Art Market , Up Coming Gallery Shows and More

So, my face is a lil burned from all the sun we had over the weekend. My good sense was over ruled by my body's thirst for the warmth of sun on my skin...but i will survive!<br />Had a nice two days down at the <a href="http://www.portlandsaturdaymarket.com/"><strong>Portland Saturday Market</strong></a> during which we debuted <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidopticlab/sets/72157624413296038/"><strong>Danny's Ebru Screen print work</strong></a> for sale. Check out our setup with the addition of more art:<br /><a title=""><img alt="Portland Saturday Market" height="255" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5066/5680623786_55acf8a493.jpg" style="WIDTH: 428px; HEIGHT: 207px" width="500" /></a><br />So far we have gotten a great response towards the new prints for sale!<br />We are at the Portland Saturday Market selling art every weekend, come say Hi and check out our work if your in town.<br /><br />I have been using the time spent sitting at the market to do lots of drawing:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5680922828/" title="Drawing time by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Drawing time" height="335" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5147/5680922828_bafc7c8fc9.jpg" style="WIDTH: 429px; HEIGHT: 291px" width="500" /></a><br />....Now if only I could find the time to scan and post all this new work!<br /><br />In other news, I am very excited to be showing a few of my "Goddess In All Of Us" body art photographs in this wonderful group show:<br />"Body of Work-contemporary perspectives on the human form."<br />Opening is 1st Friday May6th 6-9pm<br />@ <a href="http://www.codapdx.com/first-fridays.html"><strong>The CODA gallery</strong></a> in SE Portland.<br /><img height="361" src="http://www.codapdx.com/uploads/6/9/9/5/6995007/6503972.jpg?573" width="456" /><br /><br />See you there?<br /><br />With Love,<br />-Chelsea Rose

Art Market , Up Coming Gallery Shows and More

So, my face is a lil burned from all the sun we had over the weekend. My good sense was over ruled by my body's thirst for the warmth of...

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Practical Magic art show + New Tie dye + another body painting shot.

I just got the flyer for the Practical Magic Art gallery group show!!<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4417614016/" title="Practical Magic Art Opening by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Practical Magic Art Opening" height="219" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4043/4417614016_99212a1a64.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><br />I am very, very excited to be a part of this group show amidst some amazing local artists!<br /><br />Practical Magic<br />Coeur: Art<br />323 NW 6th- Portland<br />www.coeurart.com<br />April 2010<br />Opening First Thursday<br />6pm-10pm<br />Show runs through April 30th<br />Gallery Hours: Th, Fr, St 12-6pm<br />-------<br /><br />So up here in Oregon we have had a bizarrely mild winter, especially when compared to last year's snow blast. Spring seemed to have come early- all the trees are abloom and the bulb flowers have sprouted all over. Which was a bit of a wake up call telling us to" Get off your butts and get tie-dyeing!"....the fairs should be starting up soon and we need some fresh tie dye to hang in our booth.<br />So here are a couple new items:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4411610553/" title="Yellow Orb Sunrise by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Yellow Orb Sunrise" height="500" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2734/4411610553_25630f3dcf.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />Yellow sunrise tiedye blouse<br />on sale now for $20<br />click <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=42153852"><strong>here</strong></a> to view the sale listing.<br />100% cotton<br />size: women's extra small<br />bust: 38"<br />waist: 34"<br />hips: 32"<br />.....I think this one is my fave from our new tie dye batch! i am very tempted to keep it for myself.<br /><br />and a tie dye dress:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4414198970/" title="Forest Nymph by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Forest Nymph" height="500" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4062/4414198970_d25ba75758.jpg" width="335" /></a><br />Forest Nymph tie dye dress<br />on sale now for $20<br />click <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=42187807"><strong>here</strong></a> to view the sale listing.<br />100% linen<br />button up dress<br />with draw string in back for adjustability<br />women size small<br />Bust: 40"<br />waist: 42"<br />hips: 44"<br /><br />....we also ended up taking new photos of old tie dye. We felt some of the old tie dye would do better with higher quality images. i really think the new photos jazzed up the listings and more actuatly portrayed the individual tie dye awesomeness:<br /><br /><img src="http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_430xN.128387744.jpg" /><br />Leaf Lite tie dye shirt<br />women small(S) 100% cotton long sleeve shirt<br />dyed with procion mx turquoise and yellow<br />34" chest<br />to view listing click <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=34654461"><strong>Here</strong></a><br /><br /><img src="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_430xN.128374451.jpg" /><br />Turquoise Vortex tie dye<br />on sale for $20<br />to view listing click <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=34578818"><strong>here</strong></a><br />women small(S) 100% cotton 3/4 sleeve V-neck shirt<br />dyed with procion mx turquoise and purple<br />40" chest<br /><br />.....now that i look at all of these together i realize, with disappointment, that they are all size small! We have so much tie dye in big sizes yet to be photographed and listed mainly because we don't have a live model to wear them for us! I will have to solve this problem soon so that we have a better variety of size items available. Bare with me!<br /><br />So we will be posting new tie dye at least once a day so keep checking out our shop for new tie dye goodies!<br /><br />Oh yes....and i wanted to share with you a body painting photo i drudged up last night and released:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4415588227/" title="Discovering Self by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Discovering Self" height="161" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2693/4415588227_c49c8de80e_m.jpg" width="240"></a><br />please click and full view!<br />(body painting and photography by Chelsea Rose<br />Model: Amata)<br />....i hope you guys are not sick of body painting yet because i have my next shoot coming up this weekend!<br /><br />Also, i just found out that i was written about in a HandMadeSpark.com article! Feel free to read it <a href="http://handmadespark.com/blog/sharing-in-progress-works/"><strong>here</strong></a>. Its written by a dear blogger friend <a href="http://studiomme.blogspot.com/"><strong>Studio MME</strong></a> about sharing artwork in progress with others!<br />So thats it for news right now. More to come later!<br /><br />Happy international Women's Day!!<br /><br />Peace n Love,<br />-Chelsea Rose

