tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3513061809485480792024-03-20T20:48:44.888+01:00TWC Artwork | Witty Art The World of Christy de Witt, Creator of Witty Art: 'Where the Rock courts the Roll, dancing on a seemingly dead volcano'Christy de Witthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05849237309141489578noreply@blogger.comBlogger247125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351306180948548079.post-56545796784972958002020-02-02T14:31:00.000+01:002020-02-04T14:19:55.878+01:00New solo showcase of Witty Art opens at Saturday February 8th!<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>(scroll below for the English version of this text):</i><br /><br /><u><b>GEEN</b> </u>onderdeel van Art Rotterdam, <b>WEL</b> zo leuk voor alle vrienden, fans en volgers van mijn Witty Art: <br /><br />Graag nodig ik jullie hierbij uit voor de opening van een kleine maar fijne solo showcase van Witty Art: <br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>‘’It’s A Wander-Ful World’’</b><br /><br />Zaterdag 8 februari a.s. om 16.00u<br />Inloop vanaf 15.00 uur</span><br /><br />Locatie is de intieme en o zo gezellige huiskamer van Het Nieuwe Westen: <b>De Woonkamer van de Burgemeester</b>, aan de Burgemeester Meineszstraat 102 Rotterdam.<br /><br />De Woonkamer serveert een kleine borrel, er zijn wat hapjes en natuurlijk ben ik er zelf ook. En er is vooral heel veel Witty Art te zien!<br /><br /><b>Over deze expositie:</b><br />‘It’s A Wander-Ful World’ bevat werk van mijn hand uit de periode 2013 – heden: Varierend van eerder vertoond werk, zelden gezien werk en zelf gloedjenieuw werk waarvan de inkt nauwelijks nog droog is. Ok, bij wijze van spreken, dan.<br /><br />De expo ‘It’s A Wander-Ful World’ kent ook een primeur: vanaf 8 februari komen er ook (digitale) Witty Art Prints in de verkoop, zowel in limited edition als on demand. <br /><b><br />Bereikbaarheid: </b><br />De Woonkamer van de Burgemeester is makkelijk bereikbaar met tramlijnen 21, 23 en 24 halte Vierambachtsstraat: je stapt uit, steekt over, even dranklokaal De Burgemeester passeren aan je linkerhand en je wandelt rechtstreeks de Burgemeester Meineszlaan in. Links aanhouden en je komt vanzelf bij nummer 102 uit.<br /><br />Ook buslijnen 38 (halte Burgemeester Meineszplein) en 44 (halte Vierambachtstraat/hoek Heemraadssingel) stoppen vlakbij.<br /><br />Met dank aan de Woonkamer van de Burgemeester voor het ter beschikking stellen van de ruimte aan lokale kunstenaars zoals ikzelf en het sponsoren van de drankjes; en in het bijzonder aan <a href="https://www.hansdeheus.com/" target="_blank"><b>Hans de Heus</b></a> voor al zijn ondersteuning in deze!<br /><br /><i>(english version below this picture)</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i><br /><br /><b>NO</b> part of ART Rotterdam, <b>BUT</b> indeed a great opportunity for all you friend, fans and followers of Witty Art out there: <br /><br />I’m happy to invite you to the opening of a small but ever so great solo showcase of my Witty Art: <br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">‘’It’s A Wander-Ful World’’<br /><br />Saturday February 8th at 16.00hrs<br />Doors open at 15.00hrs</span><br /><br />Location is the quaint and cosy neighborhood living room called De Woonkamer van de Burgemeester - which literally translates into: The Mayor's Living Room, located at Burgemeester Meineszlaan 102 Rotterdam.<br /><br />De Woonkamer will serve some drinks, there will be some nibbles and ofcourse, I will be around! And, ofcourse, there will be LOTS of Witty Art to be seen!<br /><br /><b>About the exhibition:</b><br />‘It’s a Wander-Ful World’ will show a selection of my work throughout the years 2013 – up till now. It’ll range from previously shown work, seldomly shown work and even brandnew drawings, the ink barely dry! Well ok, as a matter of speaking, that is. <br /><br />This expo‘It’s A Wander-Ful World’ will also see the launch of digital Witty Art Prints, which will be available from Saturday February 8th (both in limited editon as well as ‘on demand’ – more details to be unveiled at the opening!)<br /><br /><b>How to get there:</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">All three tramlines 21, 23 and 24, stop Vierambachtsstraat. Cross the street, pass local bar De Burgemeester on your left side and you find yourself in the Burgemeester Meineszlaan. Keep walking straight ahead and you'll bump into De Woonkamer. <br /><br />Both buslines 38 (stop Burgemeester Meinezsplein) and 44 (stop Vierambachtsstraat/Heemraadssingel) will get you there as well.<br /><br />A major thank you to De Woonkamer van de Burgemeester for so generously opening up their livingroom to local artists such as myself and for sponsoring the drinks; especially Hans de Heus for all his support!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Last weekend, a couple of members of the <a href="http://www.karmijnkunst.nl/" target="_blank"><b>Rotterdam Art Collective Karmijn</b></a> hosted a small but quaint opening of a new show of their work at the community center Boezemstraat 187, in the Rotterdam-Crooswijk area.</span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">When asked to join this exhibition, I decided to keep the same selection that was already in place for October's edition of the artmanifestation <b>Kunstroute Kralingen-Crooswijk</b>, but then arranged a bit differently. Still quite happy with the result and I might decide to replace this selection with some other Witty Art but not sure about that.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">On show are the three works that make up my '2013 series ''Heavy Weight'' and a couple of <b><a href="http://twc-artwork.blogspot.com/p/originals-singles.html" target="_blank">Singles from 2013-2014</a></b> - and gotta say, they do make a nice combination together. I also think it works nicely because of ''Heavy Weight'' displaying a more illustrative style of my work as whereas the four Singles each are a good example of the more autonomous, surrealistic side of Witty Art. </span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ofcourse, feel free to check out my <b><a href="http://twc-artwork.blogspot.com/p/witty-art_83.html" target="_blank">Witty Art Singles from 2015-2016</a> </b>- and when I am typing this I am rather embarrased to admit I have not properly updated this Art Blog<b> </b>since then, instead being far more active on <b><a href="http://www.instagram.com/mizzwitty" target="_blank">Instagram</a></b> to show and promote my art. This is partially because of sincere lack of time, as other parts of my creative business sadly often take priority over promoting my art, partially because I am still figuring out what type of website would cater my needs best. I know I <i>do</i> need a new website and I have been looking into Wordpress and yes, Wordpress it'll be - but I am still not sure which template would suit me best, what is the best way to communicate about my artwork and the various ''branches'' of Witty Art; whether to incorporate a webshop into this website or host a separate one, etc. etc.</span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Things that do need urgent sorting out but then again .. that takes time and time, again sadly, is not always around here in abudance. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">BUT, must get around to it, I know!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">However, am drifting away from this blog's actual topic, this winterexhibition with my fellow Karmijn members which include, amongst others, <b><a href="https://jansinke.exto.nl/">Jan Sinke</a>, <a href="http://www.willemvanhest.nl/">Willem van Hest</a>, Lara Muradjan, Vera Witleer, Hans van Rongen </b>and<b> Michiel Boelaerts.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, this exhibition will be on up and untill with <b>Sunday February 1st.</b> As the location is being actively used as a community center during weekdays, the exhibtion will be open on <b>Saturdays only from 13.00 - 17.00</b>, with at least one of us artists present. There is also the small possiblity of the exhibition being extended, but ofcourse I will let you know in due time.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">I myself will be there on various occasions and will communicate such and other updates through either this blog or via social media, especially my<b> <a href="http://www.instagram.com/mizzwitty">Witty Art account on Instagram</a>.</b></span></span><br />
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<br />Christy de Witthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05849237309141489578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351306180948548079.post-49564099689199350592019-08-22T14:30:00.000+02:002020-02-04T15:17:18.898+01:00New group exhibition of Karmijn opens on August 28th - including Witty Art!<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Vanaf 28 augustus t/m 8 september is een showcase van Witty Art te zien als onderdeel van de grote groepsexpositie van <a href="http://www.karmijnkunst.nl/" target="_blank">Kunstenaarscollectief Karmijn</a> in de Rotterdamse Fenixloods! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Graag nodig ik jullie allemaal van harte uit voor de opening op
<b>woensdag 28 augustus a.s. om 19.30</b> door <b>Jisca Bijlsma</b>, directeur van
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">De expositie is daarna nog te zien t/m zondag 8 september en is dagelijks geopend van 12.00 tot 18.00 uur. Je vindt de expo op de tweede verdieping van de Fenixloods, Veerlaan 21 op Rotterdam Katendrecht.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Zelf toon ik vier werken uit een nog niet eerder vertoonde Witty Art Series:<b> ''Once Upon A Time Never Happened''</b>, bestaande uit totaal zes werken, elk vervaardigd in 2015. Een serie, die tot stand kwam door middel van een proces dat ik <i>''Creative Destruction and Creative Reconstruction''</i> ben gaan noemen en hoe dat uitmondde in de allereerste Witty Collage Art werken ooit.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lees meer over het ontstaan van deze serie in dit <a href="http://twc-artwork.blogspot.com/2015/11/creative-destruction-gave-life-to-my.html" target="_blank">blog over </a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" target="_blank">''Once Upon A Time Never Happened!'</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Extra: lees meer over het vervolg daarop in dit <a href="http://twc-artwork.blogspot.com/2017/08/witty-collage-art-enters-whole-new.html" target="_blank">blog over Witty Collage Art</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nieuwsgierig? Je hebt binnenkort de kans om vier werken uit deze serie in persoon te kunnen zien, en wel van woensdag 28 augustus t/m zondag 8 september in de Fenixloods, Veerlaan 21 op Rotterdam-Katendrecht.