Delightful Exuberance

When I paint, I'm happy.  I'm even happier when IT flows.  I don't know how to define IT, but sometimes it shows in my work.

I gave this one the title of "Delightful Exuberance"

Victoria Estacio Huckins - Delightful Exberance - copyright 2012

Is it too much?  Is it beyond exuberance?  I like it.  It is the reflection of my frame of mind at the moment.

Working It!

I've been busy working on a new series of work for my new show at The HVR Art Ranch.

An Itty Bitty, Itsy Bitsy, Teeny Weenie Exhibition

4" x 4" mixed media on cradled panel

One of my tiny pieces of work in the new exhibition at the Escondido Municipal Gallery on view until February 26, 2011

All sales proceeds from my exhibition will be donated to The Escondido Arts Partnership, a non-profit organization that promotes and support the arts for the city.

Sketchbook 2011 Project

I signed up for this projects months ago... and forgot all about it until it was almost due. I had a about 2 weeks to fill up my pages. It had to be postmarked by January 15th.

Luckily for me...due to the weather problems in various places ...they extended the deadline to January 18th, the three days extra days was needed. I mailed it on the 18th. Now I'm just waiting for notification that they received it.

The east coast has been hit with so much snow ...is it a cause of worry? YES!

In all the rush to meet my deadline , I didn't get a chance to photograph the my pages. But I had the foresight to order the digital version. Hopefully they received it and I will have something to share.

More details about this project.... http://arthousecoop.com/projects/sketchbookproject

Panache 2009 - Art Auction

The Escondido Arts Partnership will be hosting their annual fundraising event. I donated this painting for the art auction.   For more details go to www.escondidoarts.org

Deadlines Inspire

I just had a very productive week. I had so many unfinished work just hanging around waiting for more material and inspiration. Deadlines somehow induces either total frustration or glorious inspiration. Thankfully this week it was the latter.

Since the fire, I've been working only on small pieces because I didn't have the space to work. I like the looseness of a large work surface. Small pieces are sometimes far more difficult for me. But sometimes you have to just make lemonade out of lemons.

When working small, I start one piece and would quickly be stymied. I would put it aside and start another and same thing would happen. I ended up with about 100 pieces of work in process. Thankfully they were small but it was still a real problem. I just could not justify buying more paper or canvas unless I completed some of them.

Then came the invitation to two shows, The 2009 Florence Biennual and a small group show in New York, which meant deadlines. I needed this. I went into my manic mode and painted and created like a crazy woman.

I decided to try to postpone the Florence, Italy exhibition for the 2011. They said they would keep my contact information but we'll see. I just couldn't justify spending the money for the entry fee. It didn't make sense to pay an entry fee to an invitational show. I'm still hoping for an international show maybe by next year. I wished the economy would pick up.

I am doing the group show, I only needed five pieces for that. Check out the photos on Facebook or Flickr and help me decide which pieces I should send.

Began in Paris

It’s been a long time since my last posting. I forgot how much time it takes to do anything.

Life has been mostly good and definitely busy. I’m been working on a series of paintings that I just installed at my friend’s office at Qualcomm. Some of the paintings have pieces of paper I started during my trip in Paris. I have another set of the series that I hope to include in a show downtown.

I've been busy.

These are some of my works in progress, in various stages of completion. Some of them are almost there, but one never knows. The gasoline can is nearby in case I need to burn them. I realize that was probably a bad joke coming from me, but sometimes you just need to keep a sense of humor. The gas can is actually my husband's for the various machinery he uses at the ranch. Add a comment to let me know what you think.

The studio

I just spent the last two weeks cleaning up the garage and organizing the space as my new studio. As you can see I'm already accumulating STUFF. Once a pack rat always a pack rat. I like to think of all of it as art supplies.

I'm happy to say that I'm already making use of the space. I haven't slept much but I'm not complaining. I'm also helping a mom from one of Explorer's fifth grade class with a class project. It's a collage of students portraits that will be auctioned for their fundraising event " Art from the Heart". It's a wonderful event for a good cause.

On the wall are a few of the paintings I'm working on, I hope to do a series of 20" x 20"paintings and a larger piece for a future show. It's an idea of using the size to represent the 20/20 hindsight theory seeing the "bigger picture". It's very simplistic and that's the idea. Is it too much?