I just finished the third of possibly five dog portraits that I’m being commissioned to do.
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Self-Portrait Exhibition Opening Reception
I’ve been super busy these past few days. I actually have two jobs at the moment, so I haven’t been able to work on my artwork as much as I’d like to. I’ve also been working on organizing my booth for Art on the Avenue in October, and I’ve been thinking about applying for a solo exhibition at the Art League Gallery. If I do apply for the solo exhibition, that means I’ll be even busier during the next two weeks. And finally, I’m thinking of redoing my portfolio website to make it easier for me to update it in the future as well tweak the layout for a better look. So I will try my best to work on art for blog updates, but if I haven’t posted in a while, you’ll know why 🙂
Below I have a few pictures from the opening reception of the self-portrait exhibition that I went to on Friday. I was surprised to see that I was awarded Best in Show for the portrait piece, “The Artist from a Distance.” The first picture below is of myself and the winning piece.
Picture-Me: The Artistic Self Portrait in the 21st Century
September 12 – October 4, 2008
Nicholas Colasanto Center; Alexandria, Virginia
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Megan Coyle’s “The Artist from a Distance,” “Self Portrait Posed in Front of Pink,” and “Figure in front of Window” were on display in the Nicholas Colasanto Center for a self-portrait exhibition. The exhibition was a Del Ray Artisans all-member exhibition, featuring the work of several local artists whose work ranged from photography to painting. The artwork showcased many different interpretations of what makes a self portrait a self portrait.
One of Megan’s collages, “The Artist from a Distance,” won Best in Show for the exhibition.
Picture-Me: The Artistic Self Portrait in the 21st Century
Three of my self portraits were accepted into the Del Ray Artisans exhibition, “Picture Me.” The exhibition will run from September 12th till October 4th. The first collage listed below was actually the last piece I finished during my last semester of college. The second one is a piece I did towards the end, when I was experimenting with the idea of a ‘half-finished’ collage. I also submitted the most recent self portrait I’ve done, Self Posed in front of Pink.
Self Posed in front of Pink
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So I decided I’m finished with this for now. It looks slightly like me–I’ve realized that I’ve always had trouble doing self-portraits. It’s so much easier to create works of other people. Perhaps this is because I assume I know what I look like, and therefore I have trouble getting the details down right. I might return to this at a later time, but for now, I’ve decided I’m done.
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I finished the portrait and just made a few small changes from the last progress picture. Anyway, I’ve begun a self-portrait piece, and since I always struggle with those the most, we shall see how it progresses.
Charlie
I just finished this one–and stayed up a little too late working on it. Anyway, I’m actually doing a series of dog portraits for commission work. There will be a few others in the future scattered here and there in my posts.
Swimming in the Lake
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I’ve gotten started with sketching out another portrait. If I get around to collaging it, I’ll post pictures of that one as well.
Caribou
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I’ll probably jump back into this one later to tweak a few spots. As for my next piece, I think I’ll turn back to portraiture.
Pink Flowers
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I saw these funny looking flowers in the butterfly garden on the mall in Washington, D.C., and I thought I’d do a collage of them. For my next piece, I think I’ll create another animal collage.