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<span style="font-size: large;">... a Fair Girl....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">….and a Competition...</span><br />
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I'm having trouble naming these two – so I thought i'd see what ideas you had:<br />
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If you are at all inspired with a name, just comment below with your suggestion. I'll pick the ones I like the best , and the two winners will each receive a gift voucher for $150, valid for 12 months. I can't wait to see your brilliant ideas!<br />
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“Fair Girls and Grey Horses”<br />
AN EXHIBITION OF <br />
DRAWINGS, PAINTINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS<br />
BY VIRGINIA DANIELS<br />
opening reception<br />
From 6.30 pm <br />
Friday March 26<br />
and over the weekend<br />
85 COMMERCIAL RD NEWSTEAD<br />
(ENTRANCE ON ARTHUR STREET)<br />
rsvp march 22<br />
<a href="mailto:ginny@virginiadaniels.com">ginny@virginiadaniels.com</a><br />
or phone<br />
Julia sawyer 0421 089983<br />
Louise van ristell 0407 557701Virginia Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589288900561716989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165357447498006689.post-46525884664785089032010-03-10T13:25:00.004+10:002010-03-10T13:30:49.657+10:00Fair Girls and Grey Horses - from the Bush to the Boudoir!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm having an exhibition in a beautiful old building in Newstead from March 26 - I do hope you'll come!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The title of this exhibition is taken from a book of poetry by the bush poet Will Ogilvie, a contemporary of Banjo Patterson's and in my opinion the true bard of the bush. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">As in the book, the exhibition is in two parts, one devoted to the love of the horse and of the bush, and the other to the female form. What I most want to do as an artist is to create and share the beauty I see in the world, and what could be more beautiful than the way light falls across the form of the horse, or caressing a feminine curve? </div><div style="text-align: center;">While out mustering, a particular situation would often bring to mind a line from a poem, and the paintings in this exhibition are only a small selection of the many inspired by Ogilvie, and my own experiences and passion for horses and the bush. As for the “ Fair Girls”, I simply think women are beautiful – I want every woman to see herself as she really is, perfect in all her flaws and her uniqueness. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">On a deeper level the collection is a reflection of my recent journey in life, from a life deeply connected to the land and the “realism” of working cattle in the bush, to a more “abstract” life in the city.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>opening reception</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>FROM 6.30 pm</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>friday march 26</strong></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>85 COMMERCIAL RD NEWSTEAD</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>(ENTRANCE ON ARTHUR STREET)</strong></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>rsvp march 22<a href="mailto:22ginny@virginiadaniels.com"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>or phone<br />
J</strong></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>ulia Sawyer 0421 089 983</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Louise Van Ristell 0407 557 701</strong></span> <br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span></strong> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">There will be horses, cattle, nudes and some phoography - come along and enjoy a glass of bubbly and a chat - or if you can't make it I'll be posting previews and updates here up until opening night. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div><strong></strong></div><strong></strong></div><strong></strong></div><strong></strong></div><strong></strong></div><strong></strong></div><strong></strong></div><strong></strong></div><strong></strong>Virginia Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589288900561716989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165357447498006689.post-14450617534977092682009-12-10T12:04:00.001+10:002009-12-10T12:06:41.841+10:00Christmas CommissionsHere are two recent drawings that were commissioned as Christmas presents - the photos aren't the best (I need to upgrade my equipment and techniques for photographing my work) - but give you an idea.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"<em>The drawing is amazing, thank you so much. I’ve dropped him at the framers, he was equally impressed! I can’t wait see him all framed up</em>." Will Banks, MLA<br />
