Conundrum (art exhibit)

I'm not in a conundrum,

this is the title of our show.

Front of postcard

Back of postcard

Challenge #1 

We didn't know when we did our memory painting challenge 

that we even wanted to have a show!

(Note: Patrick painted over his cat painting, I cannot find mine;
so two of these are photos - the gray & black one on bottom L and the reddish cat at top R.)

Challenge #2

Challenge #3

Challenge #4

Challenge #5

Challenge #6

Challenge #7

Sorry I didn't crop some of these photos ...

Challenge #8

I decided, upon suggestion of my husband, actually, to put paint swatches up for the challenges with a limited palette, to show what we used. 

I missed the close-up photo of the swatches for challenge #2.

Us 4

We had a great time at our opening! So many people!

Wish you could all see it in real life. I hope some of you Juneau people

go before we take it down. 

Let me know and I can personally guide you on a tour!

Thanks for checking this blog, I so appreciate your interest!

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Challenge 8 progress photos

 white pastel pencil to mark my light areas

This post is for those of you who are interested in
 my progression through a painting.

Our challenge was to paint with a limited palette,
no brushes, 20 x 20 or larger canvas/panel format, 
use thick impasto style, and paint a portrait of an elderly person.

Here are my progress photos.

Limited palette of red, blue and yellow + white - and I used Liquin Impasto

Dark gessoed canvas with gridlines

the drawing

When I sprayed fixative to set the charcoal and pastel,
I forgot to test the spay nozzle, so
it blobbed out a bit. No worries, though.

First paint - Yellow!

Heyyy!!!   oil on canvas   20 x 20 inches

Thank you for your interest! 

Next post will be about our show,
now at the JAHC Gallery. 

The turn out was fantastic! 
We were very pleased with all the questions and interest in our project.
(And I wasn't sick!!!)

♡

Salon Challenge #8 Reveal

Hi guys, there will be several posts to try to catch up a little. 
I was away from home
for almost a month in August, 
so I've missed a bunch of blogging ... well, maybe not a bunch.

 I will post the challenge reveal here 
then my own progress photos for that challenge in the next post.

Our 8th challenge was Patrick's choice
(his idea was to use the true primary colors) 
and he allowed us choose other parameters:

- Portrait of a senior citizen (Timi)

- Square format; = or > 20 x 20 inches (Teri)

- No brushes, just palette knives, fingers, etc. (Barbara)

- Limited palette of the true primary colors:
Quinacridone Rose/Magenta - Red
Lemon/Hansa - Yellow
Phthalo Blue 
Titanium White


Here you go:

Of Things Past   oil on canvas, 20 x 20 inches by Barbara Shepherd

Nola  acrylic on canvas, 36 x 36 inches by Patrick Ripp

There Were Days  oil and cold wax on panel,  24 x 24 inches by Timi Johnson

Heyyy!!!   oil on canvas, 20 x 20 inches by Teri Gardner Robus

Our reveals are always exciting, nerve wracking (at least for me), and fun.
We pitch in for a fabulous dinner, dessert, etc.
and I think I can speak for the other three artists
when I say that this final challenge was (duh ...) challenging, 
and we learned so much about our own techniques, 
about color and about non-brush tools!

I love these portraits by my cohorts.  

Barbara's "Lost in Reflection" captures the mood of this lady who waits ... 
and i particularly love the red splashes, and of course - the reflection!

Patrick's portrait of his friend "Nola" 
is the epitome of pointillism, writ large! 
When you stand right up close to this piece, 
you see just big gobs of colors ... 
stand back about 20 feet ...
and pow! 
right in the kisser! ... Nola is laughing.

Timi's "There Were Days" portrait title is spot on 
and her colors 
from our limited palette, SO gorgeous. 
Wish you could all see them in person!

Please feel free to comment
and add your thoughts.

Thanks so very much for checking in!


OH!
 - spoiler alert - 

Our show is up at 
the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council Gallery 
for the month of September 2019. 

The opening was gonzo good - 
we had so many interested people ask questions about our challenges. 
It was a bit different than people had seen before in that space.

Stay tuned for more art!

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Juried Art Show in Juneau, AK and other good stuff

Rainforest     10 x 8 inches
             oil, CWM, copper pigment, pastel dust on Raymar Arches oil prepared panel                                          

The following was a Press Release about the recent art show 

when I was very honored to be a participant. 

                                                2019 JAHC Juried Art Show

 

The JAHC is proud to present the 2019 Juried Art Show! The JAHC Juried Art Show runs every other year for one month in the JACC gallery. Our 2019 Juror is Alaskan Artist, Dan DeRoux, who is well known for his sculpture, painting, public art, and writing. Dan selected artwork from artists all over Southeast Alaska. 

Featured artists include Rick Clair, Suzanne Clover, Robin Hiersche, Teri Gardner Robus, Gordon Harrison, Jane Lindsey, Susan McDonough, Kristen Marie Reed, Lisa Ritter, John E. Svenson, Cameron Vance, Naona “Peaches” Wallin, and Crystal Worl. 

My painting at the top of the page was chosen by our juror

Dan DeRoux (a Juneau-born artist)

as "Juror's choice". I was so surprised by that and so very honored. 

This was the statement he wrote about his choice:

I thought there were so many beautiful paintings at the show, 

and if you read the statement - 

DeRoux says;

 "I am not saying it's the best in the show, it's just my personal choice."

Isn't that really what liking/disliking art is about? 

It is a personal connection with a piece of art, or actually, 

with an artist ... 

if I know the person who made the art,

I am more inclined, because of that, to appreciate 

that art a bit more ... what do you think?

! ... also ... did you find the "little face" that Dan saw

in the painting?! 

(please let me know if you do, in the comments below)

The painting below was also admitted to the juried show. I had submitted 3.

Morning Walk on Eagle Beach         oil on wood    12 x 24 inches

My third submission was this:

Wind
It could be, and I think it is, not finished yet!
It doesn't have the layers it needs.
Which will produce more texture ... it needs more texture.

On the subject of texture in paintings, I am very interested in artist 

Sheila Vaughn's comments

 (and her work ... although we have never met)

about the textures in her paintings.

Recently, she made a statement in her blog 

about her blog, and her paintings.

I loved the quote because I feel similarly about my blog, (and textures)

and wrote to ask her if I could put it in my post and she said yes. So the following quote is her response about the painting she posted.

“A return to my textures. Perhaps I'm more comfortable in this country.  Blogs are not websites. They record a movement of thought and desire.  They are not ashamed to show the various stopping off points along the way to understanding paint and other media and understanding ourselves as expressionists (I mean that in a very general way - all artists are expressionists…).”   

from British artist Sheila Vaughan’s blog 

So, anyway ... happily ... Rainforest sold at the show! ! !

I know the person who bought it,

and I asked her if she could please send a photo of the painting in-situ.

She was able to have the Juror's statement to go with the painting. 

Very cool! Thank you Julie!

Gunałchéesh/thank you also to Dan DeRoux!

Thank you to all who power through my blogposts. 

I say 

Gunałchéesh/thank you

to you as well.

Happy summer and happy painting!