Penetration (Triptych)

Bohemian Extravaganza 2008 at the Triangle Gallery

 

Ginette Anne DeNault’s work is available for purchase at the Triangle Gallery until

Saturday, November 8, 2008

104, 800 Macleod Trail SE, Calgary, AB, Phone: 403-262-1737  www.trianglegallery.com

A wine and cheese reception with music and plenty of mingling. 

Hours of Operation:

• Thurs. Nov. 6 – Preview (with sales)         11-6 pm
• Opening (sales continue)                           7-11 pm
• Fri. Nov. 7 – Art Sale continues                  10-7 pm
• Sat. Nov. 8 – Final day of Art Sale             10-4 pm

The Balancing Act…

 

Keeping ones balance necessitates the use of multiple senses. A key sense in maintaining balance is vision.

What does this mean in an art context?

If the eyes are key to balance physically, are they not also key in achieving balance mentally? 

Let’s look at the latest buzz phrase and life expectation of “work life balance”. It is spoken of by people as if by virtue of being in the verbal consciousness it can be attained.  How can this be?  The concept is void of any visual metaphor that would make sense to the mind.  From an evolutionary stand point the mind has always used metaphor to sort out all of life’s inputs.  Thoughts or ideas become of a solid state when transmitted from the mind to a physical object. This is where art serves a human need.

The above painting is a visual story as to how I see aspects of ”work life” balancing act.  

The first thing one notices in this painting is a wren balancing on two reed stalks. But in order for the wren to balance it must land on two reeds that are the right distance apart.  It depends on the reeds to do their task of supporting her while she looks into the water.  Once perched the wren’s view into the water is obscured by the layers of leaves that sit on the surface of the water interfering with her ability to see what is below the surface.  The roots, rocks and “potential” are not easily revealed before her…

A picture can reveal so much more about a subject than words alone.  If mental desires are paired with the right visual cues one has a better chance of making it a reality.  

Images are what move us. What we put before our eyes will determine how we move through life. 

Here at GERM Studio images are made to incite positive modes of thought and response.

Working in GERM STUDIO…. change feels good

There is this idea about creativity and art production that says that powerful art can only be produced when an artist is in a state of sadness or deep depression.  There is an even stranger notion floating about that the current cult of “happy” is threatening the arts?  It has simply become a “bad habit” and “comfort creature” to use sad times as a catalyst for creative inspiration.

Forget happy or sad.  Let’s for a moment, flip over another rock and see another real posibility.

Because so many artists have created negatively inspired works, like lemmings, we humans, continue to produce works using the same habit.  Somehow people seem to find comfort in misery because it is what is known to be true.  New truths can be discovered and pursued… even in the 21st century.

As artists we should be producing work from a positive or neutral source within, so as to model to viewers what it feels and looks like.  Inciting positivity and neutrality as the comfortable norm instead of melencholy.  

So I say… change your parking spot or sit in a different seat on the train or bus…change feels good.

Hey artists break the “melancholy creative crap habit” and start producing works that inspires as result of having been conceived in a positive or neutral place. I challenge artists to go against the proverbial grain and scratch the word JOY into their work by going into their creative place when they feel GREAT and crank out some positively good work!

Working in Germ Studio…brown a mosaic colour

 

Brown a triadic colour that speaks of harmony and balance. 

What is a triadic colour you ask? Quite simply it is when you use any three colours around the colour wheel that are equidistant from each other.  The notion of visual balance exists in my artwork, through the use of metaphorical depiction of my subjects, but also reinforced through colour theory. 

Why not look at brown as a mosaic colour.  Mix red, green and blue and you get a tertiary colour called brown.

Brown is not the only colour that I use but it is the “grounding” colour in my most recent works.  Brown in my work says strength, dependability, and authenticity. It is an earth colour associated with all things natural and wholesome that viscerally connects us with our shared source.

 

Put some “brown energy” in your life when you want:

• a firm healthful feeling
  
• to feel a sense of  belonging
  
• a connection with earth 
• to get in touch with your wild or instinctual side
• to feel grounded
• authenticity