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Update ~ Aug.18,2016

8/18/2016

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I've been minus my laptop since last weekend, while it was in the shop getting the keyboard replaced. Not a straight-forward process for the MacBook Pro as it requires the replacement of the whole keyboard top panel (and not cheap). But I am happy to finally have it back, and being able to once again access my website editor.

The high temperatures have been a challenge in my mobile home, which bakes in the full afternoon sun. The 30+C temperatures haven't helped. After suffering through the first heat wave this summer, I was fortunate enough to find a second portable air conditioner for a great price, just in time for this second heat wave. Both my son and I won't be heartbroken to have the Fall weather arrive.

With the heat wave, I've had to keep all blinds closed, so painting in my studio space has been a challenge. I tried getting a few Halogen bulbs but was really unhappy with the yellowness of the light, the glare, and the heat which they gave off. I have a stand on either side as my ceiling is lower.

Today, after doing a bit of online reading on studio lighting, and the newer LED options, I picked up 2 - 90W (5000k) Bright White LED bulbs (floods). But they are very expensive. The colour temperature is just right and they give off very little heat. They are also bright enough that I don't need to have them focused right on the canvas and minimize glare. The colours on the canvas are true. One drawback (which isn't as bad as with other bulb types) is a bit of hand shadowing while you work.

But while I was at the hardware store, I also saw these new flat LED ceiling panels of varying sizes, that mount directly onto your ceiling. That would be perfect given my ceiling height and would give a great overhead wash of light, which would be most helpful with the coming short winter rainy days. The ones I saw were a Cool White which is too blue in temperature, but I saw online that you can also get them in a Natural White. But with the cost, and the reality of my budget, I've had to add them to my wish list for now.

A few people were concerned that I was moving away from the totem series, as I am currently working on a different subject from one of my recent photo shoots at one of the beach parks. The image drew me and as an artist, it is always good to tackle something new, recharge, and learn from the experience. I have a number of totem images waiting in the wings once I have this one completed, and the series will continue.


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This one is of a grouping of old pier posts that had drifted onto the shore, complete with their old tar coatings and rusted hardware. I've been enjoying the change and it is a different process compared to the totems series.

There is still a ways to go, in working the subtle detailing and overtones.

The Sooke Fine Arts Show was a successful venture for me, and the process will begin once again in September, when it comes time to bring in 3 paintings for submission and adjudication in Sidney for the October Art Show. It too is a large show with a great many submissions by hundreds of artist. I can only hope that my paintings will fare well in the adjudication.
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    Andre Prevost, began his work in theatre in the late 70s after completing his studies at the Banff School of Fine Arts, and in his iconography in 1980, and having a large body of work in each. He has since been based in Western Canada; North Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, and now back on the West Coast.

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  • HOME
  • NEWS
  • VISUAL ARTS
    • 'Journeying With Totems' >
      • Virtual Gallery of Journeying Series
      • Journey With The Totems Gallery
      • Exhibition Handout about the Series
      • Background For Each Painting
      • EXHIBITIONS
      • Responses to Exhibit
    • Other Paintings
    • Visual Arts CV
    • Archival
    • Links
  • MY JOURNALS
    • MY JOURNAL >
      • 'Future Generation' Background Info
    • New - Journals Per Icon Project >
      • Holy Family Icon, St. Albert
      • St. Thomas Aquinas High School Risen Christ Icon
      • ST. MONICA CHURCH COMMISSION
      • St. Juan Diego
      • Siksika Immaculate Heart Of Mary
      • Holy Family Icon 2007
      • Rose Of The Carrier Icon
      • St. Kateri Icon
      • St. Paul Icon
      • St. Thomas Aquinas High School
      • Winnipeg Centennial Icon
      • Presenation To The Temple Icon
      • Centenary St. Joseph the Worker
      • Siksika Sacred Heart Icon
      • Ste. Anne Icon
      • Anne-Marie Martel Icon
      • Tabernacle Icons
      • Icon Workshop and Presentation
      • Calgary Commissions >
        • Thomas Merton Icon
        • Mother Teresa Icon
        • Guardian Angels Icon Pair
        • St. Cardinal Newman Icon
      • Assorted Other Entries
  • ICONS
    • PORTFOLIO GALLERY >
      • Icons in Alberta >
        • ST. ALBERT
        • SIKSIKA NATION
        • Calgary
        • Edmonton
        • Derwent
        • Lloydminster
        • Vermilion
      • Icons in British Columbia >
        • Richmond
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        • Victoria
      • First Nations Icons >
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    • Our Lady Of Canada
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    • Added reading about icons
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    • VISUALIZING PAINTING ON A WALL
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