tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67811409329134897492024-03-04T20:09:57.805-08:00ann stoker - artistann stoker - Lincoln UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07327725597415245888noreply@blogger.comBlogger222125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781140932913489749.post-33827128873020130402015-07-30T08:06:00.000-07:002015-07-30T08:06:32.556-07:00'Think Loudly in your Quiet Mind'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is the latest piece in the series. The title is again, a line from one of my poems. As the written word and the visual image become increasingly interwoven, you might wonder what comes first the work or the title? And you might also wonder whether it really matters. To answer the first question...most of the time I make the work and find a title for the piece after. Occasionally, I find a title and make the work to fit. In answer to the second question...I don't believe it does matter :)</span></div>
ann stoker - Lincoln UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07327725597415245888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781140932913489749.post-68109726351541507672015-06-26T10:22:00.000-07:002015-06-26T10:22:13.525-07:00'The Ending'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">contrasting</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">layers of dark and light are less integrated and more apparent in this piece. It appears as if the white that masks the subject is dissolving away and revealing the person behind which I hope captures the sense of meaning in the line of the poem. W</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">hen I'm working in this way, </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I have to build up quite a bit of courage at times in order to paint over what I might feel is an already successful drawing. I'm making the under drawings with as much consideration and resolve as I would if I wasn't intending to paint over them. I can't afford to 'skimp' on the preliminary drawing as it just wouldn't work. Sadly, I do have a failure or two along the way which </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">just so's you know, </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">go straight in the bin...! :)</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></div>
<br />ann stoker - Lincoln UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07327725597415245888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781140932913489749.post-24240409419336169632015-06-18T11:43:00.000-07:002015-06-18T11:43:27.194-07:00'The Secret'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">used the ancient symbolism of the rose</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> in this piece. The rose has been used since ancient times to denote secrecy. In mythology Aphrodite gave a rose to her son Eros as a sign to keep her indiscretions hush hush! I've also attached to the drawing another line from my poem. </span>ann stoker - Lincoln UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07327725597415245888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781140932913489749.post-33816531531190743172015-06-05T10:32:00.001-07:002015-06-05T10:32:42.382-07:00'Facing the Truth'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've used the above lines from the end of a poem to capture the feeling in this piece. The subject is taken from one of my much earlier series of drawings which I've always promised myself I would return to, to develop the drawings further...and now at long last I have! And I must say it's a very satisfying feeling to fulfil a promise! The lines of poetry fit nicely with the image and add another dimension to the work. I attributed the lines after I'd made the drawing, so they have </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">in a sense, become </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">an extension of the work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">By the way, in case you were wondering...the lines are not </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">appropriated</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">, they are taken from one of my own poems...so no </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">ensuing</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">copyright issues on the horizon</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">! </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">:)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've used quite alot of gesso in this latest piece which has resulted in the female figure in the drawing seeming as if she were transmuting into sculptural form</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. The ambiguity of this I like, and brings me closer to where I want to be with my work. And where is that I hear you asking...if only I knew is my answer to that!! But that's what makes creating art exciting...it's never quite knowing where the creative process will take you and at which destination the work will </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">eventually</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">arrive!</span><br />
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<br />ann stoker - Lincoln UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07327725597415245888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781140932913489749.post-17884424383393873852015-04-27T04:41:00.000-07:002015-04-27T04:41:25.981-07:00'Subway' reborn!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Some of you might remember the original version of this drawing from a previous exhibition back in 2011. It was then titled 'New York Subway (Early Morning)'. I've always liked the subject and recently became inspired to rework it with the methods I'm using in my current practice. I have to tell you though it took alot to follow the courage of my convictions and paint over this drawing but once I'd started...well, that was that there was no turning back! </span>ann stoker - Lincoln UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07327725597415245888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781140932913489749.post-17635359540342245422015-04-17T07:31:00.001-07:002015-04-17T07:45:22.455-07:00'Tear'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here is my latest drawing...it's about private moments...</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">the pain of youth. A </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">tear is shed whilst reading a text. It is how, much of the time we receive our messages these days...</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">good news, bad news all channelled through the mobile.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">More drawings soon...