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</div>"<em>You should see the drawing Ginny did of Scamper - it is really really good and is going to make a terrific Xmas present. I am really pleased with it!</em>" Passed on to me by a friend who recieved this note after Sally had recived her commissioned drawing. Sally herself told me I had "<em>captured Scamper to a T!"</em><br />
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More to get finished in time for Christmas, so best get back to the studio - remember to get this years prices on Commissions, you need to book in by January 5 - and a gift voucher would be a great gift if you still haven't found the perfect present - it'll come beautifully gift wrapped and ready just to put under the tree! To order yours, click <a href="http://virginiadanielsartist.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-gift-ideas.html">here</a>Virginia Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589288900561716989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165357447498006689.post-24402768896239435052009-12-08T20:39:00.005+10:002009-12-08T21:26:01.965+10:00Christmas Gift ideasI'm sorry this is a little late - I have been madly trying to complete some commissions in time for Christmas! Anyway, here are some Christmas gift ideas and special offers to help you with that last minute shopping or for that person who has everything.<br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><strong>Gift Certificates</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: black;">A gift certificate is a great gift as it lets the recipient choose their gift - certificates can be arranged for any price and can be used for a specific purpose (for example to buy a print or comission), or put towards a purchase of the buyers choice. </span><br />
Gift Certificates can be to any value and come gift wrapped. If over $50, a free mini print is included to give on Christmas day.<br />
To arrange your gift certificate, and any personalised message you'd like to include, simply <a href="http://data.fineartstudioonline.com/dataviewer.asp?keyvalue=12556&page=Contact%20the%20Artist">contact me here</a>.<br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><strong>Under $25</strong></span><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Why not give a gift pack of cards - they are blank inside and can be used for any occasion. This gift pack of 7 original design, premium quality large A5 size cards and envelopes is a great little present and can be used throughout the year, for any occasion. They can even be framed as gorgeous mini art prints - another great gift idea.<br />
</div>Normally $5 each but if you order the gift pack of 7 cards by December 16, you'll pay just $25<br />
Click <a href="http://data.fineartstudioonline.com/dataviewer.asp?keyvalue=12556&subkeyvalue=336829&page=WorksDetail">here</a> to buy. <br />
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<strong><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">From $75 to $200</span></strong><br />
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</div>How about an unframed limited edition print? This is a gift that will last a lifetime and will continue to appreciate in value. Each print comes with a Certificate of Authenticity, has been printed by a master printer using only the finest archival inks and papers, and has been individually signed and numbered by the artist.<br />
Order before December 16 and recieve a free mini print valued $25 as well. <br />
Click <a href="http://data.fineartstudioonline.com/dataviewer.asp?keyvalue=12556&subkeyvalue=22003&page=ViewCollection">here</a> to choose your print and order.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Under $500</span></strong><br />
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</div>You may also want to have your print framed - only limited numbers are available before Christmas so order now - simply choose the print you want <a href="http://data.fineartstudioonline.com/dataviewer.asp?keyvalue=12556&subkeyvalue=22003&page=ViewCollection">here</a> and contact me by <a href="mailto:ginnydaniels@gmail.com">email</a> or phone 0427 873 414 to arrange framing and delivery.<br />
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Remember that the prints are framed under glass though, so if you have access to a framer near you, buying your print unframed is probably safer. I can give you suggestions on how to frame your print, and even the exact details of the frame and mat I use if you'd like.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">$500 and over</span></strong><br />
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</div>Having trouble finding the perfect gift for somone? Why not give them their own original commissioned artwork? <br />
