meldrum artI bought an architects set of drawers, 15 in all to store my fast growing collection of watercolours and sketches. It was I challenge getting it home, I drive a VW Beetle and they are not famous for their storage abilities. Still, I managed to squeeze all 15 drawers into to car and the rest I put on the roof. I did get a few looks as I drove across the city in the evening rush hour.
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| Ketch in the stillness 20160304 – 29 x 19 cm Arches rough 300g |
Venue: Konstnärshuset, Stockholm 20160322
These life drawings are from two weeks ago. I was not in good form that evening, I left half way through in fact. We were moved to a smaller room with bad lighting. I wasn’t inspired so I left, that doesn’t happen so often, actually it has never happened before. I’ll give Tuesday’s a break for a while, until I feel the hunger again.
I’m not blogging as much as I’d like to right now. I am going through a rather intensive watercolouring period. I really want to improve and so all focus is centred on painting.
My two week period as an artist has come to and end and so tomorrow I am a web designer again. I am lucky, I have a job that I enjoy but I know after a few days I will be looking forward to my artist period again.
I have my first solo exhibition on the 23rd April 2016. I guess this is the main reason why I am not blogging as often. Nothing like a deadline to focus the mind. 😉
I like Anders Zorn’s nudes that he painted here in the Swedish archipelago. So I was pleased to discover someone who is just as good except that she was a photographer, Anne Brigman (1869-1950). The video quality is quite good so view in full-screen mode for best experience.
The venue was Konstnärshuset 20160315
I bought a new camera yesterday so I hope to take better photos of my work in future. I’ve had dirt on the sensor of my old camera for ages, very annoying. If you look to the top right of the first two images you will see what I mean.
Happy Easter!
I am scanning my life drawings and watercolours at last. Like I said in my last post, I’ve been too busy. I sketched these at Basis, the model was Lars, otherwise known as Action Bear.
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I sketched these a couple of weeks back. I’ve been too busy at work to find enough time for my art. But that has come to an end now as it the beginning of my two week shift as an artist. For those of you who don’t know me, I recently started working 50% as an artist back in October. Two weeks on, then two weeks off type of thing. I’ll be publishing more in the next couple of days.
If you like Alex’s work you’ll love this student lecture from 2012. (Not sure if I’ve published this before.)
Alex Kanevsky – Art & Culture Lecture – 092612 from New York Academy of Art on Vimeo.