Sneak Preview – “Summer Breeze”
For the rest of the week I plan to feature some of the work I’ll be showing at the MPAartfest this weekend and the stories behind them. At right is “Summer Breeze.” It’s 33″h x 27″w and it’s mounted on stretcher bars so it hangs on the wall by a wire just like a painting.…
MPAartfest coming up next weekend Oct. 4
Only one week left until the MPAartfest on Sunday October 4 in McLean Central Park! I’ve been busy working on some new pieces for the show, most of which haven’t even been photographed yet. At right is “Wild Geese in Flight,” one of my newest works which I’ll be hanging at the Artfest. I’ll be…
“Amber Harvest” Accepted at Quilts=Art=Quilts 2009
I’m thrilled to announce that “Amber Harvest” has been juried into the Quilts=Art=Quilts 2009 exhibition at the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center in Auburn, NY. The show will run from Nov. 1, 2009 through Jan. 10, 2010 with a preview reception on Oct. 31 from 6-8 pm. As I noted in an earlier post, this piece…
SAQA Reverse Auction Starts Today!
I’ve been on vacation the last couple of weeks, but I’m finally back in the studio now. No pictures yet, but I wanted to let everyone know that the Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) Reverse Auction of 12″ square art quilts starts today. There are many wonderful works to choose from and you’ll being helping…
New to Color Block Series – “Amber Harvest”
“Amber Harvest” is the newest piece completed in my Color Block series and it moves off in a different direction that I’m very excited about. For this piece, I created one improvisational block by cutting strips, resewing them and cutting again until I had a block I was happy with. Then I framed it asymmetrically…
“Seashells” Completed; Detail of “Sunrise on the Beach”
I’m pleased with how my “Seashells” piece turned out. Regular readers will doubtless note this is very different color palette than the brights I normally use, but it was fun to try. I pushed the idea of a neutral in several directions, from beige to pink and beige to blue-green and there may even be…
New Name – Jazz Rhythms
This is the latest version of my “Red is a Neutral” piece–which I’ve renamed to “Jazz Rhythms.” I took it over to show my artist friend Jennifer Duncan recently to get her input. Jennifer does wonderful abstract mixed media paintings and uses a bright color palette similar to mine–you can see her work at http://www.jenniferduncanart.com…
Cindy’s Studio – Pricing
I had a photographer, Al Reitan, come over and take pictures of my studio recently for the Great Falls Studio Tour that will take place October 17-18 this year and I thought I would share this photo of my space. I have a studio that would generously be called “compact” at about 8′ x10′ in…