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Val's Manolo Blahniks. Originally $995. Bought at Crossroads for much more cheaperest... Niiiice. And they're Val's, so we give them the finger. ;-)
Arts And Crafts Pavilion, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW, Australia
If I go to the show I always make time for some of the arts and crafts exhibits, especially painting and photography. I don't know that I get the chance to do them justice - there are so many entries these days that you could spend hours looking them all over - but I at least like to spend some time in that area.
I'm sparing with the use of the camera, though. For one thing there is the risk that someone could (not completely unreasonably) get their nose out of joint with copyright issues, though I doubt that a low res 1024 pixel wide capture is going to see anyone really making off with an image and doing industrial scale reproduction of it.
However I like to capture at least ones that catch my eye for my own purposes, and will run the risk of putting them up here to share my thoughts. (I suppose I could put them up on PBase instead where it's guaranteed that nobody will ever see them again.) And who knows, it may even lead to a sale further down the track. Stranger things have happened.
Not this one, though. This one is tagged NFS and there's a reason for that. The painter is Elizabeth (Liz) Seale who is apparently relatively new to creating art other than for her own entertainment or for family and friends. Her Instagram account (artbylizseale) has images only going back as far as 2024.
If you were to ask me what drew me to this specific painting, I'd be hard pressed to name "that one thing". It's a multitude of things. There's the light, which has a particularly Australian quality. There's the way the light has been used within the room as well; the texturing of the sheets (as well as the indentation caused by the Schnauzer) being one example, but also the way the light along the front of the dog's body has been nailed with respect to the shadows on her back.
The room itself is comfortable and inviting but the dog is looking out, possibly wondering what is happening in all of the places beyond. (It's also worth noting the use of the muted tones inside the room, while the outside world is colourful and vibrant. This may or may not be an allusion to the 'grass is always greener' concept.)
I'm not sure it would be wise to be looking for a profound philosophical insight in this a la Edward Hopper... for the dog is very real. That is in fact the family dog named Lucy, and the artist gifted the painting to her husband. (Hence the "Not For Sale" tag.) As I was writing this I found (from the aforementioned Instagram account) that the title of the painting is "The Outside World". (So my guess about the dog's state of mind was probably correct.)
Out of all of the artworks on her IG page I'd say that this one is the most ambitious to date in terms of technical skill. (That's not to dismiss earlier works, some of which I really like and all of which I regard as good; it's just that the depiction of light and fabric, and the subtlety used is a step beyond.) Hopefully it's the beginning of more.
With regard to the title, though, this brings me back to one of the bugbears that I have with the organisation of the Easter Show. The labels alongside the artworks (for both painting and photography) only have the category, artist name and an ID code. No name, no description. Even the Archibald Prize exhibit catalogue includes a statement by the artist. Would it really be that hard to do the same here? Even a title can provide some context to what was behind the creation of a work. "But it's all run by volunteers, and it would be so much more work!", I hear. Would it? It's been a while since I entered the Photography exhibit so I may be misremembering, but as I recall we had to enter a title for our work. Yes, into the computer. Where all that needs to be done is for it to be printed.
In this case I found the title and the story behind the image on the 'Gram... but not all artists "do" social media for a bunch of very good reasons.
Even on Flickr, I'm less likely to engage with an image that doesn't give me at least some of the story behind it, even if the description doesn't go into full photojournalist mode.
But I digress. I like the painting and in the end, for me, that's the key point. The background of the image is the cherry on the sundae.
Hmmm...A Bugbear Ghostwalker thingy. Pseudolus finds him thoroughly unpleasant, but manages to hit him with the Slayer's Song. This will prove important throughout the encounter.
Austrian publisher THQ Nordic announced the completion of the absorption process Bugbear Entertainment (90% of stock with option to buy remaining 10 %), known for its fiery racing series FlatOut. Also this year, the Studio has released a PC Wreckfest is the spiritual successor to FlatOut and
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