tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15616424817554126342024-03-12T20:34:26.715-02:30Painting OnAn artist working in mixed media explores the successes, frustrations,
questions, connections and inspirations for art making.Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12726740154167156916noreply@blogger.comBlogger352125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561642481755412634.post-60689449949735272502017-01-17T16:46:00.001-03:302017-01-17T16:46:51.604-03:30 Compositions in Time <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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What a summer I had! In my summer studio in Duntara, a small community on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, I work almost exclusively in reclaimed wood and wood assemblage. The whole series is called Compositions in Time. I scour the beaches in my area for finds, chat with people about my love for the old and discarded, and forge interesting friendships that often result in finds coming my way. Everyone want to get in on creation. <br />
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It was one of my most productive periods in years.<br />
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With two shows slated, one a group show in July at<a href="http://www.2roomscontemporaryartprojects.com/exhibition/"> 2 Rooms Contemporary Art Projects</a> in Duntara, and the other a solo show in September at <a href="http://twowhales.com/?page_id=81">Two Whales,</a> Port Rexton, I knew I didn't have time to waste. <br />
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Here's my art summer in pictures.... <br />
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Looking across the Duntara harbour at our house (it's the little speck on the far shore)<br />
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Our garden that rolls to the sea with views that inspire. </div>
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<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Our new pristine workshop (shared with my husband) was completed in early May after a fire demolished our old one the year before. Thanks to a kitchen reno in our St. John's house this space has mega counters and storage and always looks so organized and pristine. <br />
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Two Rooms Contemporary Art Projects, Duntara . This is not your ordinary gallery.<br />
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And this is not your usual opening.... What a beautiful day we had. </div>
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And there you have it. This fall I started posting on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/margaretryall/?hl=en">Instagram </a>in earnest as a way to be accountable. While I miss my wood pursuits, I've been experimenting with encaustic monotype and collage. I seem have a great need to create, decompose and recompose, where's it going I have no idea. </div>
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Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12726740154167156916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561642481755412634.post-14333776453738583232016-05-22T16:10:00.003-02:302016-05-22T16:10:54.905-02:30Catching time<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well that sure flew by. I can't believe I wrote my last post in September 2015 after our big workshop fire. Perhaps there's a good reason for no posts. Yes, indeed there is! You can't make work when you aren't in the studio, and you don't go to the studio when you are creatively flatlined. Thankfully that's over.<br />
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I am back at the summer house and busy getting the new workshop workable, and at the same time madly scouring my usual haunts to find new reclaimed wood and interesting attachments for my future assemblages to complete enough work for my Solo show in September. Remember I lost three years worth of collecting in one day. <br />
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In a fit of positive thinking (that doesn't happen much) I saved some of my most precious wood scraps in the hope of getting the smell of smoke out of them. That little experiment begins June 1. <br />
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It seems I am finding all sorts of things on the beaches, but none of them, are as far as I know now, are of any use for my future creations.<br />
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Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12726740154167156916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561642481755412634.post-9720553984406520172015-09-04T16:13:00.000-02:302015-09-04T16:13:07.151-02:30Endings and beginningsYearly transitions have marked my life since I first began teaching in the early 1970s. September still remains a month for new beginnings and untold possibilities. I need that this year after a dismal summer of cold weather, unexpected house repairs, and then a fire in our Duntara workshop.<br />
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Summer is my time to create art and our workshop was where it happened. My summer art pursuits changed over the last three years. If you aren't familiar with my new work you can read about my Compositions in Time <a href="http://margaretryall.blogspot.ca/2014/10/a-summers-work.html">here </a>and <a href="http://margaretryall.blogspot.ca/2014/10/compositions-in-time.htm">here</a>.<br />
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I lost most of my salvaged wood gathered over the last three years, 2 partially finished assemblages, encaustic medium, my lovely band saw and lots of small bits and bobs. As a result the sum of my assemblage creations this year was 2, one of which has smoke damage. That might not be so bad if I weren't getting ready for a group show in July and a solo show September 2016.<br />
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Samples of past compositions ( better composed than photographed)<br />
