Interview with Rose Datoc Dall on Today'smama.com

Today, Emily King recently interviewed me for TodaysMama.com. The post ran today. Just in case any of you want to check out the post, click here. Emily asked me all kinds of questions about being a mom and an artist.

New Small Piece: "Clarion Call"

Here is a small piece I just finished for the SVU Fundraising Gala entitled "Clarion Call," oil on canvas, 20" x 30."

Of course, I dithered on the title for a while. "Moroni" was the obvious choice, but I thought another title, "I saw another angel fly," might be more in tune with the inspiration for the piece, but my husband thought that was too wordy for a title. So I settled for "Clarion Call" because it needs to communicate the heralding of this last dispensation. If anyone has a vote on a better title, PLEASE DO COMMENT.

Mormon Times Article and other crazy stuff

If things could not get any more surreal, I found out this morning on Facebook from my friend Wayne Fagg (thanks, Wayne!) that an article entitled LDS Artist Surprised at Huge Response to Ad Campaign ran this morning in the Mormon Times (see left). I must be the last to find out about these things.


Talk about surprised; I thought it was going to be a little blurb along with comments from the other mormon.org video participants. I was wrong apparently...

The article is in response to the video and ad campaign on Mormon.org. It has been crazy enough finding yourself on billboards and TV ads and news clippings as part of the new ad campaign for the new face, voice for the new mormon.org .

Drawing the Diplomats- The Annual Western Family Picnic, Public & International Affairs Event for the Church

Every year for nearly the past 10 years, I have been working at the Annual Western Family Picnic, hosted by the Public and International Affairs Office for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Marriott Ranch in Hume, VA, located in the breathtakingly beautiful rolling hills of the Shenandoah. This year, the event fell on September 11th, a National Day of Service. All the International Embassies, staff and their families are invited to this event by the Church as an expression of goodwill to the countries for whom much of the Church's Humanitarian efforts are made and as an expression of thanks for hosting many of our missionaries in their country. This year was a record breaking year with nearly 40 Embassies represented and several hundred attendees. For the past 10 years, my job at the event has been that of a portrait artist for the dignitaries. Three other artists joined me this year: Jonathan Linton Lester Yocum, and Tai Hemleniak.

PRINTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE!

Okay! You asked for it. Here they are! Prints of Flight and Five That Were Wise are now available for purchase on my site: RoseDatocDallFineArt.com! I just put the shopping cart feature up on the site. (Flash plug-in required. Mobile devices might have trouble viewing.)


More prints will be available in the future. Stay tuned for prints of Creation of Eve in the Spring of 2011.

A Surreal Month!

Dear readers,


I am absolutely floored by the response of so many of you as well as the sheer number of hits on my blog since the video on Mormon.org came out in July. Thank you for all of your kind emails and comments! I hardly know how to take it in.


What has been the most surreal are the number of unexpected random hits on my blog from all over the world, according to my blog stats, which all of a sudden went from a handful to the thousands. Um... I keep saying, "Is this really happening to me?" From the US to Canada, to China to Brazil, from Germany to UK, from Ireland to Thailand, from New Zealand to India, from Sweden to the Philippines, from Slovakia to Armenia, from Turkey to yes, my first hit in Kenya this evening! (Of course the stats do not tell you if someone stumbles upon you by accident.)


Who would have thought this obscure little painter in Ashburn, Virginia would have a readership in Kenya or Slovakia, or Armenia? Whoa, I am, um... kind of speechless....


From the bottom of my heart, I thank all of you for your interest. And I do hope I am keeping you interested... but I am kind of new to having an identifiable audience of any kind. This kind of raises the bar for me to do a better job at updating my blog. I am overwhelmed by requests for prints of my work and am working feverishly to make them available on my website THIS WEEK at the Art of Rose Datoc Dall. So stay tuned!


For those of you who have not checked it out, the video is at Rose Datoc Dall on Mormon.org or at Rose Datoc Dall on Youtube.


Stay tuned!
Rose Datoc Dall

My New Artist Website

Visit my NEW Art Website at www.rosedatocdall.com!!!

(You will need a Flashplayer to view this site. Mobile devices may have trouble viewing.)

New Painting- White Apple Series

White Apple Gatherer, oil on canvas, 2' x 3,' 2010.

Study of Mary for "Mary with Boy Christ"

This image above is a drawing study done back in 2008, although the idea for this painting of "Mary with Boy Christ"has been banging around my head since 1988. I have since revisited the concept again and below is the current oil study, done Feb 2010. I hope to retain some of its looseness in the final painting.
The oil study above is of Raquel Machado as Mary, my perennial Mary model. Although Raquel lives in Utah and since I in Virginia, this oil study is based on a lifelike clay maquette, 50% human scale of Raquel. I use maquettes in many these serial paintings with the same figure. The maquette has captured my model of Raquel in time, when I first had her model for me 8 years ago. I was rather happy with the immediacy and fluidity of the image above.

