1) I like fish. 2) The orange reminded me of goldfishes. 3) The alleged catalyst for this project got a goldfish the night we met. (Sure, I've been meaning to do calaveras for ages, but, it didn't happen until now. So, I worked in numerous references to him. It felt almost cheaply obvious to do so, but, also refreshingly simple. I'm pretty happy with the results.)
fish, feathers, flowers (water, air, land, and the orange could be fire, perhaps...) The feathers were also intended as a reference, but... when I had to name all the paintings before submitting them for a Halloween show in Davis, I decided to use a lot of quotes (except for the one with the white drip that ended up being a fish eye) and realized that feathers can reference angels. Mostly though, I enjoy painting feathers.
It's not topical for Arisia, being neither Science Fiction or Fantasy nor otherwise obviously fandom related (cats with wings, unrelated "art" by loyal fen, etc.)
I haven't been to the art show in several years, so, perhaps it's changed. Which leads to the second problem, I no longer go to Arisia, and am even less likely to drop in just to deal with the Art, without guaranteed profit.
Re: really?surrealestateAugust 24 2010, 05:16:36 UTC
First of all, anything with skulls is probably topical, and the definition of "topical" is pretty broad. *I* think your stuff is relevant, anyway. Moreso than a lot of the crap there.
If I am associated with the Arisia Art Show, as anything less than an invited guest, how will it affect people's perceptions of me as an artist?
Ok, not that this a major issue for me, since I'm not a pro artist myself.
The real issue is timing. It's only for a weekend, and it's a weekend that is already booked elsewhere. So, it'd be a lot of effort for a situation where i can't be guaranteed to recoup cost of fees & the hassle of getting there to set up art, nor would I be able to make up for it by hearing anyone's praise on site.
I know the art show space is huge this year, and they're worried about filling it. But, I suspect there's not so much more wall/panel space that they won't be able to fill those. What they probably need are more big pieces that don't take up walls.
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I like this very much. The fish are an nice touch, where'd they come from?
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2) The orange reminded me of goldfishes.
3) The alleged catalyst for this project got a goldfish the night we met. (Sure, I've been meaning to do calaveras for ages, but, it didn't happen until now. So, I worked in numerous references to him. It felt almost cheaply obvious to do so, but, also refreshingly simple. I'm pretty happy with the results.)
fish, feathers, flowers (water, air, land, and the orange could be fire, perhaps...)
The feathers were also intended as a reference, but... when I had to name all the paintings before submitting them for a Halloween show in Davis, I decided to use a lot of quotes (except for the one with the white drip that ended up being a fish eye) and realized that feathers can reference angels. Mostly though, I enjoy painting feathers.
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I haven't been to the art show in several years, so, perhaps it's changed. Which leads to the second problem, I no longer go to Arisia, and am even less likely to drop in just to deal with the Art, without guaranteed profit.
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If I am associated with the Arisia Art Show, as anything less than an invited guest, how will it affect people's perceptions of me as an artist?
Ok, not that this a major issue for me, since I'm not a pro artist myself.
The real issue is timing. It's only for a weekend, and it's a weekend that is already booked elsewhere. So, it'd be a lot of effort for a situation where i can't be guaranteed to recoup cost of fees & the hassle of getting there to set up art, nor would I be able to make up for it by hearing anyone's praise on site.
I know the art show space is huge this year, and they're worried about filling it. But, I suspect there's not so much more wall/panel space that they won't be able to fill those. What they probably need are more big pieces that don't take up walls.
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