</span>ann stoker - Lincoln UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07327725597415245888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781140932913489749.post-2566619107384891722014-11-04T09:41:00.000-08:002014-11-04T09:41:40.114-08:00Painting exercise<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; text-align: left;">I finished off a painting exercise today that I began last week. In the first session, I made a rapid underpainting which I needed to dry completely before continuing. I used cadmium yellow in the underpainting along with titanium white. These pigments have a </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: left;">slower drying time, but l</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: left;">uckily the pineapple survived the drying time :) and I carried on with it this afternoon. I gave myself no longer than 2 hours working time from start to finish. The first session last week took around 45 mins and the second session an hour. The result is fresh and energetic, and unlaboured, which was the kind of result I was looking for :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After many months of making </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">charcoal, pastel and gesso </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">drawings, (and if you remember, re-constructing drawings into </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">mosaics)</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> I have my oil paints out again...! Don't get me wrong, It's been exciting working in that way (and I will return to it soon), but I have to say it's good to smell that sweet fragrance of turps again! :) I have begun by re-working 'Alison' as I've always felt she needed further work as I never felt I had totally resolved her. I have softened some of the transitions of colour and placed some warmer hues into the flesh. One of the advantages of using a limited palette is that it's easier to carry on where you left off without struggling to recreate the correct colour mix. When painting the flesh, I change the blue on my palette from Ultramarine to Cerulean. Cerulean makes lovely cool flesh tints, and violet greys for some of the shadow areas. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I'm satisfied that I've now managed to capture not only the softness in her </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">skin tones but also the twinkle in her eye which is very much 'Alison'. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>'Healing Fibres' </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The show opened on 5th October</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The show opened with flamenco dancing...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Laura Cahalane</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Charlotte Eckler</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Jeri Gillian</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Ann Hanscom</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Patti Kelly</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Mihoko Wakabayashi</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I would like to take this opportunity to thank my dear friend Bayda for inviting me to show my work at the Sprinkler Factory and for all her hard work organising the exhibition. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is the first day since our exhibition in September 'Aspects of the Feminine' that I've been in my studio working. There's been lots to catch up on but most of it's done now apart from one or two walls I promised to paint once the exhibition came down! I've started gently today by reworking a piece that in the show I called 'Feeling Nature'. I've added colour in the foreground which I feel has strengthened the composition and given the piece a definite focus. While it was hanging in the gallery I felt like taking it off the wall and working on it </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">there and then</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">! Teaching tomorrow....making studies for paintings with crayons, sketchbooks and IPads...should be a fun morning! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; text-align: left;">It was a brilliant evening with lots of great feedback from all the lovely people who turned out for us :) A big thankyou to everyone who came to </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: justify;">our private view and to Alice and Emma who did a marvellous job on the wine table.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I've been busy putting work in frames and painting and waxing frames. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You can see</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">in this photo some of the smaller pieces going off to the show. The work in painted frames is already wrapped and ready to go. All I have to do now is print out the labels and...yay...all done! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm now looking forward to seeing all my hard work in situ in the gallery space and looking forward even more to the private view on Tuesday. It's going to be a good do and I hope everyone who can will come along and partake in a glass or two of wine with us :) I'm also just about to send off my pieces to the States for the show in October...It would be nice to accompany it but hey perhaps another time :) </span></div>
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<br />ann stoker - Lincoln UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07327725597415245888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781140932913489749.post-56942440352941119572014-08-17T09:32:00.002-07:002014-08-17T09:32:59.170-07:00'The Birth of Ophelia'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This last piece, which I am pleased to tell you is now complete... :) has been influenced by Sir John Everett Millais' 'Ophelia'. The painting by Millais depicts a scene from Shakespeare's <i>Hamlet </i>in which Ophelia's father is murdered by her lover Hamlet and as a result Ophelia drowns herself in a stream. My Ophelia on the other hand, is in the process of rebirth! She represents the feminine and creative aspects of water in the way that for aeons water has been equated with the feminine aspects of creation and nature. There is a common and recurring image in many cultures, that of the Goddess emerging from the water. So here, my Ophelia is emerging from the water only to be reborn as a Goddess..don't you just prefer happy endings!...:)</span></div>
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<br />ann stoker - Lincoln UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07327725597415245888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781140932913489749.post-54114229057302056282014-08-09T06:23:00.000-07:002014-08-09T06:23:49.452-07:00'Joan'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Meet Jeanne d'Arc or as we know her Joan of Arc! She is also known as the Maid of Orleans and represents here the archetype of 'heroine' or 'woman devoted to a noble cause'. History states that Joan denied her femininity in order to fit in with the 'boys' on the battle field </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There are other 'heroines' in history whose story is similar,</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> (Camilla for one, who fought </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">in Italy </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">against the Trojan hero Aeneus ) </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">which might lead you to the conclusion that heroism is a male prerogative. Now we can't have that can we! </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In my version she is portrayed as a strong, determined but </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">nonetheless</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">very</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">feminine</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">woman.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> She wears part of her coat of arms (a lily) on a pendant around her neck symbolising her devotion to duty and her willing sacrifice to the belief that she was to be emancipator of France. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here is my version of a modern day Helen of Troy. Helen is a character that I find fascinating and who I tend to think has had a raw deal! Over the centuries she alone has had to shoulder the blame for the Trojan war having </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">been arguably </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">accused of being the sole reason for the battle. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We know Helen was not squeaky clean but </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">the accusation is just a little unfair as t</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">he </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Greeks and Trojans</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> jumped at the chance to go in there and do battle with each other! They had their own political agendas</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">but</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> they'</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">ve been </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">allowed to escape scot-free and haven't had to accept any responsibility!! So here is my homage to Helen as </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">archetype of beauty yes, </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">but also as long-suffering scapegoat who now deserves to be liberated :)</span></div>
