{"id":2435,"date":"2015-02-23T19:48:57","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T03:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alleyartstudio.com\/?p=2435"},"modified":"2017-04-27T20:06:36","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T20:06:36","slug":"work-continues-after-a-brief-pause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/?p=2435","title":{"rendered":"Work Continues . . . . after a brief pause"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/February-23-2015-121.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-2448 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/February-23-2015-121-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"February 23 2015 (12)\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" \/><\/a>Being sick is no fun. Here is what I&#8217;ve been working on after about a three week hiatus. I battled pneumonia for most of February, and although I wanted to get back to painting, my body screamed NO. But I&#8217;m back on an abbreviated schedule, hoping to ramp up my time as I continue to mend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/February-23-2015-31.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-2441 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/February-23-2015-31-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"February 23 2015 (3)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;ve been working on about 27 boards ranging in size from 8&#215;8 inches up to 36&#215;48 inches, all in plaster, oil, and cold wax. During each painting session, I work on several boards (not all 27!), adding swaths of paint, scraping it away, scratching into the paint with my awl, blotting paint from one board to another, adding marks using graphite pencils. and drawing with oil paint sticks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/February-23-2015-51.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-2442 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/February-23-2015-51-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"February 23 2015 (5)\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Slowly my boards are beginning to take on a personality, a unique identity. As I wrote in my journal this morning, my hope is that each painting will evoke a feeling of intrigue, mystery, and curiosity. They aren&#8217;t there yet, but as I often tell my students: <em>It&#8217;s just a layer.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1429.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-2454 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1429-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1429\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" \/><\/a>This series of paintings is for my June show at <a title=\"Guardino Gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guardinogallery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Guardino Gallery<\/a> on NE Alberta in Portland. My work will be in the Main Gallery, so I have a fairly sophisticated schematic in place to fill the many walls. This afternoon, my big paintings got some attention.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/February-23-2015-81.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-2444 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/February-23-2015-81-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"February 23 2015 (8)\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I recently acquired this three-tier, light weight cart. I painted it red and put it to use as a place to put my palette; it is easily maneuverable so I can take my palette to the boards all around my studio.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/February-23-2015-13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-2439 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/February-23-2015-13-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"February 23 2015 (1)\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I also worked on my smallest boards. Here is a peek at sections from six in various stages of layers and completion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/February-23-2015-14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-2431 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/February-23-2015-14-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"February 23 2015 (14)\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/February-23-2015-16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-2433 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/February-23-2015-16-300x246.jpg\" alt=\"February 23 2015 (16)\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/February-23-2015-15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-2432 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/February-23-2015-15-300x236.jpg\" alt=\"February 23 2015 (15)\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/10433117_829489110443484_750827818471087385_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-2459 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/10433117_829489110443484_750827818471087385_n-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"10433117_829489110443484_750827818471087385_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1318.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-2458 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1318-300x262.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1318\" width=\"300\" height=\"262\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/February-23-2015-17.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-2434 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/February-23-2015-17-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"February 23 2015 (17)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>Tomorrow, I&#8217;ll be adding more layers and marks. At the end of my painting session today, this is how one of my 30&#215;30 inch boards looked; it started out as something entirely different.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/February-23-2015-61.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-2443 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/February-23-2015-61-296x300.jpg\" alt=\"February 23 2015 (6)\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>And then it was time to end.\u00a0 A final look into the studio from two different doors.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/February-23-2015-201.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-2438 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/February-23-2015-201-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"February 23 2015 (20)\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/February-23-2015-211.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-2449 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/February-23-2015-211-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"February 23 2015 (21)\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being sick is no fun. Here is what I&#8217;ve been working on after about a three week hiatus. I battled pneumonia for most of February, and although I wanted to get back to painting, my body screamed NO. But I&#8217;m back on an abbreviated schedule, hoping to ramp up my time as I continue to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/?p=2435\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Work Continues . . . . after a brief pause<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,19,107,6,178,82,38,130,141,180,1],"tags":[71,50,179,17,138,181],"class_list":["post-2435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abstract-painting","category-alley-art-studio","category-art-studio","category-art-work","category-evoke","category-guardino-gallery","category-oil-and-cold-wax-2","category-painting-studio","category-plaster","category-resonate","category-uncategorized","tag-abstract-painting","tag-alley-art-studio","tag-evoke","tag-oil-and-cold-wax","tag-plaster","tag-resonate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2435"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7940,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435\/revisions\/7940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}