This is the first time i’ve ever used canvas. Yes, i’ve been to art school, but i avoided it there. I just didn’t feel ‘ready’, or maybe even particularly motivated to.

So how did this experiment in canvas turn out?

It was okay

I enjoy working with pencil (which looks a bit funny on canvas) – ah, maybe next time gloss the canvas so the surface is mo smooth

also scrunching or origami’ing the canvas is… err.. yeh

all in all – it’s an option. but it has it’s limits. I think i could sell it – it’s the kind of thing you could put on the wall with ease, more in alignment with what people would expect visual art to be like. But if i cut through this canvas, suspended it from the ceiling, soaked it in a bath of red dye…. well for me it would be way more exciting but perhaps for a buyer, not so much

at least i know now what to do – scissors, red dye and suspension!

being precious is the death of art!

This is about 5 foot long and 2 foot tall. My goal is to keep going bigger. One day i will literally use a blank wall

Plenty more where that came from! 2012 looks to be messy, bold and big

This year it’s all about larger canvases. what i do is vivacious, vital and bold – it requires space to make an impact, and i want a bigger dance floor.

So to start things off, here’s a piece i made in the week after xmas -

Here’s to big big bigger things in 2012 xo

yay gold paint!

x

all copyright sarah louise byrne 2011

http://www.madeinthemoment.com/2011/10/juicy-tuesday-21-dont-wait-until-tomorrow-to-start-living-the-life-you-want/

It inspired me to make a piece and i hope after you watch the video it inspires you too to take some time out to have fun with whatever materials you have available

THE LOVE OF ART

art stems from love

art is a process of unfolding love energy out whether that’s thru words, movement, using materials or instruments

art feels GOOD to do. it feels flippin good to make art. make art/make love

art is unlimited, limited only by your own personal preference should you chooset give them to yourself

art is being present in the moment bathed in god/spirit – light

making art energises you, heightens yr senses, clears yr mind. just like a good work out session.

‘making art’ invites you to have a fabulous experience, to enjoy yourself. it’s an invitation to let loose and feel free. the canvas, the empty blog post, the dance floor, the stage, the music room are all invitations to have fun & play

making art is your uncurtailed, free, OWN space to do wtf you want and let inspiration have its way with you. if you feel like you have to colour within the lines in other areas of your life, art says ‘you get to let loose here!’

you’ll know when you’re ‘done’. you’ll feel that contentment. you’ll have rode inspiration til you feel full and ready to move on. that can be ten minutes. you can have art quickies.

art feels like catching a wave, galloping on a horse, being vitally alive, present and free.

if you’re doing something creative/making ‘art’ and it doesn’t feel this epic, then it’s not art.

in the meantime, here’s the latest visuals from Haus of S

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the next step is to use it in some kind of fashion shoot… if anyone has a spare studio …