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">You are all invited to join us at the <b>Fenixloods </b>on Rotterdam Katendrecht for the exhibition's grand opening on <b>Wednesday August 28th, 19.30hrs</b> by <b>Jisca Bijlsma</b>, the director of the renowned <a href="http://www.chabotmuseum.nl/" target="_blank"><b>Chabot Museum Rotterdam</b></a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">After that, the exhibtion will be open daily from 12.00 tot 18.00 hrs up and untill with Sunday September 8th. You can find the expo on the second floor of the Fenixloods at Veerlaan 21, Rotterdam (Katendrecht area).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">I myself will be showing four works from my series ''Once Upon A Time Never Happened'', born in 2015 out of a process I've come to call <i>''Creative Deconstruction and Creative Reconstruction''</i> - a process that eventually resulted in the creation of the first Witty Collage Art ever. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Please read more about this series and its birth in this <a href="http://twc-artwork.blogspot.com/2015/11/creative-destruction-gave-life-to-my.html" target="_blank">blog about </a><a href="http://twc-artwork.blogspot.com/2015/11/creative-destruction-gave-life-to-my.html" target="_blank">''Once Upon A Time Never Happened!'</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">And, while yoú're at it, please read even more about where it led me creatively in this <a href="http://twc-artwork.blogspot.com/2017/08/witty-collage-art-enters-whole-new.html" target="_blank">blog about Witty Collage Art</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Curious to see more? You can see four of these in person at the Fenixloods Rotterdam, Veerlaan 21 Rotterdam (Katendrecht area) from August 28th - September 8th! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Am absolutely thrilled to announce that four of my Witty Art drawings have been published in the first edition of the brandnew magazine ''De Horizonvreter'' (literally: ''Devourer of Horizons''). <br />
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De Horizonvreter is a Dutch magazine, entirely and solely dedicated to "The Strange, The Odd & The Unknown". It features a collection of short stories, poems and art by Dutch writers, poets and artists, all dedicated to the fantastic, the grotesque and the bizarre.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">What makes this magazine really stand out is the enormous high level of dedication put in by its editors (it took over two years to realise this first edition!) and that they've asked all contributors for an autonomous piece of work - all works, short stories, poems and the artwork, were collected first and then put together, in what can't have been an easy process but somehow the endresult feels like a very natural, almost organic one.</span></span><br />
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The editors chose the following four Witty Art drawings to be published:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>"But We Just Got Here"</b> (above) en <b>"A World To Be Blamed"</b> (below, both from 2013) accompanying the short story <i>"Clowns"</i> by <b>Martijn van Koolwijk</b>, a piece pretty much written in a newspaper-like style, about a young documentary filmmaker becoming a clown, thus ultimately meeting his gruesome fate....</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>"Not There, Not Anymore"</b> (2014) accompanying<i> "Eindeloos Vakantie" (''Vacation Without An End'')</i> by <b>Olivier van Nooten</b>, a darkish, Roald Dahl-like tale about young love, disapperance and murder with an unexpected twist.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>"Shall We Dance"</b> (2013) accompanying the short story <i>"Kerstmis Aan Boord de Terminus 969" (''Christmas Aboard The Terminus 969'')</i> by <b>Joachim Heijndermans</b>, about a distant-future Christmas spent in the dystopian surroundings for an almost abanbonded spaceship... </span></span><br />
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These are all short stories written in Dutch, so if any of my Dutch followers or anyone would like to order a copy regardless:<b> De Horizonvreter</b> costs € 8,40 each (amount is including postal costs) and for that amount you'll get a grand total of 45 pages full of fantastically strange stories and ditto art. You can order your copy via email: <a href="mailto:dehorizonvreter@gmail.com">dehorizonvreter@gmail.com</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you are not able to read Dutch but would like to own a copy anyway, feel free to order yours too - but do know that, if you are living abroad, international shipping costs ofcourse will be charged.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">An artist's life often resembles that of a rollercoaster, well, mine certainly is. As my Open Studio Weekend went out of the window because I became unexpectedly and horridly ill with the flu, a new opportunity arose when I was offered the opportunity to join the latest <b>Fresh Exp</b>o by<b> <a href="http://www.bubbleprojects.eu/" target="_blank">Bubble Art Projects</a></b> at the <b>Rotterdam Marriott Hotel</b>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">An excellent opportunity to showcase brandnew <b>Witty Art</b>, from a brandnew series: ''Something Fishy Going Wrong (Part 1) | Jellyfish Don't Play By The Rules!'. I will share more details of and a bit of background behind this series in a later blog.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, last Saturday July 8th I found myself in the lobby of the Marriott Hotel in my hometown Rotterdam, in the company of seven other extremely gifted female artists, ready to get our artwork exhibited. Together, it didn't take us long to get our works up on the walls, after which each of us was given some time to talk a bit about our work. It was really interesting to hear more about each artwork, how they came to be and in what way the artists were driven to create their work. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When it was my turn, I told a bit about myself, about my work as an artist/illustrator and, overall, visual storyteller and how I like to visualize the world that lives in my head: The World of Witty Art and all its inhabitants, the outcasts, the sole soul survivors, the perfectly imperfect misfits that are so dear to my heart. And we spoke about the symbolism behind the jellyfish - but, as said, more on that in a later blog.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Then, it was time for an extended three course lunch together, during which we exchanged more thoughts and ideas about our artwork, art in general and experiences as professional artists. Connections were established and even some plans for future collaborations were made!</span></span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">It was a very well spent and inspirtational afternoon and I can safely say that for me, I will definitely exhibit my work through Bubble Projects again, as it was a very satisfying experience and well organised event.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The Fresh Summer Expo</b> at the Rotterdam Marriott, Weena 686 Rotterdam, can be seen up and untill with <b>Friday August 30th</b> and shows a very diverse range of original artwork by <b>Grace Wychowanska, Julia Maximova, Izabella Verhagen, Yvonne Ottervanger, Rita Camphuijsen, Dinie van Buuren</b> and <b>Christy de Witt</b>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, if you happen to be around the coming weeks, send me a message and who knows, we can meet up over a cup of coffee at the Marriot Rotterdam and I can show you the exhibition in person!</span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">(c) All photos on this blog by Christy de Witt unless mentioned otherwise</span></span></i>Christy de Witthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05849237309141489578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351306180948548079.post-89301077671624861262019-06-14T10:04:00.000+02:002019-06-19T17:10:33.408+02:00It's been a while... but here is your long overdue update on Witty Art!<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, about time I started posting again on my Witty Art Blog! It's been too long - and an update is long overdue. Sorry about that, dear friends and followers.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">It kind of looks like nothing has been going on with all things Witty, but I can assure you, such is absolutely not the case - on the contrary. Those of you who have been following me and my art on <b><a href="http://www.instagram.com/mizzwitty" target="_blank">Instagram</a></b>, know that I have been steadily busy growing my volume of art and my art business as well as a whole bunch of <a href="http://www.twc-projectwork.blogspot.nl/" target="_blank"><b>Witty Projectwork</b></a> <i>(blog mainly in Dutch, sorry)</i>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">However, as often is the case with artists who run other businesses, those Witty Projects take up a significant amount of my time and last one-and-a-half year has been filled to the brink with them. That is why over the last year or so, my main focus was on my Instagram page - and to be honest, that could've been a whole lot better, as well.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">But, hey, sometimes sh*t happens and instead of piling a lot of blame on myself for 'not having done this' or wining about ''shoud've done that', I choose to focus on the positive and look at the many wonderful creative things that DID happen over the last 1,5 year!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, let's list a couple! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Became a member of Rotterdam Artists Collective Karmijn </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Early 2018, I joined this Rotterdam based artists collective and participated in several group exhibitions and other art events. <b><a href="https://www.karmijnkunst.nl/" target="_blank">Karmijn</a></b> also provides lots of opportunity for connecting and engaging with other local artists as well as offering a bigger podium their artwork. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>First time participant of Kunstroute Kralingen-Crooswijk | Artroute Kralingen-Crooswijk</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The first time ever I got to exhibit my work during this well known Rotterdam art manifestation. I showcased two pieces of Witty Art as part of a group exhibition with Artists Collective <b>Karmijn</b>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">And ofcourse I hope to participate again in this year's 2019 edition of the <a href="http://www.kunstroutekralingencrooswijk.nl/" target="_blank"><b>Kunstroute Kralingen-Crooswijk</b></a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Throughout 2018 and 2019, quite a number of Witty Art made its way to new owners, something I am very happy with. I've sold work during exhibitions and via my Instagram and also via my Facebook-page. For instance, I sold three works from my series ''Perhaps Happiness Is Truly The Worst State Of Mind'' straight out of my portfolio during an the End Of Year Expo with Karmijn.