"Elements" - Juneau/Douglas City Museum fundraiser

$12.12

This was the fee to enter the JDCM annual fundraiser.

Opening night was last night -

1 March - First Friday.

Their rules stipulate that your creation be

12 x 12 inches

... and if you are doing 3D

12 x 12 x 12 inches.

The theme this year was

ELEMENTS

I thought about the word  

and its meaning.

Elements

The Merriam-Webster dictionary

first definition speaks

of the substances 

that were once thought to be

what the universe was made of:

Air

Fire

Water

Earth

My thought was to paint

a few of the elements

of 

my painting practice.

Here is the sequence of my process:

I laid out some stuff and took a photo
(but mostly looked down at my set-up while painting)

made a grid and a sketch

On a 12 x 12 prepared canvas
(from Joann's)
I first put a Gold acrylic base
 then began to sketch with charcoal

Then began to paint ... oh, and I gooped on some more of that gold acrylic
(because it was pretty!) and after looking at it, decided more paint tubes were needed

 

Elements      acrylic and oil on gallery-wrapped canvas, 12 x 12 inches

I have not been to the exhibit yet,

but will go soon.

Juneau peeps, you should go soon too.

Thanks so very much for checking in

and viewing my art and process.

(and happy March!)