Going to New York City!

The 12"x12" collage above will be traveling to New York next week to be in the "Small Works" juried exhibit at the National Association of Women Artists Gallery on Fifth Avenue! The show will run February 1-22. It is a thrill to be juried into this show and a great start to 2011.
 >grin<

2 canvases, 1 piece

A friend who is a painter and chair of a nearby university's art department suggested pairing a geometric (cut rectangles composition) with an organic (torn paper collage). I didn't go quite that far, but I paired two canvases and two scenes together. The top one is all cut rectangles pieced together from three sets of filtered prints and the bottom one has a few darker rectangles applied to the image and some leaves layered over the image of grasses. I like the different treatments on the two and the different size canvases (the top is 12" x 16" and the bottom one is 12" x 6").

First art of the new year!

Having been to Yellowstone National Park in three seasons, I have a number of photos of the Hoodoo rock formations – including some great angles from hiking around in them last fall. I decided to rough up a topo map with some of the same filters used on the rock photo, and I made prints of maps at small and large sizes so type is readable is some and becomes more of a texture in others (click on an image to see the map pieces larger). I tore out and applied pieces to the rock photo – covering more of the image than I have done in previous collages. I sent these images to an artist friend in Montana to get her feedback. I love her response to the bottom one of the two images: "As a climber...I love the angle of the rocks as it looks like I'm looking up at a great new route. The map is subtle and beautiful...offering various potential meanings and depth to the piece."

Abstraction

I'd received good input during the opening reception for our gallery show on three landscapes made out of rectangles of art papers. A large collage with topo maps layered over a rock formation also seemed to be a favorite. I decided to make an abstract western landscape with paper and topo maps... I might have to explore this idea some more. What do you think?

Six Women Exhibition

We had a great turnout at our opening last night for my Women's Art Workshop gallery exhibit with 325 people in attendance. The gallery director did a wonderful job of displaying our work, despite running out of pedestals since there was so much 3D work from the three potters! It was fun to share the evening with this group of special women.

New week, new show

Yes, 2010 is ending with a lot of fanfare. My Women's Art Workshop group is having an opening this Friday for our group show! We've had fun over the last two years: pulling a topic out of our jar of ideas, all making something in response to the word or phrase, and meeting 4 to 6 weeks later to workshop the resulting pieces. We picked 6 words to showcase the work that was brought to the initial meeting and subsequent work that was inspired by the project.

"New Business" relating to Rob's and my "Plains and Planes" exhibit...
- We're being interviewed tomorrow by the NPR station in Rock Island to air Dec 12 on their Sunday afternoon "Art Talks" program; they post the show on their website, too, if you want to listen to it at another time.
WVIK Program Listings
- We're going to do a gallery talk at the Galesburg Civic Art Center on December 9th at 7pm.
- Rob has added a section on our website showing photos from the gallery and the opening, and he is in the process of adding individual shots of everything in the show. So, if you aren't able to come to the gallery in person, you can still see the show!
Reed Studios - Plains and Planes Show 2010

Fabulous Opening

We had a wonderful opening reception for our "Plains and Planes" show on the 19th. The gallery director said we broke the attendance record with 200+ people during the 2-hour reception! We both received lots of great feedback on our new art and felt energized by the experience. I sold seven pieces during the opening, so that was icing on the cake.