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Even more promising: 2018 marked the year of my first international sales, as Witty Art traveled all the way to Canada. The last couple of months saw Witty Art move to Italy and Australia as well! And all through I made via my <a href="http://www.instagram.com/mizzwitty" target="_blank"><b>Instagram</b></a>, which only reinforces my belief in the power of social media as a tool to connect with people and build an online community of Witty Art Lovers.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Last year, I also got a couple of special commissions, ranging from portraying people's pets but also customized versions of existing drawings.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Joined Domo Eclectica</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Far from being the umpteenth conceptstore, <b>Domo Eclectica</b> is a warehouse for unique art, vintage and design based in The Hague. Last year, I was inivited by Domo's owner/curator <b>Mariella van der Net</b> to showcase my work there and a small collection of original Witty Art Work can be purchased there. Amongst them my series ''Minor Kitchen Sink Dramas'.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">... and equally, or even more importantly, because without it, all things Witty Art related would be at a total stand still: </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Artistic growth</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ever since I started creating art again (back in 2008) and started running my art practice in 2011, I feel I have grown so much as an artist, continously working on my 'signature style', developing my talents, honing my skills and building on a consistent body of work.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">But I can truly say that the last couple of years, say from 2015 up till now, have really defined and refined both me and my work. I truly believe that I am now ready to truly claim my spot amongst the international art community and reach out to a bigger audience, as I feel that my work deserves it to be seen by as many people as possible.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have started experimenting with other techniques and materials (again), resulting in a series of mixed media art collages and, very recently, I started working with acrylic ink and paint on canvas. Below are some of the <b>Witty Art Collages</b> I made. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">However, I do feel I have not utilized the full potential of chances given to me over the last couple of years. Partially because of that thing I call crippling inner doubt mixed with some sadly persistant reminisence of a low self esteem caused by older and more recent life experiences (such as losing my house in 2015). And partially because of other work obligations, such as projects I do for others because, you gotta make living and I can't live off my art alone... yet! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Well. Not yet.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">But that is, ultimately, my aim. To build a thriving <b>Witty Art Business</b>, if not imperium, business, which includes both my art as well as my art coaching practice, the latter aimed at creative and social entrepreneurs furthering their business). And finding a good balance between those two and staying healthy. Or rather, well, not going anymore insane than I already am ;-)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">That ultimately means, I am going to have make some clear choices the coming time. On what to do - and what not. And that all comes down on focus. A clear focus on a clear strategy on how to get there, on how to achieve my goals without losing the drive and passion for creating Witty Art. On how to realise my ambitions without compromising my artistic vision.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">That, I am going to work on this year - in fact, I have been working on it for quite some time. Like, allocating a certain and fixed amount of time dedicated to Witty Art, for instance. I allocated more time to visit exhibitions, art galleries, museums, art talks and seminars. To engage more with other artists and curators, in real life but also online, via Instagram and other means. And more.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, time to start both updating and maintaining my Witty Art Blog on a regular basis, showcasing finished work as well as previews, news on upcoming exhibitions and other events, thoughts behind certain works. And, setting up a whole new set up for my international Witty Art Newsletter, or rather, a Witty e-Zine, as I prefer to call it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">And more, so much, much more! So, expect a whole lot more action on this blog again, starting NOW!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Another new exhibtion for <b>Witty Art</b> coming up soon! As of February 8th, a small showcase of my work will be on display during the next edition of <b>Dit Is Uit de Kunst</b> at <a href="http://www.maak-rotterdam.nl/" target="_blank">Maak Rotterdam</a>, a creative store and coffeecorner/lunchroom located at the Mathenesserweg here in Rotterdam-West.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ditisuitdekunst/" target="_blank">Dit Is Uit De Kunst</a> </b>is a local initiative run by artist/illustrator <a href="http://www.nikkismits.com/" target="_blank">Nikki Smit</a>s who organises and programmes visual artists and musicians from the Delfshaven area at Maak Rotterdam. The Dutch expression <i>''Dit is uit de kunst''</i> in Dutch means <i>''This is really awesome'' </i>and the pun ofcourse lies in the literal translation of the Dutch word <i>''kunst''</i> which means<i> ''art''</i>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, for this quaint and cosy creative store, I've chosen a selection of my series <b><a href="http://twc-artwork.blogspot.nl/search/label/minor%20kitchen%20sink%20dramas" target="_blank">''Minor Kitchen Sink Dramas''</a> </b>and also decided to create some new ones to add to it. Also, I will showcase a couple of smaller <b>Witty Art Originals</b> and while this selection may not be the most edgy of my artwork, as a whole I think it'll contain quite a nice sample of my talents and skills as an artist.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Expect more previews and updates soon! Also, consider yourselves invited (for those of you who are around) to join for the opening, because it's gonna fun. There will be live music as well, brought to you by the talented singer-songwriter <b>Katía</b>; and Maak-Rotterdam will also serve a homemade meal for only € 5,-. </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You can find all info on the nice poster below, designed by Nikki Smits herself. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<br />Christy de Witthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05849237309141489578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351306180948548079.post-3629603326241924862017-12-30T16:50:00.000+01:002018-02-24T16:59:18.301+01:00The end of the road for Museum van de Wijk en Toko51<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">All good things come to an end, so they say .. and unfortunately, now that is the case for the Community Museum (Museum van de Wijk) <a href="http://www.wow-rotterdam.nl/">Oude Westen</a>, the project I have been working hard on the last couple of months together with the great guys from <a href="http://www.cretopia-rotterdam.nl/">Cretopia Rotterdam</a>. As the building our pop up museum was in, officially has been sold to a new owner, and with no other option to start elsewhere, we have to call it quits.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">We have no idea what the future might bring, as Rotterdam's economy is booming and the whole property development market is growing at lightning speed, so, unfortunately, to prices and affordable accomodation for smaller creative initiatives is becoming more and more rare. The same goes for opportunities to start a something on a temporary or pop-up basis: they are getting scarce, too.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, this not only means an end to <a href="https://twc-artwork.blogspot.nl/search/label/museum%20van%20de%20wijk">The Museum van de Wijk</a> but also to what over the last couple of years has been a small gem of local creative and social entrepreneurship and community building: Toko51. Which has been an open and openminded space for creative artists and makers from the neighborhood. It's a sad thing to see this place go and I wish both Piet Hein en Lennard, the driving forces behind this all, a lot of strength with having to break down what they built up over the last two years.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">For those of you who are Dutch (or are able to read Dutch), please read this blog in which I wrote about why, to me, Toko51 was such a unique place in the cultural scene of Rotterdam: </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here's the last and final footage from that special place at de West-Kruiskade.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">But, as they say... when one door opens, others will open so this is hopefully not the end of what has been a great collaboration. On to new adventures, we go!</span></span><br />
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</span></span>Christy de Witthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05849237309141489578noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351306180948548079.post-78055139639284147052017-11-29T21:53:00.000+01:002018-02-24T17:36:09.449+01:00Witty Art to be seen in Theater Rotterdam Schouwburg as part of The Museum of Dogs!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ok, now it's finally official! Behind the scenes, Team <a href="http://www.fb.com/dogparade010" target="_blank">Dogparade010</a> has been working really hard on a new project and it's gonna be a real highlight for me, both as part of the team as well as an artist: <i>The Museum of Dogs</i>, a co-production by Dogparade010 and <a href="http://www.theaterrotterdam.nl/" target="_blank">Theater Rotterdam</a>.</span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">This pop-up <i>Museum of Dogs</i> will open its doors in the main hall of Theater Rotterdam Schouwburg, showcasing a range of dog-themed artwork by both professional, amateur and outsider artists from Rotterdam. Some well-known, some relatively known, some completey unknown to the mainstream audience. Amongst them, yours truly - and I am indeed very proud to be part of this exhibition, which basically is a collection of ''all things dog'' in the line of <i><a href="http://musevery.com/" target="_blank">''The Museum of Everything'</a>'.