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| Autumn Again 9x12 pastel |
I typically struggle with a title for a piece of art. It may come while painting but sometimes the painting has to marinate and it will come to me. Autumn Again was a a painting I scumbled out several times when it was not pleasing to me. The third time I focused on the many lessons I have been taught in recent workshops and finally, I was happy with the painting. The name was based on the changing seasons and it took me several times to paint, again and again. Autumn Again recently won a first in Pastel at the Art Fest competition here in Cheyenne. Art Fest is hung at the Laramie County Library through December 20th.
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| Helianthus 18x24 pastel |
Heliantius is my typical naming technique when the painting stumps my creativity. Go for the Latin derivation.. and then everyone is stumped. Helianthus won third - Intermediate at the National Arts Program exhibition hosted by the City of Cheyenne and hanging at the Civic Center through December 18th. http://www.nationalartsprogram.org/venues/cheyenne-wy
Yes Maphead: that is a title of a new book by Ken Jennings, the Jeopardy champion for more than six months, that claims the love of maps, cartography, geography and the related travel bug, is genetic.
http://ken-jennings.com/maphead.html
So now you know a bit more about me. I love maps! The book is chock full of why we love maps and goes on with stories of travel, goecaching and the five million dollar map, purchased by the Library of congress, because it was the first map with the name America on it. http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/0309/maps.html
While the book is entertaining it also inspired me to use some of my map collection in my art. Georgia Roswell is working on a body of work with topographical maps... which will premier at The Old Fire House Gallery In Lovland in 2012. I can't wait to see how she creates her maps.
