I’m the Artist of the Week on CustomCanvasArt.com.

I have been interviewed for an artist review blog by Steve Gray.

My interview is here: http://stevegray.com.au/blog/sharon-hodgson/

....He is actively seeking artists to interview, so if you are one of my artist friends and you are reading... by all means write him and tell him you'd love an interview. Tell him I sent ya.

Raw
Canvas is a poetry/creative event in Vancouver, BC and they are using one of the live event painting I did a couple years ago as their event artwork on Facebook. (Hence the reason I found out about them! How serendipitous.) at one of Word Iz Bond's many evenings of poetry here in Halifax. It's on tonight. I'd be there painting it live if it weren't far away. (Can't make it to British Columbia from here that quickly...) Please do check out this event if you're closer to it than I am! I love the way their event name itself invites artistic expression beyond poetry and prose. Maybe there are painters down there who are looking for an event to paint? Let me know if you check this out. Say "hi" for me!

http://raw-canvas.com/

"World Religion Day '09" - painted live at the World Religion Day celebrations in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
This is the second year in a row I have painted this event. I do so in the hopes that it will encourage love, tolerance, friendship and communication between different faith groups in Nova Scotia and beyond. After all, love is the opposite of fear. The more we reach out to one another and form connections, the less we see others as "them" separated from "us".
I wasn't the only event artist this year! I sat on one side at the front painting, while to my right, Rhiannon Wyatt worked a piece in sculpture.



If anyone really likes this piece and wishes to buy it, I am willing to donate the proceeds to the FEED Nova Scotia like I did last year. No pressure, though. I'm actually really fond of how this one turned out and like having it on my wall.
I know a lot of religious communities shy away from forming any sort of fellowship with those who do not share their beliefs, but there's wisdom in being open to other people's ideas. It keeps us from becoming close-minded.

Here's hoping next year we will see even wider representation for World Religion Day 2010!



Peace.

Tim's Space has an artist showcase called "The Visual Artista of The Week", and this week I'm it.

Here's what Tim has to say about his artist feature project:

"I admire all the artists on my MySpace site and love their art very much.

I would love to showcase all their great work at once on my MySpace site - but that would make it explode ;-)

So every week I showcase on artist in my section "The Visual Artista of The Week" :)

Cheers :)

Tim"

Tim's Space is here... add him.

"Pool Player" - Acrylic on stretched canvas. 36x24"
August 2008

I did this one over the summer.

It's a movement study of the subject playing pool.

“Poetry Slam” - 12″x12″ - acrylic on canvas. 2008. Live painting.

Not wanting to lose momentum after doing a live painting on Saturday… (though I did miss painting Sunday, unfortunately. We were glad to have made it to Saturday of the festival, at least)… I painted a poetry slam at Ginger’s Tavern this evening.

I donated the proceeds to the slam team, since they are going to Calgary to perform in the Nationals! (BEST OF LUCK!!) They gave me a copy of their CD and I’m looking forward to listening to it while I build websites tomorrow.

I will be back painting the poets again next month… despite my busy schedule and seemingly unceasing busy-ness.