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Wearable Art

| Anna Cull

What do you do with a painting that just isn’t working? Well, I don’t know about you, but I have cut one into little pieces and turned them into brooches : )

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I had been working on this particular painting on and off for months and had completely lost interest in it. Admittedly, cutting the first piece out of the canvas was a bit emotional… but after that, it was surprisingly therapeutic. There were lots of ‘bits’ of the painting that I did like — so I cut those out first and then looked for other sections that could be reworked as brooch-sized paintings later. The first of my Wearable Art Brooches are now available from my Etsy shop.

I put my scarf collection to good use in styling the photos.

And let me tell you, those embroidered ‘AC’ signatures on the felt backs are really fiddly ~ why, oh why, did I decide that was a good idea?!

The Gathering Storm

| Anna Cull
The Gathering Storm — acrylic on canvas, 150 x 150 mm, 2018. Available.

A few days ago I mentioned that I’d written more than 90 six-word stories in the last two months (no small effort). ‘The Gathering Storm is the first painting to be inspired by one of those stories: “The gathering storm strengthened their resolve.”

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This is me

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Two art shows have come and gone. This is me with my paintings at the Pegasus Bay Art Show on opening night… and a fun night it was too. I made a grand total of zero sales, which made me sad, but, hey, the worst day in the best job in the world is still better than the best day in a job you don’t enjoy, right?!

I wallowed in my disappointment for a couple of days (damn you, expectations!) and now I’m back to my factory preset optimism. But I am running out of room to store all these paintings… So if you would like to help me reclaim some space in the art cave, there is 25% off the price of all paintings in my Etsy shop from now until the end of the month.

Onward.

Fancy a bit of culture?

| Anna Cull

How about an art show or two? The annual Pegasus Bay Art Show is on this weekend with more than 60 artists exhibiting as a fundraiser for Pegasus Bay School. Opening night is tomorrow, Friday 13th October. Show days are Saturday and Sunday 14th–15th October. I will have a selection of landscapes and abstracts at the exhibition and will be there Friday night and late Sunday afternoon.

I also have a couple of paintings at Darfield Artweek which is on now and runs until Sunday 15th October. Over 300 artworks by local artists are being exhibited at the Darfield Recreation Centre, the Selwyn Gallery, and the Darfield Library. All artworks are available for purchase.

Please click on the posters above for more information about the exhibitions. Both shows are well worth a visit AND it’s a lovely time of year for a drive in the Canterbury countryside.