I'm happy to say that I got an email from the judges at "Road to California" Show. My quilt "Beside the Still Waters" has won 2nd place in the Art-Naturscapes catagory. It's always a great feeling to have my work recognized by others.
Here's a shot of the quilt:
Beside the Still Waters - 2008 - 88"x44"
This scene is of Stone Lagoon, a few miles north of where we live. I enjoyed water skiing and boating on this water when I was a young person.
As the painting sessions go on, I fill in more areas. This time we have more shirts. Tomorrow I'll tackle adding another face or two...
Well, I've been moving along, section by section on that quilt. So busy painting I haven't taken time to blog. That's good, right? At least I'm accomplishing something.
Remember that these are first steps, there will a lot of details added after the initial painting--patience is required to get the look I want.
So I'll show you a few of the starting steps
After the tracing, I want a full sized outline.
Usually I do the faces first, but I decided to fill in the backgrounds first on this and see how that works out for me. Got to keep trying new methods to refine the process....
Then I begin on the clothes ....
I also got a start on her face and arm - many details on that to come.
Then another shirt.
More soon....
Big excitement!!
My new quilt "Begonia Picotee" won Best of Show at the Humboldt Arts' Council Member's Show. It will be on exhibit through December and is in the upstairs gallery. (Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA) stop by and see the art if you have time. There are some interesting pieces on display.
I am very thankful to have my work recognized in an art show.
The piece is a painted Begonia with heavy threadplay (very heavy).
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