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2014 (Private collection) 2013 (Private Collection)<br />
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It's not like you can order my materials from a store. I came upon them in dribs and drabs, and I was so proud of my collection of "specials", the objects/woods that usually prompt a composition. I loved them so much I had them standing along the work benches to ogle them. Ah pride goeth before the fall. These were the ones that were damaged beyond use with smoke and noxious gasses. They're gone now, and with them all sorts of possibilities. Interestingly, the insurance guy describes them as scraps of wood with no monetary value. Really?<br />
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Up to this point all my wood came from the areas around my summer house on the Bonavista Peninsula. I liked the colour consistency that automatically happens when you are working with a palette limited by location. Some of the work was obviously sourced from outside buildings as the third one above and others were woods used inside. It's clear that the wood controls the composition and the feel of each piece.<br />
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September: Begin chapter 2<br />
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Friends have taken up the cause and are bringing me any salvaged wood they find. My criteria of must be worn and have paint on it is seems to make it easy to find these gems. If it has bits of wallpaper even better.<br />
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An artist friend began my new collection after hearing about our plight. I now have a new colour and the compositions will be from the Avalon peninsula, specifically Bay Roberts. Thanks Peter! <br />
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I've collected some new wood myself while walking. I'm getting calls from other friends who have things for me.<br />
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My husband is getting worried because all of this is ending up in our small workshop in St. John's, his domain, not a shared one. I am not allowed to take over, and I have to store the wood in my studio. The ground rules have been laid. Many I not end up consumed by creativity and forget my place!<br />
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For the first time in a month I feel optimistic.<br />
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<br />Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12726740154167156916noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561642481755412634.post-42791941305879170072015-04-09T11:47:00.001-02:302015-04-09T11:47:36.693-02:30Making meaningful art<br />
Have you ever watched as you back up your IPad photos? I just saw my life over the last four years flash before my eyes. My IPad 2 turns 4 in nine days. It just won't hold its charge any more. I see parallels with my own life especially with art production. I am all intention and I quickly dwindle.<br />
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But back to the photos. There were a lot of photos of my work and vacation pics. As they flitted onto the computer I understood why there is so much blue in my recent work, and why water and sky have begun to dominate my imagery. Many of the pics were of a Mediterranean cruise out of Venice and various shots from the south of England = sky and water.<br />
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And of course my summer place is always about the scene in front of me, sky and water.<br />
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And from those experiences work springs forth. Some make it to the <a href="http://www.theleytongallery.com/margaret_ryall.html">Leyton Gallery </a>and others are experiments....<br />
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Experiment... Water on sun lit pebbles in a shallow pond, encaustic monotype, later chopped into squares and rearranged into a grid</div>
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This work is a direct response to sitting in my rocking chair looking out the bay for hours over many days. An artist friend now has it on his wall. That makes me very happy. Of course having his work on my wall makes me even happier. </div>
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So my work is becoming more landscape oriented. I didn't plan this; it just happened. </div>
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Some artists are very focused and develop a "look" that is recognizable. They strive to achieve this and many buyers like this predictability. My work is not like that; I am an intuitive responder to all that is around me. One of my friends often points out (not in a negative way) how different my work looks from year to year, but I admit, it makes me feel like a bit of an artistic fraud at times.<br />
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While these land and sea pieces have a coherency, they are very different from my Remnant series and my Reading a Garden work. But, when I stand back and consider this I realize that to the untrained eye it might appear that way, but woven into everything I do is my response to the passage of time, and no where is it more obvious than in nature.<br />
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Most of my work is on cradled panels ranging from 4 x 4 in. to 24 x 36 in. I tend to want to hang any work I think isn't finished on the wall so I can reflect/critique it. That requires one type of organization, and then there are works that are waiting to go to the gallery or have returned from the gallery. They require different storage spaces. Right now some of them are hung higgly piggly on the walls and some are wrapped and stored wherever I can find a place.<br />
