Dear friends and art lovers,
There really is not much more one could ask for in life but to love and be loved.
Merry Christmas
Happy Hanukkah
Thank you all for being a part of my life.
warm regards,
Nadina
I remember this unbearable snowsuit and being afraid of that bearded man.
Dear friends and art lovers,
I am gathering focus to work in the studio. My Blog/News is a visual up-date also a special Thank You for supporting art and the artists.
Touching the art ! Casting spells ! Nadina's mixed media piece, 'Dreaming of Home" is off to a Collector in Vancouver, B.C. photo credit Derek von Essen
Stay Warm, ink on paper. Available soon: The Art Rental Collection of North Vancouver Arts Council.
Floating Tattoo, ink on paper. Soon to be included in The Art Rental Collection of North Vancouver Arts Council.
If you would like to own your own unique pencil case designed by Nadina you can order on-line at Art of Where ~ 5 chairs and 1 tac front and back view photo by Tracy Barron Goyer
SUNSHINE COAST ART CRAWL 2016
Please join us for the 7th annual Sunshine Coast Art Crawl at Kez Sherwood Studio located in the Seaside Village of Gibsons, BC
Visit Artists' Kez Sherwood and Nadina Tandy, venure 20 & 21 on the Art Crawl map guide & artists' listings
ADDRESS: Studio 201 – 287 Gower Pt. Rd Across from Mike's Gelato
*Please note there is a set of stairs to go down.
We can provide assistance, please ask!
DATES: October 21 -23
TIMES: Daily 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
PARTEE! Friday night party 7:00 – 9:00 PM – Sponsored by Seven Seams
http://www.sunshinecoastartcrawl.com
Kez Sherwood & Nadina Tandy invite you: studio 201-287 Gower Pt. Rd. venue 20 & 21
Dear art lovers,
Thank you, on behalf of the Eleven Equal Artists for another outstanding Power of Paint Exhibition on the Sunshine Coast, BC. I am not certain that 6 or so years ago, when we first conceived of Power of Paint that we realized what it was we were doing. Eleven Equal Artists have not only begun an art show, we have brought to life an event.
Through hard work and shared vision we have mounted not only an exhibition of our own diverse styles but an event which included a collaborative art piece, a bursary, live music, food and drink and the attention of the community at large.
Despite the collective hard work of all the artists involved in this show, it would mean nothing if not for you. The success of Power of Paint really lies with the art supporters, the curious, the casual observers and true believers who have attended this event at different times over the last 5 years. For that we thank you.
Special arty thank you to our volunteers, supportive partners and to Ginny Vail for raining in the toddlers.
Eleven Equal Artists : Morley Baker, Josefa Fritz Barham, Todd Clark, Elizabeth Evans, Greta Guzek, Carol LaFave, Kim LaFave, Ian MacLeod, Cindy Riach, Nadina Tandy and Marleen Vermeulen
Click on image for slide show of Power of Paint 2016 Sunshine Coast BC
Dear Art Lovers,
I've been gathering my work over the last few months while trying to decide which pieces to exhibit for the upcoming Power of Paint show. I'm drawing from a raw, yet lighter and more vulnerable body of work. Please come say hello at the weekend exhibition details below.
with love, Nadina
Art needs to be seen. Ink on paper a work in progress from my Sunshine Coast studio. iphone capture by Nadina Tandy
Upcoming Exhibition The 5th Annual Power of Paint Exhibition takes place August 12-14, 2016, at the Seaside Centre (5790 Teredo Street, Sechelt, BC) with an opening reception Friday, August 12 at 5pm. The unique quality of Eleven Equal Artists as a group is in their varying styles and deep respect for one another. After 15 years of meeting regularly to share their work, they conspired to exhibit together on the Sunshine Coast in what has become an annual event. This year's collaborative piece is "What Does Power of Paint Mean to You?" With their commitment to giving back to the community the proceeds from this event will help finance Eleven Equal Artists Bursaries. All artists will be in attendance during the show: Morley Baker, Josefa Fritz Barham, Todd Clark, Elizabeth Evans, Greta Guzek, Carol LaFave, Kim LaFave, Ian MacLeod, Cindy Riach, Nadina Tandy and Marleen Vermeulen. photo credit: Rhoni Lloyd Whyard, 2011
A simple yes or no, what to keep and what to burn. Yesterday I took a look at my 'no' pile and thought I liked the shapes of one but not the piece as a whole. I was ripping the paper before my brain had anytime to stop and think, before I knew it I had a yes from a no.
Studio dog Tula overseeing Nadina's messy studio. iPhone capture by Nadina Tandy
Before I had time to think I was ripping paper and gluing it to the panel. iPhone capture by Nadina Tandy
I live in a community where asking a neighbour for horse hair is as normal as asking to borrow a cup of sugar. The sensory experience of mark making is so deep in our DNA that only when we take the time to revel in the texture and flow of the ink do we realise this love is bigger than ourselves. Or is that just me?
The following video is my first application of ink on paper with my homemade horse hair brush. It moved easily across the paper and I was very happy with the result.
The character and earthy smell of horse hair really comes out once dipped in the ink.
Ink on paper, drawing from the mind's eye.
My work is influenced by memory. The piece of an image or story we can recall while other information is lost.
Gestural ink portraits.
Field notes: Getting back in the grove. Not sure where I am going and not even going to question it.
Mark making tools, cedar sticks, oil on canvas. Letting my mind wander with no desire to produce a result. Exploring the feeling and discovery lend itself to altered thoughts.
AML: How does art make you happy, Nadina? Creating and producing art, or observing it?
Me: Anne Marie that is a good question. I don't know the biochemical reasons but I do know the process of creating does make me feel better, my nervous system doesn't know if the work is good or bad. When I view art and make a connection to it I absolutly feel happy. Art elevates, in the creating and the viewing. When I feel transported I know I am in the right place.
