Out with the Old

FYI, I will no longer be updating this particular blog.  My new website does now contain a BLOG component (loosely dubbed "the occasional comment") where I will be posting from now on if/when I feel I have something to say/share.

This blog will remain open for an indefinite period in case anyone would like to visit or re-visit my older posts. 

Thank you for your visits, and please "like" my new website, share it with your friends, send me a comment, or just come by for a browse. 

Visit The Daily Detail on my new website for daily tidbits from of my paintings.
I post a piece of painting every morning (or afternoon if it's the weekend) to inspire and delight.  I helps me to find the beauty in my own work, those lively or quiet spaces that aid in refocusing my own process.  I hope you enjoy them!

New Website!

Actually, this is my first website.  I thought it was time to get beyond the blog and have a more comprehensive (and clearer to navigate) cyber pied-a-terre for my artworks. 

I created it using Weebly, after trying out many other free website making services.  Sure, I'd love to have a professional, custom, fabulously sophisticated and enticing website, but hey, this is a great way to get started.

Maybe one day, when I'm a grown up artist, I will pay someone to design one for me.  For now, I'm satisfied that this just gets the job done.

As I work towards producing more work, moving beyond the books, a new type of platform become necessary.  I hope you will take the time to give it a visit!

www.rhenitauchid.comwww.rhenitauchid.com

Hey! I have some art work for sale! 

Interested? 

Please send me a message for details.

Cheers!

Check out my facebook page!

Home/Body

Andrea and Lori

I was recently in Ottawa at the Wallspace Gallery in Westboro for the opening of Lori Richards and Andrea Piller's show Home/Body.  The whole feeling of it made me feel "Ahhhhhhhhh".  Restful, glowing, calming... the way home should feel.

Paintings and sculpture, created by friends of thirty years in separate studios and separate counties, harmonious to the point of eeriness.  Colours, glazes and textures bouncing of off each other, entwined in one feeling.  Beautifully done, girls!

Back home now, I have been inspired to venture into my studio, dust off some cobwebs and tentatively go forward into my own art adventures.

If you are in the Ottawa area, I urge you to take the time to surround yourself by this magical collaboration.  The show is on until June 10, 2012. Go!

Andrea's little fox vessel "Vixen" captivated me.

This quiet piece, "small circle", is my pick from Lori's paintings

Where to next? That's the issue I have to focus on every time I come back from a the last work trip.  My short but sweet trip to California was sprinkled with some terrific interaction with retailers, professors, teachers and artists.  This definitely helped lift me partially out of the dank and dreary creativity rut I've been in for what feels like forever. 

So what's next? Something that always gets me going creatively, mostly because it's for Tri-Art and not for me personally (why is it that the personal art is the toughest?).  We are gearing up for NAMTA 2012, this year, the show is in Orlando.  I'm hoping to bring some fresh colour and sun-inspired light into our booth.  Working with our team to put together an exciting booth and some painted eye candy is something I look forward to every year.

Wednesday is paint day for the Tri-Art girls, and we're going to head into my studio to clear out some of those winter cobwebs.  Yay!

JACK RICHESON

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As cozy as I am up here in the not-quite-chilly-yet Canadian winter, I imagine that a little California sun will not be unwelcome come midwinter!

I'll be flogging paint and books at the CAA Centenial Conference in Los Angeles from Feb. 22-24th, 2012 in the Jack Richeson Booth.  It's always an interesting and stimulating event, and as I have not been for several years, I look forward to seeing what new great art books are out there...and will hopefully have time to sit in on some of the sessions too!

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Happy December!

I do realize that this is a stagnant blog....really.  In my own defence I must also add that blogging is not really my "thing".  A proper website will eventually come about once several things happen:

1. I make artwork that is not complete rubbish.
2. I have something of note to post (i.e. a show or something...)
3. I design (or better yet, have someone talented at that sort of thing design for me) a slick but lush website.

As none of those things are currently happening, this blog will have to remain as it is.  Dull, but taking up cyber space in spite of that (like oh too many things already are).

If you are in need of looking at pretty pictures that may or may not feature paint, I recommend "liking" Tri-Art on facebook.  My colleague is always posting lovely and inspiring images. 

Coming up this fall:


I will be teaching a series of workshops in the Netherlands at the end of October and into early November at the VanBeek art stores in Rotterdam, Eindhoven and Amsterdam!

What a great combination, art, paint and three fantastic cities.  Really looking forward to it, and hope to have some fun, full classes!  Also can't wait to bask in the beauty of Amsterdam - what a delicious city!

Check out the Van Beek website for updates: www.vanbeekart.nl

Details on the workshops are available in their current newsletter (details on page 31)

Videos

Just wrapped a fun video shoot with Erin Ross of Blick Art Materials in Blue Ash, Ohio.  This was my first time into the youtube fray, and also my first time in Ohio! All I can say is thank you technofolk for the invention of the teleprompter and digital media.  My background in dramatic arts seems far, far off in the very, very distant past.  Stage work and video are quite different in approach and execution.  All in all, it was fun, if a little daunting.  Although I loved the stage, I'm not currently much one for being the focus of the camera.  I prefer to let the work, or in this case, the product, speak for itself.  I should also add that the team I worked with were so wonderful and patient with me! Thank you Erin, Ric, Phil and Libby!

There is, however, a case to be made for promotion of materials when they are new, or yet unknown, to out target market.  Tri-Art Liquid Acrylics and Mediums were the focus of these short videos, and as I passionately feel that they are indispensable materials for the acrylic and mixed media artist, and so despite my discomfort with the camera, it was my absolute honour to flaunt them.

