Erika Husselmann

intermission

2009-12-17T16:45:00.003+13:00

Intermission is for naps, pit stops, a quick coffee, chats and anything that you can think of to get time to move faster. Often you find yourself in waiting mode when time seems to slow down just to make it harder, waiting for your kid to finish this karate lesson, waiting for the first boarding call at the airport. And then time speeds up when you sleep. You just closed one eye for a quick wink and.. you've missed the TV show you were waiting for. But sleep is sweet isn't it?
Acrylic on 255 x 255 x 3mm or 10" x 10" x 1" stretched canvas, for sale through trade me
..see you soon ..e^)

no flying today

2009-12-15T15:46:00.004+13:00

Some days you have chocolate for breakfast, some days you have no breakfast at all - then there are the windy days when everything will fly and the not so windy days when it's no use trying. You guessed it, today is a no-wind day. So there's bare canvas for the clothing and the bare minimum for the kite as the last bit of red was used for the jandals (flip flops then). This is acrylic on stretched canvas, I still have to paint the edges black and it's available on trade me
I think I'll give sella a try next year, they claim to have 10% of the market already ..e^)

my mother was a dancer

2009-12-13T10:43:00.005+13:00

acrylic on 255 x 255 x 35mm stretched canvas, ready to hang.

This little painting was inspired by my dear friend Sally who is a dancer, teacher, performer, singer, talented artist. I used gold and ultramarine acrylic, plus white, umber and red and again the style shows influences of New Zealand, Africa and Klimt. It is available through trade me for about 10 days. Thanks for having a look ..e^)

klimtissimo

2009-12-10T21:48:00.002+13:00

My newest little painting was inspired by Klimt's Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I - which was done in oil paint, gold and silver. I did my little painting in acrylic gold and red, with a spit and a spot of white and burnt umber. It took me 6 painstaking hours to do, loved it. Sure was an exercise in brush control and discipline. Thanks for looking ..e^)

noel and noel II

2009-12-10T13:40:00.006+13:00

4" x 6" or 100 x 150 x 1.5mm - acrylic on stretched canvas, miniature easel

here's two more little paintings, both miniature each with a tiny display easel - finished yesterday and this morning. I tried putting down in paint a festive feeling - wasn't difficult with the tree, but the abstract one called for little specks of gold paint just to give it that extra dimension. I think these will look quite different in the evening when the lights come on..e^)

moon's stone dance

2009-12-08T12:54:00.004+13:00

Meet Moon and watch her dance the stone dance.. she just can't stop! This is the latest in the 'little gem' series currently available on trade me. I plan on doing 30 and this one is number 9 - especially for the summer season 2009, that is in the southern hemisphere for the northerners out there :-)

225 x 225 x 35mm or 10" x 10" x 1.5" acrylic on stretched canvas ..e^)

chores

2009-12-04T17:00:00.004+13:00

Who doesn't have them, those annoying everyday things that have to be done. So I painted them instead! I have this knack of successfully ignoring things that can be done later... :-) queen of procrastination, me.
10" x 10" acrylic on stretched canvas, or 225 x 225 x 35mm ..e^)

Wwhoops and I forgot to post this one, finished yesterday - in subtle colours but with a Pacific island flavour.... it's the same size as above and part of my "little gem" series for 2009 - nr 6

thanks for popping in again ..e^)

Pania of the Birds

2009-12-02T15:27:00.004+13:00

It's raining here today so none of the colours in this picture is true, but there she is. Pania has always had a magical fascination for me and I have drawn and painted her a number of times and I suppose I'll do this many more times... this one is my own interpretation (again) - thanks for looking..e^)

blue bird

2009-11-30T15:14:00.003+13:00

Oops. Clean forgot I was doing a little painting a day - weekend got in the way. But got right back into it - this one is called 'my blue bird' and it's 255 x 255mm or 10" x 10" acrylic on stretched canvas, selling through trade me for this week. Thanks for checking my blog ..e^)

me no lisa

2009-11-27T14:37:00.002+13:00

oil on stretched canvas - 255 x 255 x 35mm - this is nr 4 in the little gem series for this year. It is done in monochrome colours, white and Vandyk brown and the inspiration comes from - what else - the Mona Lisa. Available as usual with these, from Trade Me for this week. Thanks for looking ..e^)

blue dome day

2009-11-26T15:53:00.005+13:00

400 x 200 x 35mm acrylic on stretched canvas - summer's here in the southern hemisphere - at last! Love the deep azure blue of the summer sky. This little painting is number three of the 'little gem' series of about 30 works, available from trade me for a week. Thanks for popping in ..e^)

moon eye view

2009-11-25T12:13:00.002+13:00

moon eye view - 255 x 255 x 35mm acrylic on stretched canvas - little gem series 2009

I’ve had this canvas for I don’t know how long, forever adding paint to it and then painting it black again. The lower layers even have some resin added and at some point I had glass pebbles imbedded in that (one for each family member). The pebbles fell off (but family ties remain) and left these delicious little pools in the resin - footprints? So today I thought I’d add this to my ‘little gem’ series and signed it at last, and listed it on TM as part of the 'little gem' series for 2009 ..e^)

poppy talk

2009-11-24T16:59:00.005+13:00

400 x 200 x 35mm acrylic on stretched canvas, ready to hang as is.