A commission would be a perfect gift for someone who has everything, or a favourite horse or dog they love - it could even be a family protrait - it's up to them. The process is an exciting experience they will treasure forever, and they will be reminded of you every day when they look at their painting. Paintings can be as small as A4, or as large as you like, and can be in oil or pencil.<br />
Order by December 16 and you will recieve a specially wrapped gift box and free mini print to give them on Christmas day -and they can arrange for their painting to be done anytime.<br />
A commission is also of course a great gift to give yourself!<br />
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Commissions start at just $500 (after Jan 5 they will start at $600as prices are going up next year) - so for the perfect gift for that someone really special, contact me <a href="mailto:ginnydaniels@gmail.com">here</a> or phone me on 0427 873 414 to arrange your own unique original artwork in oil or pencil. <br />
<strong>And remember my work is 100% guaranteed - if you aren't happy for any reason, you won't pay anything, so there is no risk</strong>.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Don't forget the 50% Tax deduction which expires December 31st!</span></strong><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Do you own a business - you may be able to claim a 50% tax deduction on your artwork purchase. If you buy and install an original artwork valued at over $1000 before December 31st this year, you can claim a 50% tax deduction, courtesy of the Federal Government economic stimulus package!</span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Thank you all for your continued support and interest in my work - I look forward to sharing lots of exciting new things with you in 2010....</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas and all the very best for the New Year!!!</span>Virginia Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589288900561716989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165357447498006689.post-42192045302630852762009-11-26T21:51:00.000+10:002009-11-26T21:51:12.813+10:00A portrait...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixf2iSgX5Ivk5ZpbLFsWd4H9Xji9UR4KbD4CMgZ1wWYDqw09kEdAkrb1uTE-CZM4gw0dLhq-IP7Cvr_TbIYnfLAewqUMW5RdDMjbfc0JRm47ZhaL1uJXN3BegD9uelbnKTSasgv1PO9s0/s1600/Matisse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixf2iSgX5Ivk5ZpbLFsWd4H9Xji9UR4KbD4CMgZ1wWYDqw09kEdAkrb1uTE-CZM4gw0dLhq-IP7Cvr_TbIYnfLAewqUMW5RdDMjbfc0JRm47ZhaL1uJXN3BegD9uelbnKTSasgv1PO9s0/s320/Matisse.jpg" yr="true" /></a><br />
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Today I spent a very enjoyable day painting from life. A portrait commissioned by a gorgeous woman, beautiful inside and out, as a gift to her husband of 20 years. I can't show it to you as it is private and very personal. Painting from life, though, apart from the art side of things, is great fun as I get to meet wonderful people and have a good chat while painting. <br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">While I completely agree with the benefits of meditation, for me, the sitting still and emptying mind kind never really works - all I do is think about the thoughts that aren't supposed to be there - and I haven't found any real impact on either my creativity or productivity from doing this (and I have tried, over a long period of time. It certainly helped me to breathe better, and to be more calm and centred). <br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">What works better for me is to engage fully in active meditation. For instance, Maria meditates before she starts to write, to put her in a creative space so that her writing can flow. If I do that, I feel anxious to be doing the work and it takes me away from my creative space. Instead, I simply start to work - at first, as with sitting meditation, the voices in my head become very loud - telling me I'm crap, not good enough, other artists are better, etc, etc, etc... <br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">However, if I just start <em>anyway</em>, and focus on my work, very soon those voices disappear, and my mind is completely absorbed with the problems of the painting. I am not consciously thinking, and yet am making decisons and choices all along. This is a well documented thing, of course, and is described as being in the zone. <br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Hours pass and time and physical concerns are unnoticed - for example, I always make a cup of tea when I start painting but it's always almost full when I stop. I just get completely absorbed and forget about evrything else.<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">For me, the work <em>is</em> the meditation. Not just any work though, for me it's painting (there is plenty of work I have to do that no amount of any kind of meditation or anything else will make timeless for me!). Working with horses does the same thing.<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I've noticed that action unleashes creativity for me - such as going for a walk / run / ride, and especially in the bush or at least with trees around. When I am still, or trying to be, I get stuck. If I start to move, I get unstuck.<br />
