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Catching up on some new additions to the #socialportraits series.
Please welcome SP 019 Kris and SP 020 Adrian to the series. Both are oil paintings on 11in x 11in panels.
The @kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for this series only has 42 hours to go at the time of this post. Don’t delay you still have time to help fund and get painted! http://www.socialportraits.ca
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I was on CTV Ottawa Morning yesterday talking about the #socialportraits series.
At this time there is still a couple days left to get involved, check out www.socialportraits.ca
New addition to the #socialportraits series SP 018 Stephane. Oil on panel, 11in x 11in.
Stephane is an amazing musician and I first meet him through his band Saturnfly. Stephane recorded the narration for the Social Portraits crowdfunding video, I never sounded so good, and did the background music track as well. So happy to welcome Stephane into the Social Portraits series.
Only 1 week left to help fund and guarantee your addition to the Social Portraits series. Go check it out now www.socialportraits.ca
Modern-day portraits: Ottawa artist turns selfies into oil paintings
Mark Stephenson blends traditional portraiture with Facebook, Twitter in 'Social Portraits' series.
A great article by Lucy Scholey in the Metro on March 10th.
Many social media profiles are carefully curated versions of our best selves – pictures from that perfect wedding day, a backpacking trip, a ski trip with the kids. And, of course, those ubiquitous bathroom mirror selfies.
Now an Ottawa artist is looking to capture those Instagram-worthy moments in his new crowd-funded portrait gallery.
Mark Stephenson’s goal is to paint 100 oil portraits of online profile pictures for his “Social Portraits” project. So far, he has painted about 18 or 19 people from his inner circle – including a picture of artist Darcy Whyte blowing bubbles, Nuit Blanche co-founder Megan Smith wearing several white hats and “Daniel” grinning under a furry hood.
“I enjoy the stories behind them,” Stephenson said, standing in his studio at the Enriched Bread Artists’ collective on the second floor of an old bread factory on Gladstone Avenue. “The picture that you choose to put on your Facebook, put on your Twitter, put on your LinkedIn … you’ve chosen that photo for a certain reason. It’s a little more crafted. You might be projecting yourself a little bit differently than you would be if you met someone in person. Or it might be a direct match.”
Read the rest of the article at http://www.metronews.ca/news/ottawa/2016/03/09/ottawa-artist-turns-social-media-selfies-into-oil-paintings.html
You can be a part of the series, find out more here https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mste/social-portraits-a-social-art-project
New painting added to the #socialportraits series. SP 017 Kristina, oil on panel, 11in x 11in by Mark Stephenson
Kristina is a fellow artist and photographer and has a wonderful blog http://faisons-ici.ca where you’ll find an article on me ;-)
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A new addition to the #socialportriats series SP 016 Crystal, oil on panel, 11in x 11in by Mark Stephenson.
Social Portraits is a series of oil paintings painted from online social media profile photos then shared online for everyone to see, like, share, and comment on. I’m out to capture that epic selfie, perfect angle, big moment, the morning after or whatever it is that you have used to represent your carefully crafted online persona.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mste/social-portraits-a-social-art-project
Get painted and be a part of the Social Portraits series.
Social Portraits – a social art project - It’s not a filter, it’s a painting. Let's fill our social media with more original art, become a part of the Social Portraits series. Help fund this art project on http://kck.st/20B1YDz
As creative people we’re often conceiving art projects. We’ll scour grant opportunities and put in applications in the hopes we can convince the jury to fund our project. It’s great to have these arts funding opportunities but it can take a while to find out one way or the other and sometimes it’s not enough.
The first of a few articles I’m writing as I go through the process of creating and running my first crowdfunding campaign for one of my art projects, Social Portraits.
013 Tiana
013 Tiana by Mark Stephenson, oil on panel, 11"x11" painted during Art School Fair
012 Megan
Here is a #socialportraits painting created at Chinatown Remixed 2015. This one has an extra nice story to it. Chinatown Remixed was on the same day as Nuit Blanche Ottawa Gatineau 2015 and overlapped the event by a couple hours. I took this opportunity to paint Megan Smith, the curator of NBOG, during that time of overlap. The profile pic I chose was from the night of NBOG 2014. It’s opportunities like this that continue to draw me deeper into this project.
012 Megan, oil on panel, 11"x11" painted during Chinatown Remixed 2015
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011 Lillian
Catching up on some portraits from last year as I get prepared for big announcements around the Social Portraits project. This one of Lillian was painted live at Chinatown Remixed in Ottawa.
011 Lillian, 11 inches square, oil on panel by Mark Stephenson
Big announcements coming soon for the Social Portraits project, stay tuned!
I’ll be at the Art School Fair in Ottawa this weekend live painting #socialportraits https://www.facebook.com/events/670591436380468/
Come see me at the Hellenic Reception Centre: 1315 Prince of Wales Drive, Ottawa on Saturday Oct 31st or Sunday Nov 1st.
One of my life drawings from late August 2015, pen and ink, 14″ x 17″
One of my life drawings, a touch of red, is on the cover of the latest issue of the Ottawa Arts Review http://www.ottawaartsreview.com/book/expectations-issue-8-2/
After a break for a year I’m back in the swing of things. I’ll be painting 2-3 Social Portraits at Chinatown Remixed in Ottawa on Saturday Sept 19th from 2pm to 8pm at Clear Sky Vapes (621-1 Somerset Street West). I’ll be doing this at another event in October, more to come on that later.
Signup is open again and you can do it online, no more pdf business.
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A couple of my recent life drawings. Same pose but from different perspectives. Pen and acrylic Ink on 100b bristol 14in(w) x 17in(h) by Mark Stephenson
Going to be at the @lapetitemortgallery hit & run show tonight with this life drawing https://www.facebook.com/events/432360160274670/