</i> All works will be shown<i> <a href="https://blog.mam.org/2013/04/12/mr-laytons-gallery-the-salon-style-hang/" target="_blank">''French Salon Style''</a></i>, creating what we have named <i>The Wall of Dogs</i>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Simultaneously, we will show a collection of dogphotography, again by both professionals and amateurs as well as special photoselections provided by the <a href="http://www.nederlandsfotomuseum.nl/" target="_blank">Dutch Fotomuseum Rotterdam</a> (about 100 year photography of dogs and humans) and the <a href="http://www.bdmuseum.nl/" target="_blank">Belasting & Douanemuseum Rotterdam</a> ((featuring dog with jobs like snifferdogs and therapydogs). This <i>Digital Wall of Dogs</i> will be shown on the lifesize Mediawand (basically the biggest TV-screen in the country) in the Hal of Theater Rotterdam.</span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">All this because of the rerun of the popular Theater Rotterdam familyshow <a href="https://rotheater.nl/woef-side-story" target="_blank">''Woef Side Story''</a>, a musical about streetdog Toto and upperclass dog Marina who fall in love together, with a whole LOT of consequences, but in the end, love wins. Romeo and Julia go doggystyle, so to speak. It's, ofcourse an adaption of the famous musical <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Story" target="_blank">''West Side Story''</a>, but with dog characters in the lead and Dutch versions of the music score originally written by Leonard Bernstein. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Well, if this is not something look forward to, whether you are a doglover or not, I don't know what is. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The official opening of <i>The Museum of Dogs</i> is on Tuesday December 19th at 17.00 hrs and after that, the museum will open daily from 11.00 to 23.00 hrs, all the way through Christmas up and untill with the final closer at January 6th, 2018: the one-day mini festival <i>We Love Dogs</i>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, what exactly am I going to show for this special exhibit then? Well, that will be revealed in another blogpost, SOON. </span></span><br />
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<br />Christy de Witthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05849237309141489578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351306180948548079.post-53727141408859930702017-09-06T15:36:00.000+02:002018-02-24T16:56:50.229+01:00''For Your A-Mouse-Ment": philosophical m(o)usings to challenge and question your views of the world!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sometimes, Witty Art ends up making a switch from one Series to another or starting a Series of its own - or even crossing the existing but admittingly very fine line between <i>Singles*</i> and <i>Series</i>**, as happened with this (yep) series of six drawings. Initially, they started off as six invididual drawings, with no theme or so in mind, though they were definitely connected by the appearance of a nameless figurine, a little and somewhat philosophical mouse who, in truth, has been a trusted companion in doodles and sketches, but not in Witty Art as we've all come to know it (including myself!).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Then she started appearing in my Witty Art Book <a href="https://twc-artwork.blogspot.nl/search/label/my%20life%20in%20limbo" target="_blank"><i>'My Life In Limbo'</i></a>, in which she assumed the role of a rather down to earth commentator to everything she'd witness around here. She's doesn't actively participate in all of the turbulent events going on around her, much more prefering the role of a spectator, making comments and asking questions, all of them valid in their own particular way, as Mouse happens to have a very personal view of today's world. Equally often, her comments are questioned and her questions countered by more questions, posed upon her by what seems to be an o going parade of other characters, all of them taking turns in adressing the audience as well.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Then, Mouse stepped out of the book of sketches and doodles, claiming her rightful spot in the World of Witty Art by appearing in these six drawings, I created earlier this year. To be honest, I didn't think too much of it at first, but shortly after I decided to showcase them as a series of six at the <a href="https://twc-artwork.blogspot.nl/search/label/museum%20van%20de%20wijk" target="_blank"><i>Museum van de Wijk (Community Museum)</i></a> here in Rotterdam, it became clear to me that Mouse indeed deserved to have her very own series.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, I am proud to present to you all, my new series ''For Your A-Mouse-Ment'', a series that I hope will both amuse and arouse you by offering you a catalogue of philosophical m(o)usings, aiming to challenge your existing views of the world and offer some lighthearted entertainment, too!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">** You can find all about my Singles by clicking on these two links:<br /><a href="https://twc-artwork.blogspot.nl/p/originals-singles.html">Witty Art Singles, Part 1 </a><br /><a href="http://twc-artwork.blogspot.nl/p/witty-art_83.html">Witty Art Singles, Part 2 </a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Have fun while browsing through my work. And don't forget, if you have any questions about my work or would like to even purchase one, all you have to do is click here to get in touch with me!</span></span><br />
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<br />Christy de Witthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05849237309141489578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351306180948548079.post-1437625745620081142017-08-29T10:01:00.000+02:002018-02-24T16:55:56.978+01:00Studio PuRRR opened up for the first time for Kadefestival 2017 - including small showcase of Witty Art!<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, last Sunday, we opened up our Studio PuRRR for the public, who came to the <a href="http://www.schiezicht.com/kadefestival">Kadefestival Delfshaven</a> (a local festival in the Rotterdam area Tussendijken), right at our very doorstep at the Spangesekade and organised by our partner <a href="http://www.schiezicht.com/">Schiezicht</a>. My creative partner Deborah van de Beld and I'd decided to put together a small showcase of our creative skills, resulting in some Witty Art on the walls and a bit of Deborah's handmade costumework on display.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">As this is my Witty Art Blog, I will focus on my own presentation here, but you if want to follow both our individual and combined creative and culinary projects, please follow Studio PuRRR on both <a href="http://www.facebook.com/studiopurrr">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://www.instagram.com/mizzwitty">Instagram</a> and ofcourse, our brandnew <a href="https://studiopurrr.tumblr.com/">Blog</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">For this occasion, I opted for a small presentation of a series still pretty much in progress: <a href="http://twc-artwork.blogspot.nl/search/label/TEST%20L.A.B.">''TEST L.A.B. (Lost Accidental Babies)''</a>, a series featuring one of the most popular characters in Witty Art: UnBunny. This time, UnBunny finds himself captive in what appears to be a test lab facility where UnBunnies like himself are subjected to a series of sinister experiments, resulting in them losing shape and form and ultimately their mind.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">A gruesome fate, you wouldn't want to wish upon anyone, however, as we catch glimpes of life outside, the question comes to mind whether life in the madhouse is to be prefered above the real world gone even madder. Also, if you have lost your mind, who says you cannot be happy regardless? Does one really need a sane mind to be really truly and fully happy in this world?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">To be fair, questions like these pop up in my mind quite often... </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">I showed this series, which I originally started in 2012 and is very much up and running in 2017, before at a Pop Up Expo in the beginning of 2015, but for this occasion I thought it'd be nice to show some of the drawings still in progress. As to give the viewers a bit of an impression how Witty Art is created, in this case from the initial first pencil sketches to adding the lines in ink and adding the layers of watercolouring.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Consider it a bit of ''The Making of Witty Art'', so to speak. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Directly facing those poor little TEST UnBunnies, on the opposite wall, you can see a small selection of four so-called Singles, all of them created back in 2013-2014. These have been on display on several locations before, amongst others at <a href="http://twc-artwork.blogspot.nl/search/label/route%20du%20nord">Route du Nord</a> (edition 2014) and at private artgallery <a href="http://twc-artwork.blogspot.nl/search/label/lijnbaan%20140">Lijnbaan140 (2016)</a> and I felt that their minimalistic mood would contradict with the colourful explosive force of the TEST L.A.B.-series in an interesting way.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">After all, both type(s) of work reflect the World of Witty Art, albeit in different manners, but they definitely are firmly rooted in common ground.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">During the day, quite a number of interested people came into our studio and had a look at our presentation, which led to often very entertaining and interesting conversations about our work and our studio.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">So this was a very good 'test run' as far as opening up our studio is concerned, a thing we definitely are willing and planning to do more often, by organising exhibitions and other creative and culinairy events, such as our pop up restaurant Tante Timmie Kookt (Tante Timmie's Kitchen) and more!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Do you happen to be around Rotterdam coming Sunday? You are more than welcome, admission to the festival is free of charge and there is lots of other great stuff to see, including a small artist market, lots of musical and theatre performances, creative workshops and lots of tasty food, all of this made and catered to you by local makers from Delfshaven!</span></span><br />
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<br />Christy de Witthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05849237309141489578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351306180948548079.post-42956742625053834172017-08-20T15:18:00.000+02:002017-11-25T17:37:31.183+01:00Another small visual impression of the Makers Expo at Toko51!<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yesterday I was host at the Makers Expo at Toko51 (my joint project together with Cretopia Rotterdam). It was a relatively quiet day, so I took the opportunity of making some more pictures, especially as this exhibition is what you could call a work in progress in itself, as some artists and makers have already left, because of other obligations and/or opportunities, but also some new faces have come on board and joined our beautiful adventure called Het Museum van de Wijk (The Community Museum) based in Het Oude Westen Rotterdam! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">In a next blog*, I will elaborate a bit more on my own Witty Art presentation and why I made the choice to exhibit this new artwork. Stay tuned for more!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <b>Het Museum van de Wijk July 15 - September 30 2017</b><br /> <i>Toko 51, West-Kruiskade 51 Rotterdam<br /> Open Thursdays - Saturdays 13-17hrs. </i><br /> Artwork & Creative Crafts by Jaap de Korte, John Vandergalien, Wolbert van Dijk, Rio Holländer, Snotnose, Mireia Romaguera, Amine van Lieshout/BagMe, Margo Ramp, Diana van Wijk, Judith de Leeuw/JDL Streetart, Donovan Spaanstra, Esther Schoonhoven, Lenny O., Piet Hein, Robin Hendriks, Francisca Ghiraw, Laura Ketting, Akke Haarsma & Students and Christy de Witt.</span></span><br />
