The artists’ group I am a member of, the Artists of Oxford, is having a group show at the Ingersoll Creative Arts Centre and the opening for the show is this Sunday, 2-4 pm. I’ve got two pieces in the show, and they are both digital fractals printed on acrylic. One is called Diaphanous, the other is called Indeterminate.
I hope you’ll be able to join us for the opening or make it to the show while it is on!
A little while ago I found out I’m in a show coming up. It was quite a surprise to me, especially when I found out the date had originally been quite a bit earlier and was being changed to a later, unspecified date. My complete lack of information was due to some sort of email communication glitch which has yet to be straightened out. I have the information now at least! Luckily, I have enough pieces to show as three of us are showing at once, and the date it is changed to gives me plenty of time to advertise.
I am very fortunate to be sharing the gallery space at Elm Hurst Dining in Ingersoll with excellent artists Heather MacIntosh and Bruce Hartley. This show will begin on July 16 and run until September 17. It is organized by Oxford Creative Connections Inc. More details will follow soon, but I am planning to show about eight pieces of my fractal art and I wanted you to know!
It seems that the first weekend of May has crept up on me and while I’ve been posting about the Oxford Studio Tour on my Facebook page and my Twitter account (@artnaturali), and on my other website, I neglected to do so here! It’s this coming weekend already and I hope you haven’t made other plans yet.
I will be in my gallery/studio which is Stop #7 on the tour, to welcome you all this weekend. Visitors will be flocking to Oxford County, Ontario to view, enjoy, and purchase art. I have an abundance to show. Many of my fractal paintings, photos, and original single edition prints will be here, and many of my original paintings of other subjects. These include watercolour paintings on traditional paper, on gesso-coated paper, and on yupo. I will have two brand new fractal metal prints on display, as well as a new piece printed on acrylic! In addition to this, there will be some new fractal photos, and some new non-fractal pieces in watercolour. Brochures for the tour are available at a number of locations – including here at my studio! To get you started, here is a map to my location. I’m about an hour from Hamilton/Burlington, an hour from London, or an hour from Kitchener/Waterloo.
P.S. I accept cash and cheques for purchases of my art – but not credit cards, sorry! (There is an ATM at the Royal Bank just down the street though).
The Station Arts Centre has turned out to be a great location for my original series of fractal art. Their new lighting system really shows off the metal prints well, and the one wall was the perfect length to show off the larger paintings all together. Much better than crowding them into my home gallery, that’s for sure!
Here I am with a few of the pieces, on the night of the opening:
Also, the Station Arts Centre took a few photos on the night of the opening and posted them on their Facebook page. You can view them here.
The show runs until April 7.
I haven’t written in a little while but I now have some great news for followers in the area who haven’t had a chance to see my fractals in person yet. I am showing those that are left (31 pieces) at the Station Arts Centre in Tillsonburg for the month of March. The show opens March 6 (this Friday) at 7-9 pm. It runs until April 7. The show is called, this time, A Fractal Universe. Come land in it!
Congratulations to the European Space Agency, and to all of humanity, for boldly going where no one has gone before… for landing the human-built robot Philae on a comet!!
This is truly a historic moment and an example of how our imaginations can lead us to realities our ancestors may have considered impossibilities. It will lead to a greater understanding of our solar system and of the universe.
In honour of this event, I’m posting my piece called The Landing. I can’t think of a better day to do it! It’s purely imaginary, constructed of three different fractals, and belongs in the realm of fantasy or science fiction. But then, not so long ago, so did landing on a comet…
The Landing
Digital Art printed on metal, single edition
20×20″
Artist Lianne Todd
SOLD. Private Collection.
I made the news today – and while an actual review would have been nice, I will take free advertising without complaint! This article appeared on the front page of the Today section in The London Free Press, and I am grateful to them! Nice to be featured with these other excellent artists as well.
I have decided to post my own watermarked photo of the featured painting they chose for the article – it will give you a better idea of the colour. This is one of the five watercolours on gesso that are in the exhibit, and it’s called Colourfest. Like the others, it began as a digitally generated fractal, and developed from there.
Colourfest, 20×20″, Watercolour on Gessoed Paper. Lianne Todd
Another item of publicity is this video made by The ARTS Project. It was the end of the day we hung the show, so I hope I am not rambling too much in it. You can see Colourfest hanging behind me!
A big thank you to everyone who helped me celebrate the opening of my exhibition last night.
Here are some pictures (I didn’t remember to take any until the end of the night!):
Tonight is the night! Yesterday we hung the art and it is all ready for viewing. My husband helped, and he was wondering where I had been hiding it all. Here is a sneak peak at some of the titles for you, and a photo of me hanging some of my first ones on the wall of the lovely gallery at The ARTS Project.
“Turbulence & Bubbles”; “Stardance”; “Nature’s Drapery”; “Negative Nebulae”; “Mother of Moths”; “Fried Eggs”; “The Mage Emerges”… There are 39 pieces of art in all.
Here I am hanging “Happy Hill”
The ones you see in the photo are watercolour paintings on paper.
I would like also, at this time, to acknowledge the excellent digital image printing services of Posterjack, of Toronto. They are the company which I use to print my digital fractals on metal. Over the course of three years they have consistently provided wonderful service and attention to quality. The show consists of 18 paintings, 15 metal prints, and six photographs. The photographs were printed using high quality archival paper and inks by Highlander Studios, of Woodstock, and I am so pleased with the results!
Some other tools I have employed to make my art are the software which I use to generate the fractals I start with. I have primarily used Spangfract XTel, and Oxidizer, on my iMac. These programs provide me with infinite possibilities and I thank them for that! My frames and many of my other art supplies were purchased at Guthrie’s Art Supplies & Framing, of London – mainly because they also provide excellent service and reasonable prices – and Olga knows me when I walk in. Richard and Sandra, at The ARTS Project, were very helpful with advice and equipment for hanging yesterday. Finally, I would like to acknowledge the funding support from the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario.
I hope, if you are able, you will join me tonight as we celebrate the show opening. 7-9 pm!
FractaLiArt 