And here I am, posing with my piece "In the Crosshairs" at the Thames Art Gallery Juried Show 2011.
I think many people found my tryptic disturbing. I just want to explain that I have been featuring a doll named Muffy in my artwork for a few years now, and about three months ago, I decided I didn't want to utilize her image for awhile. Maybe never again.
"In the Crosshairs" is my way of 'killing her off', so to speak.
I am now embarking on my quest to create work for a show at the WKP Kennedy Gallery in North Bay and the Mezzanine Gallery in the Thames Art Gallery here in Chatham. And I do not want to use Muffy in any of my work. I think I have evolved somewhat. This is not to say that I will discard all doll images completely (they're always good for a laugh!) but I think I've reached a point where I can say what I need to say without using doll parts.
I think. Besides, I think I was getting type-cast.
Regardless, I was pleased to be selected for the Juried Show. It is my first 'paid' show as an artist, and being chosen gave me a real boost. It is especially interesting that I was selected, as I wasn't even going to enter. I ended up being one of only two artists selected from Chatham!
So there's today's lesson- you can't win if you don't participate. And apparently you can do just about anything you want if you present it right.
RIP Muffy. For now.
1 comments:
I will miss Muffy (unlike the person looking down the cross-hairs ... apparently). I like how she progresses in number of colours and sharpness across the pictures. I cannot tell if she is more or less in focus as the pictures progress. I am projecting that she is becoming less "human" the longer she appears in the cross-hairs.
It make the pictures more ominous and the end more permanent.
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