INSIDE SOLO, vol 11
_{Friday September 25, 2009}

^{Take Action by Ruth Palmer}

INSIDE COVER STORY by Feature Writer, Richard Sunderland

Having never seen a Calgary Autumn I can only imagine, the shear richness of the colour, colour as in Calgary Canadian, Ruth Palmer ’s, Take Action, acrylic abstract painting, the inside cover art, this week. The painting, shown above, brings thoughts of curling autumn leaves that crackle underfoot; their shapes curve and twist, yielding unending interlocking forms. I can only imagine, a Calgary Rodeo—bright, colourful, hot horses, beating hearts, peeling paint on wooden panels. Palmer literally requires us to take action and engage with her thought processes. We are required to make the transition to the surface, where she explores and responds to her world, with line, tone, and form. Ruth Palmer’s understanding of colour is clear, as the relationships of warm and cool, hot and cold, are at the very heart of the composition. Though wholly abstract, every shape is sculpted; and each colour plays against another in a symbiotic dance that connects us to the natural world. Ruth Palmer is in Solo Exhibition all this coming week, September 28 – Oct 4th. Join us in the forum for her artist reception.

Ruth Painting Rain Down provided by the artist

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INSIDE SOLO CREDITS
Editor in Chief: F.A. Moore

Feature Writer: Richard Sunderland

Feature Writer: Linda Ridpath

Contributing Writer: Joanne Bradley

SUMMARY Today’s issue highlights the upcoming Solo Exhibition of Ruth Palmer, from Calgary, Canada; touts special features of Solo members by Red Bubble, notes more gallery shows, new groups, and challenges, and features eight (8) exciting artists of Solo Exhibition, including 3 mini-features. Ruth Palmer’s Solo Exhibition starts on Monday, with an open-forum reception all day Monday! See next month’s exciting all-digital exhibition schedule! Call to Artists, and Resources and Tutorials sections complete the issue.

Please drop a notice for group challenges, personal exhibitions, book covers, wins, etc. to Inside Solo – news desk, so that I may include them as news in the next issue. Enjoy this eleventh weekly issue of Inside Solo!

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ART NEWS

Jeff Stroud in the Salem County Art League exhibit at Beans Coffee, Woodstown NJ

Other Member Exhibits

	Jedika – Coffee & Art Cafe in Bulli, New South Wales, Australia – Sept 11 – Oct 31
	Scott Naismith – Ian Kenny Gallery, 172 Quarry St, Hamilton/Glasgow, Scotland – Oct 2 – 31
	Daniel Barrie – Red Door Creative, 937b Old Northern Rd, Dural, Australia, Oct 9 – Nov 30

Kudos

Books

Luscious Red by Ruth Palmer

Ruth Palmer’s Luscious Red is featured in the new release of The Spirituality Of Sex by Wood Lake Publishing Inc., a Canadian Christian Publisher. The book has started shipping! We mentioned the September release of the book in vol 6 of Inside Solo.

RB Home Pages
^{Congratulations to Members:}

The Walker Touch – Red Bubble Home Page 2009-Sep-12
	Simply Holes by The Walker Touch
Angie McKensie – Red Bubble Home Page 2009-Sep-18
	At The Marina by Angie McKensie
Larry Grayam – Red Bubble Home Page 2009-Sep-19
	Stacked Chairs by Larry Grayam
Julian Escardo – Red Bubble Home Page 2009-Sep-20
	Upper limit… by Julian Escardo
Janis Zroback – Red Bubble Home Page 2009-Sep-21
	Abstract…The ‘Typhon’ by Janis Zroback

RB Community Inspiration: Abstract Art

Congratulations to Members: Yehan Wang, Pipe Dream #57 TaniaLosada, I’m a natural piece of abstract art mimi yoon, dragonflies Ruth Palmer, Into The Light blamo, Undertow Zefira, Laguna amanda Rae, Uist summer 09 colour bands Julian Escardo, Burg… scottnaismith, Beach at Loch Brittle