Vids will be nipped and tucked and ready for viewing in a couple of months.  Stay tuned!

Finished?!

Accidental landscapes...a preview.

NAMTA, etcetera

Well, it's that time of year again, time to head off to the not-so-big-anymore Art Materials trade show.  It's an industry show that ought to be better attended, particularly given how much effort the manufacturers, suppliers and other exhibitors put into it.  So if you are an art materials retailer, please come out to Phoenix next week and come see what new and cool things we've got for you to try out! Booth #1021

Tri-Art will be showcasing some new products, and showing off our custom locally made packaging.  Our team will be happy to demo any and all of our products, talk paint, talk New Acrylics books, talk ART!

On a more personal note, as Ontario has so far ignored the fact that it's spring, it will be lovely to bask in a bit of hot weather and not get snowed upon!

As for workshops, sadly, there are none coming up for me.  I am still in the midst of re-discovering my painting voice, while doing my Tri-Art work, attempting to responsibly raise my pre-pubescent daughter, and teach the ropes to our new and very chewy puppy!  I was thinking that it might be time for me to take a workshop or two myself, I could certainly use the direction and inspiration, and there are some fantastic teachers out there!  If anyone has any recommendations, I would surely appreciate it.

Book Signing

I will be signing books at the Barnes & Noble booth (located directly outside the Kentia Exhibit Hall, one level down from the main lobby) from 11-12am, Saturday January 29th at the CHA show!

Hope to see you there!

FYI

Rheni Tauchid & Julie Bergmann workshops at CHA now SOLD OUT!!!
But hey, we will be at the Jack Richeson & Co. booth, doing demos and painting up a storm, so come by, say hello and paint with us!

Cheers,


Rheni

CHA workshops are filling FAST!!!

WHAT A RELIEF!  (W0101)
 

With Rheni Tauchid and Julie Bergmann, produce awesome relief textures using just paint and kitchen tools! Use Tri-Art Liquid Acrylics and Mediums to produce a series of simple textures that can turn everyday objects into works of art. If you can spread butter on toast and decorate a cake, this is the workshop for you! Rheni Tauchid, author of The New Acrylics books, brings her Acrylic painting expertise to the craft table. Free Tri-Art sample included!

All materials provided by Jack Richeson & Co.

First workshop of the day! 8-10am Friday, January 28th, 2011

ACRYLIC IMPRESSIONS (W0207)

Rheni Tauchid, author of The New Acrylics books demonstrates Indirect Painting With Tri-Art Liquid Acrylics, Acrylic Mediums& Spectral Colour. Print, Stamp, Stick, and Stencil. Using an array of acrylics and mediums to produce incidental and accidental impressions ideal for artist trading cards, scrapbooking and altered books. All products supplied by Jack Richeson & Co.

11:30- - 1:30pm, Friday January 28th, 2011

Julie Bergmann's workshop:

 BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN CRAFT & FINE ART  (W0306)

Introducing traditional fine art mediums and materials to craft style artists. Julie invites you to experiment with Tri-Art Acrylics & Shiva Artist’s Paintstiks Oil Paints to achieve effects not obtainable with entry level or bargain priced materials. Participants will create a figure portrait on a 10" x 10" maple panel, transferring the figure template with Richeson Transfer Paper & graphite art pencils. Mixed media elements will be applied to create a unique piece. 

3:00 - 5:00pm, Friday January 28th, 2011

The cap on these workshops is 50, and to date they are now all over 60% full! Only 17 more days to go!  To register, go to this LINK.

This foray into the wild and crazy crafters world should be a ton of fun, so much pretty, and so much inspiration!  As a primarily abstract painter, I find the process of creating workshops that have a very specific focus is a terrific way to bring a bit more discipline to my usually very loose style.  I appreciate the blend of these two not-so-different art worlds.

CHA...getting my craft on!

Well, no sooner am I back from a flurry of trips abroad doing numerous conferences, shows, demos and workshops, than it's time to start planning for the next series.  Once I get in the rhythm of being home again, and having proper sleeps, I'll start getting excited!  Looking forward though to the next couple of months, when the plan is to not do a whole heck of a lot besides be in the studio, and be in home mode.

Coming up on the last weekend of January 2011, I'll be in L.A. at the CHA winter trade show and convention, giving a couple of workshops.  Check out "What a Relief!" and "Acrylic Impressions", taking place Friday, January 28th, 2011.

Get ready to get your crafty with Tri-Art liquid acrylics and mediums! We're going to make some beautiful art together!

Are you nervous about entering the Fine Art arena? Julie Bergmann will lead you from the functional to the fine in her first CHA workshop, "Bridging the Gap between Craft & Fine Art", on Friday, January 28th, 2011.

Registration is on now at the CHA website, classes fill quickly, so get your name on the list ASAP!!!

Next up....Austin, TX

For my first time in Texas, I'm excited to be attending the Texas Art Teachers Association conference in Austin.  I hear great things about the city, and I'm keen to check it out!  Might even have to get me a pair of boots, and certainly going to be tasting some barbecue!

I will be teaching two workshops this time around, Rheotech: Acrylic Beauty on a Budget with an Eye to the Planet and Art Noise & Solucryl: The Omnipotent Academic Acrylics.

Also look for us in the Jack Richeson & Co. booth on the exhibit floor, where we will be inviting you to create some fabulous and colorific paintings with us!