#TwitterArtExhibit - Images from the show

In a recent post, I wrote about the second Twitter Art Exhibition that was put on by top Norwegian artist, David Sandum to raise funds for a women's crisis centre. I just thought I would share some photographs from the exhibition held in the library at Moss, Norway. It is currently still running and apparently paintings are still being sold. This was a superb effort put on by David Sandum and I was delighted to have taken part. Apparently my painting has sold which is good news. Above the photograph of the display stand there is a link to the whole photo album on David's 'Posterous' page which beautifully shows what a well-attended and exciting event it was. So strange to think of my little work hanging up in a library in Norway without my seeing it on show!  My painting is in the middle of the right hand side display in the photograph below.

LINK to complete photo album: Click Here

Display Stand at Twitter Art Exhibition II

Twitter Art Exhibition, Moss, Norway

These photographs below appeared on a Flickr Stream yesterday showing how the Twitter Art Exhibition was mounted. This was set up by the artist, David Sandum, to raise funds for a children's library in Moss, Norway. David Sandum asked for 140 artists, all of whom had Twitter pages, to send in their works, postcard size, to be sold for a small amount in the region of $20 and over 250 artists sent in work, myself included. (The "140" represents the amount of characters that are allowed in each "tweet" on a Twitter Page). It was super to see my Asparagus Painting up on the wall at last. It is absolutely super to see this huge effort of David's come to life. Wishing you a great success David! Now, I'm off for a day of painting, after all, it's "Le Weekend"!

Update - 10 January 2011 - My painting "Asparagus for Norway" has been SOLD.

My "Asparagus for Norway" postcard at top left.

Another wall of the Exhibition.

If any of you are interested, the full Flickr folder on the opening night is given below:

Flickr Album of Opening Night of Twitter Art Exhibition in Moss, Norway.

Twitter Exhibition in Moss, Norway - SOLD

A few weeks ago, one of my Twitter artist friends, David Sandum, decided to stage an exhibition in Moss, Norway, to raise money for a children's library. Via Twitter he invited everyone with a Twitter account to send in a postcard sized painting on paper to be sold off to raise funds for this library. I thought this was a super idea and sent in the painting below. I based it on the photograph I used for one of my favourite asparagus paintings in July earlier this year. (Holy mackerel...was it that long ago?!) I had started out with a painting of a tube of oil paint standing on its 'head' but that didn't work out with gouache for some reason or another, hence the asparagus' emerging again. It is more simplified than the oil painting, but it was fun to paint and include the colours of the beautiful Norwegian flag. I haven't been painting for ages due to time constraints, but now that I have absolutely no deadlines to meet, or paintings to send into a challenge, I am going to paint and draw completely for myself. I look forward to seeing what crops up in my work as I also feel a new creative energy rising. I'll let everyone know if this painting sells. They are going for about $20 so there's hope that someone might want this. I hope so anyway.

"Asparagus for Norway"
Watercolour and Gouache on Watercolour Paper - 6.5" x 5.5" (Approx)