October 17th: Appalachian Region’s “Bridge Day in West Virginia” is October 17th. Join 200,000 people to see BASE jumpers plunge 876 feet to the river below, repellers hang from the bridge on a rope no bigger then your index finger, AND… meet up with RedBubble friends. ARTMONGER IS ORGANIZING THE RB MEET-UP. The New River Gorge Bridge is located in Fayetteville, Fayette County, WV. Nearby cities for lodging include; Oak Hill, Fayette County, WV; Beckley, Raleigh County, WV; and Summersville, Nicholas County, WV.

New Groups worth a look

	Country Victoria cohosted by Solo member Diana-Lee Saville	Everything Country Victoria…
	Impressionism Café cohosted by Solo members Karön Melillo d’Vega and coppertrees	traditional and contemporary impressionist art
	Disability and Beauty	Art that expresses one’s illness/disability
	Enabled Art	For photographers and writers with limited mobility….
	Food Photography	For those interested in food styling
	Fine Art Digital Painters	For digital painters who use digital media and brushes
	All Abstract Art	For any media used to create abstract art
	Photo’s of Lighthouses	Pictures of Lighthouses across the world

Challenges

1. ABSTRACT DIGITAL ART AND WRITING Enlightened Horizons
2. All In, “Editing” The Challenge On Horror Hill
3. Core [C.O.R.E] gainst abuse!!!
4. Digital Art Compilations WRITERS AND ARTISTS TOGETHER
5. Fantasy Fine Art Composites Music Inspired Challenge
6. Feminine Intent Naked Women and their Feminine Intent
7. Freedom to Shine Garden gnomes and other yard art critters
8. Friends of RedBubble Meeting Places
9. ! Inspired Art ! Inspired Art ~ FREEDOM
10. Textures Unlimited Vampires
11. THE DIVINE FEMININE Who will YOU call on?
    Deadlines within 24 hours – check these before submitting!:
12. The Art of Intrigue Congratulations Feature Banner Challenge

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SOLO NEWS

Monday and all next week!

Ruth Palmer
Spontaneity. Ruth Palmer. With no pretense, or explanation, Ruth Palmer paints contemporary abstracts and landscapes by feeling her way through the process and connecting to the soul of the subject, without concern for distinctions between representation and abstraction.

Born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland, Ruth now resides in Calgary, Canada. While her primary influence is spiritual, based in Christianity; her art is also influenced by the richness of Manet’s impressionist works and what she deems the colorful “play and balance” of Kandinsky’s. Like Kandinsky, for whom spiritual influences counted heavily, there’s a certain intentional separation with Palmer’s art that allows viewers to participate in creating the artwork. The disunion is repaired when the painted form connects to the viewer’s soul.

Ruth’s paintings are currently in private collections throughout Canada, the United States, Australia, England and Scandinavia.

Solo Exhibition is proud to feature images of twelve (12) of Ruth Palmer’s paintings, Monday through Sunday of September 28th – October 4th, 2009, on Red Bubble. http://www.redbubble.com/groups/solo-exhibition.

An open house reception for the artist will be held on Monday, the 28th; where more of Ruth Palmer’s works can be viewed. It’s open for viewing to the public and open for comments to members of Solo Exhibition.

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Solo Exhibition Upcoming Artist Shows:

Sep 28-Oct 4		Ruth Palmer Calgary, Canada	contemporary acrylic paintings
Oct 5-11		DarkVampire	Digital Art
Oct 12-18		NavyBrat	Digital Art
Oct 19-25		DivineDayDreams Alkmaar, Netherlands	Digital Art
Oct 26-Nov 1		RavenSoul Oklahoma, U.S.A.	Digital Art

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Solo Announcements

1. Committees. Please read this announcement and request for help. Thank you! This is important to me.

1. Solo Exhibitions are scheduled through Bubblemail. Please read your bubblemail from me. 2010 shows will be scheduled starting next month.

