Sunday, October 17, 2010

Sphalerite


This Sphalerite, more than any of my other specimens I think, benefits immensely from being lit well and magnified. It has so much detail and crazy iridescence that is difficult to see with the naked eye because it is so tiny and dark. Under the greasy iridescent metallic coating it is actually a dark transparent rusty red stone. Without the light hitting it in the right way, it just looks black. I think it's going to be fun (and a big challenge) to paint.

On a side note, it is so hard to take photos in my house in the evening. It is just too dark, and I lack the skills to compensate for the lack of light. I apologize for the badly lit blurry photos which will likely become the norm here, now that it's getting dark earlier and earlier.

*edit - In case you can't tell in the photos, the colourful image is just the photo I took and printed out as reference and the painting has only been sketched out so far. When I took these photos I hadn't actually started painting.

Saturday, October 16, 2010

spring 2011


I've been slowly browsing through the Spring 2011 collections, and I can't get this one Costello Tagliapietra dress out of my head.
I want to wear it. Image from Style.com.

Monday, October 11, 2010

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Shary Boyle


I am so excited to be attending the private reception tonight for Shary's new four person show at the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Breaking Boundaries. And for those of you in Toronto who haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend checking out her AMAZING exhibition at the Art Gallery of OntarioFlesh and Blood, which is up until December 6. She sure has a lot going on right now. It makes me so happy to see such a brilliant hard-working talented and lovely woman enjoying so much success. Yay Shary!


All photos by Rafael Goldchain. Artworks by Shary Boyle courtesy of Jessica Bradley Art + Projects.