as it, an unresolved painting that you try and convince yourself "works", or it sits in your studio with the hopes of coming back to it later. Sound familiar?<br />
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One thing we need to realize as artists is that nothing is too precious. In other words, we have to be willing to just "wipe out" an area, no matter how much we like it, if it doesn't work with the rest of the painting. My very first Forgotten Memories painting, before I realized it was the start of a series, was of a little girl in her communion dress. I painted the face so well I was estatic. Painting children, and have them look like actual children, not short adults, is not easy. This was my first attempt and I nailed it. The crowd in my head was cheering! Then I looked at the painting as a whole and wouldn't you know it; the head was too big. CRAP! I was so upset and actually tried to find a way to work the painting around that beautiful head. In the end, it was easier to wipe out the whole head. I hated doing it, but sometimes you have to do the hard thing and get rid of your favorite part for the sake of the whole painting. <br />
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Recently I had to do this again. I started a painting and when it was mostly completed, I realized that it didn't really work in the direction of the new series I was starting. There were elements I liked, and some that I REALLY liked, but it didn't feel right. I decided that the whole piece had to go. When I showed it to some fellow artists, they wanted me to try and make it work since there were parts that looked so good. I kept repeating "Nothing is too precious that it can't be erased." After much arguement, I decided to give it one more shot to see if I could make it work. Nope, I still didn't like it. It wasn't going to fit into my series which meant it had to go.<br />
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I haven't started on the new painting on this panel yet, but not having to look at the old part and knowing that I have a completely clean board to work with already makes me feel better about the piece. So what's the moral of this story? Nothing is too precious that it can't be erased. Be willing to get rid of your favorite part of a painting for the sake of the whole painting. Make any sense?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the offending painting. It's not a bad painting. I like components of this piece but it just didn't seem to fit in with the other pieces I had completed. Part of it was the "bar" with the tree branches. I really liked the branches but the division of space and how it divided the figures below didn't make sense to me anymore. I tried making the top bar white, light blue, and then finally brown but none of these seemed to resolve the piece for me. Now it is a completely blank panel...RIP painting...</td></tr>
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Jhina Alvaradohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246235409357281057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228123511231196811.post-75038578547506781602013-01-25T08:46:00.001-08:002013-01-25T08:46:43.983-08:00New Work, New SeriesFinally! I have four new pieces completed in my new series! I started these pieces on January 3rd, 2013 with the intent on having a new series that still played with the idea of forgotten memories and old photographs, but also incoroporated some color and other elements I had been thinking of. I didn't want to stray too far from my previous work, but instead I wanted the new paintings to be a continuation of what I was doing and have it look like a natural progression.<br />
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I actually completed five paintings, but one of them was feeling like it didn't belong with the rest of the work so I am not showing it. I may wipe it out completely or try and tweak it a bit and see what happens. We'll see... In the meantime, I would REALLY appreciate feedback on the new work. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Her Dirty Laundry" 36"x36"<br />
This was the first painting I started. The images are from two separate <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Untitled, 24"x48"<br />
This piece was one I really struggled with. I originally liked the size and shape of the<br />
panel and thought it would work perfect with the figure. Later, trying to fill the space<br />
was troublesome. I had a few versions of this painting but none of them felt resolved.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Looking Down on the World" 40"x30"<br />
I don't have much to say about this one. I like that the orange bar on top <br />
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My husband said it looked like a giant looking down on the world below,<br />
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The great thing about this piece is that it looks like a composite of two photos<br />
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Jhina Alvaradohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246235409357281057noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228123511231196811.post-70609230079538470352013-01-20T17:56:00.002-08:002013-01-20T17:56:47.658-08:00Wall of FrustrationToday started out to be a pretty frustrating day. One of the paintings I was working on just wasn't "jelling", it felt unresolved and I wasn't happy. I had hit the frustration wall hard and I was ready to give up for the day. I sent the image to my friend Will and told him about my frustration. Will, being a smart man who knows me well, sent me a text that said, and I quote "Did you really expect to master these innovations overnight? The whole point is the challenge. Being frustrated is part of the process."<br />
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Uh, well yeah, I did expect to master these new challenges and produce beautiful work right off the bat. Silly, right? No wonder I was frustrated. Even with my last series, where I knew what I was doing and what direction I was headed in, I didn't produce all "winners" so why was I expecting to do that now? I am still working out the kinks in this new body of work and yet I expected to have each piece nicely resolved and all ready to display right away. Sometimes we just set ourselves up for frustration with our expectations and I was guilty of that in a BIG way. My expectations were sky high and I couldn't reach them.<br />
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It's hard to remember that I am human and need time to figure things out. I get so impatient and want instant gratification. I've been that way all of my life and it's not a good way to be. It has led to a lot of frustration and stress. I'm trying to be better about it, especially with this new body of work. I am trying to let it evolve naturally, without forcing anything to fit into what I think it should look like. It's hard though. I forget this is a process sometimes. I get so frustrated and want to quit even though I know these challenges and frustrations are part of the process. There are no shortcuts. Everyone must pay their dues and push through that wall of frustration if they want to succeed. Fortunately for me I have friends who remind me to take a breath, step away, and then come back to it when I am less emotionally charged by not having things work out they way I want them to. Today I did that and I feel much better about the work.<br />
