Hello everyone,

I wanted to keep you informed on my progress for my show this fall in Soleure CH. I guess now you must know what CH stands for??? Switzerland of course (and it’s a Trivial Pursuit question too...)

I finished my 60 paintings and ordered the wrapping and stickers that I will need to wrap them with when I get to Soleure in July, where the show will take place in November, starting on November 11th and last until January 6th 2012.

It's been a very enriching and learning experience to work towards a specific goal and to paint so many paintings with the same technique. I had a special mandate with four different categories of prices and therefore four different sizes. I also had to do 40 paintings minimum, 10 of each category and all quite small, which is for me a bit of a challenge, since I rather paint big. The sizes vary from 8x8 inches for the smallest to 24x24 inches for the largest. I had to find a way to achieve that and I was in a mood to paint large at the time rather than small. So, I decided to paint on large pieces of velum paper, that I bring from the State. I cut them in small parts and glue them on the canvases. By doing that I also had the feeling of loose and free movement even though I had small canvases at the end.

That's how my title for the series was found - `Liberté` or `Freedom` in English. I gave them that title because I was free to do what I wanted, staying with the same technique, and also because I wanted to give the feeling of freedom in having spontaneous and free stokes.

Since I have so many paintings I thought that the best way for you to see my work is to go on my website and click on the Kunst Supermarkt Series and have a look.

I hope that you will enjoy seeing it. If you have any comments or questions please do so or ask me, I will try my best to answer them.

Here is a few samples of the paintings the rest will be on my website:http://nsartists.ca/catherinefields


Catherine