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<i>* Additional edit September 6 2017: This particular blog has now been written and online, you can read it by clicking <a href="http://twc-artwork.blogspot.nl/2017/09/for-your-mouse-ment-philosophical.html" target="_blank">here</a>, enjoy!</i><br />
<br />Christy de Witthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05849237309141489578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351306180948548079.post-2623261900715610862017-08-07T23:17:00.000+02:002017-08-07T23:23:38.536+02:00Witty Collage Art enters a whole new dimension, too!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">As devoted followers of this blog and my art know, I got into the hang of creating collages about a year or two ago, as I was overcome with a strong desire to both destroy old work (okay: work I considered failures) and create something new. So why not combine those two forces, and instead of looking at drawings that didn't turn out so well as ''failures', use parts of them and turn them into the foundation for a whole new series of Witty Art all together?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hence, the creation of the series <b><a href="http://twc-artwork.blogspot.nl/search/label/once%20upon%20a%20time%20never%20happened" target="_blank">'Once Upon A Time.. Never Happened!</a></b>'</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lately, I accumulated a lot of ''half-way-there-works'' (half finished or just not-quite-that-good drawings, etc) dwhich to me provided more than enough volume for a whole new process of what I've come to call <b>'Creative Destruction and Resurrection'</b>: cutting or just downright tearing or ripping things up and readjusting the remaining fragments, trying to see if and where they'd fit in - and if not, that that'd be also fine because than they simply belong elsewhere.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">No shortage of paper or canvas to create more works of art!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">While working on this new batch of <b>Witty Collage Art</b>, something interesting started to happen. Comicbook-style elements like text balloons started appearing out of nowhere, while trusted characters and familiar faces popped up (including a couple of little lost bears and sinister looking rabbits, ofcourse), as I began mixing different materials and techniques into one big blend of both cartoon and surrealist art - without having any real idea of what on earth I was doing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">But boy, am I pleased with the outcome! It's almost like I've unknowingly been creating the <b>picture book</b> I'd always dreamt of, except that there is not such a thing as a storyline involved - well,not at the moment, that is. And perhaps there is no need to, as I got taught by a somewhat unexpected visit of an expert in storytelling - but more on that in my next blog!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">So, what do you think? Is this gonna be a book or not? What's your opinion?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, it's been over three (!) months since my last blog entry here and that is just way too long. Time for a much needed and looooong overdue update on all things Witty Art, as there has so many things happening - that I don't even know where to begin... You see, it's not that I haven't been busy creating new artwork (those of you who follow me on <a href="http://www.instagram.com/mizzwitty" target="_blank">Instagram</a> know better) but overall, my other (creative) projects have absorped so much of my time, it's been very challenging to find the time to properly write about my art these days. Instead, it's just easier posting them on my Instafeed, add a short text and that's it. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, what better way to start with posting a brandnew series, then? This one I created a couple of weeks ago and it's one very, very dear to me. Ofcourse, all of my work is extremely dear to me, but there are those just a bit closer to my heart than others, because, well, they bascially are me in my most pure, honest form. Perhaps even more true to my true self than I am even capable of being in person. Because every now and then, it just feels safer wearing a mask of some kind, a protective shield between the world and me, myself and I, so to speak.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Not that I am in any way implying I am ''fake'' or constantly pretending to be someone am I not. It's not that simple - if only it were! It's not a matter of being deceitful at all, it's about trying to fit the mould that society has carved for you and expects you to fill and fit, even if you don't. And no matter how hard you try, no matter how you twist and turn, bend over backward and forward, you just know you won't do it - not because you don't want to, but simply because you can't. You cannot ever fit this mould, because it was never carved with you in mind. Yet, you try - and for a while, the longest while, you succeed. Well, at the surface at least.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">But not inside. Inside, trying to fit in just tears you up from inside. It eats away at the very core of your existence, of your identity, of your true self. And while your life appears to succesfull to others, inside you are a mere shadow of the person you could have been.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">You are succesfully passing for something, for someone, you are not</span></span>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">... So, I dedicate this series to all those years in which <b>'I Almost Succeeded In Passing'</b>, untill I managed to break free and stopped trying to fit in - but to reclaim my own spot, both personally and professionally. And, though it hasn't been an easy path, far from it, I feel all the better for it, and definitely all the more creative!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">And I dedicate this particular series to all of you out there, who felt or perhaps still feel the same way, those of you who feel like you just don't belong, those <b><a href="http://twc-artwork.blogspot.nl/search/label/perfectly%20imperfect%20misfits">Perfectly Imperfect Misfits</a></b>, those beautiful people, of all colours, shapes and sizes, all of you who feel they need to adjust their beautiful neurodiverse minds to a neurotypical world - well, to anyone who ever felt bending & breaking over backwards to fit in.</span></span><br />
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</span></span>Christy de Witthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05849237309141489578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351306180948548079.post-69618980881739968482017-07-19T20:32:00.000+02:002018-02-24T16:22:33.184+01:00A small visual impression of the Community Museum's Makers Expo at Toko51!<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">As promised, some more pictures of the Makers Expo at the recently opened (pop up) Community Museum (Museum van de Wijk) at Toko51, my joint project with Cretopia Rotterdam. I think this selection gives a pretty good impression of the creative potential of local artists and makers, whose work is very rarely given a platform within the established art scene - or not even given one at all!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Het Museum van de Wijk July 15 - September 30 2017</b><br /> Toko 51, West-Kruiskade 51 Rotterdam<br /> Open Thursdays - Saturdays 13-17hrs. <br /> Artwork & Creative Crafts by Jaap de Korte, John Vandergalien, Wolbert van Dijk, Rio Holländer, Snotnose, Mireia, Amine van Lieshout/BagMe, Margo Ramp, Diana van Wijk, Judith de Leeuw/JDL Streetart, Donovan Spaanstra, Esther Schoonhoven, Lenny O., Piet Hein, Robin Hendriks, Francisca Ghiraw, Laura Ketting, Akke Haarsma & Students and Christy de Witt.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">For an impression of the opening earlier on July 15th and some background information on how this project came to be and what it is about, please click <a href="http://twc-artwork.blogspot.nl/2017/07/great-turnout-for-rotterdam-makers-expo.html">here</a>. </span></span><br />
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<br />Christy de Witthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05849237309141489578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351306180948548079.post-84063056030391129832017-07-16T10:54:00.000+02:002017-11-25T15:02:28.144+01:00Great turnout for the Rotterdam Makers Expo at yesterday's opening of The Community Museum Oude Westen!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yesterday, the <b>Museum van de Wijk (The Community Museum)</b> of Het Oude Westen, Rotterdam has opened its doors with its first ever exhibition of local makers, either living and/or working in the area. The opening drew quite a crowd of interested visitors, who witnessed yours truly taking to the stage to do the honneurs of hosting the event, before giving the stage to our key note speaker <b>Arnoud Molenaar</b>, CEO of <a href="http://www.resilientrotterdam.nl/" target="_blank">Resilient Rotterdam.</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Arnoud spoke about the importance of resilience within a city's inhabitants, and especially present in artists and makers, whose creativity often enables them to offer a different approach when tackling problems and taking on challenges that 21st century cities face. Whether it's issues like (over)population and gentrification, sustainability or mobility, the environment and so on, it's more and more social and creative entrepreneurs working together with local government, corporate businesses and other parties to come up with solutions. In that light, he spoke about the significance of local grass roots initiatives such as this Community Museum for connecting people and bringing them together through art and culture.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">In times like these, when art and culture indeed are often under pressure, it's a very important and welcome message - one I fully support. But given my passion for the arts, that should come as no big surprise to you all.