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Because many of my pieces are smaller than 10 x 10 inches, I think using eavestrough has merit. The ones at the top are metalwhich I'm assuming you can still purchase. I've only every seen plastic which should hold small works.<br />
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I love this idea of pegs on evenly spaced strips for work in process or at the critique stage. I would just have to figure out the smallest piece I would do standing up and go from there. I often sit to paint small works. Right now I have long screws mounted on each stud. It works to a degree but I often can't find the right placement to hang smaller work.<br />
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If I had a tilting tabletop like this one I could do small and medium work there. </div>
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Check out all links on my Pinterest board, <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/mryall/art-studio/">Art Studio </a></div>
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This is not my studio. I wish it could be because I crave light.</div>
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This is my studio.</div>
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My studio is in the basement of my house and currently it is a mega mess. That's what happens when you have two studios and you're away from your main one for four months. It becomes a catch all for the family. I now have ceiling tiles, a bicycle, a half finished guitar, a ladder, paint cans, art supplies, and my work hung randomly around the room. Thankfully the folding 7 feet studio acoustical panels are gone! It is not a pretty place, but it has great potential. <br />
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My art is all over the place; I don't even know what I have anymore. As a result I've been thinking about ways to hang/store art in the studio so I at least know what I have. In the past I've put art away and completely forgotten about it.<br />
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It hasn't always looked like this. I've featured it <a href="http://margaretryall.blogspot.ca/2010/02/revealing-space.html">here</a>. Messes happen when you let the little things slip.<br />
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Fast forward... I'm developing a long term plan for the studio that will encourage me to actually go there to create work. If I try to do it all at once I will never have time to work.<br />
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- a way to mount larger works on the wall while they are in process;<br />
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I'm a fan of pegboard because it is so versatile. When you paint it white or the same colour of your wall it becomes unobtrusive. The flipping pegboard provides more storage because you can use both sides. As to how I would mount it, just move that problem over to the resident handyman.<br />
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This is a multipurpose piece that gives me several ideas. You can make it wider for more exposed pegboard space. Have one door opening and you can use it for storage inside. Put it on a lazy susan and it will swivel. It would also look great and fit well in a corner. <br />
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T<span style="font-weight: normal;">here's great storage ideas here. I like the framed pegboard to hang finished work. Painting it the same colour of the wall will help to give a more open feel to the space. </span></div>
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And here I am, officially a townie again. <br />
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It's been a busy couple of days getting ready for a group Christmas show at the Leyton Gallery. The series of work in the show is called Full Moon, Duntara. Living in this magical place in the summer months puts me in tune with landscape and nature. I rarely paint landscape, but it has been creeping into my work in different ways over the last several years.<br />
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All five pieces in this series to date are mixed media encaustic. They are small snippets of reflection about one of my favourite time-when a full moon rises over the hill across from our summer house. The whole harbour lights as the moonlight plays across the hills, water and grass. It's pretty spectacular. <br />
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Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12726740154167156916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561642481755412634.post-5385424823291707062014-10-30T16:06:00.002-02:302015-03-29T21:32:48.618-02:30Compositions in time<br />
I've titled my new assemblage series from reclaimed materials Compositions in time to describe their content, the media used, and my process in creating them.<br />
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They begin with beachcombing on the Bonavista Peninsula, NL or from materials collected by friends who have taken an interest in my process. <br />
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The majority of wood and all my "attachments" are old. They had a previous history that I can only guess at when I look at the information contained in stains, scratches, peeling paint and shapes. The paint colours too help me understand what their previous life was because there is a history of favoured paint colours for houses and sheds in the communities surrounding my summer place.<br />
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These structures have been torn down, fallen down or blown out to sea. Then I find them from my various sources, bring them to the workshop to dry, spray them against mould (antifungal spray) and bugs (solution of bleach and water). Sometimes I have them for a year or two before they speak to me. I know that sounds hokey, but it's true. Each work starts with one inspiration piece, and then I am off with my sorting and resorting of materials. I'm continually going back to my stacks in this process. There is a rhythm to the process of creating, and to the structures that I develop for each piece. I am not in the least musical, but I see these as regulated compositions with variations.<br />
