Wonderful Exhibit Opening & Gallery Stroll

Friday night the 3rd of July, while most of Provo was out saving places out along the parade route, we opened Short Cuts: Papercutting. There was a great crowd here in the gallery and two of the four exhibiting artists were here. Randel McGee and Cindy Ferguson were both here and had a wonderful evening visiting old & new friends & family in the gallery. Cindy and some of her friends brought the most wonderful refreshments! If you were here you know what I am speaking about. If you weren't, too bad you missed some wonderful treats.

As I was busy with the opening I failed to take any pics. However, both Randel & Cindy did and here are links to their blogs. Take a look & leave a message, enjoy.

-David

July Desktop Calendar

Here is the new Terra Nova Gallery desktop calendar. You can download this image to your computer and then select it to be your desktop image. It is both Mac & PC friendly! The calendar is in the center of the image and space for your desktop icons is available on each side. This is a great way to keep up to date and enjoy great art from Terra Nova Gallery.

Enjoy
-David

Sculptural Pursuit Radio

I participated with Marilyn Noble (Managing Editor) & Nancy DeCamillis (Publisher/Executive Editor) of Sculptural Pursuit Magazine in their monthly internet radio blog "Photographing Your Sculpture." You can still listen to and leave comments about the broadcast in the archive. Just follow the link below. In their next magazine issue, July 2009, I will have a article about photographing sculpture. Look for it on newsstands around the end of July. The radio blog was a fun time and hopefully we were able to help their listeners.
-David

Original Air Date: 6/3/2009 4:00 PM

Photographing Your Sculpture

You only have one chance to grab a juror's, gallerist's or editor's attention, so make your digital images the best they can be. Join professional photographer David Hawkinson and SP founder and publisher Nancy DeCamillis as they discuss megapixels, white balance, composition, and more in this interactive half hour. Whether you work with a pro or do it yourself, you'll learn what you need to know to make your images a compelling representation of your artwork. Bring your questions and join us online or on the phone. (Wednesday, June 3. 6PM EDT, 5PM CDT, 4PM MDT, 3PM PDT. 30 minutes.)

We have had our monthly Terra Nova Gallery calendars available here in the gallery. We've now created a new electronic desktop version for your computer! You can download this image to your computer and then select it to be your desktop image. It is both Mac & PC friendly! The calendar is in the center of the image and space for your desktop icons is available on each side. This is a great way to keep up to date and enjoy great art from Terra Nova Gallery.

Enjoy
-David

Tidbit Tuesday

What can you create with a hole? This image of Maeser Elementary was created with a hole, in specific a pinhole!

Pinhole photography involves using a light-tight container of some type for the camera, a light sensitive media (film or photographic paper) to receive the image, and a "pinhole" to act as a lens to allow light to enter and form the image on the light sensitive material. Pinhole cameras have taken almost every shape and size. Before the advent of light sensitive material, people as far back as the fifth century BC have understood and used the "pinhole" principles. Aristotle and da Vinci among others understood and used pinholes.

No lens, no glass, no Photoshop!

-David W. Hawkinson

4" x 5" framed to 14" x 11"
Silver gelatine print
Contact printed pinhole image

Our Price: $125

Tidbit Tuesday

Winter Afternoon is a scene from the mountains of New Hampshire. In my earlier life, I spent many happy days cross-country skiing in New Hampshire. I was trying to capture the feeling of a cold, sunny day in the mountains.

-Anne Weber

12" x 16"
Pastel

Tidbit Tuesday

As seen on a Terra Nova Gallery water bottle:

Random facts about things you already know

Lincoln Logs were invented by John Lloyd Wright, the son of Frank Lloyd Wright. He got the idea from a building technique his father used in designing Tokyo's Imperial hotel.