Gilly Huber | Artist

This entry is really just an excuse to wish all my loyal ‘readers’ a Very Merry Xmas and wonderful New Year. Lots of painting, lots of creative thoughts, and lots of joy from the amazing art that we all produce be we beginners or seasoned artists. We all have so much to offer the world of art of which we are all members. But, now for the laugh….....

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In connection with my doing an artist-in-residence session at La Salle College Exhibition, I was to be featured in a small article for one of the local community newspapers. So when the photographer arrived I expected a quick photo shoot and that would be it. However, he totally flabbergasted me by announcing that he wanted to do a video interview with me! Talk about being thrown in at the deep end! So, without any preparation or thought I was filmed in my little Studio and ‘though there are a few ‘urms’ and slight embarrassment, it didn’t turn out too badly. I think my years of amateur dramatics came to the fore! So, if you’re interested, go to this YouTube site and you can view me ‘in action’ so to speak! http://youtu.be/q3sGgSQ_czE

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As I’ve mentioned previously, this year I’ve taken on several commissions, so I thought it might be of interest to talk about the process of painting commissions as it is very different from just sitting at the easel and working on something purely for one’s own pleasure. To begin with, there is quite a bit of stress (for me, anyway) of trying to produce something to someone else’s specifications and for someone else’s vision, not to mention that the final painting must really please them.

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A month since my last ‘blog’ and I’m still working on commissions! It really is wonderful that people are liking my work enough to ask me to paint something specifically for them and that they give me the freedom to interpret their wishes almost any way that I want.

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Although painting commissions is nerve-wracking and hard work and not really what I want to be doing, I’m very grateful that people are coming to me and liking my style of work enough that they wish me to paint specifically for them. It does place my own ideas on the back-burner, but I’m happy that I’m given quite free rein with the commissions so my creative energy is still fuelled. And I wouldn’t paint a composition or subject that didn’t appeal to me in the first place.

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