Teeny, Tiny, BOLD Reception

The 2022 Teeny, Tiny, BOLD show at the Rountree Gallery in Platteville is wonderful! 

Unlike last year, there was no geographic limitation on entrants, so there is work from artists from all over the country...from Seattle to Colorado to Texas to New York and more. 

Which also meant that fewer of the artists in the show were at the reception. Nevertheless, the reception was well attended including a cadre of local artists whose work is in show. 

And, the unbelievable food spread supplied by The Lemon Door in Fennimore was both delicious AND so beautiful it was it's own work of art.

Upcoming December Shows

I will have work in three shows in December - The Teeny, Tiny, BOLD show in Platteville and in two Mineral Point galleries!

Teeny, Tiny, BOLD 
This is the second year for this juried exhibit at the Rountree Gallery in Platteville. I feel very honored that my piece "Mother Earth 2" was among those selected. The exhibit includes 49 works by 40 artists and runs from Nov 17, 2022 thru Feb 4, with a reception on Dec 2 from 4 to 7pm:

Mother Earth 2

Cheers! exhibit at Green Lantern Studios

The December show at Green Lantern Studios in Mineral Point is a group show featuring small works by nine artists. Opening Reception is Dec 3, 5-9pm during Mineral Point's annual Candlelight Shopping and Gallery Night. 

I will have a selection of my mixed media pieces, including some faux encaustic wooden blocks, matted Artist Trading Card sized collages, mixed media jewelry created just for this show, and some folk art painted Christmas Tree balls that I did a number of years ago.

Faux encaustic wood blocks

Mixed media jewelry

Mosaic Montage at Longbranch Gallery

Organized by Cindy Fleming, forty-five friends met over course of the summer and fall to create mosaics with one purpose: to honor Judy Sutcliffe, mosaic maven and co-founder of Shake Rag Alley in Mineral Point.  All proceeds benefit Shake Rag Alley.

Ben and I both did mosaics for this exhibit for Gallery Night, Dec 3rd, 11am-8pm. I did two small plates and Ben did one.

Platteville WRAP Show 2022

 

Once again Rountree Gallery is sponsoring a Platteville WRAP Show.

The exhibit will be up through October 21, 2022, in the upper lobby of the Platteville Public Library, 225 W Main St, Platteville WI. 

The workshop for participants was held on Saturday, September 17 in the library community room.

The workshop covered two subjects-

1.       Presenting Artwork. Session was focused on methods for framing, mounting, displaying and hanging various types of art to best highlight the artwork. Also discussed were best practices for submitting artwork to exhibits to help ensure the works are displayed as intended. Dan O’Brien, artist and retired art faculty at UW Platteville, gave the presentation and served as the show judge.

2.       Photographing Artwork. Steve Yunck, UW Platteville Professor and photography instructor, presented strategies and techniques for artists to produce good quality photographs, essential to submitting for exhibit, documenting, creating content for digital and print. Geared toward non-photographers with limited photography skills, use of both digital cameras and phone cameras were covered.

Show judge Daniel O'Brien with my two pieces

Although the group was very small (only four artists entered the show), the discussion of the artwork was robust. One state award and one honorable mention was given. I received the honorable mention for the combination of my two entries - Open Up and Sultan2. A novel approach, but interesting that he felt the two belonged together. 

Paper Printing Alchemy Workshop with Sarah Rehmer

Two days of total emersion into eco dyeing and rust dyeing paper - many different kinds of paper, from copy paper to watercolor paper to giant coffee filters and more.  There was mark making on papers to be dyed, rust printing on botanicals, the use of modifiers to change the colors of the final prints, even burned holes in the papers with incense sticks! What fun!

We all came away with a treasure trove of papers. Some students got really lovely leaf impressions. I went more for a rather funky overall texture look. I love my papers. 

Makers & Shakers Art Party - Mini Books

The Makers & Shakers Art Party is held at Shake Rag Alley monthly on a Wednesday evening. The sessions are informal and short, only two hours, and anyone can attend for a nominal fee, no art experience required. Each month one of the participants shares an art project with the group, but not really a teaching situation, more of a casual have-fun-making-art-together thing. 

