http://therese.neelands.net Painting and Other Stuff Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:07:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_670" align="aligncenter" width="491" caption="Nikolski, a novel by Nicolas Dickner"][/caption] ...and I finished the book. I am now highly caffeinated, and deliciously taken away. It's Sunday morning, the dawn of my weekend, and since the dogs push me out of the house very early in the day, I was able to brew ... http://therese.neelands.net/2010/02/a-bodum-later/ [caption id="attachment_658" align="aligncenter" width="431" caption=""Eurotium", 2005, oil on canvas, copyright Catherine Beaudette"][/caption] It hasn't stopped snowing for 3 days now, so it's a little strange that I would be googling "Newfoundland Retreats". Discovering Helen Gregory (last post)  reminded me of how much I wanted to go to Newfoundland and paint. I first ... http://therese.neelands.net/2010/02/dear-newfoundland-is-it-a-sign/ [caption id="attachment_645" align="aligncenter" width="448" caption=" Helen Gregory's Blue Tanagers courtesy of the artist and the Rooms "][/caption] I discovered Helen Gregory in the National Post on Thursday and I haven't stopped thinking of her since. She has a show in Newfoundland (where she's from) at the Rooms called Unrequited Death: Helen Gregory ... http://therese.neelands.net/2010/02/a-ride-to-st-johns-please/ [caption id="attachment_640" align="aligncenter" width="475" caption="Waldo at the AGO"][/caption] Part of a collaborative project. More about that later when there may be more to tell. http://therese.neelands.net/2010/02/for-the-love-of-waldo/ [caption id="attachment_632" align="aligncenter" width="353" caption="Rivelino Díaz Bernal "AUTORRETRATO 1""][/caption] How loaded is this image? This piece will be shown in a special exhibition "Residentes. Artistas Latinoamericanos en España"at Art Madrid. http://therese.neelands.net/2010/02/ouch/ [caption id="attachment_628" align="aligncenter" width="462" caption="Superviscous: Works In Glass, OCAD"][/caption] This looks pretty interesting and worth checking out. It's on Level 2 at 100 McCaul St. From the press release: Haunted by fragility and an uncertain identity (ultra-thick liquid? amorphous solid?), glass rests uneasily at the intersection between art, design and craft. ... http://therese.neelands.net/2010/02/superviscous-works-in-glass/ Posting this link seems a little futile, since readers of this blog are few and far between. But if you're reading this, please take the time to follow this link http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jan/09/margaret-atwood-birds-review and read the article by Margaret Atwood. It's very important. P.S. so important, I'm actually posting this while I'm at work... http://therese.neelands.net/2010/01/birds/ [caption id="attachment_609" align="aligncenter" width="442" caption="Work In Progress"] [/caption] Who knows when this will be done. I haven't worked on it in awhile, and then this weekend I can't stop. Starting to delete a lot of elements to work out a lot of compositional problems. http://therese.neelands.net/2010/01/610/ [caption id="attachment_601" align="aligncenter" width="442" caption="Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris"][/caption] Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris is filled with food. I've never read (gasp!) Chocolat (yet!), but I imagine that it was also filled with food, although of the sweeter kind. Five Quarters starts out sweet, then ... http://therese.neelands.net/2010/01/another-good-book-and-a-few-good-cookies/ [caption id="attachment_585" align="aligncenter" width="393" caption="French Taste by Laura Calder"][/caption] Steph got this for me for Christmas, and I am just now finally able to sit down with a cup of tea, toast (with lots of butter) and a soft boiled egg, ready to run my hands through its soft, elegant pages ... http://therese.neelands.net/2010/01/586/