Regina Calton Burchett - Drawings & Pastels » Austin http://www.fallshadows.com/blog Art for the sake of creating - pastel paintings, drawings, photos and writing Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:29:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Raining Up by the Barn http://www.fallshadows.com/blog/2010/04/18/raining-up-by-the-barn/ http://www.fallshadows.com/blog/2010/04/18/raining-up-by-the-barn/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:13:10 +0000 Regina http://blog.fallshadows.com/?p=1145 Raining Up by the Barn

Raining Up by the Barn

I painted this today on some new paper that my sister-in-law gave me. It is print-making paper (4/20/10: Stonehenge paper). I wasn’t sure I would like it because I’m so stuck on sanded paper (Ampersand or Art Spectrum), but it took layering well and blended nicely.

I’m going to put this up on my mantle in the living room, so I can walk by it all week and see if I still like it after a the first flush of being in love with a new painting has passed. It helps me to see the things that bug me, that need to be fixed…

]]> http://www.fallshadows.com/blog/2010/04/18/raining-up-by-the-barn/feed/ 4 Enough about my art… what do you think of my art? http://www.fallshadows.com/blog/2009/11/16/enough-about-my-art%e2%80%a6-what-do-you-think-of-my-art/ http://www.fallshadows.com/blog/2009/11/16/enough-about-my-art%e2%80%a6-what-do-you-think-of-my-art/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:45:16 +0000 Regina http://blog.fallshadows.com/?p=986 The last couple of months have been spent enjoying the time I could spare creating art while wondering, yet again, why we do art – especially during slow economic times when not many people seem to be interested in buying what we spend so much time planning, drawing, painting, judging..

And the very complex, intricate, convoluted answer I came up with – because it’s fun. It’s fun to create, it’s fun to use your imagination, it’s fun to play with color and application, it’s fun to see a piece evolve minute by minute, day by day. But we all need input from others and a dry spell in sales can give cause for a lot of self-examination. And too much focus on oneself.

Over the years, we’ve all known people who brought to mind the phrase “enough about me, what do you think about me?” So to guard against too much “me”, it’s necessary at times to get away from your own little self and see what is going on in the world – or at least in your part of it.

Yesterday, I was able to attend several art events exhibiting work by artist friends. One was the Real Gallery, part of the East Austin Studio Tour, which has an impressive number of artists and locations, and a wonderful variety of work. Another event was at a friend’s house, where we enjoyed inspiring music and a beautiful display of her art and technique. And lastly, a visit to another house where the art was created from wood – lovely work and design.

So it was nice, for a change, to not feel the pressure to sell my work – that’s why God made the space between walls and sofas – and to spend time enjoying and appreciating the fruits of other’s creativity.

sofa storage

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Austin Bats Sailing from Congress Avenue Bridge

Again, I’m having a very difficult time getting a correct color photo of this blue / mauve / grey painting.  This is a little blurry, but I actually think my cell phone took a more accurate picture than our more expensive camera. This was painted from a photo I took while in a boat in Town Lake, head covered, mouth closed.

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