Getting my Mojo Back

Image: Gabrielle Jones, Slide, 2011 Charcoal, 70 x 100cm

Ok - so I'm proud of this one. Hope you like it too. It took me about three days to complete - the process is getting quicker. I have re- discovered a beautiful pencil which is the combination of charcoal and graphite and which works well as the positional drawing. I am feeling more comfortable with the medium and subjects - less like torture!- and remembering the sensuality of charcoal. I lost my touch - after a particularly harrowing year at art school which turned me off drawing for years to come - a little like aversion therapy was practiced by my then teacher, and many of us got the shakes just thinking of drawing in subsequent years (let alone the teacher!)

So...I'm gettin' my mojo back.... It's the last in the series (I think) as I am itching to get back into painting (alleluia! It's taken its time). The paintings will be based on these drawings and the work I have been toying with for about a year now (related to my Goulburn show). Wish me luck!

Paintings from my Goulburn Show

Gabrielle Jones, "Time trees and the Night Sky"2010 Oil on canvas 122 x 152cm

Gabrielle Jones, "Driving Force" 2010 oil on Canvas, 122 x 182cm

Gabrielle Jones, "Changing Light, Changing Shape" 2010 oil on Canvas, 152 x 122cm

Gabrielle Jones, "One thing Leads to another" 2010 oil on Canvas, 122 x 182cm

Gabrielle Jones, "All the Possibilities" 2010 oil on Canvas, 152 x 122cm

It's been a pretty good week.

I have a Sydney 2009 painting put on hold by Westfield for their "Quintessential Concierge" VIP room in the newly renovated Sydney Tower, Pitt Street complex.

My students in the Master Class at Goulburn loved the workshop and want me to hold workshops at Bowral and Canberra.

I sold "Uncertain truth," a Goulburn painting to a friend.

An Art consultant I have been chasing decided to come to my studio, loved the work, and wants images so she can be an advocate in her practice. She loved my charcoal drawings as well!

I am off to the studio today to show another new client (with connections!) a large abstract painting for her harbourside house. If bought, the painting will go into a collection that includes John Beard's work.

And I'm off on Holidays tomorrow...

So here's the pics from Goulburn, in case you didn't manage to cross over to my website to have a sticky beak.

Sorry - the pics are a bit dark. I used the wrong files. If you're curious and want to see the work in a better light. here's the link