{"id":897,"date":"2012-04-25T20:40:45","date_gmt":"2012-04-25T20:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/?p=897"},"modified":"2012-04-25T20:40:45","modified_gmt":"2012-04-25T20:40:45","slug":"whats-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/whats-up\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s up?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi hello! I wanted to post a little update on what I&#8217;ve been up to!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_898\" style=\"width: 441px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Christie-Lau-fox_blog_cla.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-898\" class=\"size-full wp-image-898   \" title=\"Christie Lau fox_blog_cla\" src=\"http:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Christie-Lau-fox_blog_cla.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"431\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Christie-Lau-fox_blog_cla.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Christie-Lau-fox_blog_cla-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Christie-Lau-fox_blog_cla-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Christie-Lau-fox_blog_cla-59x59.jpg 59w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-898\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">in progress!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been focusing on doing some research about animarllzzz (&#8220;Moral Lives of Animals&#8221; by Dale Peterson , &#8220;The Marvels of Animal Behaviour&#8221; by John Mcloughlin, BBC&#8217;s documentaries &#8220;Frozen Planet&#8221; and &#8220;Human Planet&#8221; and readings and visits about medieval art). I have also been busy experimenting with gold in combination with oil painting. Above is documentation of my progress, that is the third coat. I am looking forward to the depth and life that will be achieved after many more layers, like this copy I did in the Louvre:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_910\" style=\"width: 452px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Christie-Lau-Lenlevement-Louvre-copy-blog_cl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-910\" class=\"size-full wp-image-910 \" title=\"Christie Lau L'enlevement Louvre copy blog_cl\" src=\"http:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Christie-Lau-Lenlevement-Louvre-copy-blog_cl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"442\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Christie-Lau-Lenlevement-Louvre-copy-blog_cl.jpg 632w, https:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Christie-Lau-Lenlevement-Louvre-copy-blog_cl-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-910\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;L&#39;Enlevement de Psyche&quot; by Pierre-Paul Prud&#39;Hon copy from the Louvre<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And so I have been busy making paint and mediums for a new body of work with recipes I learned when I studied abroad!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_899\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/photo-11.JPG_effected.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-899\" class=\"size-full wp-image-899    \" title=\"photo-11.JPG_effected\" src=\"http:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/photo-11.JPG_effected.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/photo-11.JPG_effected.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/photo-11.JPG_effected-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/photo-11.JPG_effected-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-899\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">making medium and emulsion<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I also participated in Take pART at Arta Gallery in the Distillery District last week and submitted a little oil on wooden panel of a princess parrot, an elusive birdie from Australia named in honour of Princess Alexandra of Denmark.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Christie-Lau-Princess_blog_cl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-911\" title=\"Christie Lau Princess_blog_cl\" src=\"http:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Christie-Lau-Princess_blog_cl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Christie-Lau-Princess_blog_cl.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Christie-Lau-Princess_blog_cl-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I&#8217;m very excited for the new body of work, stay tuned for details on where they will be showing! Thank-you for taking the time to visit my bloggie. I&#8217;ll have more stuff soooooooon!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">-Christie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi hello! I wanted to post a little update on what I&rsquo;ve been up to! I&rsquo;ve been focusing on doing some research about animarllzzz (&ldquo;Moral Lives of Animals&rdquo; by Dale Peterson , &ldquo;The Marvels of Animal Behaviour&rdquo; by John Mcloughlin, BBC&rsquo;s documentaries &ldquo;Frozen Planet&rdquo; and &ldquo;Human Planet&rdquo; and readings and visits about medieval art). 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