The Western Heritage Art Show begins on Wednesday, March 16th at the Holiday Inn in Great Falls, Montana. It's only my second year as a member, but it's the 30th Anniversary for this show, and I'm honored to be the Featured Artist this year. Hope Good, our Advertising Chairperson has put together a fantastic program again for us this year, and the first image above is of the centerfold page.
I met Christy Daniels at the Blackfoot Valley Art Auction in 2009, and we participated in our very first Quick Finish at that event. You have to see her sculpture to believe how well she captures her vision in three dimensions. I shared a page in the program last year with her, and I think it brought us good luck. At least I came out a winner, and it was primarily due to two images - my lobby piece which caught the attention of art fans as soon as they walked into the Holiday Inn, and the major piece in my little quarter page in the program was sold as soon as I hung it on the wall.
I'm hoping for the same results this year. The second image above is of my piece for the lobby show. The title is "He's A Pinned Ball Wizard". I wish I could have displayed a bit more white space in the online image, but the fact of the matter is - the image just barely fit on my large flat bed scanner. The jar came from my mother in law, as did the antique wooden clothes pins. It's the largest piece that I've done in at least thirty years. I'm so happy with the results, I've decided to start tackling some larger pieces to augment my Old Paper habit.
The Ball jar in the ad above will be hanging in the same spot that the ad piece hung in last year. And just in case you can't read the room number in the program above, my wife and I will be in Room 219 just to your left at the top of the stairs above the lobby. We met a lot of old friends and made a lot of new ones last year, and you can view a lot of good art (besides my own) in the process if you stop by this year. We also are going to participate in a new event this year called the Paint Around, which happens Friday Evening poolside at the Holiday Inn, beginning at 7:00 PM. I'm not going to reveal what I'm doing for that event, but I am doing another piece of mail art for the Quick Finish on Thursday, since my piece last year was a real hit. We hope to see you there!
I got to tell you, Dave, that his is an excellent piece of art and you should win best of show at least. My mom used to can in these jars and had both blue ones, and green ones plus the plain clear glass Ball Canning Jars.
ReplyDeleteYour advertisement and artwork are indeed excellent! A trick in photoshop I want to pass along to you: You can add to the edges of a scanned image by selecting "Image" - "Resize" - "Canvas Size" and making the dimensions larger. Then select the color of the background with the "Eyedropper" tool and fill in the expanded white area with the "Paint Bucket" tool. If you have a textured as opposed to a flat background you can fudge it by using the "Clone" tool. All of these labels are for Photoshop Elements but there should be similar tools in other versions.
ReplyDeleteWTG, WHA featured artist!! Congratulations, Dave. I sadly won't be there (I'm in the UK) but I'm sure you'll have a wonderful time with like minded people. Enjoy!
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One word - WOW. Just when I think I've seen your best glass jar art, you go and do another one. Just beautiful. You are a master at catching light in/through glass.
ReplyDeleteDave - You just cannot go wrong with your JARTistry ! Beautiful !
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a lot of fun. I hope you have a great show! And what an honor too.
ReplyDeleteI love these, Dave. I would so love to feature your blog and artwork on FAT Tuesday Artist Spotlight next week. Your work is fascinating and extraordinary. Not to mention inspiring.
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Congratulations, Dave, on being featured artist at the Western Heritage Show. They certainly have chosen the right person. Your work is so incredible - and enjoy the show and being the star of it!!
ReplyDeleteLet us know how the Art Show goes Dave! Good luck and safe trip!
ReplyDeleteAren't those clothes-pins a bit tough to get out of that storage jar???
ReplyDeleteWaiting with (garlic, of course) baited breath for your show report!
I really like the colors!
ReplyDeleteoh this jar is awesome...I have several of these old jars in fact. You do fabulous works of art.....beautiful...noah
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