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">After Arnoud's speech, the museum was official open to the public and it was time for people to mix and mingle, while browsing through all the artwork and engaging in conversations with many of the artists who were present. All the while, local singer-songwriter and musical multitalent <b>Nani Kry</b> was playing the Toko51 piano and singing his bluesy/R&B-like songs. It was a very intimate, but positively-spirited event and I can say I am extremely proud to be an active part of all this.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, time to share with you all something about how this whole project actually came to be. A couple of weeks ago, I sat down with fellow creative and social entrepreneurs of <b>Cretopia Rotterdam</b>, who currently have their homebase at Toko51 at the <a href="http://www.west-kruiskade.nl/" target="_blank"><b>West-Kruiskade</b></a> and, talking about art, art galleries and art institutions like musea, we wondered (not for the first time) why these organisations often have very little connection with the city they are based in - or at least, they very little show sign that there is such a connection at all. Though I am all for galeries and cultural institutions operating and programming on an international scale, for it is my firm believe that art knows no borders - so I am all for that.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">However, it is my personal and professional experience that these organisations are still very much <i>high brow</i>, highly academical and conceptual and have very little room or space for the often exciting work of outsider and street artists, the illustrators, cartoonists and sketchers who do a lot of commissioned work for (online) magazines, who promote and sell their work via online channels such as Instagram, Etsy and so on. It's like there is still this big artificial (and superficial) divide between <i>high and low art</i> - and if there is anything I hate (with a vengeance) it's labels like ''high'' versus ''low'', well, when applied on social structures and statues, and especially when applied to art.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">One thing I have also loved about Cretopia and Toko51, is that from the very first moment they opened up, they literally opened the doors and welcomed people from literally all walks of life and from all kinds of different backgrounds to host their events and projects there. Which resulted in the occasional chaos every now and then - but it set the tone for a space in which a lot of exciting creative things could and would happen.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, when speaking about art and museums and all that, we just thought: why not set up our own neighborhood museum? With the aim of showcasing as much work created and made by local artists and makers, especially those who have very little to no access to existing platforms for exhibiting, promoting or selling their art, products, let alone their skills. So we went out to find both amateur and professional makers, selfmade and outsider artists, makers of handmade products and other craftspeople and asked them if they would display their work at Toko51 during what we apptly named <b>Het Museum van de Wijk</b> (<i>The Community Museum</i>), which now is open weekly from Wednesdays through Saturdays from July 15th up and till with September 30th.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">So far, we already found over 20 artists who are exhibiting their work, from drawings and paintings to handpainted or handcrafted objects and accessoires, such as clothing, jewelry and bags. It's a very nice group coming from and working in various disciplines - and naturally, yours truly is one of them!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">You can view way more pictures of yesterday's opening on the <a href="https://www.cretopia-rotterdam.nl/fotogallery/cretopia-happenings-54/" target="_blank">Cretopia website</a>, of which I shall post a small selection at this blog too, later this week or so.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">For now, here's a first impresson of the actual exhibition as it looks like right now, including a couple of pictures of the day before, when we were all busy preparing the venue for the opening. The exhibition will run up and untill with September 30th, so if you are around, feel free to drop by!</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Het Museum van de Wijk July 15 - September 30 2017</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Artwork & Creative Crafts by Jaap de Korte, John Vandergalien, Wolbert van Dijk, Rio Holländer, Snotnose, Mireia, Amine van Lieshout/BagMe, Margo Ramp, Diana van Wijk, Judith de Leeuw/JDL Streetart, Donovan Spaanstra, Esther Schoonhoven, Lenny O., Piet Hein, Robin Hendriks, Francisca Ghiraw, Laura Ketting, Akke Haarsma & Students and Christy de Witt</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>Christy de Witthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05849237309141489578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351306180948548079.post-62799909706990113822017-07-10T17:04:00.000+02:002017-11-24T17:31:51.699+01:00Nieuw project, nieuwe expo: Museum van de Wijk! (natuurlijk mèt Witty Art)<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>(Blogpost in Dutch, will definitely dedicate a post in English to this topic later on, stay tuned) </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Momenteel ben ik druk bezig met de voorbereidingen van een bijzondere groepsexpositie, die ik zelf mede organiseer en waaraan ik natuurlijk ook meedoe met mijn Witty Art: </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Het Museum van de Wijk: Makersexpo</b> in het kader van Maak Het Mee 010 vindt plaats van 15 juli t/m 30 september 2017 in Toko 51 aan de West-Kruiskade 51 en presenteert tekeningen, schilderijen, prints, objecten, meubels, kleding, sierarden, accessoires en presentaties door Jaap de Korte, John Vandergalien, Wolbert van Dijk, Rio
Holländer, Snotnose, Mireia, Amine van Lieshout/BagMe, Margo Ramp, Diana
van Wijk, Judith de Leeuw/JDL Streetart, Donovan Spaanstra, Esther
Schoonhoven, Lenny O., Johan de Korte, Piet Hein, Robin Hendriks,
Francisca Ghiraw, Laura Ketting, Akke Haarsma & Cursisten - en mijzelf.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Voor het Museum van de Wijk, dat ik organiseer onder de vlag van <b><a href="http://www.twc-projectwork.blogspot.nl/" target="_blank">TWC Projectwork</a></b> (mijn projectentak, zeg maar), werk ik samen met <a href="http://www.cretopia-rotterdam.nl/" target="_blank"><b>Cretopia Rotterdam</b></a>. Dit Museum van de Wijk is een showcase van makerstalent uit (voornamelijk) Het Oude Westen en vindt ook deels plaats in het kader van Maak Het Mee 010, de lokale makers movement in dit deel van Rotterdam, waarvoor ik me al sinds 2015 inzet samen met de Cultuurscout Centrum, Menno Rosier.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Op dit blog kun je overigens meer lezen over de <a href="http://twc-artwork.blogspot.nl/search/label/Maak%20Het%20Mee%21" target="_blank">eerdere exposities</a> binnen het kader van Maak Het Mee 010, die ik organiseerde en waaraan ik natuurlijk ook meedeed als exposant. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Samen met Cretopia wil ik makers uit de wijk een podium bieden en al dat creatieve, kunstzinnige en ambachtelijke talent in de spotlights zetten. De ruimte van Toko51 is daar natuurlijk dé aangewezen plek voor, zeker gezien alle <a href="https://www.cretopia-rotterdam.nl/toko51-stopt-ermee-toch/" target="_blank">recente ontwikkelingen</a> rondom deze culturele broedplaats in dit gebied. Ontwikkelingen, die wel deze samenwerking mogelijk maakten - en dus ook het Museum van de Wijk. In dat kader gebruiken we ook het blog van het Werelds Oude Westen als uithangbord om alles rondom dit project te communiceren. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Zo gaat de ene deur dicht, en opent er altijd weer een andere. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">De komende dagen gaan wij, Piet Hein en Lennard de Vlieger van Cretopia en ikzelf, samen met een hele hoop kunstenaars en vrijwilligers, hard aan de slag om Toko51 van voor tot achter te transformeren in een toffe expositieruimte en de voorbereidingen te treffen voor de grootse opening op zaterdag 15 juli. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Waaronder natuurlijk, je zou het bijna vergeten, de vraag: welke Witty Art ga ik deze keer laten zien? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>Christy de Witthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05849237309141489578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351306180948548079.post-41145926996426241642017-04-18T18:29:00.002+02:002017-11-25T17:31:53.369+01:00Reaching Rock Bottom: a solid foundation for personal and artistic growth!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib38cLopTSUCyrO2LXcKwckuZjk1-9WBkaiwJeovju2ezO2QvAAJBMbY6-7YMt9_ZODm2mM1JXp3mn-Mg9I0fH5W9pHCZ3se8JGtxZGNlqab6ctl1PYgbPYFn-czyhR2yjMUKPgRlXY5TL/s1600/What+If+You+Had+Better+Run_2016_low+res.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="612" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib38cLopTSUCyrO2LXcKwckuZjk1-9WBkaiwJeovju2ezO2QvAAJBMbY6-7YMt9_ZODm2mM1JXp3mn-Mg9I0fH5W9pHCZ3se8JGtxZGNlqab6ctl1PYgbPYFn-czyhR2yjMUKPgRlXY5TL/s640/What+If+You+Had+Better+Run_2016_low+res.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">As I have been quite consumed by the move to the new studio and the set up of a whole new workplace, I unfortunately have had very little time to update this Witty Art Blog. But the good thing is, I have also recovered and in a way more or less rediscovered a bunch of older work I created throughout 2015 and 2016 most of them either sketches in first stages or just plain unfinished works.</span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, I kind of went through them again, sorting them out and filing and, where and when needed, adding the final touches. Often it was the not so simple case of a bit of finetuning, while with others I decided to leave them just as they were. For some, only the titles were lacking - but the process of naming my work can also be a difficult and challenging one.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">But, managed well, I think. Either way, here are a couple of these recovered works of Witty Art, most of them drawings made with a combination of graphite pencil, charcoal and/or conté crayon. I do like the contrast between the fine pencil lines and the velvety robustness of the charcoal, interacting with the harsher tones of the conté crayons. </span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">This combination of materials provides for very strong images, powerful but with a touch of tenderness to it. Edgy and raw, yet strangely soothing. Well, I like to think so, at least. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, I updated them on this page: <a href="http://twc-artwork.blogspot.nl/p/witty-art_83.html" target="_blank">Witty Singles, Part 2</a>, together with a whole batch of other Witty Art, most of them created in the late fall and winter of 2016.