1. Host, get your name in for January’s, GROUP HOSTS celebration month. I will solo as many group hosts as possible. You’ll get plenty of publicity, early. Sign up now for this special event!
   _{Note, only opened to hosts who joined solo in July and August. If it was obvious through your activity here that you joined on or before Sep 11th, I may make an exception. No other exceptions.}

1. Please welcome back Richard Sunderland as a Feature Writer this issue, and welcome Linda Ridpath as a Feature Writer, and Joanne Bradley as a Contributing Writer. These three contributed greatly to this issue. I hope the featured artists are as pleased as I am with their articles. Thank you!

1. Vol 10 and this issue Vol 11 are the first issues to be made available as Magazines in pdf format. Adobe Acrobat Reader is a free reader for PDF files. The links will be posted back RIGHT HERE so check back!! Thanks to those who have directly or indirectly encouraged me to follow my goals and plans to promote you in this expanded format.

MAGAZINE DOWNLOADS

Inside Solo, Vol 10 – pdf (3.4 MB) LAST ISSUE w/Amanda Rae

Inside Solo, Vol 11 – pdf (2.9 MB) THIS ISSUE

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FEATURES

Artists and Artworks of Note

Holy Sunrise by Scott d’Almeida

Scott d’Almeida, Gold Coast Australia, portrays the warm sunny climate and extensive beaches of his home environment, as well as images encountered during his travels to Europe and North America. His portfolio acts an international platform that provides viewers with a naturally defined point in time and place at each viewing. Holy Sunrise represents Scott’s excellent composition and keen eye for detail. The crisp, dramatic silhouette of a church tower and birds, in Prague, Czech Republic, is punctuated by the dark building against a brighter, graduated skyline. Birds in flight over the spire instantly convey a sense of freedom and/or release, and are in striking contrast to the ornate architectural shapes of the man-made church. Scott uses the low ambient light of the surrounding environment to enhance the mood by capturing the early morning light through the back of the steeple windows. These backlit windows are one of my favorite parts of the composition. They seem to convey the feeling that the light will always shine through. by Joanne Bradley, Contributing Writer

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MINI-FEATURE

Rosewood – portrait study sketch by Chris Baker Conte pencil on watercolor paper 21×29.7 cm.

Chris Baker is a London-based artist who has been obsessed since childhood with creativity. Having been a portrait and landscape painter, illustrator, caricaturist, mural painter and sculptor, his passion for art is rich and diverse. Portraiture dominates his art; where he is in total control of graphite, or conte. His understanding of tone and form demonstrates a poetic take on mood and narrative in figurative art. Rosewood – portrait study sketch, a conte pencil study for his eventual oil painting, Rosewood, has an assurance, a clear mark of a draftsman. Chris’ conte employs the grain of the paper in describing the form of the subject’s sculpted face. No ordinary face, it has a relaxed calm that suggests understanding, just at that moment of decision-making and dawning recognition. What astounded me was that Chris’ craftsman brother is the subject of the study.

The work acknowledges a draftsman’s contribution, skill, and wisdom. I am always looking to engage with an image. Here there is an invitation to talk or be heard by someone prepared to listen; a listener who would reply with common sense. In these two works, the study and the oil, Chris Baker has really caught the moment of decision making, and the empathy a craftsman has with his materials, and seems to reveal his connection with his brother. by Richard Sunderland, Feature Writer

Rosewood by Chris Baker Oil painting on canvas & Masonite 53×68 cm.

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Basement Window by Mojca S. Photography

Basement Window, by photographer, Mojca S. may catch all but the most astute off-guard. One immediately gets the sense of a trespasser…looking through a basement window to satisfy his curiosity, or find a place to sleep. You recognize those filaments… that of a light bulb. A broken bulb, perhaps? And that other window…it’s not so distant. Slowly it dawns on you, the trespasser is you. Mojca does not allow how he achieved this effect; but some comments from fellow photographers on his description page hint at the dark secret.