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ann stoker - Lincoln UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07327725597415245888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781140932913489749.post-76160765801086369502014-07-28T10:02:00.001-07:002014-07-28T10:02:18.601-07:00'Take 5' Private View - Sam Scorer Gallery, Lincoln<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've been at the Gallery today hanging my pieces for 'Take 5', t</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">he second exhibition of artists Carol Butler, </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Jenny Hammerton, </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Janis Mitchell, Jo Slone and myself</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">. Below is a taster of what's in the exhibition. Our work is very diverse as you can see from the images below, but hangs together beautifully. When I left the gallery, the hang was almost complete and I have to say it was looking amazing! </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The show starts tomorrow and runs through until Sunday August 3rd at <b>Sam Scorer Gallery, Drury Lane, Lincoln, LN1 3BN</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Don't forget, if you're in the area and free this <b>Friday 25th July 6.00pm - 9.00pm</b> do come along to the gallery for a glass of wine at the <b>private view. </b>Hope to see you there.<b> </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is my second piece 'Veil 2' for the exhibition 'Healing Fibres' and my last post before I go to Spain</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">for a week</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. It's a working holiday but here's hoping it will be more holiday than work! :)</span>ann stoker - Lincoln UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07327725597415245888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781140932913489749.post-24739201342156213372014-07-04T09:46:00.000-07:002014-07-04T09:46:20.823-07:00'Healing Fibres' - Exhibition in Worcester, Massachusetts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've reworked this piece for an exciting new exhibition 'Healing Fibres' organised in Worcester, Massachusetts by fibre artist <a href="http://www.baydasart.com/">Bayda Asbridge</a>. The exhibition is an annual event to raise awareness and discussion about political, environmental, gender, racial, medical, human rights and other societal issues. The theme for this year is violence against women. This image is to be one of my pieces. I have included threads in the drawing and placed a layer of slashed and distressed netting in front of the image to act as a veil. Both of my pieces will be 'veiled'. I should have the other piece ready to post tomorrow.</span><br />
<br />ann stoker - Lincoln UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07327725597415245888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781140932913489749.post-55632673835372135262014-07-01T09:49:00.000-07:002014-07-01T09:49:38.231-07:00'Brigid'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm now in the process of pursuing the feminine archetype as it appears in myth.This is Brigid. She was a powerful, if not <i>the </i>most powerful goddess in the Celtic pantheon. Another name for her is 'Bride'. She was a triple goddess - Maid, Mother and Crone. Her face in my painting is from imagination. All I knew when I started drawing her was that I wanted her image to be in profile. I placed the crown of flowers on her head as a symbol of the </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Celtic</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">connection to the land. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is 'Eve', mother of all mankind...or </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">as Carl Jung described her, biological woman. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Jung introduced us to the anima, the unconscious feminine side of man's personality and divided the anima into four levels, one of which was Eve. Jung's Eve is a fascinating character as she is a woman of infinite faces...this is just one of them! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Still on the theme of archetypes, this piece represents 'the nurturing mother'. Following in the footsteps of the many and varied </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">historic Madonna and Child representations, t</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">his image illustrates our idealised concept of motherhood. My subject, I must tell you, is not from imagination but taken from life...it's my daughter-in-law and grandson. They'd eventually fallen asleep on cushions on the floor having spent one of those 'typical' </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">never-ending</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">nights </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">that parents inevitably experience with infant babies! </span>ann stoker - Lincoln UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07327725597415245888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781140932913489749.post-69484588981159168482014-06-24T14:20:00.000-07:002014-06-24T14:20:22.796-07:00Charcoal and paint<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've been continuing my exploration into combining charcoal and paint and have come up with this piece for my show 'Aspects of the Feminine' for which I'm now in the throes of making work! I'm looking at the feminine archetype and searching for suitable characters. I love this character, she's going to be my woman of wisdom, 'Sophia'.</span>ann stoker - Lincoln UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07327725597415245888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781140932913489749.post-57441103569753576092014-06-19T12:35:00.000-07:002014-06-19T12:35:49.914-07:00Class Exhibition!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This afternoon we held the private view of 'People, Places and Things', an exhibition of work by the two art groups that I teach. It was a great success and we all had a fab afternoon :) </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I took t</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">he photograph above towards the end of the afternoon when it was slowing down...as you can tell by the empty wine bottles! :) The photo below shows the beautiful flowers that I was given by the groups to say thankyou for teaching them...I was very touched and I thank you all :) </span></div>
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