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Interestingly, it's the same with young horses. When they get stuck, or tight, the best thing to do is just to get them moving, and then it's easy to redirect them. Moving releases both their feet and their mind. I've known and practiced this for a long time, and yet only just realised it works for me as well. There really isn't much you can learn about life that a horse can't teach you. Just <a href="http://virginiadanielsartist.blogspot.com/2009/11/10-reasons-i-paint-horses.html">another reason</a> I love to paint horses!<br />
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I'll write more on how you can make art your meditation practice soon.<br />
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I came across this quote by Buddha today, thanks to <a href="http://mariabrophy.com/friday-focus/how-meditation-helps-the-creative-process.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email">Maria Brophy</a>:<br />
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<strong>“Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery.<br />
Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds!<br />
Shine.” </strong><br />
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For me, that about sums up the way to happy, satisfying and successful life in any career, but especially in art. <br />
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Painting and drawing are active meditations in themselves. I can go to my studio tired, cranky and headachey, and hours will pass by unnoticed, pain and tiredness disappear, and I am absorbed completely in what I am doing. <br />
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The pursuit of mastery is what drives me with my work - I imagine I'll be still working towards it until the day I die, or at least I hope to be. <br />
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Achieving mastery will require many long, quiet, hours of solitude in the studio or in observation of what I paint - and a large proportion of all the years it took me to surrender to the desire to follow my heart into the life of a full time artist were spent also in quiet solitude on the back of a horse in the Australian bush, watching the cattle, the sky, the landscape and seeing paintings in my mind.<br />
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<b>Shine</b><br />
And, the bills must be paid, so it is also necessary to come out form behind the clouds of self doubt and shine. This is the uncomfortable part for me and just about every artist I know, but is also incredibly humbling to have someone moved to tears by my work, and partly what make all the hours of solitary struggle worthwhile.<br />
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I'll write more on how painting can be an excellent way to meditate and simplify your life in future posts. Now, it's time for some "meditation" in the studio!Virginia Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589288900561716989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165357447498006689.post-1098155982846482882009-11-19T21:58:00.000+10:002009-11-19T22:17:14.967+10:00Brisbane Racing Club<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4sDm9spqszPY9bNwexyVTSs39SXqD-BVirVXWLegHL5uDZP1FwidVeV3QbTUUiA6-isuVW2hq-Ta1lNnLFb2svYXOfDage1XWPwvUI40Xma_dWI-tx9LmgH2UlAnSTO9mbWGixXCZPlk/s1600/IMG_3969.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405787523095779186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4sDm9spqszPY9bNwexyVTSs39SXqD-BVirVXWLegHL5uDZP1FwidVeV3QbTUUiA6-isuVW2hq-Ta1lNnLFb2svYXOfDage1XWPwvUI40Xma_dWI-tx9LmgH2UlAnSTO9mbWGixXCZPlk/s320/IMG_3969.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK9EFXoXU6cl3vPPIksWZp9LvN7xO5BxFl2zB6p23xZnEH1wznbpqJTvQXYBJMJKJ42QR_iRKMwJXfM9HvuhPkX2SuX7eg8hyphenhypheneXsARmA9SiodzQ03wtWNFipFW-Q1ustljZxqUYTWWrt0/s1600/Apache+Cat.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405785672025380146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 223px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK9EFXoXU6cl3vPPIksWZp9LvN7xO5BxFl2zB6p23xZnEH1wznbpqJTvQXYBJMJKJ42QR_iRKMwJXfM9HvuhPkX2SuX7eg8hyphenhypheneXsARmA9SiodzQ03wtWNFipFW-Q1ustljZxqUYTWWrt0/s320/Apache+Cat.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>I was pleased to donate this painting to the gorgeous Pru Harris, Promotions & Communications Manager of the Brisbane Racing Club. I'm looking forward to working with them in the New Year and excited at the prospect of painting some more beautiful racehorses.