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| Judge Pamela Callahan with "Marilyn" by Karla Vogel |
Fifteen WRAP artists braved wintry weather to exhibit in the 2011 WRAP show sponsored by Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts and held in the Shake Rag Alley Cabinet Shop. It was a small but impressive show with a nice variety of work.
Pamela Callahan served as workshop presenter and judge of the show. Pamela is a painter and former assistant director of Woman Made Gallery in Chicago. Her studio, Otter Creek Arts Studio, is located in the country between Dodgeville and Highland. Pam showed slides of her work and explained her recent progression from doing figurative work to doing mostly abstract (which she told us she NEVER thought she would do). In the last half of the workshop participants had an opportunity to try their hand at non-intentional mark making as a springboard to creating artwork. Pam handed out a list of exercises designed to help get your judgmental mind out of the way, from doodling to use of templates, and shared a wide variety of art materials she had brought in.
State Awards went to Jack Dennis for “Pre-Owned Trucks for Sale” (Acrylic on gessoboard), Tom Fjelstad for “Untitled Abstract” (Oil on paper), Susan Hunt for“The White Pony 2” (Pastel), Chris Morton for “Heading West” (Acrylic), and Karla Vogel for “Marilyn” (Mixed Media).
Bruce Braun (“Western Aspens in Autumn”, Acrylic on canvas),
Congratulations to all of the participating artists and thank you for sharing your work!