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The band saw, PL Premium adhesive, and my husband's workshop have become by best friends.<br />
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The lovely purple boards came from Bonnie, a local Duntara lady who provides me with such interesting bits and pieces of wood. I was so excited when I saw my favourite colour, I couldn't wait to get it home. Luckily I didn't have to wait too long for them to dry out because July was a hot month for us.<br />
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The wallpaper remnants in this work came from a renovation in Dunfield, NL. They were peeled off and reapplied to board using acrylic gel. The part of an old iron headboard came from a friend as did the three roofing nails and heads. Thanks Helen and Ken. Too many connections so....<br />
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This piece rests proudly over the sofa in my summer house studio. It is mine! I know! I can't keep them all. But so far I have claimed 4 that I can't part with. My husband tilts his head, looks around, and says nothing.<br />
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Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12726740154167156916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561642481755412634.post-56640429676181416462014-10-26T12:25:00.001-02:302014-10-26T12:25:19.638-02:30A summer's work Over the last two summers I have devoted my time and creative energies to installations from reclaimed wood and other found materials. I wrote about my initial interest <a href="http://margaretryall.blogspot.ca/2013/08/is-this-art.html">here</a> and posed the question... Is this art? I've decided it is.<br />
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This summer I realized that I was compartmentalizing my art making by location. I paint in the city (St. John's, NL) and I create installations at my summer home in Duntara. It makes perfect sense really. My head is in a totally different place in the summertime. I spend my days looking at the ocean, prowling beaches, seeing the effects of the passage of time on buildings as they slowly sink to the ground or are blown into the ocean only to wash up in another location. I watch summer people lovingly restore old homes that would otherwise have fallen into disrepair. How can I not make work that references my most immediate summer life? Added to that is the practicality of not having to drag all my painting supplies and supports back and forth.<div>
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Thanks <a href="http://margaretryall.blogspot.ca/2013/11/painting-subtlety.html">Carol Bajen-Gahm</a> for loving #2 and giving it a home where I can visit it whenever I want!<br />
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This piece created last year, is totally composed of beach finds that were cut and composed (no additional colours are added. The bandsaw and PL Premium adhesive have become my new best friends. These constructions are heavy and my regular adhesives just didn't do the job.<br />
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I never set out with a preconceived notion for a composition; I determine its size based on my inspiration piece/object. In this work it was the worm eaten red piece of plywood. The curves are a natural extension of this choice with the driftwood replicating the rounded lines. The nails and roofing materials came from another piece of wood and were added strategically. The yellow clapboard is a constant colour for houses on the Bonavista peninsula and the red is the preferred colour for sheds. These colours creep into many of the compositions and bring consistency to the body of work without much thought on my part. A palette controlled by the foibles of nature, people and location is a narrow one. Lots of variables doing their own thing removes a great deal of decision making for this overthinking artist. <br />
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It was a fruitful summer. I created 14 assemblages varying in size from 16 x 16 to 36 x 36 to add to the 4 I created the year before. I sold three of them (always a bonus), received a request to show three more in a group show in 2016, and organized a venue for a solo show that same year.<br />
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Yes, things are moving along nicely and now that my summer fun is behind me, I am looking forward to starting back to work at my White series. Stay tuned for much more art blogging this year. I'm excited and back on track.<br />
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Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12726740154167156916noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561642481755412634.post-385504382441566122014-03-06T20:22:00.001-03:302014-03-06T20:22:26.405-03:30Installations with a difference<br />
How often do you go to a museum or gallery and feel lost because of the large scale of what you are looking at? I just came across a great introduction to the work of Chiharu Shiota, a conceptual Japanese artist, written by Richard Rabel on his blog <a href="http://richardrabel.com/the-modern-sybarite/contemporary-art-installations-chiharu-shiota/">The Modern Sybarite</a>. Shiota's artist's work is very intriguing because of its smaller, more intimate scale and the way she uses everyday materials. <br />
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The contemporary art installations of conceptual Japanese artist<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.chiharu-shiota.com/en/" style="border: 0px; color: rgb(166, 166, 166) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none !important; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Chiharu Shiota</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(b.
