Keri Smith - A bundle of exploration and mess

  

Collage of fun.

A few of my favourite paintings.

Decision Time

The plan is but it could all change but the plan is....

I want to take my art in a new direction and make it more commercial. To actually make money instead of not making much at all. There are so many options out there but the issue is marketing and lots of it so as to get noticed. Not a cheap and easy option at all. I am lucky that my husband is in the profession of PR and Communication evenso, there is still a lot of money involved in advertising, creating a brand and eventually, maybe, making a profit.

I have ideas and plans because I can't help myself, I am entrepreneurial and ambitious but I need to focus these skills into something that makes money and earns me a living. Again, it is not going to be easy, particularly as an artist competing against many thousands and millions trying to make it.

So what next? Let's see shall we...

Twitter Art Yr 2. Which one will you vote for?

I have been invited to contribute to this years Twitter Art exhibition and I have painted three water

colours but only want to use one of them. I would appreciated it if you voted to help me to decide. 

Which one would you like to see at the exhibit?

1. Tree landscape 2. Tower Bridge or 3. Spring image

David Hockney

My new love in my life is David Hockney or I should say I am in love with his art.  Someone mentioned his name when I was in London and I had heard of him but never looked at his work. After my meeting I went into the book store next door and on the table in front of me was one of his books, A Bigger Picture. I looked at it and was amazed. It is similar to the style of work I aspire to, bright, colourful, large. 

Hockney is currently displaying work at the Royal Academy, I was a little annoyed to discover his work later rather than earlier since I happened to be in London and could have gone to Royal Academy between meetings. As it happens his work is being displayed for some weeks yet so I have time to venture back into the 'big smoke'.

In preparation for Valentines Day my new love is Hockney's work.

Twitter Art 2

There is another exciting Twitter Art project which is base in Norway but people all over the world paint/draw/sketch/collage a postcard size piece of work. I did it last year and it was a very exciting event and a fabulous idea. The creator David Sandum has decided to take the onerous task on again but this time it is for another charity, crisis center I do believe.

I do intend to contribute again this year. However, I am a little behind with creating something. I have the materials but I have not decided on what I will paint. I have created something in watercolour but since this is not my prefered material I will do something in acrylics.

There are more details here: http://davidsandumart.posterous.com/call-for-artists-2nd-twitter-art-exhibit-in-m

Follow me on Facebook

Please follow me on Facebook, here . I am slowly building up my following but would love to see more people. It will also motivate me to create more. :)

Stephanie Matthews

Fresh faced and ready for spring.

Spring is in the air - I hope. Mixed media sketch.

Watercolour Polo Pony

London.

A painting I did not so long ago in my art journal. Tower Bridge in London.