Bicycle Works Available

All the bicycle pieces I did earlier this year (drawings and paintings) can now be seen at:
http://stoneground.com/mackey/

Availability, sizes and prices are included. Drawing prices range from $50 - $200. Paintings from $425-$1050. Please contact me at catherine@catherinemackey.com if you are interested in purchasing a piece.

The image above is: "Limited # 5"; charcoal on paper; 18" x 13"; $200

One more day.....

There is only one day left of Open Studios - tomorrow (Sunday 25th April). Come and see my bicycle paintings and drawings as well as some new urban patchwork paintings. My studio will be open 11.00 - 6.00. I'm at 1890 Bryant Street (@ Mariposa), Studio # 315.

I look foward to chatting to you all!

Save the Date!

For all my bicycle-loving fans out there I have a date for you to put in your diaries:
In mid-April I'll be having an Open Studio along with the other fabulous artists in my building.

Friday April 23rd 6-9.00pm; Sat & Sun 24th & 25th 11-6.00pm.

I'll post a more detailed announcement nearer the time. I'll be selling my bicycle drawings and paintings so if you are interested watch this space!

Bicycle stencils

I want to make some bike stencils to spray onto my paintings. When you make a stencil you have to simplify a drawing as much as possible and then some more. Then you have to make sure that the lines to be cut don't join other lines or else, after hours of work, a major part of your design will just drop out of the middle of the stencil! Here are two designs I'm working on - they still need to be simplified.

More Bicycles (5-minute sketches):

I'm really enjoying this bicycle drawing task I've set myself. On New Years Day I spent a couple of hours in my studio with a friend drawing his Globe bicycle. We had a lot of fun! These are gesture poses - ie. the time limit for each drawing was two tracks on my bad party CD (aproximately 5 minutes). This is a common thing to do when drawing the figure as it makes you respond quickly to shape and line without getting bogged down in detail.

Now I need to borrow an old road bike off someone, and perhaps a "fixie".