EOY 2020 Newsletter [ 🇺🇸 * ]
* une version française sera également publiée
2020 is not a year to forget. It has touched us all in so many different profound ways. From an art perspective, art galleries were forced to close and art shows cancelled with two confinements in France (mid March- mid May and November). Social media was abuzz as the platform for artists and galleries to connect with the world. Uncertainty remains and fingers crossed for the vaccine and the future from 2021.
A little bit as to what have I been up too ….
Last art events before Nov 2020 French lockdown 2
13-15 Sept 2020 Art Show Paris VII was held in the lovely Bastille Design Center (Paris, 75011). I was delighted to receive two awards: Jury Prize (bronze medal, painting technique focusing on my equine art) and the Public Prize (silver medal). I also had the opportunity to be featured in the Art & Design Magazine Review Aug-Oct 2020 No. 25 issue.
This was follow by 9-22 Oct Le Petit Salon d’Octobre held at Galerie Thuillier just down from the Picasso museum. A first time presenting my artwork in the Marais (Paris 75003 art quarter).
3 art awards for my landscape / nature paintings (Nov / Dec 2020)
As we moved into confinement, I moved online. I was so pleased that my 2020 Barbados beachside oil painting triptyche “Chillin’” received “Special Recognition” Award as part of the LightSpaceTime 10th Annual Online “Landscapes” Art Exhibition (Nov 2020). This was followed by receiving 2 awards: “Special Merit” Award for my October 2020 oil painting “Whiteface” and “Special Recognition” Award for my other 2020 oil painting “Promenade Dominicale” as part of the LightSpaceTime 10th Annual Online “Nature” Exhibition (Dec 2020). Both online art competitions / exhibitions had over 740+ entries from 25+ countries including 30+ states in the USA.
Memberships with Paard Verzameld Collective and Mondial Art Academia
I was delighted to be accepted into the Paard Verzameld Collective, part of the Paard Verzameld Gallery (Dutch for Equine Collection) founded in 2016 by Joyce Ter Horst, Equine art curator & founder of Paard Verzameld (https://www.paardverzameldgallery.com). The Collective includes 100+ semi-professional and professional equine artists from around the world that serves as a platform to explore, exchange and share with others who equally have a passion for art and the equine world.
I was also pleased to be jury-selected to become a “Chevalier Academicienne” member of Mondial Art Académia (http://www.mondialartacademia.com).
And in the Atelier?
With art events, family, horses, dogs and horse shows pre-lockdown 2, my paintbrushes were a bit cold other than the release of “Whiteface”. Since lockdown 2, I have been busy back at the easel with a few paintings in progress.
“Whiteface”, 60x73cm oil painting inspired by Whiteface Mountain, Lake Placid Horse Showgrounds, New York. It is one of the High Peaks of the Adirondack Mountains
So what is next in early 2021?
With uncertainty due to continued Covid concerns, certain art events scheduled for January / February 2021 are already cancelled. I will be busy in my atelier working on some exciting new paintings, both equine art and landscapes oil paintings, that are scheduled for release early 2021. Fingers are crossed to see you at “Art et Matière Art Exhibition” (6-14 March 2021, Saint-Pierre-Les-Nemours) and “Le Salon du Printemps” (16-29 Avril 2021, Galerie Thuillier, Marais, Paris 75003).
Hoping we will all be in a better place in 2021.
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Take care and stay safe. Best wishes for a happy and healthy holiday season and for 2021.