"Your Inner Compass" Receives Award

 

Featured image: Your Inner Compass

I am honored that my work, Inner Compass, won first place in the Lakeland Art League's annual membership exhibition at the Center for the Visual Arts in Wausau, WI. Judge Diana Weber-Osypowski offered these thoughtful comments about my work: "You consistently challenge us to open our minds and allow the imagery to tell the story in its own way—your work and accompanying narrative work in harmony to enlighten and challenge your viewer to contemplate. I am not the first to congratulate you and compliment you on your unique and forceful way of entertaining, please, challenge, and confuse. I appreciate your talent, skill, and expertise. You are a dynamo."

I am deeply honored to receive this award and truly grateful for Judge Diana's kind words.

Good Bad

 

Featured image: Ocean Sunset

“Nothing is neither good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”  William Shakespeare

Save the dates!

 

Set off on a captivating journey through the Northwoods Art Tour, where each stop reveals stunning, exclusive works of art. Immerse yourself in the creative world as you meet talented artists and delve into their intriguing techniques. You may just stumble upon a unique masterpiece to bring home.

Join us October 11-12-13, 2024.

Learn more: https://christinealfery.com/pages/northwoods-art-tour

Wandering

 

Featured image: Lily Pads on Kasba Lake

Wandering

wandering

enchanted woods

nature's

serenity

wandering

winged

wanderer

In the pearly

Sky

wandering

patches of black-eyed

susans

scattered

about

wandering

water still stretching

far beyond

wandering

my heart wanders

in the gallery of nature's

palette

it holds new mysteries

treasures

every day

More on Surrealism

 

Featured image: Cloud Berries

Surrealism presents the familiar as unfamiliar and uncanny. Surrealism is the juxtaposition of seemingly unrealized imagery. 

Artist Marcel Duchamp said this after the father of Surrealism passed; “He was a love of love in a world that believes in prostitution.”

Oh, I love that quote—a lover of love in a world of prostitution.  

Write Your Own Story

 

Featured image: Falcon

“Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self.  There is something which you can do better than another. Listen to the inward voice and bravely obey that.  Do the things at which you are great, not what you were never made for.” 

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Surrealism

 

Featured image: Bluebird III

The other day, when I talked to an art lover about the inkwork on my smaller pieces, she commented, “These are so surreal.”  I had never thought of my work as surreal, so I started once again to travel down the path of surrealism. It wasn’t hard because I have so many favorite surrealist artists.  The artist Miró was the first I explored because I understand and can read the visual language in his work. It’s tough to know if he is painting a person, tree, or bird, but once you start to look at his work and study Miró, you begin to understand what he is conveying..

I went online and saw this quote: “The laws of reality don’t apply to his work.”  No wonder I relate to him; the laws of reality don’t apply to my work. Miró has his own reality, as do I.

So, I offered a couple of pieces to you all and would love your opinion. This first one is a new one called “Bluebird III.” The other one is an older one that has been accepted into several exhibitions and won prizes. One judge told me the work was surreal.

Wow, talk about listening to the voices speaking to you. So, what do you all think? I went through some of my portfolio because there are two surreal exhibitions I might enter. I found several that fit the bill of surrealism. I will share those with you all later.

image: Talisman III