It's that time of the year again when one is on the hunt for little gifts with meaning for the people close to our hearts. Every year around this time I create a number of smaller works and name them Little Gems, list them on trade me and hope they find a wall in a friendly home somewhere. Thanks for visiting my blog, and do consider subscribing if you're interested in viewing the rest of the series...e^)

ICE 2010

2009-11-21T17:52:00.003+13:00

Time to get lost in all the paper again... it is International Collage Exchange time and this year I've finished mine early, making sure I don't miss it for another year..

You know the debris left over in travel bags when you've unpacked at home, those bits and pieces of pretty paper and memoires and cuttings from interesting art magazines, brochures collected on gallery hopping runs... too pretty to throw away so it lives in your travel bag. This series is called 'travel bag debris' and I added a pretty note on everyone so that it can be sent to that someone you had to leave behind :-) (oh and the fibre is from knitting done while travelling, love to keep the hands busy when not taking pictures)

Each one is 10" x 7" - thanks for looking..e^)

african sun

2009-11-11T16:13:00.005+13:00

Hot hot African sunset, some relief from the relentless sun in sight - but oh so beautiful the colours...

this is now available on auction through Trade Me for this week. Thanks for taking a look, I will be back in 2010 with a regular "painting a week" ok? ..e^)

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superimposed

2009-11-05T15:15:00.006+13:00

I had my mind made up about painting a good honest abstract - but first I had to do the 'stract' without the 'ab'. A while ago we travelled through to Taupo from Auckland, through beautiful bountiful green land, hills and valleys, rich growth and the odd herd of cows or sheep. This resulted in this painting that I call 'lambscape' - 350 x 450 x 35mm in acrylic.

Then on a loose piece of canvas I worked on abstracting my lambscape and after a number of stages the painting ended up looking like this:

Next I went ahead and ripped the canvas to pieces, yes I did, remarkably easy too - canvas is a joy to rip - and placed the pieces on the original representational painting. Note that I had to have it on the horizontal, like the land, to be able to do this. Now we literally have realism supporting the abstracting of the lambscape.

Now for me to be able to hang this on the wall, the strips will have to be collaged down, so I started playing with placement, and this is it. The end...e^)

the joke

2009-10-27T16:11:00.003+13:00

380 x 760 x 35mm - oils and acrylics on stretched canvas. Experimenting with combinations of acrylics and oils, working into them and combining them to see what will happen.. Jokes are like that too - people react differently to them, so you can never tell what the reaction will be, fascinating to watch the faces! And very telling the things that make different people laugh... This is available here on auction for a week, thanks for looking ..e^)

peace poppy

2009-10-05T13:41:00.003+13:00

One of a number of new paintings available through Hot Ginger Gallery - this one is 760 x 380 x 35mm, acrylics on stretched canvas ..e^)

makeover...

2009-09-30T10:35:00.003+13:00

My sweet penguin has had a makeover - and he's available for auction on trade me for a week. I think I'm into happy, bright colours at the moment - sooooo if you stand still long enough, I'll paint you too. Where's the cat... e^)

stubborn penguin

2009-09-24T09:30:00.003+12:00

Acrylics on stretched canvas 760 x 380 x 35mm - had fun experimenting with a different technique here. Looks like the penguin is not too pleased though LOL ..e^)

montage: change my mind/mind my change/my mind change

2009-08-11T16:40:00.003+12:00

Thanks for having another look at my blog. I am working on a montage made up of cutouts from 3 face paintings I've done. They are scrambled and then mounted on board in different depths. I have added different elements which have special meaning to me. This is part of a mixed media short course I am doing at the moment, run by Ken Garrett. 240 x 320mm acrylic and mixed media on coreboard.

land of escape

2009-08-05T17:42:00.002+12:00

Not really a landscape painter but have always tried here and there to capture a vastness, stillness or windswept emptiness - that’s not so empty with closer inspection. Not there yet, it keeps eluding me! Oh the process of chasing this panoramic open landscape in my head keeps me going :-) Oil on canvas 200 x 800 in total ..e^)

melodious art

2009-07-29T15:01:00.004+12:00

Art and music - two things that go together so well, although each can stand on its own two feet so to speak. This show is about just that: art inspired by music. I have four brand spanking new pieces displayed, so if you're in the area please take a look.. feedback always welcome. The exhibition opens 30 July, 6.30pm and yes, there's going to be a short musical performance by Donald Nicholls. Uxbridge Creative Centre, 35 Uxbridge Road, Howick PH (09) 535 6467 or www.uxbridge.org.nz

lined up and face it

2009-07-20T13:09:00.003+12:00

Experimental work to demonstrate drawing by revealing colours underneath, in contrast to laying down marks, be that in colour or pen or graphite or whatever. Oil paint is ideal for this as it dries very slowly, so one can work and rework if necessary, like those toys where you can draw and shake to remove... great fun. The light kept bouncing off the picture.. black is hard to photograph properly.

Again I used the same method as above but used the flat chisel blender to grade the colour and manipulate the light. These works are small 12" x 12" stretched canvas and the colour extends around the sides. It's ready to hang. Thanks for looking at my blog! ..e^)

OSFA july 2009

2009-07-16T16:35:00.002+12:00

Acrylic on 10" square canvas - part of the annual 'One Size Fits All' exhibition at Thornton Gallery, thanks for the picture Anya!

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