2014…. and it’s a wrap!

On December 30, 2014 by Alex Zonis With 5 Comments - Art, class, drawing, oil, oil painting, show, sketch, Urban Sketches

2014 is quickly wrapping up. It is a dark early evening, too dark to paint, so I am blogging instead. Facebook and WordPress are putting out these computer generated annual content reports, but they are much too silly, or artificial is possibly a better description. So I thought I will tell you what really happened this year :).

I painted 6 paintings:

Ok, the last one – working title Turning Time – is still a work in progress!

E is for Empathy will appear on a cover of my husband’s book A Rumor of Empathy, Resistance, Narrartive, Recovery in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy – Lou Agosta, PhD. Interesting book, check it out!

Adagio for Three Strings has won a Most Innovative award in National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society (NOAPS) Fall Show. Much too excited about this!

I had work in two shows in 2014:

– Matite in Viaggio, Centro Candiani, Venice Italy – October 2014

– National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society (NOAPS) – December 2014

Ardmore overpass 8-1-2012

I participated in my second Sketchpack project

It runs from Cape Town South Africa. Every day for the month of August I drew a small drawing. My 31 drawings traveled to Cape Town SA to participate in a show.

alex-sketchpack-concertina-2-8-31-2014

I have started teaching oil painting

and had a number of victims students study with me in my studio as well as online via Skype, gotta love technology!

Paul painting

Paul painting

 

Urban Sketchers Chicago

Urban Sketchers Chicago, a sketching group I started in 2012, is going strong with its monthly sketch crawls, active Facebook, blog and other online presence. The group now has nearly 350 sketchers and a wonderful unique spirit.

Chicago Sketch Seminar 2014 took place in June 2014 and was a great success. I was privileged to lead a group amazing volunteers and together we created this wonderful event. About 70 sketchers from all over USA and even one international sketcher attended and participated in 8 sketching workshops and 3 sketching activities. And one Dinner, Drinks and Drawing event!

If you are still reading this, I really appreciate!

I hope you had nice holidays so far and wishing you Happy Healthy and Artful New Year!!

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5 Comments

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  2. C-Marie December 30, 2014

    Really nice wrap-up Ms. Zonis. And a very blessed New Year to you and yours! C-Marie

  3. Wes Douglas December 31, 2014

    Alex, I had thought the same about the computer generated year-in-reviews and wished mine were different. Your recap has inspired me to approach it differently. I’m glad I was able to share in some of your highlights this year, with that Sketch Seminar being the mother of all highlights.

    Happy New Year Alex. Wes

  4. Carol King January 21, 2015

    That was some year! Congratulations!

    • Alex Zonis January 30, 2015

      Thanks, Carol! It looks like you had an interesting and productive year as well :). Congratulations to us!

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