Introducing the Untitled Girl Project
I am full steam ahead on a new body of paintings exploring the various roles, archetypes, ideals, and social experiments that teenage girls use to figure out who they are. My thoughts and ideas for this work are still coming out a mile a minute and have not yet gelled. I am making a lot of notes, doodles, sketches, and folders full of images to help me along. Mark your calendars: my new project will debut on 2014-04-04 at aka gallery in Oklahoma City.
I have started a Tumblr blog* to help organize some of the visual material informing this new work:
I'll be posting images on a new theme each week. Right now, it's Teen Witch "Week" for the rest of October (archived here). Here are a few selections to whet your appetite for seances, cute occult accessories, go-away lipstick, black lace, white lace, ectoplasm, crystals, and all manner of witchy vibes.
Click on any image to view it on Tumblr. All copyrights remain with the images' respective creators.
* This Tumblr blog is potentially NSFW. Use your best judgement.
Sushi: White Plate
Sushi: White Plate. Acrylic on canvas, 12 x 12 inches, 2013 by Sarah Atlee.
Part of my new series Delish!
Acrylic paints have the wonderful property of being either transparent or opaque. Typically I build an acrylic painting using multiple layers of paint, either thinned with water or mixed with a medium such as Golden's glazing liquid. I mostly use Golden's fluid acrylics for their high concentration of pigment in a low-viscosity vehicle.
For this piece, however, I decided to make the background and shadows flat, opaque, and graphic in order to highlight the details in the sushi rolls themselves.
More food and drink paintings will be on display at Delish! this October at Broadway Wine Merchants in Oklahoma City. Dates and details on the way.
Dual Principalities of Tuna
Sushi White Plate, in progress (detail view). Acrylic on canvas, 12 x 12 inches, 2013 by Sarah Atlee.
What I Learned in the Art Biz Bootcamp
Thoughts wrangled for a previous solo exhibition. Sketchbook pages, 2010 by Sarah Atlee.
Earlier this year, I took a journey into the world of art marketing with Art Biz Coach Alyson Stanfield, though her No Excuses Art Biz Bootcamp. In this online course, students learn and implement all kinds of great stuff about the business of being an independent artist.
I can't say enough good things about this 12-week program, but here are some highlights:
Because of the Art Biz Bootcamp
I feel more in control of my art business than ever before.
I clarified my career goals, especially pertaining to exhibition and sales. As a result, I've booked a solo show in a new venue and planned for several group shows during the next year.
I took control of my contact list and established an email newsletter for the first time (you can sign up using the form on your right).
I have an increased network of support through the Bootcamp's group on Facebook and through other interactions with my friends and colleagues.
I had an Aha! Moment.
I now understand that I am a specific artist, with specific needs and career goals. I need to do what is right for me, which may not be what is right for someone else. I can push myself to overcome challenges and achieve goals while still treating myself with compassion.
Are you interested in the Art Biz Bootcamp?
Go to the Bootcamp section of the Art Biz Coach website to learn more.
Thank you, Alyson!
Ike, Mike and Mustard In Progress
Progress shots of three new paintings for the Grand Reopening of DNA Galleries in Oklahoma City's Plaza District.
Ike & Mike, in progress. Acrylic on wood panel, 2013 by Sarah Atlee.
Dylan and Amanda Bradway cut these teardrop shapes out of wood, and invited artists to embellish them for the upcoming show. Here they are sanded and prepped for painting.
The teardrop shape is from DNA Galleries' new improved logo.
Mustard & Ike, in progress. Acrylic on wood panel, 2013 by Sarah Atlee.
I decided to reorient two of my three teardrop panels to point in different directions.
Mike, detail, in progress. Acrylic on wood panel, 2013 by Sarah Atlee.
I'll post more pictures when the paintings are finalized.
Mark your calendars; the celebration will be on Thursday, May 2! Details below.