Practical Magic art show + New Tie dye + another body painting shot.

I just got the flyer for the Practical Magic Art gallery group show!! I am very, very excited to be a part of this group show amidst some am...

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Apparition of Truth- more body painting photos from the series

So its Monday and in many ways i feel like clawing my own eyes out, roasting them in garlic and feeding them to my cat. But i will refrain. I promise.<br />The weekend was wonderful. I did not have a body painting photo shoot lined up so i used my extra time wisely by working on my painting in process, getting things ready for the art fair seasons(next month!) and a lil bit of house cleaning and soul searching too.<br /><br />I also released 2 more shots from my Apparition of Truth shoot with Wenseay:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4396915955/" title="Apparition of Truth by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Apparition of Truth" height="500" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4043/4396915955_c78aa7b4c6.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />(body painting and photography by Chelsea Rose<br />Model: Wenseay)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4393317184/" title="Apparition of Truth by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Apparition of Truth" height="500" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4054/4393317184_a6164b8950.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />(body painting and photography by Chelsea Rose<br />Model: Wenseay)<br /><br />My next shoot is lined up for the 13th. Should be fun!<br />....The more i have thought about turning this body painting project of mine into a series that i could show in a gallery, the more i realized how out of budget printing and framing all of these photographs would be. So, today on my way home im planning on stoppin by the library to see if they have any HOW TO books on Grant writing. That would be a great way to deal with the expenses of printing and framing all the photos from this body painting series. Its worth a shot, at least.<br /><br />I have confirmed that i will be having my solo show in April at InOtherWords feminist book store. Which means i am kicking my butt into hyper gear to see how many more paintings i can produce before i have to begin the hanging.<br />Speaking of painting, danny took this photo over the weekend while i was fine tuning some of the details in the painting i am currently working on:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4392482703/" title="painting the sea witch by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="painting the sea witch" height="335" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2777/4392482703_6340d7b82a.jpg" width="500"></a><br />I should be done with this one in a day or two...whether i like it or not, it will be time to move on!<br /><br />....oh! Did i mention i woke up on Saturday with a guttural need to find a yard sale? Well danny and i ended up finding one. It was small and the woman was mainly selling toddler clothes but look what i found in the free box:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/4393660968/" title="my saturday bonnet by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="my saturday bonnet" height="1000" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4032/4393660968_7ae8988219_o.jpg" width="369" /></a><br />yes, i found this wicked cool Bonnet in a for free box! I love it. Its very sweet and simple with browns and yellows. It will be perfect to wear in the summer during the art fairs to keep my face out of the sun. Yay for bonnet love and free finds : )<br /><br />Also, check out this Mandala painting that danny did over the weekend:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidopticlab/4396617875/" title="Anahata mandala by Lucid Optic Lab, on Flickr"><img alt="Anahata mandala" height="500" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2723/4396617875_4e8feecbe9.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />(water color and ink mandala painting by Danny)<br />i think this one is my fave out of the 6 that he has done so far. you can view the rest <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidopticlab/sets/72157623351354720/"><strong>here</strong>.</a><br />Purple and green are my fave colors, especially when combined and i love the scale pattern that he used on this one. Cant wait to see what he does next with these Mandalas of his.<br /><br />Yep, so we still have a lot of stuff to get done in time to the art fairs.<br />Busy busy.<br />Hope all is well with everyone.<br />Peace n Love,<br />-Chelsea Rose

Apparition of Truth- more body painting photos from the series

So its Monday and in many ways i feel like clawing my own eyes out, roasting them in garlic and feeding them to my cat. But i will refrain. ...

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