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Replacing a canvas with rich, old fashioned upholstery fabric, Belinda ‘BillyLee’ Nye, Melbourne, Australia, painted Lady Hawk with gusto, Gesso, and oil glaze. Nye has been inspired lately by the avant-garde hair magazines showing the latest in high fashion—hair done up as whimsical hats. Perhaps Lady Hawk’s hawk totem guided her to create a high nesting place in her hair. Lady Hawk’s translucent skin reflects her rich, opulent surroundings, indicated by what looks to be red silk brocade-covered walls. Billy achieved this by adding only some opaque into her skin tone, allowing the fabric canvas to show through. The focal point, nonetheless, is the direct gaze of the Sanpaku eye (Japanese, translated “three spaces empty”). Taken as a spiritual trait to some, in ancient Japan Sanpaku is considered a sign of fatigue! I’m left with the impression that Lady Hawk reflects the whimsical and fashionable world she is dying to be a part of. Look for a series from Billy Lee featuring more women and their fantastic hair. ref: The Eyes Have It and George Ohsawa, Sanpaku

Lady Hawk by Belinda ‘BillyLee’ Nye Gesso and oil on antique fabric canvas

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MINI-FEATURE

Louise Green is an accomplished equine painter in many mediums. She has been tutored in calligraphy, pastels, and oils; and uses acrylics and pencils expertly. Drawing since the age of 3, Louise Green is busy with commission work of magnificent animals and landscapes; inspired by her dreams and the coastal regions of NSW, Australia, and safely steered by her animal guide, the Horse.

Whale’s Morning Song by Louise Green Pastel

Spacious, airy and full of interest, the pastel painting, Whale’s Morning Song, is carefully balanced. A turbulent sky with sun rays falling from the clouds illuminates the sea below and the breaching whale. While the dry brushwork in the foreground puts the whole thing into perspective; I find it interesting that the painting is finished in a beautiful blue grey colour that could be said to reflect the colour of the whale.

Horses can be notoriously difficult to paint and draw. Scale and proportion are key and need to be perfect. Louise has mastered this art and gives the viewer a stable, powerful, heavy effect in her Haflinger pastel portrait, Fire ‘N’ Ice. The colours are painted in realistic subtle tones that enhance the power and movement in the painting. Louise’s background colours and sinuous foliage, full of vibrancy and grace, compliment the main subject in both colour and form.

Fire ‘N’ Ice by Louise Green Pastel

Thunderhead over Lansdowne by Louise Green Pastel by Linda Ridpath, Feature Writer

In Thunderhead over Lansdowne, an epic and dramatic landscape in pastel, Louise used bold brushstrokes to portray the main event. You feel that you could reach up and touch the thunderhead. Yet underneath the magnificent cloud formation, a beautiful tonal landscape is apparent. I’m reminded by the subject and recession of 19th Century English artists who painted landscapes surrounding the art patrons’ great houses of the era. Louise Green’s animals and building provide a point of scale, and effectively lead the viewers eye around the compelling work of art.

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Garden Vanity, a fantasy dreamscape by Colleen Battistoni, asserts the certain charm of a favorite illustrated children’s book, and may evoke faded recall of a moment in your past. Colleen, a digital artist and graphic designer, accomplishes this with the softened background and pink and blue-green hues of a rose laden picket fence and lavender shadows throughout. A single 1940’s framed photo on the dresser beckons for you to pick it up. But that would scare the Cardinal away. So instead you gaze on the fat rabbit and what might be a Grosbeak on his wire patio chair, and wonder if you saw something pass in the mirror.