I was invited to lead the art project for the April meeting. About the only project criteria is that it must be something that can be completed in only two hours. I chose to show how to fold mini books from a single sheet of paper which is really an origami technique (far as I know). 

You can make either an 8 page book or a 16 page book - lots of instructions for the folds can be found online. You can use ordinary copy paper or any sturdy paper in any size that you want. I like to use card stock and sometimes craft paper or paper bags.

To add a little pizzazz to the project, I also showed how to make your own decorated paper using washes of acrylic paint layered with stamping, stenciling, and mark making. Decorating the paper before folding it rather than doing each page one at a time produces some delightfully surprising results once folded.  

It was a pretty stormy night so the group was small but dedicated! We had a lot of fun and I think their books turned out great.

Heidi's books

Kathleen's books

The Drift Show 2022

The Drift is a group exhibition of artists residing within 100 miles of Platteville, WI. The Drift focuses on broadening the circle of area artists and building community of new artists in all levels. The exhibit features 41 artists with artwork showcasing various mediums. 

Thur, March 24 thru Sat, April 30, 2022

Rountree Gallery 

120 Main St

Platteville, WI

Thursdays & Fridays from 4pm - 7pm

Saturdays from 10am - 2pm

or by appointment - rountreegallery@gmail.com

I submitted two of my collage portraits - "At the Graduation" (shown in the promo postcard above) and "School Marm":

"School Marm"

 

Richland Center WRAP Show 2022

"Sweet Dreams"

The annual Richland Center WRAP show and workshop concluded on March 19th. 

Held at the Schmitt Woodland Hills Retirement Community (SWHRC), the exhibit was co-sponsored by the Red Door Gallery (RDG) which was founded and is run by local artists in the Richland Area Arts Council, and by the Association of Wisconsin Artists (AWA), a non-profit membership organization that sponsors WRAP exhibits for non-professional artists throughout Wisconsin in conjunction with local arts organizations or sponsors. 

Fifteen local and regional artists participated. Here's is a link to the online version of the show. It was a small but very impressive show.

The show judge was Lorna Filippini, a Mineral Point professional painter who works in a variety of paint media and has incredible drawing skills. She and her partner ran Sugar Row, a small gallery in Mineral Point, for several years. She was university trained and has been a life-long artist. Because of her training and experience running a gallery, she is conversant with a wide variety of media. Check out her website for a look at her work, lornafilippini.com. 

As in all WRAP shows, one third of the participating artists had one work selected to move on the the WRAP state show in September. But Lorna actually went the extra mile. She also provided brief written comments on one piece from each artist regardless of whether or not they were selected for the state show! Thank you to Lorna!  

I entered two of my small mixed media portrait collages - "Sweet Dreams", a matted and framed piece on paper, and "If You Say So" mounted on a board. "Sweet Dreams" was given one of the State Awards so I will be submitting it to the WRAP State Show later this year. 

"If You Say So"

2022 AMP Member Show and Lantern Festival

The 7th annual Arts Mineral Point (AMP) Member Show opened with an artist's reception on Friday evening (Jan 28) followed by the public opening on Saturday. 

The exhibit is once again at the Masonic Lodge, 304 High St, Mineral Point and will be open next weekend, Feb 5 -6 and Saturday, Feb 12th. The exhibit features works by a couple dozen local artists in a variety of media from painting, ceramics, fibers arts and more to handmade furniture from reclaimed materials.

Ben and I each entered two pieces. Ben submitted a couple of his more abstract photos and I entered two of my mixed media collage portraits - "Sweet Dreams", a small framed work on paper, and "He was Dubious", a larger mixed media portrait mounted on a board. 

The last day of the show culminates with the annual Mineral Point Ice Lantern Festival. 

The 5th annual Mineral Point Ice Festival is Saturday, February 12 throughout the downtown historic district. Lanterns are created by artists, businesses, MP High School art students and fun loving townspeople. Made of Ice by Mother Nature and powered by a single candle, lanterns are judged and prizes are awarded.

A lovely -and fun - winter night in Mineral Point.