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">And to be honest, when I look at this particular page and compare to them to the Singles I made in the period <a href="http://twc-artwork.blogspot.nl/p/originals-singles.html" target="_blank">2013-2014</a>, I am quite proud. For I can see my work has definitely grown, as whereas at the time I was forced to give up my home and my workplace, I was so afraid that losing a proper place to work would limit or even stop me from developing myself as an artist.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">That fear was real. I had been there before. And I remember so clearly, whatever happened, I would not let that happen all over again. Not this time. So, with the support of my dear loved ones, I kept on creating Witty Art. With a simpe fineliner or a fountain pen, in a notebook, which prompted the birth of my artbook <a href="http://twc-artwork.blogspot.nl/search/label/life%20in%20limbo" target="_blank">''My Life In Limbo'</a>' (which I am STILL working on, more on that again SOON). Later, I rediscovered the pleasure of pencil drawing and materials such as charcoal, pastels and conté crayons and so on.</span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">And when finally I got to work with ink again, I could feel that my work had been enriched by, in fact, I had feared most. That reaching rock bottom would leave me wasted and worn out and unable to create and be myself for a long, LONG time. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Turns out, I was wrong. So wrong. In fact, I can say that reaching this all time low point in my life, helped me to become myself in many more ways than I ever could've imagined before. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">In fact, Rock Bottom proved to be a solid foundation of some kind, at least! </span></span><br />
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<br />Christy de Witthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05849237309141489578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351306180948548079.post-39646983829572871822017-04-05T22:06:00.000+02:002017-04-05T22:16:03.377+02:00A new studio for both Witty Art & Witty Projects (and much more): Studio PuRRR<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">So, I've been a bit behind on updating this Witty Art Blog - but for a good
reason! The last couple of weeks have been insanely busy with preparing
the move to my new workplace at Studio PuRRR, the creative artstudio I set up last year, together with
my creative partner and fellow artist Deborah van de Beld. For a while, Studio PuRRR was a travelling pop up initiative, trying out some small-scale creative and culinary concepts on various locations - but pretty soon we found a more permanent place for ourselves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">We have moved into <a href="http://www.schiezicht.com/" target="_blank">Schiezicht</a>, a local, Delfshaven based community initiative, founded and ran by a group of dedicated locals who share the same views on grass roots community and place making, creative and social entrepreneurship, local economy and sustainability. It was there, when looking for a venue to host our production <a href="http://twc-artwork.blogspot.nl/2016/06/terugblik-op-geslaagde-eerste-editie.html" target="_blank">Horen Zien en Schranzen</a> (an art and literature event featuring Dutch poets and singer-songwriters) that we stumbled across this really great space with the full potential of turning it into the ideal artstudio and the perfect homebase for both our creative companies and artist practices, as well as all other individual and combined projects: <a href="http://twc-artwork.blogspot.nl/p/studio-purrr.html" target="_blank">Studio PuRRR</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">And as our luck would have it, the Schiezicht crew were looking for some new faces to join their team as well. So, after a couple of talks, we reached an agreement and we got the keys to what's now our very own studio!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Now, an important part of this agreement with Schiezicht is that both Deborah and I are both part of Schiezicht's core crew, helping this initiative grow and develop further. I do so by taking care of external communications (digital newsletter, website, and so on) and Deborah is part of the cooking team, which serves tasty homemade meals to the neighborhood at a friendly price. This fits seamlessly with our own vision on creative and social entrepreneurship, creating additional social value for the community. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Schiezicht means so much as ''view on the river Schie'', very apptly named as it's located directly on the riverside of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schie" target="_blank">'Delfshavense Schie</a>' in an area of Rotterdam called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delfshaven" target="_blank">Delfshaven</a> - to be precise, on the outer fringe of a neighborhood called Bospolder Tussendijken. Perhaps not the most glamorous part of booming Rotterdam (hot, hip and happening on all kinds of To Be Lists and in the middle of the grip of gentrification) with high unemployment rates and many vulnerable people living in the margins of society. But to us, it's one of the most interesting because of its combination of a cultural diversity, social resilience and creativity, outer edginess and hidden gems of local entrepreneurship, artists and makerspaces. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">And sure enough, we aren't the only ones, as Bospolder Tussendijken managed to grasp the attention of The Duchess of Cambridge, Catherine Middleton, who visited the area and it's local makerspace Bouwkeet in person only very recently. Read an impression of her visit both <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3833178/It-s-Meccano-Mickey-Kate-makes-friends-ROBOT-visits-workshop-project-Rotterdam-jetting-home-William.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/720059/Duchess-Cambridge-Kate-Middleton-Rotterdam-visit" target="_blank">here</a>. Unfortunately for us, we were still busy renovating our own artists space then, but rest assured, we are more than ready for her next visit<span style="font-family: inherit;">!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Either way, I for myself am extremely happy for the opportunity to be working in this new studio, which, in more than one way, proves to be the perfect venue for not only creating Witty Art and developing myself further artistically but to roll out further Witty Projects, in a way that suit me - because I firmly belief in the concept of commercidealism: the ability to run a succesful business and a profitable company, that will enable me to sustain myself as well as generating some form of social return. What exactly, I am right in the middle of finding that out - as I am still rebuilding my life and my business, after having lost my house and my home about almost two years ago. A process, I've been trying to visualise in my Witty Art Book ''<a href="http://twc-artwork.blogspot.nl/search/label/life%20in%20limbo" target="_blank">My Life In Limbo</a>'' (which I am behind updating too, will do so SOON!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">It's still a long way to go. It's still a steep hill to climb. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">But I no longer feel it's a whole mountain. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">And I've found, that going downhill no longer means hitting rock bottom. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">I've found that rock bottom isn't that scary after all, too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">And I am determind to make this work.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Because I no longer simply believe I have a lot to offer to society. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">I know I do. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">And this time, I will do so in the way that is right for both society and me.</span><br />
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<br />Christy de Witthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05849237309141489578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351306180948548079.post-87517704323467728892017-03-04T20:41:00.001+01:002017-03-04T21:13:25.422+01:00Very happy with my brandnew Witty Art Promo Flyers!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Today, I am very happy to have my brandnew Witty Art promotional flyers delivered, thanks to my prefered printing company Drukland.NL for their quality service, as usual.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, earlier I ordered a set of brandnew <a href="http://twc-artwork.blogspot.nl/2016/12/new-witty-art-promotional-items-coming.html" target="_blank">Witty Businesscards</a>, for which I used the image of one of Witty Art's favourite characters: <a href="http://twc-artwork.blogspot.nl/search/label/unbunnies" target="_blank">UnBunny</a>, always balancing the tight rope when bridging the gap between the corporate, commercial world of the entrepreneur and the more social and creative aspects of life as an artist.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">And when deliberating on which image to choose for my Witty Art promotional flyers, I didn't have to doubt for too long: ofcourse, it had to be UnBunny again and this time, too, I opted for one of my series '<a href="http://twc-artwork.blogspot.nl/search/label/innovation%20in%20corporation">Innovation In Corporation</a>'. Because after all, UnBunny IS one of the most loved Witty Art Characters and, not totally unimportant, series featuring him are amongst my best selling as well. All in all, a good choice for a promo flyer, I suppose.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Anyway, am looking forward to utilize these flyers to the absolute max and spreading them all over town and beyond or handing them out during art events such as exhibitions and so on. So, if you live in or around Rotterdam, The Netherland, you are bound to see some of these in a place near you, very, very SOON!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Flashback to that time, back in 2013, I was asked to create three illustrations, which were to be published in the special 25th Anniversary of the Rotterdam pop festival <a href="http://www.metropolisfestival.nl/" target="_blank">Metropolis</a>. I really liked working on that comission, because Metropolis is truly one of those Rotterdam festival icons, headlining bands such as The Smashing Pumpkins and The Prodigy before they rose to worldwide fame.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Metropolis, in other words, is known for showcasing ''The Best You've Never Heard Of'' and has been doing so now for over 25 years. And I even though I myself have missed out on the last editions, I cherish many fond memories of earlier editions, so I was really proud to have been asked to help contribute towards this special 25th anniversary publication.