Exhibition: Our Lady of Perpetual Exhaustion

I will be part of a group exhibition at the Watergate Gallery & Frame Design from September 7 - October 5, 2013.  If you are in the Washington, DC area,  come and see the show.  Below are the details.

Watergate Gallery is located in the lower level (accessible by escalator or stairs) of the Watergate building, next to CVS.

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL EXHAUSTION

September 7 – October 5, 2013
 
Watergate Gallery & Frame Design
2552 Virginia Avenue NW
Washington DC 20037
 
tel: 202.338.4488

Opening reception:  Saturday, September 7, 5:00 - 8:00 pm

Additional receptions:
Wednesday, September 18, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Thursday, September 26, 6:30 - 8:30 pm 
Saturday, October 5, 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Artwork

I was checking out my website a few days ago when I realized that viewers may have been missing the page "Artwork".  This page has a drop-down menu which leads you to the different types of genre I do (portrait, still-life, nude, landscape, etc.).  However, if you place your cursor on Artwork (next to Home), and click on it, you will get the intro to my art and a slideshow of about 30 paintings in my portfolio.  Try it!

 

Women's Review of Books July/August issue

My painting, Voices of Hope, is featured in the July/August issue of Women's Review of Books. It was used to illustrate the review of "Mapping Arab Women's Movements".  What a thrill to see it on the cover!  

Here is the link to the review:
http://www.wcwonline.org/Women-s-Review-of-Books/womens-review-of-books

Our Lady of Perpetual Exhaustion

I have been invited to submit my work in a special exhibition called "Our Lady of Perpetual Exhaustion" from August 27 - October 4, 2013.  I started painting a veiled lady with a sorrowful face but wasn't happy with it. I went on vacation and upon return, I scrapped it.

One day, I was looking at old photographs and saw one of my late mother's on her 81st birthday. Something clicked.  I decided to paint her, silver hair and all. The portrait is almost done.  Although the exhibition theme inspired me to paint her, I decided to keep it and submit another piece for the exhibition.  Back to work.

No more errors!

Guess what!  My art website is now up and running, thanks to webbrewers.com!  No more errors (hopefully).  Check it out.

http://paintingsbycynthia.com

To the Hotshots

Dedicated to the 19 members of the elite group of firefighters, Hotshots, who were killed in the Yarnell, Arizona wildfire. This is to remind us how unpredictable and deadly wildfires can be.

 Wildfire by Cynthia Angeles, Oil on Canvas, 21" x 31"

Website Move

I have been having problems with my (free) website host (000webhost.com) for almost two weeks now.  Perhaps, it is time to graduate to paid hosting.  I apologize in advance if you are not able to visit my website for a few days but it will soon be up, many thanks to webbrewers.com.

Nelson Mandela and His Family

This is not a proper venue to voice out my opinions about public figures but I will make an exception for Nelson Mandela.  He is my ideal of a good leader and a good person.  The many times my husband had traveled to Pretoria and Johannesburg on business, he always hoped he'd get a chance to meet the great Madiba.  I, too, during my few visits there, dreamed I would see him by accident.

Now that Mandela is lying close to death in a hospital bed, his family is feuding about his grave site and monies.  The great leader who, after 26 years of imprisonment, took control of the country, tried everything to reconcile the black majority and the Afrikaners who imposed apartheid.

"Evidently grace and dignity are not inherited," an editorial in the Citizen, a local paper, wrote.