Garden Vanity by Colleen Battistoni Digital composite

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Stacked by Joanne Bradley Nikon D40, Nikkor VR 55-200mm lens

Joanne Bradley, Montreal Quebec, Canada, sees the extraordinary in the ordinary. Her abstract image of stacked red chairs, Stacked, left, was captured on Scott Kelby’s Second Worldwide Photo Walk, in Montreal Quebec, Canada; and is the current avatar for the Just Lines group of Red Bubble, September 2009. Please welcome Joanne Bradley as a new Contributing Writer to Inside Solo. Joanne wrote the article on Scott d’Almeida, Holy Sunrise, this week.

Stacked is only one of Joanne’s exploration of shapes and patterns of the ordinarily mundane. Here are links to similar works: Good Vibrations, Industrial Strength, and Grunge. Of the mundane, these are not; but they, too, explore shape: Stand Up Bass, Zigzag

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MINI-FEATURE

“Edward Burra meets Bosch, the circus meets, Venetian masquerade.”—Richard Sunderland

John Dicandia, Melbourne, Victoria, Austrailia, is the absolute professional committed to the daily grind regardless; compelled to work, whether on paper, board, or wall. He is inspired by the world around him and, yet, is well grounded. Dicandia acknowledges and values the heritage of the art world: from the Sistine Chapel in Rome to graffiti in the alleyways and byways of media-centric modern cities.

John Dicandia’s painting, The Midnight Hour, is a complex collection of humanity: the good, the bad, the indifferent, the happy, the sad, the macabre, “The Last Judgement” on modernity. Whatever the event, there is a celebration of the rich diversity of humanity. It recalls the work of Edward Burra in Harlem, or Bosch and the Garden of Earthly Delights, then Dutch proverbs by Brughel. Is John really challenging me to see the visual symbolism in The Midnight Hour as a message for our time? Spend an hour or two on this work and the seven (7) detail section views that John has uploaded supporting it, and enjoy trying to decipher it. The Midnight Hour – Detail 3 by John Dicandia Detail image of The Midnight Hour

The Midnight Hour by John Dicandia 800 × 1200 cm Oil on 320 gsm

The Midnight Hour – Detail 4 by John Dicandia Detail image of The Midnight Hour	Midnight Hour – Detail 1 Midnight Hour – Detail 2 Midnight Hour – Detail 3 Midnight Hour – Detail 4 Midnight Hour – Detail 5 Midnight Hour – Detail 6 Midnight Hour – Detail 7
To quote raymondoantonio, “DANTE MEETS SGT PEPPER MEETS ROLLING STONES!!! BRAVO!!” by Richard Sunderland, Feature Writer

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CALLS TO ARTISTS

1. Photographers, Int’l: The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards Exhibition in Madrid, Spain and Online. Total cash awards $12,000 Deadline: September 27, 2009
2. Visual Arts, Int’l : Art Buzz 2010 Collection (hardback book) Top prize front dust cover jacket Deadline: September 30, 2009
3. Visual Arts, Int’l: 24th International Juried Show (pdf) Int’l Juried Show January 15 – March 19, 2010. Max cash prize $1000 + lunch w/ curator of MoMA. Deadline: Oct 1, 2009
4. Collage & Assemblage, Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington, U.S.: On the Cutting Edge: West Coast Collage & Assemblage Juried Exhibition: December 11, 2009 – February 13, 2010. Top prize $500. Artist retains 70% on sold items. Deadline: Oct 9, 2009
5. Painters, Virginia, U.S.: 3rd Annual Out & About Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. Plein Air Paint Out. Cash prizes total $5000. Deadline: Oct 15, 2009
6. Drawing, Sculpture, U.S.: The National Drawing & Sculpture Exhibit Deadline: Oct 16, 2009
7. Equine Artists, Int’l: Ex Arte Equinus 3 International Equine Art Competition Prize is publication. March 2010 issue of Art Horse Magazine. Deadline: October 31, 2009
8. Visual Arts, Int’l: Asian Inspiration Online, juried competition. Deadline: October 31, 2009

