Mask

Mentally, I've been working on this painting for the Leap Collective exhibition word "MASK" for 2 months. I started it on a smaller board, scrapped it (too small), and now that I've improved the concept and mapped out the process, I'm optimistically starting over again. Here's the wood panel I've drawn my image upon, cut, sanded, gessoed, sanded again, gessoed, sanded again, and finally brushed lines upon. The second image shows the undercoat with the image showing through. This panel will be the top layer of the three panels stacked atop one another to complete the piece.

OK, enough of this snail trailing already

Seymour continues his adventures, however I am back in the studio this week getting ready for my August exhibition. The show will feature paintings from With Sturdy Shoes and from Our Town (a series I've been working on and off again for many months - this work from the series has already been sold - thank you Kay!).

With Sturdy Shoes: She Pays It Forward

This work is the last painting (to date) of my With Sturdy Shoes series. I finished it just last week in time to submit it and 2 other works as entries into the 6th annual artSpacific juried exhibition. I was very pleased to receive a letter from the show Chair today confirming that all three works have been accepted into this mid-April to early May exhibition, billed as "an impressive coming together of artists from many communities in the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island."

The other two works are Three Women, After Picasso, and Child Holding a Dove, After Picasso (see previous posts).

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