I have been so totally immersed in the art world and everything I am doing that I haven't even had time to write on this blog. Part of my non-blogging days (nearly a month) can be attributed to my many moves. There was a time period of approximately a month maybe a day or two shy that I actually didn't have any internet service other than that which could be borrowed from friends, the library, the coffee shops and my cell. For some people that may well have been enough and I would have thought it would be for myself. However, it was not. I had apparently been spending a good many hours on the internet between writing the blog, all the various social networking sites I am on and the various applications and games that are a part of my daily life in cyberville.
Prior to this experience I would not have described myself as addicted to the internet. However, I do remember back about 6 years ago someone actually pointing out that I spent way more time on the internet then anyone they ever met. LOL! Yeah, but I was also in school studying to be a web designer...LOL! So, to me that didn't count...but it did, I guess. Anyway, I have my certificate in web design because I already had a degree in something else LOL! At any rate, no I am not a web designer...but at one time...I could have been. I had even gone back to school 2007-08 and got updated on my design skill set and on the entire Photo Shop package cs3 I think it was called. Who knows, I cant keep up with it all. I learned what I learned and I have had to adapt as changes come up. MS updated and so did windows and as soon as you completely have the package understood...along comes something new. LOL!
I saw an art show at "if art" featuring Marcelo Nova's latest paintings. He had used maps and stamps as a backdrop for his latest series of paintings and this was indeed very interesting. Many of his works highlighted this area and some highlighted other areas of importance to the artist. He also had some smaller unframed works featuring animals and a man that many believe is representing Marcelo himself. I do not see that... but others say they do. I guess we should just ask him; one of these days.
Then I saw an art show featuring work by Alicia Leeke at Frame of Mind in Oct. These works were primarily on large canvases with museum quality edges of landscapes. They were light and airy and reminiscent of the impressionistic paintings one may see in any of the art history books.
She did have a couple abstracts and these were different in colors and boldness of gestures on the canvas. While the landscapes looked peaceful and perhaps painted to classical music the abstracts seemed more alive and the brush strokes were stronger and the colors more vibrant. It was as if... two very different Alicia's painted the varying styles. This is a quality I love in artists. I am sure she listened to different music then when she did the landscapes.
I have seen several other art shows since those two in Oct. and have hung a solo show of my works at the Richland County Public Library, lower level on Assembly St. Columbia, SC.
Painting above by Alicia Leeke artist; she may have prints if you are interested.
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