Photos up at Ferrin Gallery
My photos are on display at Ferrin Gallery in Pittsfield through the month of March as part of the Berkshire Festival of Women in the Arts. The show is entitled WOMEN: Portait+ Figure and is really great. I encourage you to go see it. Of interest also is that Leslie Ferrin chose to forgo the usual artists credits on the walls and instead has simply numbered the works, which allows the viewer to guess who the artist is and what their gender is. It’s a nice twist.
I have six nude studies up that I shot for the show. It was an opportunity for me to delve into the subtle world of the human form and the form and shape of it. Thanks to the participation of my talented model, the results fulfilled my desire to create a small collection of classic images. Life is a learning process.
Kevin Sprague at Gallery 37
I hope you can join me at Gallery 37 in Williamstown, MA on October 4th, 2008 between 4-6pm (and who knows what revels after) for the opening of my one-man show entitled PAST/PRESENT.
This show will include work from the past, including selections for the Postmarks series, Tidal Forces, the “Muse” project and others. New work will include a selection of portraits and new composites.
Hope to see you there!
Celebrate Sienna
It’s Sienna Patti’s birthday today: I know because it’s the same day as my son Nicholas. If you know Sienna, wish her a happy birthday! If you don’t, you should because Sienna is very cool. She’s been running her gallery for about as long as I have been in business, some 10-14 years or so, but when she started she was just out of school. And look at her now…. On the cover of the SOFA catalog last year, all over the show this year, shaping up the whole world of contemporary jewelry and art, kicking it as a publisher with her amazing collection of catalogs and books.
And soon – ecommerce: Sienna online. But ‘nuf said. She’s great.
Happy Birthday Sienna.
Oh, BTW: that’s a Jamie Bennett brooch in the photo.
Artist:Subject
Had lunch with my friend Sol Schwartz today, author of “Drawing Music, The Tanglewood Sketchbooks” and artists-about-the-berkshires. We had a great time and talked about everything, including the revolution of self-publishing with Lulu and Blurb and art, and a lot of other things. Sol made this great portrait of me on the white paper that Zinc uses on the table. How cool.
Great article: 1000 true fans
This article by Kevin Kelly is really something. I hope he writes a book on this topic. It’s been completely refreshing to my brain to have read this. For years I (like many creatives) have struggled with the “blockbuster” barrier to entry, the idea that you need to either write “Harry Potter” or don’t bother. As an artist, I’ve found I make my living on many small hits, not one big one, and that work and creativity is a continuum. The premise of “1,000 true fans” makes so much sense, and makes success as a creative more tangible and possible. I urge you to read it. And watch out for indications that I may be trying to make YOU a true fan soon….Link to Kevin Kelly
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