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The painting is a little different style for me but I wanted to include the references to Doomben Racecourse, although I have used a little artistic licence here and there. I worked largely from a photo I found -unfortuntely I don't know who the photographer is - if anyone does know I'd love to thank them for the use of it as a reference and acknowlege them.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div></div>Virginia Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589288900561716989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165357447498006689.post-6023228920969753402009-11-18T18:43:00.003+10:002009-11-20T20:19:50.936+10:00Melbourne Cup at the Polo Club<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV1gh2OCSR31wyLJaL6oTDJ5J-sRZY7-yJq3a2iUJktJqbfjDOIR2tMPTLXaraL-_ag1FaBqjkybYNFwv9mkdCvJzqAU46WSqBRJkRdtt75CIZGAzaczcK58qfN_jgN5X8xTLZzZxsRkg/s1600/IMG_3942.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405732355329230466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV1gh2OCSR31wyLJaL6oTDJ5J-sRZY7-yJq3a2iUJktJqbfjDOIR2tMPTLXaraL-_ag1FaBqjkybYNFwv9mkdCvJzqAU46WSqBRJkRdtt75CIZGAzaczcK58qfN_jgN5X8xTLZzZxsRkg/s320/IMG_3942.JPG" style="float: left; height: 214px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
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</div>Virginia Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589288900561716989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165357447498006689.post-36175218165734011102009-11-18T18:24:00.000+10:002009-11-18T18:32:23.303+10:0010 Reasons I paint horses<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmCSbtJgn_G62T_IBw6lqqRtq1_IUTogpg0xgkofB_Lbstsr_V0bGwQzSx9Rm-wLYnzdHyi2OpmZFPxxMN0MoMBE8lIzp7zS_bHQoDD37g11jJk2sOrtkVvpCFBuu7tKV31Uk4k97DEJM/s1600/IMG_3963.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405358067533521570" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmCSbtJgn_G62T_IBw6lqqRtq1_IUTogpg0xgkofB_Lbstsr_V0bGwQzSx9Rm-wLYnzdHyi2OpmZFPxxMN0MoMBE8lIzp7zS_bHQoDD37g11jJk2sOrtkVvpCFBuu7tKV31Uk4k97DEJM/s320/IMG_3963.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p><br />Because I love them. I love their breath, I love their gentle and forgiving natures, I love their heart, their athleticism and power. I love their smell and the feel of them. </p><p><br />I'm humbled by what they have done for mankind and they sacrifices they have made. I'm in awe of what they endure and their patience with those who need patience. Time and again I have seen a horse who would throw a good rider with ease, for their arrogance, yet be like a lamb for a child, or for someone who couldn't ride, but was humble. </p><p><br />Because I love their shape, their gestures of power and grace and the infinite possibilities of design and beauty they offer. </p><p><br />Because every adventure, opportunity and breakthrough in my life has in some way been connected to horses. They fill my memories, experiences and dreams. </p><p><br />Because they are so rewarding to work with – without fail they let me know if I'm on the wrong track and when I'm doing it right. </p><p><br />They have scarred my body and built my character, cracked my bones and soothed my soul<br />Because just looking at a horse gives me pleasure and because riding a good horse is like nothing else on earth, pure exhilaration and awesome gratitude. </p><p><br />Because they've carried me safely galloping over pulled scrub, tirelessly for miles and miles on hot, long days and always given more, thrilled me with their sensitivity and with the lightness of our communication. </p><p><br />Because from the back of a horse I've seen a landscape not many have the fortune to see, and have been allowed entry into the quiet cathedral of nature, and to peace. </p><p><br />Last but not least, I paint horses because I love their shiny, dappled coats in cadmium colours, rich and soft and bright. Theirs are the colours of my palette I love the most and losing myself in the lusciousness of their colours, shapes and sheen is pure pleasure. Because the contrast and texture of light and shade, dark and light is infinitely challenging and ultimately satisfying to attempt to capture in pencil.</p>Virginia Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589288900561716989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165357447498006689.post-42777675912292590112009-11-07T17:47:00.000+10:002009-11-20T17:47:53.647+10:00Quotes...“Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life"<br />
