Competitions

Submitted work to two competitions today and two more coming soon.

I submitted EVY, the subject of a previous post, to Watercolor Wisconsin at the Racine Art Museum's Wustum Museum in Racine, WI. I also entered BOCCE ON THE BEACH and MEDIUM RARE, two more previous posts, to the Anderson Art Center's Annual Winter Juried Exhibition in Kenosha, WI. I have two more competitions I'll be entering soon... I will be submitting an acrylic named RAFFY - SAN FRANCISCO to the Museum of Wisconsin Art's annual member exhibition and I'll be submitting LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, a previous post, and WALTER2 (Squared) to the Wisconsin Visual Artists' exhibition to be held in the Reuss Federal Building in downtown Milwaukee, WI.

Evy - Watercolor

Evy is my newest watercolor. The image is 12 x 16 inches. The painting is double matted in neutral tones to a final size of 18 x 24. The frame is a espresso colored wood frame which goes well with the tones in the painting. This painting is the result of a challenge I gave myself. As can be seen in my other posts, my paintings tend to be quite realistic and can take a while to paint. I challenged myself to complete the painting from blank paper to signature in two hours. I'm happy to say I succeeded with the challenge. I wanted a loose watercolor that still had bold color, strong light/dark contrast and which was still realistic and captured the character and the look of the model. I feel I achieved all of the goals. This is my first watercolor after a hiatus where I have been painting acrylic on canvas for quite a while. I'm happy with the painting. I particularly like the play with lost and found edges. The right side of the face and the white of the background are the same. There is no shading and no line to distinguish the two yet the mind makes you see the distinction.

This painting is being submitted into the Watercolor Wisconsin competition next weekend. If accepted, the painting will be on display at the Wustum Museum in Racine, WI through mid-August, 2010.

Enjoy. As always, comments are always appreciated.