No... I'm not talking about the Terminator movie. Today is the day the Ekka judges render their decisions about the artwork entries. I won't know for a while if I've won any awards or received an honourable mention. As for sales, the show needs to run its due course first, and it doesn't open until the 7th of August. For those of you interested in seeing some of my artworks up close and personal, do visit the Brisbane Ekka this year. Four of my recent works are currently being featured at the Brisbane Showground. Hope to see some new and familiar faces there!
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I finally designed my business cards. With the Queensland Royal Show exhibition coming up, I thought it best to get these done so I can hand them out to those interested. My husband thinks it looks neat... I think it's technical. After seeing some of the lovely, flowing designs that my college friends created for themselves, I look at my own and can't help but notice the many years I spent as a graphic artist influencing the outcome of the design; logo, lines, boxes, shadowing and clean fonts... These smack clearly of companies and brand names! The story of my life, teeter-tottering on a fine edge, walking the fence, with a foothold in two camps; traditional and graphic artist, Canadian living in Australia, imaginative yet pedantically precise... I could go on and on. I guess that's what happens when you have four planets in Libra!
It's been a while since I've posted on my blog. Reason being is that I haven't been very artistically productive. Lately, I have pondered about my creative style and where it fits in the grander scheme of contemporary art. A friend of mine, who just recently finished her advanced diploma in visual arts, told me that the whole time she attended school, her teachers would harass and harangue her into adopting a different artistic style and creative concept. From everything she told me, it sounded as if she had to explain, prove, and justify her "genre" to them. In the end, they conceited and simply told her to stick by her own personal vision. How very useless and distressing for her!
I have always been a self-taught artist, and it's only recently that I've acquired my Certificate III and IV in visual arts. I have learnt quite a bit from those couple of years, sharing the creative journey with amazing people, and pushing the boundaries of my comfort zone. But since then, I feel I have returned to my roots and my original way of perceiving and representing the world around me. Why is that, I wonder? Why is it that my friend and I have come full-circle with our creative license? Perhaps it is because it is the very manifestation of how one perceives the world and wishes to communicate with others. Therefore, imposing a style or "genre" on an artist is not only counter-productive, it kills the very soul-sensitivity and personal vision of the artistic individual by censoring it and forcing its own packaged agenda unto it. |
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