1972) use found objects like beds, books, toys, suitcases, shoes and
windows enveloped or suspended in a cobweb of strings. It’s a
fascinating concept: think about it – what’s your automatic
interpretation when you see used objects through the prism of cobwebs? I
think of abandonment, decay, and the dichotomy between life and death,
past and present. This is exactly her premise, and in addition she
explores the memories of the people infused into these everyday objects.</div>
I felt an immediate attraction to the work of this artist because the themes explored and how she uses everyday materials. <br />
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Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12726740154167156916noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561642481755412634.post-65481566640078128052014-03-02T10:56:00.000-03:302014-03-02T11:17:54.970-03:30From my mother's house<h3>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Making art is like life, unpredictable. You never know how things will turn out or even what you will find interesting and absorbing. This time last year I was in the midst of cluing up the closure of my mother's house as she prepared to moved to an assisted living home. If you are old enough to be involved in such life changes you already know that they are bitter sweet. One of the positives for me was finding all sorts to objects that had meaning to my mother and family.</span><br />
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While I had many ah ha moments, I was quite taken with Mom's collection of doilies. Of course they are white (my current obsession) and many were hand crafted (very important to me). I couldn't see donating them to a charity, so I bundled them up and away we went. Since then they have been in my studio in a bag - I knew they were destined for art; only the what, how and why remained elusive. I'm moving along with them. Here are my first creations: <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Doily #1 </b>(2014) encaustic on cradled panel , 8 x 8 in. Margaret Ryall </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Doily #2</b>, 2014, encaustic on cradled panel, 8 x 8 in. Margaret Ryall </td></tr>
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Both works were created by using a doily as a stencil. I built up a bed of natural white encaustic in four layers. Then I warmed the surface and pressed a doily in lightly so it wouldn't move about. A final layer of encaustic was added and after 2 minutes I carefully pulled the doily out to leave its impression . The impression was enhanced with a light application and buffing of R & F pearl pigment stick.<br />
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This work seems to fit nicely in my current <a href="http://margaretryall.blogspot.ca/2013/03/finding-my-way.html">white series </a>that I've been working on for over a year. Doily #1 & 2 do not need colour for interpretation. They exist and are readable solely by texture. The small square format will allow me to present them in grid format as a sampler. Fitting given the topic. </div>
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Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12726740154167156916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561642481755412634.post-85973904527819163232014-02-14T16:16:00.000-03:302014-02-14T16:16:13.271-03:305 Framing options for small art work<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: black;">Do you always frame your art the same way or are you open to options? </span></div>
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Much of my art is small in scale, intimate would be a better description. I am always looking for ways to make pieces look more substantial on a wall, but still have the work as the main focus. There are lots of ideas on the web, but many of them are a little too folksy or crafty and would end up drawing attention away from the work. Here are some of my favourites. <br />
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I saw this idea in a small gallery in Cornwall, GB this past summer. Many of the paintings were seascapes and I thought the white double framing certainly helped to enhance the pristine blues in the work. I liked it so much I use it with modifications to display my sky and sea encaustic series in a show at the Leyton Gallery last fall.<br />
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Narrower frames and no inner frame. To get the look my husband made the frames and routed out an edge at back to glue the backer board which was 1/4 in. MDF. I painted the frame and backer board separately - Benjamin Moore Floral White which is a lovely grayish white great for display purposes. The encaustic monotype was adhered to 1/8 inch plywood with PVA glue and then attached to the backer board with glue. To keep everything square while drying I made spacers out MDF.<br />
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I saw this on Joss and Main shopping site and thought it had possibilities for displaying small work. I think silver leaf is used here but you could also adhere paper to the surface and finish with acrylic medium. The four together make a nice pairing. You could also frame all four in one large frame. <br />
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I must say I like this presentation You have to admit you really notice the art work even thought it is small. <br />
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I know! Another white frame. I like how these black and white works show so well together because your eye is contained by the frame. They can be differing depths too which comes in handy. </div>
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Wouldn't this be a great way to show works that together form a narrative? The l natural frame lets the work shine. Perhaps this post should have been titled The Power of Light Frames. <br />
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Do you have any thoughts on these framing ideas ? Would you use any of them ? <br />