TIPS, RESOURCES, AND TUTORIALS
Resources
Free Stock Textures from RavenSoul’s D.A. account

Tutorials
35mm Film Strip Effect – Photo over sprocket holes
35mm Film Strip Design Using Illustrator

Tutorials Celebrating Painting
Acrylic: Watercolor, Pouring & Dripping, Sgraffito Techniques Keep scrolling down the above page for some great, illustrated demos from acrylic artists!
Ruth Palmer paints ‘Rain Dow’, part 1 (YouTube)
Ruth Palmer paints ‘Rain Dow’, part 2 (YouTube)
Ruth Palmer paints ‘Rain Dow’, part 3 (YouTube)
Ruth Palmer paints ‘Rain Dow’, part 4 (YouTube)

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Inside Solo is a weekly magazine for members of Solo Exhibition group of Red Bubble. It features news, artworks, and information of interests to members, and is copyright 2009, F.A. Moore-Corpier. The creators of the artworks shown are the sole copyright holders of the respective artworks, which are used here by permission.

Awesome issue…going back to finish reading…wonderful!

As I said last week, Frannie, I don’t know how you keep creating a better issue of Inside Solo, but you do. The work you’ve showcased this week is spectacular. As a photographer I also enjoy all kinds of art and this is some of the best on RedBubble. I’m glad you showcased Scott d’Almeida. His work is fantastic. Thanks for all you do for us.

Wow Frannie, what a great issue! I am so thrilled that you mentioned my abstract work! It’s something new for me and I am really enjoying looking at things in a whole new light! This is my favourite magazine online or in fact print. It is revelant to the things I want to know about and I am certain from all the comments, it is inspiritonal and informative to all. The discovery of new artists is so much fun! I particularly find I learn so much from other artists that work in other mediums, whether it be about the use of color, the placement of shapes, forms, lines, the balance required to ground the image, or what inspires or motivates them! I am so happy to associate myself with such a professional vehicle for the Solo members and promise to do my utmost best to add to its wonderful content!

Joanne thank you for writing that article on the wonderful Scott d’Almeida’s work. Very well done. I look forward to more from you. :)

GORGEOUS FRAN.. jam packed and your writers are the best!! Have a wonderful weekend!!!

Thank you Frannie for such a wonderful appraisal of my art :) I guess I’m either kind of blinded to what others may see, or I’m still caught up in ‘the rut’ of only recognising the mistakes in what I do… but either way, this is such a welcome boost – thanks again for featuring me here :)

Hi, Chris, so nice to see you! I thoroughly enjoyed Richard’s illumination of your work. And is my pleasure to feature you in this magazine and spread the word about your art. We’ve had this one “in the bag” for a couple of weeks, now; so it was hard to hold my mud. ;)

Colleen, it’s unfortunate, but most artists do feel the pinch. I hope all goes well with you on that end, and am so happy to contribute to your encouragement in art. Good digital art takes time and expertise. Not as much time as a painting, but it should take as much expertise, even if along a different vein. The blending you did with the animals and your setting seems seamless to me, a sign of skill and care. Your colors: gorgeous. So happy to feature this image, Colleen. Keep up the good work! I look forward to more.

The PDF file is even better! Thank you Leslie!

Yes, I read the PDF and have sent it to my art teachers at college. I am wrapped that I can send them something so profressional and polished. I had no idea you could download it as a magazine. Now I have to post this link all over the place. Any marketing ideas let me know as I want to show the world!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW!!!!!! Frannie, when do you sleep??? THIS IS SO AWESOME!!! I love all of the wonderful work displayed. Joanne Bradley….I love those stacked chairs….xxoo and I am also very partial to the other Stacked Chairs By Larry Grayam. Ruth’s work looks very interesting…...I will have to take a browse…...This is just wonderful Fran…....AWESOME JOB!!

Thank you so much for the feature in the Art News section…what a wonderful publication!!