Well I have finished hanging my art for my "Mind Maps" exhibition with help from Kjersti and Claire. Thank you, it made it so much easier. Now all I have to do is have a drink of bubbles with everyone on the opening night. Wed 15th Feb Tincat Cafe, Kent Town S.A., 6-8pm.

I have an ad in the Feb Issue of Art Almanac p102 for my solo show at the Tincat Cafe, Kent town, 15th Feb - 11th March. Check it out if you can, copies only cost $4.00.
It is always nice to have your work in print, even if you do pay for it. Next stop final touches on the work and then schmoozing at the opening and selling the work.

Well it is almost here, my first solo art show for the year and I am so excited. I am just putting the final touches on the work, finished all the marketing and advertising, organised the wines and completed the invite.
 
I have been a very busy girl, so please come along if you are in Adelaide, the opening night is 15th of Feb at Tincat Cafe Restaurant and Gallery at 107 Rundle st, Kent Town
6-8pm. It's gonna be a ripper of a night, champers anyone?

RSVP: janickej77@gmail.com

_I have been creating some new art work and it is looking fabulous if I do say so myself.
I am really happy with the progression my art is taking and feel I am at a much higher level of skill, technique, composition and overall artist creation. There is always room for improvement but I am happily enjoying the journey. I feel like I am so much closer to my goal of WORLD ART DOMINATION.  

I also have a new camera which means I can show you the art in much better detail, no more using my mobile to shoot the work or borrowing “Steve’s Camera”.

Well I have been away from my studio for over a week but have still managed to get a bit of art done here and there. I took a trip to Yarrawonga just after Christmas with my partner Tim and our 2 dogs and it was great to get out into nature and just relax. I did a little bit of painting and some drawing in between drinks and nibbles. The drawings were much better than the paintings but at least I got some creative juices flowing. It is amazing how quickly you can loose productivity and creativity with a little time away. Now that I am back in the cool clean landscape of home (my feet were dirty for days, at least we had the river to keep us cool) I am back to it. Well not today it is 35 degrees and the studio is just too hot for painting. Anway I hope everyone reading this has a great new year and that 2012 is prosperous for all.

Well after almost a week of blockages of the artistic kind, I have been cleansed. (Holding back on the toilet humour here). I think sitting back and trying to re-think my intent helped alot, along side a short hiatus and some relaxation.
So what do you think of the two new paintings? I am pretty happy with them, a little more work needed but almost done.

It is hard to get over the hurdle of an artistic block especially when you are trying to create something new. Over the last few days I have been experimenting with a few different ideas. The two main ideas are to somehow re use plastic packaging in my art that is not recyclable via the normal methods and to add an other dimension to my painting style. Needless to say these are just the beginnings and not particularly fruitful. It all came to a head yesterday and I felt very overwhelmed by the fact none of the stuff I was doing was working. So I walked away from it all, had a good hard think and wrote down what it was I wanted to do. This has helped a great deal and now I have a better idea of how to make it all happen. A craniosacral session with Tim Munro also helped settle me down. Sometimes we just need to get away from whatever is frustrating us and think about what we really want.

Well I am very excited, my new website is online and almost finished, just a few minor touches to do. Check it out:  http://www.janickejohansen.com/.
Life has been very busy getting the website up and going and creating an online store on madeit.com: www.madeit.com.au/janickejohansen
I am also going to be at the Rose Street Artist Market in Fitzroy, Melbourne on the following dates in 2012: Jan 15th, Feb 5th & 19th & March 4th.
So why not come by and visit me as well as check out some other great artists.
Anyway I have some art experimentation to do, so signing off for the first time.

Cheers Janicke