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<br /><br />Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12726740154167156916noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561642481755412634.post-51146031028132249392014-01-30T19:49:00.001-03:302014-01-31T13:31:15.519-03:30After a dry spellI'm shocking myself by actually having something to share in the art arena. Several weeks ago I went to an open studio at Torbay Bight Studio to work in encaustic. I love the regulars who go to these events because they are friendly, funny and always up to something interesting. I am still in my white stage (What if) which I wrote about<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"> </a> last year. I'll be in it for quite awhile if I don't get back to creating!<br />
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My <a href="http://margaretryall.blogspot.ca/2013/03/finding-my-way.html">What if</a> series explores how ideas can be represented when colour and contrast are removed from the equation. These new works are abstracted landscapes that rely mostly on texture to make their presence know. The silvery sheen was created by rubbing pearl pigment stick over the encaustic. It shimmers like a pristine landscape in the winter sun. <br />
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Landscape 1 (2014) mixed media encaustic , 6 x 6 in.</div>
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Landscape 2 (2014) mixed media encaustic , 6 x 6 in.</div>
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I see so many references to my summer life by the edge of the Atlantic ocean in a small fishing community in Newfoundland. I never planned these at all. They were spontaneous responses to a pile of materials I had with me. <br />
One of these days I will figure out how to actually photograph encaustic work. These are looking so pinkish and they are actually white. Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12726740154167156916noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561642481755412634.post-68313076174331862772013-11-10T12:25:00.000-03:302013-11-10T12:25:43.758-03:30Painting subtlety <div style="text-align: center;">
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The opening of Vestiges, <a href="http://www.christinaparkergallery.com/exb_gallery_main.asp?exb_id=158">Carol Bajen-Gahm's solo show , </a>at Christina Parker Gallery on Friday night was special for me because I followed my friend as she wove her way toward this stunning collection of work.<br />
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The title fits well with how I saw Carol develop this work. My viewing at different stages, sideways conversations and discussion of printmaking processes provided just enough information to know what the work would be like, but not too much to spoil the surprise of seeing it massed together on the walls of the gallery. <br />
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I see subtle changes in Carol's work as she spends more time in Newfoundland. Nuances of place are creeping in and moving her work from its non representational beginnings to more abstracted landscape references that are recognizable to those who know the area. Torbay, a town on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, and her house by the sea, provide vantage points for contemplation of people and the environment. Observations during her walks in Torbay and forays to other communities are translated sometimes subtly and sometimes blatantly in this new work.<br />
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Her processes are changing too. Oils are being integrated with encaustic and various printmaking processes to create subtle, layered works that invite close inspection.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> " Vestiges and ephemera are all
around us. We find them in old photographs, deteriorating buildings, or
simply washed up momentarily on a beach. They evoke not only the thrill
of discovery, but also the spirits of past generations. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">The artworks in this exhibition address the idea of impermanence. Many
of the things we experience in our lives are either ephemeral, lasting
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Torbay Codflake Series /</span> oil, pigment stick, graphite and encaustic on panel, 12" x 12", 2013</span></div>
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<b>Shed Reconstructed </b>(2013) Margaret Ryall , assemblage( recycled wood, rope & bolts)</div>
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<b> By the beach </b>(2013) Margaret Ryall, assemblage ( recycled wood, rope& rusted wire)<br />
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Once I created one piece and had a ball, I went looking for specific materials for a second and now a third one is almost complete. I had no intention of every producing an assemblage, but now I can't wait to do another one. I am lucky that if it's a saw we have it-every kind imaginable- and I can use most of them. My mind is overflowing with ideas which are all beach related. <br />
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Now the hard part... Is this art? Where does it fit with my other art work? Does either of these really matter?<br />
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I would love to hear your thoughts. I'm afraid I have lost many of my long time followers with my sporadic attention to blogging over the last year. Hope not!Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12726740154167156916noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561642481755412634.post-42910603932479204902013-08-12T18:29:00.003-02:302013-08-12T18:30:26.036-02:30The tardy painterOh, I would love to say the reason I haven't been blogging is because I am in the studio constantly, but nothing could be further from the truth. I'm not even painting at my summer house this year and that is a first. The only art related activity I get to report is framing work for a show in October. Does that count?<br />
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I have lots of inspiration from my trip to Europe, lots of pics to record the inspiration and lots of time. Unfortunately no work. I've come to accept that about myself. I am a fits and starts painter. No judgements, no excuses!<br />
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I'm planning a post on interesting framing options I saw in my travels. One thing I noticed in England was this double framing all in wood and most often soft white. While this is a floral (artist name lost and therefore unknown to me), I saw quite a few seascapes framed in this way. What do you think? <br />
