Play in your Workspace = fun + laughter!

Posted: July 13, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: art, artist, home office, painting, Uncategorized, work home office | Tags: , , , , , , | Leave a comment

A  great friend of mine Angela ,who is an incredible Life Coach, and owner of Focused Energy asked if she could spend a few hours in my studio with me. Angela wanted to work on a personal art project and I was excited to have her spend some time with me.

We set her up in the main area of the studio, allowing full access to paints, scapers, water bottles, and the funky tools one would wish to have at their fingertips.

With canvas on easel, Angela quickly found her stride and comfort zone in the  studio space. I moved about the studio working on this and that, not fully committed to any one thing. I am a “one person” in the studio artist. I get distracted by others, even the quiet ones. I think it has more to do with emotional space than physical space. This afternoon however was not about me, it was Angela’s time .

As Angela drew near completion of her project , we decided to have a glass of wine and a few nibbles. We finished up in the studio,  cleaned up and sat back and talked about our day together, the art,  the laughter, the wine… and had the second glass of wine!! Don’t waste an open bottle attitude.

My other half, Jon Blacker, professional photographer, had finished a portrait shoot earlier in the day, and equipment was still set up. Angela and I asked if he would take a few shots of us. He obliged and with camera lens on us we posed in our ” so 40″s age  and young at heart ”  style. We had a great time and thanks to Jon got some great pictures to remind us forever.

Spending a few hours of the day in my  studio space with someone else was a great reminder to have fun, laugh, be in the moment and importantly really  “play” with art and creativity.

Here we are posing…..Thanks Angela for a playful fun afternoon. ( we are so cool )  lol

photo credit: jon blacker      www.jonblacker.com

Angela Kontgen    http://focusedenergy.biz/

A Voyeuristic peek at… your workspace.

Posted: June 25, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: art, artist, home office, painting, Uncategorized, work home office | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

I have  never really given my studio space much thought before. I work in it, it’s is functional, has great lighting, a comfortable air flow, and a get messy I dare you attitude.

However, after  the third person this week asked me specific questions about my “workspace studio”. I decided to take some pictures of my studio/tools and other  things in the space. I don’t think each picture requires a story in text, rather they tend to speak for themselves. Have a peek… and  Welcome to my Studio Workspace

I also  discovered  an interesting project on Proxart.com  an art  website.The project is called  workspace -project and I found myself peeking around other artists work  spaces.  The pictures were good, umm I liked the light in this studio, oh interesting use of  materials in this studio. This was interesting stuff. I was a little bit hooked … taking a voyeuristic look see at other artistic  workspaces.


The artist workspace seems to  holds some element of mystery, the space of creativity … the den of  diligent, difficult, determined, dutiful, dirty, deranged  minds … You pick  the words, as  artists  have been labelled them all.;)

We see the end result of the creative project… not the beginning,middle or middle.

Through my own clicking and and taking invited trips through other artists spaces I picked up a real sense of why individuals like to look around  these spaces… I think I may ask a few of my artist friends to send me pictures of their “where the art ” happens workspaces.

And maybe I will also  discover some of the little surprises in their workspaces as well.

Ossie, our 3 year cat,  tends to stay with me most of the time when I am alone  in my  studio space.

Sitting , watching, often lying on the floor. Only once  did  she has decided to walk across a not so dry canvas,leaving small  coloured paw prints along the adjacent  floor. She then unwillingly spent the next 20 minutes in the tub being scrubbed clean.

In case you are interested, here is the link to the Proxart Workspace Project.

http://www.proxart.org/visual/workspace-project-sean-tully/