Sausage

I am not finished with this yet.

Yesterday I had a thought, did a bit of googling and found out that the two commissions I did earlier this year went into two different Wetherspoon pubs. How weird; how real.. People will look at them - people who probably wouldn't go to a gallery, especially not to see some abstract paintings. Ha ha!

I'm off to have sausage sandwiches now. Should have something a bit better for me really as I've finally been recalled by the National Blood Service and have an appointment in one week's time (I had a year off for becoming anaemic). Lots of broccoli, orange juice, no tea with meals, no stupid 'meals' like a packet of naan breads and chutney! I only eat that if I'm feeling awful.

Caterpillars

I got selected for this July's Abstract EXPOsure exhibition. Nice news really as only 15 artists internationally get selected for each quarterly exhibition. Here's what they say...
'Abstract EXPOsure was created in direct response to the lack of an exclusive abstract venue and functions as an online international gallery-without-walls.'
I quite fancied one of the awards but what can you do? At least they put my work on their homepage - I liked that.

Talking about myself

I have to write about myself and how great I am for an online gallery. I hate doing this because I am awful at it and it makes me cringe a little, you know, talking about myself as 'Georgina Vinsun's work' rather than 'My work is this, my work is that'.
'Georgina Vinsun creates dynamic, expressive paintings inspired by the ephemeral nature of cloud formations and the vastness of the sky. Her work's on its way to where she wants it to be but it's not quite there yet. She can't seem to focus on what she's doing and is currently suffering with a very bad case of dandruff. She is up for all sorts of exposure for her work but scared of associating with artists who just churn out work with no meaning.' She is also a total art snob and hates acrylic paint because it is balls.

I bought ham today

Today was sweaty - at work that is. Got home in good time anyway and met Nicola from Elstone Hayes Associates. Nicola's company have an incredible portfolio and years of experience of supplying artwork to the marine industry. The meeting was great but really highlighted the importance of photography; I mean, I take a reasonable photo of my work but the colours aren't quite true, the camera makes up what it can't quite understand and my image sizes are way too small. Nicola had printed up plans and a catalogue of the artworks she's procuring for this yacht - some truly gorgeous paintings, particularly Alexander Abraham's. The other artists' images were spot on, really clear, sharp and professional looking, whereas mine were pretty shoddy, all pixelated and to be frank, totally shite.
Luckily Nicola liked the paintings she saw and changed from her original decision of Mildred and Darcy to Darcy and Edie. I like working with professionals, she's sending her courier over to collect the paintings in two weeks' time - yes! No wrapping to do!!!!!!!!!!! I can't emphasise enough just how much I LOATHE packing my paintings and fretting over whether they got there safely.


The commission's on too, another tight deadline but I'll get it done; it's for the same guy I did the two sets of paintings for earlier this year. AFI Art's the name of his company and they supply artwork for commercial spaces.

I cater

This week's been filled with work, work, work - and not the good kind of work. It's been catering all the way.... Anyway, only a tiny bit more work to do tomorrow then I come home and meet someone who wants to look at the above paintings. I laughed when I looked at these pictures - the paintings look like they're posing for me. Ha ha!
So there's that and subject to confirmation, another commission. Maybe the week wasn't so bad after all. I think that too much catering clouds my mind up sometimes.

Petra

I've been painting a fair bit this week, just settling back into my working routine. Friday messed it up a bit as I had a horribly long overtime shift so I spent half of Saturday sleeping.
The painting above will be called Petra when completely finished - I'm enjoying the pinks and blues a lot at the moment. 120 x 180cm - Oil, enamel, pastel & pencil.

Postcards 100/100

Chocolate spread

This one's on the way but the paint was tacky and I needed to layer but layering with tacky paint is too frustrating. I do not like to be an
angry painter! Size: 100 x 130cm
I've been on a bit of a 'spreading myself about the Internet' odyssey over the last couple of days. This was something I did a lot of in 2007/2008 but my enthusiasm for it dwindled towards the middle of 2008.
Anyway, I firmly believe that utilising all the (good looking with good content) free networking sites for your artwork is a good thing. People email me and tell me they've found me on such and such a site and I think, 'oh! Is my work there?'. You see, I forget. I also have a bad habit of deleting my links when I decide my list looks too crowded. Still, people find me everywhere and this indicated to me that I should continue spreading my work about, hence my link-making odyssey. Best ones so far this week have been Art Slant and Myartspace.

This was tacky too, really frustratingly tacky. I shut the door on them in the end and just focused on other things. Size: 120 x 180cm

Ooh, my bookmarks are nearly done - photos to follow before I post them off!

Dress-up with Mildred

I found this on google today - an outfit inspired by Mildred! I'd wear the dress but not the shoes, my feet are so wide that they splurt out of strappy shoes.


Georgina Vinsun by Georgina. featuring Alexander McQueen shoes

Rabbit Pie

I put pink on this and ruined it. Today I feel low, lethargic and as though I can't be bothered to do anything at all. I will force myself to draw later.

Sometimes Pie goes missing. I wander round the house, looking behind the sofas, behind closed doors she might have got through, in the garden, behind the greenhouse... Then I start to get worried, worried a bird might have had her (like in Watership Down - 'Violet's gone!'), or that she's dug a hole and escaped in to the street. Anyway, the last time it happened I finally checked upstairs in the closed wardrobe and there she was, tucked up at the back in a nest of my old work tights looking as if she'd always been there. She was very angry when I scooped her out and she growled at me, scratched me and then stamped her disapproval when I put her back on the ground. I took a photo first though and she looks like butter wouldn't melt.