Hand Built Black and Gold Reclaimed Textile Animal Sculptures

(Kenny and Benny are sold)

The conversations, wine and cheese made the event a delight.

So adorable!

Little doll pin men with mustaches holding one cute little song bird each.

6^th Annual Midtown Mosaic Art Show

Friday, September 30^th, 6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

Includes a Wine & Cheese Reception

Saturday, October 1st,  10.00 – 4.00 p.m.

Original Art – Artists in Attendance both days

Pottery • Prints • Cards • Book-binding • Fabric Art • Quilting  and Jewelry

Location:

St. Stephen’s Anglican Church

1121 – 14 Avenue, SW. Calgary

TO SUPPORT ‘INN FROM THE COLD’ AND ST.STEPHEN’S CHURCH

Free admission          Children welcome

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Straight Down the Middle

Acrylic on Canvas

(40″x36″)

Before starting my painting I closed my eyes.  Eyes closed I open them slowly only to realize that I am pointing in a direction that I had imagined…..but not. The direction is just a little different.

But why?

It is a variation on what I had imagined, making it challenging and strange at the same time. Why is it that things don’t quite manifest perfectly as imagined?  …..it’s like living with “Frankenstein” creations.

Because of these odd little realities, the  direction  I find myself on, is often on a partially familiar path cutting right down the middle of life.  As I go down the middle I look to the left and to the right at what is on either side of me, seeking comfort in something recognizable, yet what I find is simply a feeling of pure exposure.  Not having anything to hang onto.  Not daunted I proceed down the middle.  All the while asking myself —Is there something to hold on too?  Where could I get a grip or a foot hold?  While one may think that I would have feelings of being alone, that is not the case . What I do register is a sense that I am in uncharted waters and that there is no choice but to move forward.

Often being right smack dab in the middle means no railings to hold onto, no trees or rocks to prop you up.

Do you feel exposed or off-balance in the middle?

How does being right in the “middle” of things makes you feel?

Vegreville attraction

Vegreville Centennial Library Feature Artist

Ginette DeNault

Art Program Coordinator Donna Watson with Ginette

What of connection?

As I sit here in my studio painting yet another piece where I attempt to build a 2 dimensional illusion of 3 dimensional connected structure I find my mind wandering on how all things are truly connected and what I know of connections…my mind strays into past and current concepts and creations….Six Degrees of separation.  Shrinking World. Small World.  Facebook. MySpace. Twitter….friendship…humanity…hmmm

The number of connections are greater in number but what of the depth.  Is it not true that if a tree’s root structure is not solidly planted in the ground it will fall over?  I see vast numbers of connections but little considerations as to their depths.  What will daily life look like when depth is gone in human connections?  Are we already there?

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is doing awesome!.

Crunchy numbers

The Leaning Tower of Pisa has 296 steps to reach the top. This blog was viewed about 1,100 times in 2010. If those were steps, it would have climbed the Leaning Tower of Pisa 4 times

In 2010, there were 7 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 30 posts. There were 9 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 4mb. That’s about a picture per month.

The busiest day of the year was November 24th with 61 views. The most popular post that day was PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were artistsincanada.com, 123people.co.uk, en.wordpress.com, alphainventions.com, and tips-tools-tutorials.com.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for ginette denault, canadian female artist, canadian artist, calgary art scene, and ginette anne denault.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS October 2007
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Penetration (Triptych) December 2008

About Ginette Anne DeNault March 2008
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Working in GERM STUDIO…. change feels good July 2008
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NATURE EFFIGIES April 2008