award winner
Acceptance
Monday, October 8th, 2007
… a word about competitions, online galleries and juried exhibitions…
Acceptance by peers means a lot to Artists because most of us work alone. Accepted works or not, honest feedback and interaction with those who also love what they do, know what they are talking about and enjoy discussing it is always beneficial. If a juried exhibition is local and you’re able to attend, there you see other Artists’ works in person. We encourage each other, and an honest critique goes a long way. Honest critique and rejection of work entered into shows can also be useful; any kind of response offers chances to reconsider details and the direction of our work, and what we might or might not change in order to have it be more successful. (in the eyes of the public and/or as personal challenge).
Three works accepted into Artjury.com’s 2007 Fall / Winter National Online Juried Exhibition: Galahs in Traffic, Mayan Bowl Chair, and Linden Sunset. The Award winning Mayan Bowl Chair won placed Second in the3D Category at the Grand Prairie Arts Council Juried Exhibition and Sale Sept./Oct 2007.
Adam
Thursday, June 7th, 2007
11 x 14 pencil and eraser on paper
Post-dated entry: Adam ,Merit Award winner, cash prize at the VAST 19th Annual Juried Exhibition held in Denton, Texas July 29 – August 23, 2007
Calgary in September
Thursday, May 18th, 2006
Calgary in September 14 x 11 Oil pastels on paper ~ Part of the Paper Places series ~ Available, framed size 26 x 22 inches. Placed Second in the Paintings category in Plano Art Association’s annual One-Two-Five Show Exhibition in Plano, Texas April 11 – May 8, 2007
(I think of pastels to be drawings because no brush is involved, but they are commonly categorized elsewhere as paintings).
Ancient Mayan Bowl Chair
Thursday, March 30th, 2006
Mayan Bowl Replica - 29 x 29 x 29 inches durable, functional, comfortable refurbished Vintage1960′s plastic lawn chair, Mixed Media
This replica of an ancient Mayan artifact reutilizes a vintage plastic lawn chair that was considered Art in its own day. The refurbished chair was created by a process of weaving canvas strips and white glue paper-mache style over the entire plastic top and bottom, layering wall plaster sanded in between coats, acrylics paint, varnish, graphite, marker, more varnish, then waxed for durability. Three more chairs are yet to be created with historic Art themes from other cultures.
The original bowl design is from the Late Classic Period of Mayan history, 600 – 900 A.D. Common Era, portraying two water Gods witnessing the birth of the all-important Maize God who immerges from a turtle, symbol of the earth and origins thereof. Customarily, hieroglyphs written along the top rim show the bowl-owner’s name and what the bowl was used for.
Inspirational resource: Maya, Divine Kings of the Rainforest edited by Nikolai Grube ISBN 3-8290-4150-0
Post-dated notes: Accepted into Grand Prairie Arts Council Juried Exhibition and Sale Sept./Oct. 2007, and won Second Place cash award, 3D Category. Also accepted into Artjury.com’s 2007 Fall/Winter Juried Online Exhibition.