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</div>What makes something beautiful? If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, it is perception. Someone said that the job of the artist is to find beauty. Artists will tell you that when they are seeing through artists eyes, everything becomes beautiful. What makes it so? I think it's because the artists eye is one that sees without judgement, that sees simply what is there, and what is there is nature. When we are drawing from life, we see not a fat or thin or ugly person - we see curves, shadows, light, form, edges - to make a successful drawing, we must forget what we know, and see what is there in front of us. We must really see what is there. We need to leave out what is we think we know about the subject (have <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoshin">beginners mind</a>), and instead discover what is there. We can focus every detail, or step back, and try to see just the essence, the gesture, what is truly the heart of the sitter. Leaving out the "baggage" and teh "knowing" and focusing on the heart is what gives us a likeness, and a drawing with life, with beauty. <br />
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You know what else makes a drawing beautiful? It's interest. The most beautiful drawings are interesting. A perfect face is beautiful on it's own, but what makes it interesting, and an extraordinary portrait, is expression, soul, life. Simply rendering perfect bone structure is usually less satisfying, and much less interesting. What makes it beautiful is often life itself - the light on a curve in a given moment; the colours of her dress reflected in her face; her expression as she looks out to the world; the pose - what is she doing in this precious moment? A "plain" face captured in a moment by an artist who has observed and captured these things becomes beautiful and is often more so than a conventionally beautiful face. A face that is what would normally be described diplomatically as "interesting" becomes extraordinarily beautiful seen with the artists eye, this face with all it's folds and curves and shadows and light becomes (as it always was) a work of art, breathtaking in it's beauty. <br />
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Perfection is neither interesting nor beautiful. What makes something beautiful is it's essence, it's very imperfections, it's uniqueness, and the more "imperfections", the more interesting, the more potential for the play of light and Shadow, the more places for the colours of the world to rest, the more room there is for the portrait to stand by itself, breathtaking in simply being itself.<br />
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All this is like life. What makes a life beautiful? Not perfection, and yet so many of us feel the need to be that way. An interesting life is a beautiful life, and what makes life interesting is being in each precious moment - noticing what is around us, seeing without judgement, embracing the folds and curves and shadows and light of life, and of ourselves. If we see with an artists eye, life becomes beautiful. Everyone and everything becomes interesting, breathtaking and exciting. There is no room for judgement, only possibility, acceptance and love. We can see what is really there and leave out the details that do not serve the essence. We can create our own beautiful portrait, of ourselves, and of our lives.Virginia Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589288900561716989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165357447498006689.post-91348735897244049302009-11-02T17:29:00.000+10:002009-11-20T17:30:13.592+10:00Quotes...In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.- Bulwer-Lytton<br />
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Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. - Marcus Aurelius<br />
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. - Aristotle<br />
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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious, the source of all art and science.- Albert EinsteinVirginia Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589288900561716989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165357447498006689.post-77368041681886414472009-10-20T17:49:00.004+10:002009-11-20T18:24:22.854+10:00Helicopter ride<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwHJ3wY2HmAtN6GJxF-KfDM7dfG4mVoTgtWGT7qBCaGOpGWgixf1oqMwh4bXs1DdNG54JnN99CqgIRfsxoTn3FxvRPpv3Jt32hmn7FpTXlYJKeW6nVFBcosdjKc6t4JjCCe2_Vh7uCY-g/s1600/IMG_3619.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwHJ3wY2HmAtN6GJxF-KfDM7dfG4mVoTgtWGT7qBCaGOpGWgixf1oqMwh4bXs1DdNG54JnN99CqgIRfsxoTn3FxvRPpv3Jt32hmn7FpTXlYJKeW6nVFBcosdjKc6t4JjCCe2_Vh7uCY-g/s400/IMG_3619.JPG" yr="true" /></a><br />
</div>I was lucky enough to be flown by helicopter today to take some reference photos for a commission for a client today - we flew about 1/2 an hour from Brisbane to Maleny (normally about 1.5 hrs drive) - the day was sparkling clear and gorgeous. The property is absolutely stunning and they have put a lot of work into it. I'm excited to be doing this commission of their herd of lovely droughtmaster cattle.<br />
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