Alla Prima Oil Study of Live Model, "Alex"

This is an oil study done from a live model, Alex. It is an exercise in "alla prima" painting, in other words, completing a painting from a live session, roughly 3-4 hours. I did take it home and do some touch-ups, but it is mostly "all prima."

Ensign Magazine Cover, December 2009

"Flight" just came out on the cover of the December 2009 Ensign Magazine.

This painting is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Church History and Art of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Artwork featured on Mormon Artist Magazine Online, November 13, Issue 7

Painting "Flight" featured under Upcoming Artists on Mormon Artist Magazine Online
Issue 7, Nov 13, 2009

http://mormonartist.net/issue-7/upcoming/

or

http://mormonartist.net/pdf/issue7/issue7upcoming.pdf

Salt Lake Tribune Article, "LDS Artistic Mission," Aug 15, 2009

Nice surprise. I didn't even know that this article was printed in the Salt Lake Tribune until a friend gave me this clipping with my painting Flight in it. The full online article entitled " LDS artistic mission: Enhancing the temple experience," can be read at http://www.sltrib.com/features/ci_13055494. You must click on the photo gallery (right) to view the painting online.

Frame Completed for "Five that Were Wise"

I just completed building a tabernacle frame for a painting, Five that Were Wise. The frame is about as tall as I am (5 ft tall). I just delivered the painting for the October Southern Virginia University Art Show and Gala.

Arts Feature & Interview on Segullah Magazine, May 29, 2009

Today there was an arts feature of my work with an interview on Segullah Magazine, an LDS women's literary and arts magazine. The article was written by Ashley Dickson. Here is the link: http://segullah.org/artist-interviews/down-to-an-art-%e2%80%94-an-interview-with-artist-rose-datoc-dall/#more-3202.

8th International Art Competition, Purchase Award Winning Piece, “Flight,” March 20, 2009

This piece, entitled Flight, 54″ x 54,” oil on canvas, is a based on the familiar and classically depicted story of Joseph, Mary & the boy Savior’s flight into Egypt from the New Testament. This piece won a Purchase Award in the 8th International Art Competition which is held every 3 years in Salt Lake City by the Museum of Church History & Art. Announcements were made during the Award Ceremony on March 20, 2009, just prior to the evening’s Exhibition Opening. Flight, having received the Purchase Award, is now a permanent part of the Museum’s collection. This piece was amongst 1089 entires from 44 countries, of which nearly 200 were selected for final exhibition. The exhibition will hang in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City from March 20 through October 11, 2009.

An article with a list of Competition awardees can be read at News Archives at LDS.org:

http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=7cecc8fe9c88d010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=a27c4a31e6f30210VgnVCM100000176f620a____

The 8th International Exhibition online can be viewed at: http://www.lds.org/ch/remembering/exhibit_2009.html

Opening Reception at the 8th International Art Competition

March 20, 2009, Opening Reception at the 8th International Art Exhibition In the Conference Center in Salt Lake City, just following the Awards Ceremony, at which Flight received a Purchase Award from the Museum of Church History &Art.

Philippine Ambassador Gaa visits 2007 Exhibition, "Engraven Upon the Hearts, A Celebration of Filipino Heritage," Solo Exhibition of Rose Datoc Dall

Above, I am presenting one of my prints as a gift to His Excellency Philippine Ambassador Willy Gaa and Mrs. Gaa. This piece was featured in the 2007 Exhibition, Engraven Upon the Hearts, A Celebration of Filipino Heritage, which was an solo exhibition at the Washington, DC Temple Visitors Center, comprised of mixed media and embossed intaglio prints based inspired by the testimonies of Filipino Latter-day Saints which I had collected from all over the world. Thus a crew and I pulled together a historical display of the history of the LDS Church in the Philippines, as well as displaying the collection of testimonies. In addition, we produced a film documentary to accompany the exhibition. The Ambassador and his wife were invited by the International Affairs & Public Affairs Office of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to a private tour of the exhibition and dinner.



Attendees of the Private Dinner & Exhibition Tour: standing from the top left row are Anne Bowler (wife of Ken Bowler from Public Affairs); Mauri Earl from the International Affairs Office; Sister Hammond, matron of the DC Temple; Elder Hammond, DC Temple President; Zaldy Sabino, from the State Department; Senator Bennett; Mary Sabino, wife of Zaldy Sabino; Area Authority, Elder Hardy; Dr. Minda Datoc (my mother); Sister Hardy; Bishop Richard Marriot; Ken Bowler, Director of Public Affairs for the Church; Sister Patricia Child & Elder William Child, Director of the DC Temple Visitors Center. Seated are former Congressman Santini; wife Ann Santini Director of the International Office of the Church; Mrs. Erlinda Gaa, wife of the Ambassador; His Excellency Ambassador Willy Gaa; and myself, Rose Datoc Dall.

Merit Award at the 2007 Art League Juried Exhibition, the Torpedo Factory

This handcolored embossed etching called Patterns in Variations 01, won a Merit Award at the 2007 Art League Juried Exhibition at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, Virginia.