Hello. Is anyone out there?

Apologies if any of you wrote to me over the past few months and did not get a reply. I had technical problems with Blogger and got all caught up in trying to move the blog, and/or start a new one. I got overwhelmed and stalled out.

I don't know if it's working now, but was inspired to test it out by a blog buddie who just recently started posting again.

I changed, (hopefully), the way the comments can be posted. I know that it was not user friendly before.

Would you please just let me know if this is working by leaving a message in the comment box? 


I'd like to start posting again but not sure if I should stay with Blogger.
Thank you
hugs to all

Last Call

It's almost over....
My abstract watercolors will come down on Friday, August 26th.

Please stop by Bagels Too, 166 North Street Pittsfield and have a look. If you'd like a tour, email me and I will meet you there and tell you how these 31pieces came about.

The Show Must Go On!

I haven't been blogging. Haven't been painting much. Been busy with this and that.

I wish there was another solution for presenting watercolors besides framing, but painting on canvas or boards are too risky. I'm sticking with paper so I can play and experiment fairly inexpensively.

I'm getting ready for a solo show that begins August 5, for First Friday's Artswalk.
The curator for the show came to the studio and picked out the pieces. A number of the pictures had been in storage and I hadn't seen them in a while. It's interesting to see what she chose and how they look together as a group. I've been hanging them up on my studio walls as I finish framing. Fun.
I like looking at them.

Hello. How am I?

I am in an upset. That's how I am. I'm not going to go into a rant. It feels like everywhere I turn people are ranting. Or raving. But you know how it is when at the end of the day, in the stillness and the dark, you just feel rotten? Not like you have a headache or like you're coming down with a cold, but just a feeling of unease. Like how can I sleep with this feeling of doom wafting over me?
That's how I felt last night as I was laying in bed wanting to nod off.

My eyes wide open I spied a piece of paper I had unearthed earlier in the evening. It was large, 22"x30", the size of my usual watercolor paper, but had a weird texture. It felt like it had a plastic coating. I don't know where it came from or why I had it. I sat down at my table and tore it in half so it would fit on my drawing board.

There's always a jar of clean water, a box of colors and a variety of brushes waiting for me. I taped the paper to the board and just stared at it, noticing it's texture, how the masking tape secured the edges, and the little tear I accidentally made in one corner as I was preparing it.

I picked up a brush that had a little wooden handle and a sponge head made of that soft, dark grey foam. It took a few tries to get the paint on it and then onto the paper. I dipped and dabbed, pushed and dragged, totally bypassing the tumult in my head. I looked up to survey what I had done. I was glad that it was now on paper and no longer inside...well, mostly.

Still Pushing

Since I first started painting as a meditative practice, about 4 years ago, layered abstracts have been, and still are, a very common theme in my work. I've always 'built' the piece from the bottom up. The topmost part often depicts sky and/or trees, shrubs, plants, organic matter. I have a visceral feeling when I paint one; it's like pushing and pushing up from the depths of the earth until I break through to the light. Each painting I complete, serves as a record of my process to move up through the obstacles and reach the light. I find this approach restorative and energizing. One does what one needs to, to hang on to the positive. Here's a recent example.

Artist Talk Cancelled

Sorry all
Just got the hook for Saturday, June 25 artist talk at the Whit.
Oh well.
We're still on for the Artswalk, Friday, July 1st.

CU

"Scapes" Show Extended and Artists' Talk

"Scapes" been extended and will be up for July's First Friday Artswalk on July 1st. 5:00-8:00 PM
Also-This Saturday, June 25th, I will be part of a panel discussion, along with the six other artists who are showing their work. Bagels at 1:00PM, talk at 2:00. At The Whit.

“Andrea Feldman's beautiful "Breaking Through", pan watercolor and oil pastel print on metal. Love this piece and the super innovative approaches Feldman has to art making. Just one of 42 pieces from 7 artists that comprise the "Scapes" exhibit in both gallery spaces at the Whitney Center for the Arts.”
--Leo Mazzeo-Manager