Tribeca Art Show & SALE 8/18/2016

I'll be showing small and medium-sized acrylic paintings at the M1-5 Lounge in Tribeca this Thursday evening, August 18, 2016.  Annnnndddd some of the paintings will be on SALE from prices listed on the website AT THIS EVENT ONLY.

This show, like the last one, will be hosted by Conception Events, however this time, instead of purchasing tickets, I'm giving away free tickets to the first 15 people who let me know they're coming.

I currently have THREE tickets left! So please let me know ASAP (if you haven't already), if you'd like one. (You can also purchase them here.)

Please note the NEW time: 5-10PM 

Address: 52 Walker Street (M1-5 Lounge)....food and drink available for purchase

Hope to see you there, and as always, thank you for your support!

xo

Hannah

The Life of a Commissioned Painting

I'm thrilled to work one-on-one with friends and family and clients to paint something in my style that is uniquely for them. I'm always nervous in sending the final photos, hoping and praying that they will love it as much as I do. (Because when you work on something so much, you have to love it in the end...or else you would keep painting, as you'll see below.) But what happens if they don't love it? And how does this whole commission business work anyway?

The process is fairly simple and straightforward: you email me saying you'd like to commission a painting. We'll talk about your budget, your space, the size of the wall, what colors you have in your mind, etc.

I'll send you a contract with all of the agreed upon details and logistics like delivery date, downpayment and shipping. Even among friends, a contract formalizes everything so there's no confusion or hurt feelings.

It works best if you already like my work and my style because if I try to recreate someone else's style that you love, it probably won't turn out how either of us wants. So there's a bit of trust that I'm going to run with what we've discussed, and you won't see it until the end.

Below is a commission I did recently; flip through the pictures to see how I changed and re-changed a particular section (upper-middle-right) that I wasn't happy with: it went from too dark, to too blue, to starting over with white, to WAY too green, to the final peachy version in the end.

When I'm completely satisfied with the final product, I'll send you some photos and we'll set up a time to chat on the phone; but what if you don't like what I've painted?

Well if it's a matter of a particular area or tiny part of the work, no problem, tell me what's bothering you, and I'll tweak it. If it's that you hate the whole thing altogether, you are under no obligation to buy it, but unfortunately I won't be able to refund your deposit, since work has been done, materials purchased, etc. I will always try to work with you as much as possible to turn the painting into something you love.

I truly love collaborating on commissions and painting with someone in mind and working to make them happy. Obviously I love painting in general, but it's extra special and purposeful knowing that a home is already being made for the piece.

What to collaborate? Use the contact sheet to email me about commissioning a painting! I have 4 commission spots left for 2016 and look forward to working with you!

Pop Up Gallery Show in Tribeca

Last Thursday I was thrilled to be included in the Conception Events Contemporary Art Show at the MI-5 Lounge in Tribeca. Conception Events is a pop up art gallery that features emerging artists. They actually found me on Instagram and said I should consider applying for the show, so I did.

I wasn't sure what to expect from the event, other than there would be about 25 artists, each with a 4ft by 5ft space to show as many pieces as you'd like within that constraint.

I'd done a little bit of stalking of my fellow artists ahead of time and I thought some of their work was great, and others just weren't my taste. I was excited for the opportunity to show my work in person to friends, family and strangers, but I was also nervous that maybe my art wouldn't fit in with the rest of the vibe.

I chose 5 new paintings to show that were all based on memories of Caribbean vacations we used to take as an extended family growing up. We tended to steer clear of resorts and instead stayed at small hotels or rented condos. We've visited larger islands like Grand Cayman, Jamaica and Aruba, but we also vacationed at less touristy islands (or at least that seemed remote in the late 80s early 90s) like Carriacou, Little Cayman, Grand Turk, Nevis and Dominica...I can't say what these places are like now, maybe they're swarming with tourists. But back then, they always seemed pretty quiet.

We would spend our days playing in the ocean, hiking, exploring the local markets, SCUBA diving and building ball rolls in the sand...not sure if anyone else knows what a ball roll is or if our cousins just made that up....but essentially it's like a sandcastle but where you create a path for a racquetball ball to roll down and around and over bridges and through tunnels all made of sand.

As evening closed in, we'd read, play cards, shower and eat dinner, hopefully followed by a Snickers or Mars bar bought at a roadside stand.

With these paintings, I'm working to evoke the feelings of tranquility, peacefulness and joy I felt on those family vacations, where we didn't have any cares, except maybe finishing the winter reading list assigned by school. 

I showed three small acrylics on board, each 8x10 inches:

7 Mile Beach Grand Cayman

Soft Sunset Grenada

Lush Waters Carriacou

I showed one medium-sized acrylic on canvas, 22x28 inches:

Afternoon Rain Montego Bay

And lastly, one large 36x48 acrylic on canvas:

Dominica Rainforest

The show ended up being tiring but fun. I was so grateful to the TWENTY friends and family that showed up to support me. That was incredible! THANK YOU!