Trenton Artworks 10x10 Benefit Art Exhibit

Trenton Artworks

is having a fundraiser!

It's the 10x10 Red Dot Sale!

From the website:

"Red Dot + Artwork = Support. The Red Dot shows support of Community Arts in Trenton. Come to the Artworks Red Dot Fundraiser and put your red dot on the art that you love.
Over 100 Trenton area artists created artworks on 10″ x 10″ canvas. The work is dynamic, diverse and all created especially for Artworks. Professional, teacher and student artists created works in oil, acrylic, mixed media, photography, pastel, watercolor and more.
Each artwork sells for $100 with the funds raised going to support Artworks.
It is a chance for the novice to test the waters of the world of original art and an opportunity for the collector to build their art collection."

I am an excited to be a 

first time participant! 

 I won't be able

to attend the opening reception

because I'll be in Maryland

celebrating my 

Special Birthday

(OMG GULP)

but I will visit the 

show once I get home.

Who wants to go with me?

Here is the process behind

my piece. 

First, came the 

brainstorming drawing:

 

  I used

various stencils

on the canvas

while drinking wine and 

listening to jazz.

That is always 

a perfect recipe 

for creating!!

  

 Next the focal point,

a non gender head

full of healthy words,

ideas and self talk!!

 

 Fooling around with

tissue embellishments:

 

 

 

 Considering a torn tissue

heart and crayon higlights 

came next. 

I decided against

such a literal message.

The title of this collage is

"The Greatest of These is Love".

You know, out of all the 

positive attitudes and emotions

rolling around in our heads,

the greatest of these is, 

um, well, love.

Feel me?

I knew that you could.

I'm not feeling the 

traditional heart shape for this

and the anatomical was too harsh.

So I let that go.

I love words. I use words

in my art prolifically, so

I went with the word.      

 

Torn tissue added to background.

And a gratuitous close up,

cuz that's how I roll. 

teehee.

 

 I decided to add a piece

of vellum to

the bottom half of the figure

to give it some color.

I finished the piece with 

glossy gel medium, but

I covered the vellum piece

with matte gel. It gives the 

piece very nice contrast. 

IMHO.

  LOL   

 

 Letters on tissue 

over ekg paper.

  

 The eye and the 

background dots technique

get revealed on

my next post.

And Here it is Finished!

  

 Hope you enjoyed

seeing my process!

Please support

The Trenton Artworks!

Thanks for visiting!!

xoS