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Hubby and I waiting for our friends. This is early in the England portion of our trip (note the white legs) . Italy improved the colour. <br />
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Any Doc Martin friends out there? We visited Port Issac (Port Wynn). What an interesting village! I'm planning a post on some of the more beautiful sight from the town. It sure was hilly. <br />
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A fantastic fish light made out of cut tin and wired together. Easy to do for the adventurous types out there.<br />
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Does your art production drop off over the summer months or increase? I'm curious about the rhythms of other artists.Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12726740154167156916noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561642481755412634.post-60993424016498283602013-05-12T10:26:00.002-02:302013-05-12T10:34:20.123-02:30 What's up?It seems my whole art career during 2013 is in the stage of getting ready, but never really getting very far. If doing everything related to art counts I am in the thick of things. If art production is the assessment criteria I'm a dismal failure! I am involved in art related things thought.....<br />
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<li> I taught a two day encaustic workshop focusing on building complex surfaces using collograph and stencilling and learned lots myself while preparing .</li>
<li> I'm mounting and framing two bodies of work for two different shows at The Leyton Gallery , one in June and the other in the early fall. </li>
<li>Finally, I am going to Europe for a month beginning the end of May. I've spent lots of time deciding what galleries I want to visit. That I'm sure will lead to new work My trips always inspire me. </li>
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I will be writing several posts related to stencilling, collograph and encaustic when I get a free moment. My students created inspiring work using both techniques and we had a load of fun in the process.<br />
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It was such a pleasure to go to The Leyton Gallery's 10 anniversary show yesterday and see a piece created at my workshop. The ever delicate touch of Louise Sutton is always an inspiration. <br />
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Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12726740154167156916noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561642481755412634.post-63957666590767039582013-03-25T11:30:00.003-02:302013-03-25T11:31:37.866-02:30 Sentinel <br />
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Failed Fishery - Margaret Ryall</div>
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Time Changes, Butter Point, Jerseyside - Margaret Ryall </div>
Growing up with access to a beach with a fishing stage nearby brought me in constant contact with all sorts of angry ocean remnants. I continue to seek the sea's treats during the summer months on the beaches of my then and now homes.<br />
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Keels, NL - Margaret Ryall</div>
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Codfish bones remain one of my favourite things to find. </div>
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They have such delicate fluted edges and the colour is a wheaty white. As a child we had funny names for all the different bones and we found creative ways to use them in our play. <br />
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Sentinel (2013) mixed media (codfish bone, paper, gesso, encaustic) 6 x 6 in.</div>
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This work stems from that period in my life. Our original name for this bone was soldier, but age has moved my thinking along to Sentinel<b>.</b> This is another work in my "Finding my way" series.Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12726740154167156916noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561642481755412634.post-21053106072955046862013-03-16T17:11:00.001-02:302014-03-02T11:24:50.924-03:30Finding my way<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am beginning a new series of work in encaustic and this is one of the exploratory pieces. I am still experimenting and deciding so until I find out what I am actually up to I've named the series Finding My Way.<br />
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The work is stemming from a temporary visual experience I had during cataract surgery when my lens was removed prior to having the new one put in. You are looking into a bright light so the world becomes fuzzy white. The experience is both frightening and thought provoking. It brought a lot of observations and questions with it.<br />
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Without colour and contrast how would you represent the world? What art elements can you use? How would you represent your thoughts? ..... <br />
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What if ..... Beach Language ( 2013 ) 12 x45 in. encaustic, encaustic gesso, driftwood, glue<br />
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Don measured the window casing and cut plywood so he could mount the finished product on the frame with two hinges. Once the plywood was cut to size he placed the fan on top of it and traced around the edges. Then a hole needed to be drilled to cut out the fan shape with a jig saw. An access hole for the plug must also be created.<br />
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If I had been around when it was fabricated I would have the fan as low to the edge of the window as possible so it would be closer to the palette. I did not voice this after the fact!!<br />
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I needed the set up on hinges so I could have access to the window to open and close it. The window opens up to the top so there is plenty of air flow. You can see how he built a frame on the back to hold the fan in place and to also allow removal when I want to move it to my summer studio. I have the perfect system there because the windows are table height and the fan fits the window size. <br />
