A Fruitful Summer So Far...

For the past few months, as many of you know, I have been working with Jason Horesj of Xanadu Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ doing a one on one mentorship program with him that was to take me from hobby artist, into the professional realm.

After a lot of hard work, creating new art, a biography, artist statement, portfolio and gallery research etc.... on July 1st, with Jason's blessing, I launched my new career, stepping out for the first time, and approaching galleries. 

My goal was to achieve gallery representation in three galleries by my birthday on August 26th. 

Today it is August 11th and I am so thrilled to be able to report that not only have I got work in 3 galleries, but I will be shipping work to a forth in the coming weeks and have a fifth that also says they are interested!

Here are the galleries in which my work is now hanging:

Art Mode - Chelsea, Quebec

Loft Gallery - Clarksburg, Ontario

The Gallery Upstairs - Milton, Ontario

Eclipse Art Gallery - Huntsville, Ontario

It has been such a tremendously enlightening experience working with Jason and to be completely truthful, I don't think I will never be able to thank him and his staff enough for all that I have learned. My life has taken on a new trajectory, one that is going straight up!!!

A Mentorship Program and Catching Up!

I am doing an exciting mentorship program one on one with a wonderful gallery owner, Jason Horesj of Xanadu Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ, and as part of my sessions with him he has asked me to send him photos of myself in process creating my high and low relief artwork. With that in mind, I thought I'd also pass the images on to you to give you an idea of what goes into each one of my paintings. Hope you like them!

Dew Drop 24 x 36 Mixed Media & Acrylics on a Wood Panel $1800

Here are a few of me sketching out my next low relief piece and then sculpting directly onto the wood panel.  The low relief pieces take much less time to create because I do not need to build up any armature and because the sculpting is not as heavy, it takes a much shorter time to dry before I can paint, usually just overnight instead of several days. 

And then here are some photos of me working on a high relief piece. It's a biggie, 48 x 48 inches! As you can see, after I sketch out the basic silhouette, then I build up the armature with old newspaper which gives me the volume I need but without all the weight. After I've got the newspaper in place, then I get to sculpt! it's a long process and I have to do so flat on the table as the sculpting compound is pretty mushy and would slide down the panel if I put it on my easel. 
When I'm almost done though, and the piece has kind of dried just a bit I do slide the panel off the table to step back, take a look from the proper angle and make any adjustments etc... It's extremely heavy at this point because of all the water that's still in it, but give it a few days and it will be dried and ready to paint!

Now, I just have to wait for it to dry and then it will be all about the painting!

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Just to catch you all up, here is what I have created over the last little bit that I haven't got around to posting. Enjoy!

Quiet Snowfall 30 x 60 Mixed Media and Acrylics on a Wood Panel $3200

Misty Road 48 x 60 Mixed Media and Acrylics on a Wood Panel $4800

Gentle Dawn 30 x 40 Mixed Media and Acrylics on a Wood Panel $2300

Autumn Sunrise 36 x 36 Mixed Media and Acrylics on a Wood Panel $2445

Sunset Silhouette 40 x 30 Mixed Media and Acrylics on a Wood Panel $2300

Morning on the Marsh 36 x 48 Mixed Media and Acrylics on a Wood Panel $3000

Thanks to all of you for your support!

The Steps I take from Inspiration to Final Product - A Video

I'm not an Imposter!

Something's happening and 

I'm not sure what, but I like it!

To see "Diffusion" up close and personal, please visit my website at: www.alisongalvanfineart.com

Thanks for visiting!

Diffusion

Growing up in Vancouver, BC I spent many a weekend walking through the Endowment Lands, or as it is called today, Pacific Spirit Park. As you walk the sun shines through the trees with a wonderful diaphanous light that is so beautiful that I wanted to try to capture that light.

 

 

Did I succeed? I would love to hear your comments.

 

Thanks for visiting!



Chilling Out in The Summer Heat

Enjoying the summer sun I became inspired to create my own artistic air conditioning!

 

Cool Mist
24 x 24 Mixed Media and Acrlics on a Wood Panel
$1165
www.alisongalvanfineart.com

Winter Path
12 x 12 Mixed Media and Acrylics on a Wood Panel
$195
www.alisongalvanfineart.com

Blossoms
12 x 12 Mixed Media and Acrylics on a Wood Panel
$195
www.alisongalvanfineart.com

Enjoy!



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