End of March Check-in
Hello everyone, happy end of March! To me, the end of March signals the official end to winter. I’m looking forward to the warmer weather and flowers blooming, even though it’s been quite rainy and chilly here in the Bay Area. I’ve just returned from a week-long road trip to Sequoia and Death Valley National parks with a friend. It was an interesting trip as we went from snow covered mountains with giant sequoias to 90-100 degree weather in a desert in a matter of days. I really enjoyed my visit, and I’m hopeful that I’ll be able to turn some of my reference photos into new paintings.
What I’ve been working on:
I’ve officially fully moved into my new studio space. The move was just down the hall from my previous studio space, so I spent this past month slowly moving my things over. It’s still quite a bit messy. I haven’t fully figured out how I’m going to arrange and store my things, but it’ll get there. If anything, I’ll have to make sure the studio is presentable by April’s Second Saturday event at my studio.
Before my trip, I worked on my Yosemite painting. I made changes to the clouds and fog in the painting, which has helped add much more depth to it. I’m looking forward to wrapping this painting up and calling it done for good.
I plan on painting more paintings inspired by my trips to National Parks. I’m going to look through my new photos from Sequioa and Death Valley to create a few more sketches.
Before my trip, I had a studio visit from the NUMU curator who is working with us on our Ebb and Flow show. She was impressed with the collaborative sample artwork we created, and she’s looking forward to seeing the finished collaborative piece and the individual artworks we’re going to show to complement the collaborative piece. I took a break from the piece I was working on for this show, so I have to turn back to it after I finish the Yosemite painting.
Outings
This past Saturday, I went on a self-directed gallery tour in SF with an artist mentor and another artist friend. I’m part of a mentorship program hosted by the Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art where I was partnered with a fellow landscape oil painter. She took us around to galleries in the city, and it was a great way to get to know her better as well as find out where the galleries in SF are.
Yesterday, I dropped off one of my Ocean Arrangement paintings, Nestle, at the Sanchez Art Center for their Left Coast Annual Juried Show. I think I forgot to mention in my previous posts that the artwork was accepted to be a part of the show. I’m really excited about this opportunity, because it’s my first official gallery show! It was nice meeting the people who run the Art Center and associated studios, and I’m looking forward to the show’s opening reception on April 11th
And those are my updates. I feel a little behind and stressed since I’ve been away for a week, but I think I’ll figure out a rhythm with my new studio and painting this week. I have also fallen behind on my applications, so I’ll have to also find time to finish and submit those before the deadlines! I hope you all are doing well, thanks for reading.