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A simple wooden bar on a screw lets me open and close the system. I want to paint the whole thing white so it isn't quite so unsightly. Hint: You need two hands to mount it, one to hold and one with the screw driver. Even then the screw often grabs and pulls the board up or down. We had a little drop on the right side.<br />
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I didn't even have to forgo my new vanity and it is almost ready for staining. It was a productive week all around in the Ryall household. Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12726740154167156916noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561642481755412634.post-59972061863513559512013-02-18T11:45:00.003-03:302013-02-18T11:45:52.375-03:30Monday problemsWorking in encaustic in Newfoundland's wind is not for the faint of heart. It seems I am always fighting the movement of cold air into the studio. I need a secondary source of fresh air to replace what is lost by the exhaust fan spinning like crazy sucking all the warm air out of the house (according to my husband). It's not an efficient system. If the air is too cold the encaustic will not flow smoothly. When it is windy the cold air blows back into the house around the fan. <br />
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Sometimes it is so windy the fan is turning half as fast as it should be. Next the motors will burn out! I want my husband to build a wooden frame around my new double fan I just purchased to allow me to insert the whole thing into the window to cut any cold air coming in above my palette. Fingers crossed. I also have a new vanity for the bathroom on the to do list. Now which do I want more? <br />
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While he's at it I need an extension added on to the top of my encaustic work space to accommodate the larger work I'm currently creating... 45 inches long. Really, I'm working on a piece that is that long!<br />
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When I create encaustic monotypes I usually work with mulberry paper on a roll and sometimes this paper is joined. I get so caught up in the excitement of my creations I don't notice I have to move into a seam. Now that is truly disappointing because I love this piece where the sun is nestled into the hills. <br />
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Would you mind a join in the paper? Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12726740154167156916noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561642481755412634.post-71219012468806181572013-02-08T13:25:00.000-03:302013-02-08T13:25:32.095-03:30Echoes of Venice Series <div style="text-align: left;">
Venice lives fresh in my memory since 2005 and its patterns and textures keep reappearing in my art work in the series Echoes of Venice. This series has been around since 2006 and I keep adding adding small pieces to it. I am even more focused on it this year because I return to Venice this June. I anticipate a fresh batch of work. <br />
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The old section of Venice is a treasure trove of patterns and textures. Walking the narrow streets brings you in close proximity to walls and windows and you can't help notice what is around you. Everything is within reach of your fingertips. Churches, galleries, shops and other historical attractions reek of gold and beautiful patterns. Masks, hand made books, gowns, ornaments, fabrics - how can you not want to build all that lusciousness into your work. <br />
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Here's a peek at two different sets of work that keep getting added to. </div>
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Two of six which will be mounted side by side and framed as one. Each piece is 4.5 x 6 inches. I feel more of these in the offing. <br />
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Then there's the newer work that is very neutral and light with a strong focus on pattern and texture. Each piece is 6 x 8 and when complete they will be hung in grids of 9 (at least that's what I think now). It seems I can only get the look I want in encaustic. </div>
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This one is incomplete because the great divide needs to be filled but nothing is speaking right now. <br />
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Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12726740154167156916noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561642481755412634.post-1946202376602019762013-02-01T15:50:00.000-03:302013-02-01T15:50:10.569-03:30Sea and sky series<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Living by the sea awakens your senses to all kinds of sounds, scents and sights. The night sky is usually spectacular with thousands of stars hanging from the sky. I sometimes imagine them on springs just pulsating up and down as if they want to dislodge themselves and take the long trip to meet me in my little house by the sea.</div>
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These two works are interpretative and just plain fun. They will probably not make the cut for my exhibition but they are lively each in its own way. </div>
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<b>Tumbling Stars #1</b>, 2012, 3 ( 3.5 x 7.5 in. ) encaustic monotype on paper</div>
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<b>Tumbling Stars #2</b>, 2012, 3 ( 3.5 x 7.5 in. ) encaustic monotype on paper</div>
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More new work from my summer encaustic monotype marathon....<br />
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<b>Northern Lights</b>, 2012, 3 (3.5 x 7.5 in. ) encaustic monotype on mulberry paper</div>
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Every now and then in the late fall I get to see the Northern lights at my summer house. It is the only place I see them so they are part of the fabric of my experiences there. I often connect them with the ocean, only because the ocean is part of my experience there too. I'm quite pleased with these bursting pulsations. </div>
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