In the Studio #2

So I’ve been running around like a crazy woman this week getting ready for a show of my digital collage transfers at Bishop’s Stock Gallery on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

Yesterday, I delivered my artwork and met with Ann Coates, the gallery owner. She’s so warm and easy to talk to, I immediately felt relaxed. Afterward though, I felt a little jellyfish-y in the arms–the exhausted-but-finished feeling that can come from an insanely overbooked September and the rush of meeting a deadline. Whew.

Fine Art Photography Woes

My goal making my digital collage transfers is to make each piece glow in the right lighting–which they pretty much do. Of course, the downside is that when a novice photographer (that means me) tries to take an accurate photo of a glowing thing, that glowing suddenly becomes a glaring. Alas.

Did I give up? Almost Heck no. I put on my big girl panties and kept snapping until I had fairly decent reproductions minus the glowing (mostly). But they still look better in person. Ah well, whaddya gonna do?

Share and Share Alike

All caveats aside however, and because I’m mostly braindead, busy choosing my outfit, still getting ready for the show, I thought I’d share a few images of my new work as well as provide a few links if you want to see more. Here are three:

You can also see more images on this new-ish art site I just joined called My Art Info. Here’s my link:  http://www.myartinfo.com/browse/profile/Sarah_Bush . It’s still in beta, so I’ve found it a bit buggy, and they could definitely improve some aspects of the interface (for instance: most recent uploads go last, so it’s hard for someone to see that you have new work up).

But if you’re making things these days, I think you should set yourself up a profile. (If you do, let me know as I’d love to see your work!)

I also posted images of the same work on Flickr, which has a better set up for organizing and sharing photos, but I thought the work looked better/more accurate on the myartinfo.com.

Not sure why that is, but I find it interesting. It makes me think we have to share our work in lots of online venues, and not get too attached to just one or two. What do you think about that?

And while I think it’s easy to feel weird/exposed baring your soul posting your artwork online, I’ve noticed that the more I do it, the easier it is. So consider that if you’re uncomfortable. It’s also good to remember that while we all want our images to look their best, if we wait for perfect, we might not get anything up ever–because perfect is never going to come. Not ever.

Just sayin’.

Listen, I’d love to blather on, but I just saw my brain roll by. I’m going to take that as a subtle sign that it’s time to kickback and have a glass of wine with my sister and brother-in-law.

Thanks for taking a look at my new work and wish me luck at the opening tomorrow–I’ll bring my camera and try not to get too shy about taking photos.