Category Archives: My Art

Sketchbook 2014, second edition

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I have almost finished (varnish is drying) my personal edition of my 2014 Sketchbook. While it contains the same digital pages as the one sent off to The Sketchbook Project, it will be unique. The first “edition” (of one) contained various additions to the digital pages, and so does this edition. It is not a copy, but very similar, and will my personal record of the first edition. The cover is completely different: one of my distressed and embossed efforts on Rives BFK, embellished with gold & silver lettering. The shiny metallics don’t show up well on a scanner though: an angle is needed so the photo shows the lettering better.

Unfortunately in my eagerness to complete the project, I embellished the back cover! So now I have titles front and back! This makes it hard to know where to start 🙂

I will scan this edition too, since some pages are new and others slightly different.

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Distressed is best…

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Thinking embossed leather & book covers, and just having fun! So here I combined Rives BFK, ochre acrylic paint, ink, water, acrlyic sealer, a collagraph plate & my press.

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My new downtown P.T. exhibit venue: Jim’s Barber Shop

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January 2nd I got a call from Donna, at Jim’s Barber Shop (Polk & Water, downtown P.T. across from Quimper Mercantile). I left a card & request to hang artwork there after being told that they were ready for new art on the walls (local artists display for 2-3 months at a time, and there is no commission on any sales that may develop from the exhibit).

So I have a show! This is a nice brightly lit location with a fair sized wall for art, plus space above the barber chairs and elsewhere. I have a good collection up, but still need to create a list with prices…

The exhibit includes a selection of work from the past four years, with two very new pieces. Several works have never been previously displayed (outside my studio).

Hanging the show has been a lot of fun, with appreciation & questions from customers and from Donna, the manager & one of three barber stylists working here.

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Considering the Possibilities: a Salon des Refuses?

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I wonder how many artists in the local area who have submitted artwork rejected by the juror for Collective Visions Gallery’s 2014 annual show?  Since many works get rejected, and most artists submit several works, there must be a good many rejected artworks in the neighborhood.

Enough for a Salon des Refuses? Certainly! And if there are too many, we would give priority to works by artists with all entries refused 🙂

But how to reach the artists?  Advertise?

Where can we hold the show? Port Townsend or Bremerton? Hmmm, that is easy if I am to organize it: Port Townsend of course!

Let’s be thinking about this!

See these and more in this series on Facebook.

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Bones in the Caul

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Another variant in the Walking Bones series. Time to count & number this series!

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Holiday fun in art class yesterday

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Some of these scratch foil squares are mine...

Some of these scratch foil squares are mine…

Our five minute warmup took all evening! Too much fun! And can you guess which of these are mine? There is work from three other artists in here.

Mine are marked w/ my initials

Mine are marked w/ my initials

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Finally trimmed out:

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CH Bones FinishedSixteen months after installing this board to cover unwanted glass in a RoseWind Common House door, I have finally added trim around the edgest to cover the framing points and give it a more finished look! My trimwork is very makeshift, but it does look much better than before.

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