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">There is a little catch to this series of three, as you can see a very charming but characteristic pit bull making an appearance on all three drawings. It's a quirky reference to the days when Metropolis carried the nickname ''Pitbull Festival'' with pride, a nickname given by especially those who were not from Rotterdam and found themselves travelling ''all the way'' to the southside of the city, deep into ''Zuid''.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Deep into that part of the city known as Feijenoord - an area in it's core a worker's district (more so 25 years ago, but still today), where most inhabitants are devoted supporters of soccer club Feyenoord and where dogowners have developed a special relationship with the canine breed commonly known as ''pit bulls''. And a significant number of those owners walked their dogs, their pits, in the Zuiderpark, including those days the park hosts events and festivals like Metropolis.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">This earned Metropolis the nickname ''Pitbull Festival'' as one of the columns I had to illustrate, clearly refers to this, I obviously had to draw a pitbull - and I just couldn't stop at one, so I created one who'd appear in on all three drawings.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">He's what you would call, a handsome dude, a little rough around the edges, with a very down to earth and robust charm and certainly not a dog of many words and whose bark is way, way louder than his bite - if he does so, only when he's challenged to, either to defend himself or the ones he cares for.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Reason why I bring all this up now? .. Well, it's because it seems that this charming fella will reappear in my work. In what way, now, I will have to keep that a bit quiet for now, but I promise all will be revealed, SOON! </span></span><br />
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<br />Christy de Witthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05849237309141489578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351306180948548079.post-33221082443005303582017-02-26T14:43:00.000+01:002017-02-26T15:51:40.903+01:00Going ''Up And Down The Rabbit Hole'' is a system labyrinth in itself<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Some of you may have read <a href="http://twc-artwork.blogspot.nl/2016/12/not-inspired-by-alice-in-wonderland-up.html" target="_blank">this earlier blog</a>, in which I posted some previews of my new series ''Up And Down The Rabbit Hole'', which, although its title might have you believe otherwise, is certainly NOT about or related to the whole ''Alice in Wonderland'' story. I also promised to write a blog about which children's books and stories did make a lasting impact on me, enough to inspire me both as a child and as an adult, and enough to influence Witty Art in some way or another. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: small;">BUT I can show you some works from this series ''Up And Down The Rabbit Hole''. This time, I chose to work exclusively with graphite pencil, just adding a bit of charcoal when I felt it was necessary to create some contrast or a bit of depth to the drawing. Yet, at the same time I wanted to produce some clearly defined, cartoon style lines, creating a pretty much graphic result in the end. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">As the phrase ''to go down the rabbit hole'' (yes, courtesy of Lewis Carroll, ofcourse, so much for claiming not to be inspired by Alice, huh?) basically means ''to enter a period of chaos and confusion'', and is basically ''a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_hole" target="_blank">metaphor</a> for an entry into the unknown, the disorienting or the mentally deranging'' or even a ''slang expression for a psychedelic experience, from the same usage''. There might also feelings of ''<a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=go%20down%20the%20rabbit%20hole" target="_blank">adventure and discovery</a> and maybe even some excitement', while stepping into unknown.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The whole point with rabbit holes, is you often don't see them. You don't always have a well-dressed, well-mannered rabbit-in-a-rush leading the way. Or there might be a rabbit, but you just don't recognize it and you're not even aware that you, in fact, have already entered its burrow and you are well on your way into the unknown.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">And for some, that means adventure and excitement, full of opportunities and possibilities. For some, it means a period of worry and uncertainty, of anxiety and depression even.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Because entering the rabbit hole comes with change, sometimes severe change or a series of lifechanging events. And, unlike Alice who in the end just wakes up from her dreams (or hallucinations), you cannot go back. A real life rabbit hole basically has its own event horizon, its own point of no return, once you have entered, you will have to experience the whole journey, every single step of the way.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">And while you are walking ahead, climbing, stumbling, falling down and getting up, you will discover that there is not one, but an seemingly endless series of rabbit holes to go to, all intertwined, all connected - a whole damn' system labyrinth of it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">It will take a lot of <a href="http://twc-artwork.blogspot.nl/2017/01/one-step-forward-how-many-steps-back.html">steps going forward and backward</a> to keep on going - untill you will find your way out. </span></span><br /><br />
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<br />Christy de Witthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05849237309141489578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-351306180948548079.post-64869930734311888622017-02-23T18:36:00.001+01:002017-02-23T20:02:15.995+01:00Upgrading this blog while rediscovering unfinished Witty Art<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Currently, I am busy with a proper upgrade of this Witty Art Blog. As in: removing bad quality pictures and replacing with perhaps not the best ones, but at least better ones, updating and expanding the Series and Singles pages in particular, as I was also lagging behind with posting previously unpublished artwork.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://twc-artwork.blogspot.nl/p/originals_1.html" target="_blank">Witty Art Series, Part 1 (2011-2014)</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">To me, the good thing about an upgrading process like this, is it makes me go through all my files again, rediscovering a whole bunch of stuff I myself had more or less forgotten about. That is especially the case with the work I was working on when I had to move out of my home and my studio, during the summer of 2015. During that very turbulent time, I basically store away all my artwork in boxes and containers, making sure it was stored safely at the home of a good and trusted friend, untill I'd be able to move into either a new home or at least, a new studio to work in.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But with most of my work stored away and more or less unaccessible to me, I lost track of some stuff I had been working on. But by going through all my files on my harddisk, looking for and sorting better quality pictures or enhancing them digitally, I also stumbled across many photographs I'd taken of work shortly before I had to leave my old studio. Amongst these pictures were many of works-in-progress, like the ones I am publishing on this blogpost.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Looking at many of these files, actually meant a big motivational boost for me. It's not that I really had forgotten about them, it's more that I saw the progress I was making at that time, and as my art developed even further over this last year, I can't wait to start working on this now almost two year old works again!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Works, that are undoubtedly waiting patiently for their time to come. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Well, they don't have to wait that much any longer - as the really, really good new is ... I will definitely be able to move into a brandnew creative studio over the coming weeks. A new place to work in, to draw, paint, create with whatever means and materials I feel like. A place, where Witty Art can and will be created.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A move, that will also mark a new creative collaboration as well! I will elaborate more on that in a later stage - but for those of you who cannot contain their curiosity, <span style="font-family: inherit;">it's got <span style="font-family: inherit;">everything to do with the new <span style="font-family: inherit;">work</span>place & project<span style="font-family: inherit;">space </span>of <a href="http://twc-artwork.blogspot.nl/p/studio-purrr.html" target="_blank">Studio P</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://twc-artwork.blogspot.nl/p/studio-purrr.html" target="_blank">uRRR</a>!</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Please keep an eye on this blog for more detailed information coming up SOON!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">A while back, I wrote about the new additions to my series <a href="http://twc-artwork.blogspot.nl/search/label/earthrocks%20%26%20moonswings">''EarthRocks & MoonSwings'</a>'. Started back in 2012, I never thought that this Galaxic Bromance would turn out to be one of my most popular and best-selling series.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Part of the reason why this series is so succesful, I think is because of its almost unbearable overdosage of cute - this is a series primarily about unconditional friendship, of a bond that can't be broken, for being there for each other, no matter what. Relationships like those are very hard to come by, as Life constantly shapes and influences friendships and puts them to the test.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, when asked to draw more of these because one buyer had absolutely fallen in love with them and really wanted to give one to his brother who was getting married, I felt motivated to draw a couple more. And in total, 11 new ''EarthRocks & MoonSwings'' have seen the light! Will add them to the Series Galleries soon!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">And guess what, almost immediately after sharing them on my Facebook page, another buyer stepped forward and purchased one, too. And so, a couple of weeks ago, ''EarthRocks & MoonSwings #44'' moved to its happy new home - and judging by the picture buyer sent me the other day, I think they are in really great company!</span></span><br />
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