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I have three pieces done...I think!Jhina Alvaradohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246235409357281057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228123511231196811.post-54086247571357027042013-01-09T13:21:00.001-08:002013-01-09T13:23:15.586-08:00Feeling Pretty GoodYesterday I finished a large portion of my first painting in this new series and, looking at the painting right now, it feels good to see something that I like. This series has been producing a lot of anxiety in me, anything new usually does, but I think I am at a point where I can relax a little. Just a little. I have a clearer concept of what I am doing and what I want to do with this work. So far, it's working out the way that I want it to. I still have a few unanswered questions, but some of the major ones are answered and I feel good about it.<br />
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One interesting thing that I found while painting this new work is that painting a face was a bit intimidating. Although I painted ALL of the eyes on my last series before blocking them out, there was a certain freedom in knowing that if I "messed up" the eyes, it wouldn't matter too much since they would be covered. I rarely "messed up"the eyes and I always went into it with the idea that I wanted the eyes to be as true to the photo as possible, but now that I am not covering the eyes (did everyone hear that? I AM NOT COVERING THE EYES IN THIS SERIES... all of you who were upset every time I did that, you'll be a lot happier with me now...), I am a little more nervous and cautious about making sure the eyes, and face, looks good. It was not something I thought would happen since I have practiced painting eyes and faces so many times. I assume this is only a temporary thing, but it did add to my anxiety.<br />
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As I work on the second painting I am feeling a lot more confident than I did going into that first painting. I can feel the excitement building for this work and have already decided what I wanted to do for a third painting. I hope this excitement continues for many more paintings!<br />
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I PROMISE to have images as soon as I finish the first three paintings....Jhina Alvaradohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246235409357281057noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228123511231196811.post-10258160037497617922013-01-05T13:38:00.001-08:002013-01-05T13:38:51.101-08:00Anxiety, Fear, and ExcitementAnxiety, fear, excitement....Those three words seem to accurately describe what I have been feeling for the past few days. I have started the first piece in my new series and there are so many questions I don't know the answers to. What is my next step on this painting? Can I pull this off? Will I like what I paint? <i>Will my galleries like my new work</i>?? It is a scary time for me. I am completely out of my comfort zone, a place where I haven't been in for a very long time. My artist friend, Lani, says it's like being on a trapeze naked. You're fully exposed with that feeling of falling in the pit of your stomach. Yup, that is me to a T.<br />
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Yesterday was the first day I applied paint to panel and while everything went okay, it still kept me up all night wondering what my next step on the piece will be. With my last series it was so easy. I found a photo I liked, cropped out what I didn't want to paint, and then just painted it. When the painting looked like the picture I knew it was done. In this series I am not just painting from a photograph. I don't know what the final piece will look like ahead of time. I am having to rely on my instincts to determine what I do next, when a painting is done, and this freaks me out. It freaks me out A LOT.<br />
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I am hoping once I get my "feet wet", and finish a few paintings, I will have less anxiety and this new series will evolve naturally, just as my previous one did. The only way to find out though is to keep painting. So I am off, to paint my heart out, and hopefully create something great. Oh, and by the way, it may be awhile before I post any photos of what I am working on. I want to figure things out a bit first, on my own, before I show the world. Stay tuned...<br />
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<br />Jhina Alvaradohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246235409357281057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6228123511231196811.post-80655638475671955192013-01-03T10:10:00.001-08:002013-01-03T10:12:44.961-08:00New Year, New ExpectationsLast night my friend Will forwarded me a quote for <a href="http://juliacameronlive.com/">"The Artist's Way" by Julia Cameron</a>:<br />
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This passage hit the nail right on the head. Recently I announced that I had completed the last of my "Forgotten Memories" series. While a lot of people were supportive and excited to see what I would come up with, others weren't sure why I would want to change something that worked, and did well. Why not stick with what's familiar? It's easy (for me) so why not just continue what I have been doing? <br />
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While I accomplished a lot with this series, it's no longer enough. I have been restless and wanting to try something new. I am hungry for a new challenge, a new series that will take me to the next level, whatever that level happens to be.<br />
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I used to worry that I was too ambitious, that I would never be satisfied with what I've accomplished. I used to ask myself "when is this going to be enough?" It has taken me a long time to be satisfied with many aspects of my life and not always feel like I was missing out on something more, something better. I am pretty happy now. I have a wonderful husband, house, friends, etc. I have a good life. But I think with art and creativity, though, you should never be satisfied with what you have. We should always be too ambitious. We should always be striving to challenge ourselves, to not be stagnant. When it comes to our creativity, we are never done growing.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The unfinished quality, this restless appetite for further exploration, tests us. We are asked to expand in order that we not contract. Evading this commitment...an evasion that tempts us all... leads straight to stagnation, discontent, spiritual discomfort. "Can I rest?" we wonder. In a word, the answer is no.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">As artists, we are spiritual sharks. The ruthless truth is that if we don't keep moving, we sink to the bottom and die. The choice is very simple: we can insist on resting on our laurels, or we can begin anew. The stringent requirement of a sustained creative life is the humility to start again, to begin anew.</span><br />
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This is what I am ready for. I am ready to start anew and see where this takes me. My new series may not be as successful as my "Forgotten Memories" series, it may be a complete flop, but if I don't try and do something new, I know I won't be happy as an artist. I don't want to just be a machine cranking out work that means nothing to me. I want to continue making work that inspires me and makes me happy. So while some of you may not be happy with my decision to try something new, hopefully you'll understand my need to do this.<br />
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I think this will be an interesting journey filled with ups and downs, success and failures. I'm excited to see what 2013 will bring and I hope everyone will push their creative abilities along with me!<br />
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<i><br /></i>Jhina Alvaradohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246235409357281057noreply@blogger.com1