Hello, and welcome to Our Newsletter Issue #13!
It is a pleasure to have you here.
Happy Halloween! (Well, in 2 days, but still!)
As another month comes to an end, it is that time in our newsletter series where I reflect on October, and look ahead to some of the exciting things happening in November!
Ode to our innocence, 2021
Oil on canvas board
25 x 25 cm
This painting is available to collect, please email info@ariettachandris.com to enquire about it
This month I was pleased to introduce to you my new series of paintings that I have been developing since September 2020. These pieces explore storytelling, composition and how colour guides emotion, with the first piece in the series pictured below, and the second of the series pictured above.
This body of work remains untitled for now, so any suggestions or ideas are welcome! It is also not yet available on my website, as I am not ready to share it fully until I wrap my head around the series a bit further. This month I've added another 2 pieces to this collection that I will share with you soon, and have begun work on 2 more. I am curious though, what do you think of it? How do the colours make you feel, and what associations do you attach to them? Reply to this email and let's chat about it! I always love hearing your opinions.
This month I also unveiled my most recent painting 'Brothers' in my Finding Closeness series (pictured at the end of the newsletter). I posted a reel on my Instagram showing some of the making process of the piece, and you can view this here.
Study of my golden pothos in blue, 2020
Oil on canvas
50 x 50 cm
This painting is available to collect, please email info@ariettachandris.com to enquire about it
(First piece in the new series I have discussed briefly above)
Looking ahead to November
A reminder that I am taking part in the first ever Art Battle London on the 18th of November at the Boston Music Room.
Here, I will be competing against another 11 artists in creating a complete painting within 20 minutes. This is a live, ticketed event where the audience votes on whose work they'd like to go through to the next round, so if you're in London please do join! You can grab your ticket here.
This coming month I hope to conclude (for now) my Finding Closeness series, as I am keen to focus on the series I've briefly discussed above, and some other projects too.
One of these other projects that I am becoming incredibly excited about is entering the NFT space! And I am doing so with an idea that I haven't seen much of yet, so there's a lot of uncharted territory for me to get through.
The idea is to make my paintings available as NFTs, with the premise that anyone that invests in the NFT version of the painting will also be receiving the physical real life painting, and vice versa. In this fast moving environment where the audience is split between those that understand and believe in the NFT landscape, and those that remain unconvinced or uninformed, this is a way to bridge the gap between the virtual and the physical, in a way that is approachable and tangible.
I'm still working out my footing for this, but I'll keep you updated as and when I make progress! In the meantime, please follow my Twitter and bookmark my OpenSea account, as this is where most of this action will take place!
Brothers, 2021
Oil and phototransfer on canvas
122 x 152 cm
This painting is available to collect, please email info@ariettachandris.com to enquire about it
A longer than intended newsletter today! My apologies for that, but if you made it all the way down here thank you for reading!
Next week will be shorter, I promise.
Until then,
Wishing you a spooky Halloween and a wonderful weekend!
Lots of love,
Arietta xx