Playing with rust, yes iron. The human nervous system and some Icarus reference. Good art, bad art either way my nervous system does not know the difference. I will sleep well tonight.
According to an investigation by French Beaux Arts Magazine (July 2013 Issue)
"art acts like a vitamin on our brain, making us noticeable happier."
Greta's Garden 24"x24" Art lives in you, don't overthink it. (table design and photo credit S.Antonucci)
Mark making tools, feather, lavander and moss with India Ink. The practice of mindfulness and letting go of outcome bring me to myself.
Explore
Dear Friends and Art lovers,
It is time for me to take my own crabby, bossy, ranting advice and apply the Art Matters steps. I am not sure how it has come to this, but, I am having an unusually jittery start to creating new work this winter. Last year, at this time, I had rented a larger studio with more space and found it inspiring to not be surrounded by piles of older work nor all the other distractions of working from home. Time seems to shift when you are able to focus. I am trying so hard to focus. So, no more digressing,no more creative procrastination. My studio is organized to within an inch of it's life, pencils are sharpened and the coffee is on. 1..2..3.. GO!
Double Heart is 1 of 4 from The Heart Series, encaustic on panel.
Sometimes I will use images that are not my own. Not to claim them as mine more to connect with a collective unconscious. Old anatomy books are a source of inspiration. They are distant, somehow removed from the actual subject they are meant to represent. I recycle stamps from my father's collection and often re-use his written Scientific research reports or just as likely pages torn from an 1800s Tennyson book of poetry given to me by a grade school friend, stolen from her parent's bookshelf . So now you know. Lost and found .
Double Heart
FEATURED ARTISTS INCLUDE:
GORDON HALLORAN, MARLENE LOWDEN, GIORGIO MAGNANENSI, KIRK MICHAEL, VERN BAHTI MINARD, LINDA NARDELLI, DEAN VAN'T SCHIP, KEZ SHERWOOD, JESSICA SILVEY, ROBERT STUDER AND MARLEEN VERMEULEN
Jessica Silvey traditional cedar bark weaver and painter Marleen Vermeulen installation Cultural Modification for Sechelt Arts Festival 2015
Art Exhibition co-curator : Nadina Tandy
Worth a trip from Vancouver: Sechelt Arts Festival Art and the Six Senses of Cedar
Encaustic painting, also known as how wax painting, involves using heated beeswax to which coloured pigments may or may not be added. I use the hot wax technique to encase the images and preserve them. Prints Available
Question: Why do you create?
Answer : To feel free.
I paint from the inside out, from my memory and with my intuition. I am not striving for correct perspective or painting for pure commerce. I am compelled to create and express. I have to trust and be brave. My drive is to be free, to feel free and share that expression with others.
Nadina
When you come to the edge of all that you know and are about to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen: there will be something solid to stand on, or you will be taught to fly" Unknown
Many, many people to thank… ZOOM, Jardin de Flores Nursery and Farm, Roberts Creek , Rent it, Sunshine Coast Botanical Gardens, ..thank you Sue, Sheer Bliss, Steven you always look after us so well, Coast Reporter, and Jan DeGrass, as always you write so well and the District of Sechelt .. special thanks to you Perry and the spouses that help set up those heavy heavy walls Nick Vermeulen and Mike. Mike Tandy and Jimmy Gregor…the music was amazing and thanks also Mike for the warm welcome. The Volunteers… our dynamic duoKasia Krolikowska, and Lore Schmidts..we absolutely love you….Thank you Charly Mithrush, Judy McLarty, Jeanette MacDonald, Jen Drysdale, Karen Tosczak, Diane Penonzek, Pat Opp, Barbara Moustafa, Suzy Naylor and wonderful Marlene Lowden …your presence was invaluable…you made the evening fun and run smooth for us. Last but definitely not least Ginny Vail…thanks for organizing us and adding all your wonderful touches along with your easy, fun personality. We love you to bits
Written by Carol LaFave , on behalf of Eleven Equal Artists;
Morley Baker, Josef Fritz Braham, Todd Clark, Elizabeth Evans, Greta Grunow Guzek,
Carol Lafave, Kim LaFave, Ian MacLeod, Cindy Riach, Nadina Tandy, Marleen Vermeulen
Welcome entrance at Seaside Centre Painting by Josefa Fritz Barham
Power of Paint Art Exhibition | Latest Work
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Lets blow it up, just do your art and shut the fuck up. I am offering you 4 easy solutions to follow for inner creative peace. You can add to the list in the comments, hell lets coauthor an e-book.
#1 : Create. Create anything. Just start. Don't judge it or think you are amazing. Just pick up a pencil show up to life drawing class. Shut up and draw.
#2 STOP TALKING. Talking about shit, no more conversations about sensitive digestion or your ingrown toe nail that has haunted you and stopped you from being a fully realized super star. Yawn, are you boring yourself?
#3 DON'T LISTEN TO WHAT OTHERS THINK ABOUT YOU OR YOUR ART. Don't listen to what you think about others and their art.
#4 BE IN THE PRESENT. Just 'be' in the present moment of the creative process and all the other crap will shrink. The perfect weather or the perfect space. You make things happen when you create art with whatever tool you have, wherever you are. It lives in you, don't over think it.
Fine Art , not for the faint of heart. My one line elevator pitch.
The cranky artist motivational series has a gift for you! A printable version of ART MATTERS 4 steps to inner creative peace and getting shit done. With love Nadina
Antler Girl is filled with symbols and mythological meaning, it's own fabricated history. What does it mean to you? It is your story that matters here.... dreams, illusions and the creative collective unconscious.
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