Monday, January 4, 2010
welcome new year- make yourself at home.
well it's the start of another new year- this one should be as good as any other. so many changes happening for so many people... us including. as a year in review it has been super successful- new showings in New York all the way to LA...an artist could not ask for much more.
This year you can plan on a strong inventory set up for me...my plan is to have a back log of 100 paintings on hand...sounds' like it might take me 100 years to create-- but we will see;)
Also, Looks like I should be taking a month this summer to work in Rome. Italy, has always been a passionately ideal location for me, and the thought is exhilarating...
As for the studio- well it seems I'm expanding yet again...the work is getting larger and my need for space is increasing rather quickly... i will be working out of a warehouse with no regard to size limitations- it seems my studio needs to double in size about every six months or so- so hopefully about 1000 sq ft will work for the endurance. its nice to finally be settled into a large space for a long term setup.
Also... the book has been released from My wonderful husband (courtesy of his publisher Tate Enterprises)
- author; Beau Garrett--
Check out the details on the web:
www.yoetna.com
blessings-
Thursday, October 22, 2009
like a rusty nail.
"A recording of time indefinite" faired as a wonderful opening in Birmingham. I was really pleased with the overwhelming turnout and all the new people I met. The show officially closes November 1, 2009. It will be quite a while before I release another mixed media body of work, so this would be good opportunity to see some of the paintings. Since the show opened on the 1st of October a lot of changes have taken place in my life. We said fair well to our city loft and moved to a quaint little 1940's house. It's an old captains quarters from WWII -so it's still got some charm...and some quirks. So peaceful out here... But it was still an interesting adjustment after living a couple of years in an old school gymnasium.
On a sad note, we lost a dear family member on October 2nd. I have written before about my uncle who used to get us into the local pool for almost free in the summers---his sweet wife Denise suddenly passed the night after the birmingham show opening. I have never mentioned before-- but -My uncle is blind and can hardly see shadows, in fact most of his days are spent seeing complete blackness no color- no movements. One of the most memorable moments I have of the two of them was at their wedding years ago- it was at the town recreation center (folding metal chairs and all)---but I can remember the sweetness of watching two people completely in love commit their lives to each other. He had never even seen her-- but he loved her. It was a sweet time for me to be young and apart of something real and unadorned. just simple love...with blinders on. I found it interesting that I wrote of my uncle and the local pool towards the beginning of painting "A recording of time indefinite" and now at the end of the show I write again about him. Call it coincidence if you like, but the routes of "time indefinite" are curious and unexpected. I am thankful for family and for times of sincere reflection, and most of all the powerful existence God. When I asked my uncle how he was doing last he said, "i'm like a rusty nail, just hangin' in there."
I'm glad I could honor Glen and Denise today.
A true recording of time indefinite.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
ben folds five plays loud.
on my website i have a quote from him---"consider the silence of a painting. But in its silence, there is a choreographed pantomime, a ballet, voice and form." (Joan Miro).
Im reminded today that my inspirations are great and many- within the silence of my paintings there is hours of music that backs my work... some days it does feel very choreographed.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
studio bound with a bag full of books...
well i've got a few new and old books that have beckoned me back to the studio today-- totally inspired by the "Deep South" by Sally Mann--- an amazing book that captures the landscape photographs of Sally Mann produced through Collodion process. Her painterly images are yes of the south, but speak on such a broad level of viewing.
and secondly-- Christian Liagre's book requires my countless attention-- as it illustrates Liagre's purposeful attention to detail with the utmost intentional approach to interior design...I am always left with a new set of paintings lingering in my head-
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