Remembering ...

Lately, after helping my son launch himself on the road to being a digital nomad, the part of me which loves brain-tickling techniques of marketing became a little too involved with other ways of earning my keep - and I almost forgot I'm an artist and that art is my passion.

In this case, depression was a good thing! I became rather down in the dumps and realised it was because I was giving less and less time to painting and playing with images. I needed to get back to beautiful things and to start getting them out in the world again.

There's no better way to start getting creative again than by choosing colours, pouring paint and making a lovely big mess ... which is exactly what I did. But now I have to wait for it all to dry because I've run out of drying space.

Never mind, I'm back to editing a blog I created some time ago about art and artists. I had published excerpts of artist profiles I wrote when I was writing for an Irish magazine from about 2004 to 2010. Now I'm completing those articles on the blog and adding loads and loads of beautiful art books for readers to drool over.

You might like to watch the progress here : https://cooksonwriting.blogspot.fr/

As usual, it wouldn't be me if I didn't add an image to this blog post. I've chosen an example of the poured acrylics I was talking about.

"Ancient Forest" by Lynda Cookson

My art website : https://lyndacookson.blogspot.fr/

My ePlan website : https://onlinepresenceassistant.blogspot.fr/

Finding and working with art galleries

I've uploaded an article on "Finding and Working with Galleries" on the home page of my ePlan promotional page. You'll find the link in the right hand sidebar, a little way down under the image of Alan outside Gallery 1608.

The article is drawn from my experiences with working with galleries and I'd really love to hear other artist's experiences too.

Please message me with your stories.

Email : lyndacookson@gmail.com

You'll find the article on this page : https://onlinepresenceassistant.blogspot.fr/

https://onlinepresenceassistant.blogspot.fr/

"Ruin in Connemara" by Lynda Cookson

This is my second attempt at the same watercolour theme where I tried to be more controlled ... and I think I like the other one better! Ce la vie!

While editing the image I tried to Auto Color facility and preferred that too. I've included that image too below and it is the one with darker and more rich colours.

Painting no. 23 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge
"Ruin in Connemara"
Watercolour on Paper
10" x 14" (26 cm x 36 cm)

"Ruin in Connemara" unedited 

"Ruin in Connemara" using the Auto Color facility

My website : http://lyndacookson.blogspot.fr/p/30-paintings-in-30-days-challenge.html

This is the video, taken by Eileen Lauster of Buster Drive Productions, in May 2012. Watch in on YouTube here : http://youtu.be/RhCZPc84_94

My latest sale from my home gallery

My latest sale from my home gallery. It's one of the M&M Milkshake abstracts, part of the abstract collection I developed while designing the logo for the 'Art in the West' exhibition in Galway in June 2005. It's mirror-image sister is still in the gallery.
Sale Price : Euro120
Size : A5 (half A4 or foolscap)

Summer Field

'Summer Field'
Digital image available for sale in various formats on
www.artocracy.org

This image sold as a PDF file to a Canadian company who used the whole image and parts of the image throughout their recent quarterly broadcast - published as hard copy.

To check out my other digital images for sale on the site please click on the link below and then click to view the aritsts list where you will find my name under the 'L' for Lynda :

www.artocracy.org