Important World Artists award winner!

 I recently submitted artwork into a competition for an anthology to be published of Important World Artists curated and published by Artavita.  The following email was sent out the other day and I am excited as well as absorbing and processing the information!

Out of 1598 works and 389 artists I was selected as one of the 82 finalists!

I am grateful to be selected at this level!

My Work in World Wide Art Magazine #14 is Now Published!

 The two paintings that won in a competition I had mentioned in a previous post are now in the World Wide Art Magazine #14 which was published and distributed a couple days ago. 

Here is the link:

https://wwab.us/wwa-magazine-14/

A partial image of one of the paintings is on the Index page and the full image as well as the other painting are on pgs 87 and 88.

I am very pleased to be in this magazine!

International Art Competition Award Winner!

I have entered my artwork into a couple different international art competitions put on by Artavita.  The first was competing for the Artist of the Year Title and Awards where there were 60 awards, the top 3 had specific prizes. I placed 35th out of 480+ entries!  My painting titled Anxiety won that position!

Here is the award certificate:

The second one that I entered was the 63rd Artavita Online Art Contest, to be selected for publication in the 14th issue of World Wide Art Magazine. I had 2 paintings chosen for this award out of several hundred entries!  These are my oil paintings Anxiety and Discovering:

Here is the certificate:

I am very excited to have won awards in both as this is the first time entering my work into International competitions!  The second award allows me 2 free pages published in the World Wide Art Magazine coming out later this month! 

I don't know what the outcome of this will be but am glad to be doing something different and experiencing a positive outcome!

Showing at the 2024 Art Expo New York!

 This Thursday through Sunday April 4-7 I will be showing 2 paintings with Artavita.  

The following link https://artbusinessnews.com/2024/03/announcing-the-artexpo-new-york-legends/ explains a little background of the expo as well as lists 10 "Legends" of the event.  The company I am presenting with is listed first!  

The 2 paintings I will be showing are Pianist and Anxiety

Preliminary Color for Stained Glass Design

 I colored in different areas with a basic idea for the color scheme.  

The squares are clear hand beveled pieces and the color will be hand beveled and bonded on top of the clear bevel.  The same with the larger triangle shapes.  The areas without color will be different clear textured glass.  Next is going through the glass and using pieces that are similar albeit with variation of texture and other slight differences.  Picking through and choosing the color is a very fun part of the process!

Stained Glass Design further along

 Here is the design drawn in ink and with bevels.  The next step is working on the color scheme.

The dimensions of this panel is 85 in tall by 30 in wide.  With all the hand beveling this will take quite a few months.  

Designing Stained Glass Panel for Interior Door

I have been working on a design for the interior door.  Here is the basic outline/design:

This is in pencil at this time, a little difficult to see- if you click on the image it will appear larger to see more detail.  I will be drawing it in ink and then adding bevel lines as well as color.  

Stained Glass Project for Interior Door

 I am currently building an interior door frame that will slide along a wall and opening that leads from a large bedroom to a separate area.  After door is constructed/painted, a stained glass panel will be inserted into the opening.  

The black metal support at top of opening is where the door will slide back and forth.

The next step is creating a few designs and determine what would look good in the space.  I will post as the project progresses. 

Time of Rejuvenation?

After completing the painting I went through a period of feeling very worn out.  Then the holidays came with all the business associated with that.  I am now feeling the need to clean and organize, get a few things taken care of, taxes, artwork resized digitally for art submissions, marketing and art show planning, etc.  Most importantly prepare myself emotionally/spiritually such as listening to lots of music and technically (i.e. drawing to keep skills up) for projects that will come up. These are all different things that I do in-between projects.  Is is a time of rejuvenation?  Short answer is yes.  I take time to clean physical space as well as emotional space in order to be ready for the next project.