I think it’s funny that the gorilla went from looking like an angry and wild creature to a wizened and contemplative animal. I’ll set this one aside and perhaps work on it more some other day. But for now, it’s finished.
In other news, I’d like to thank Patricia at pve design for doing a post about me. And now I’m off to get started on a 5″x7″ person portrait. We’ll see how this one turns out.
Hope you had a happy Monday!
The dog collage I did before this one was of a dog that I thought was named Louie. Turns out this is the real Louie, and the last dog was Jonny. Anyway, I finished my last dog portrait in the series of commissioned pieces for one of my clients. Next week I have a meeting at a gallery that might possibly put my work on display.
I’ve been extremely busy with work these days, but now things have cooled down and I will be able to focus more on art making (hopefully). I’ll try to get started on another piece tonight or tomorrow night. I hope everything is going well with everyone!
I have one more collage to do in this commission series before I’m finished. In other news, I’m working on last minute work for Art on the Avenue which will be on Saturday. This will be my first time ever doing an outdoor festival. Depending on how much I like it, I may or may not do more in the future.
I finished this one last night. Hopefully, tomorrow or Wednesday, I’ll be able to get started on my next dog portrait.
I’ve been quite busy these days. I’m working on the paper work for a jurying process for the possibility of having a solo exhibition as well as getting last minute things squared away for Art on the Avenue. Hopefully I can start working on artwork like crazy in a couple of weeks.
I just finished the third of possibly five dog portraits that I’m being commissioned to do.
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.
September 12 – October 4, 2008
Nicholas Colasanto Center; Alexandria, Virginia
Map and Gallery Info
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.
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.
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.