Getting Ready for 2 Piccolo Spoleto Art Shows

"Vessel"

Illumination Embedded in Mixed Media on Wood Panel

14" x 11"

$300.00

available at

Infusion: The Laws of Force and Motion

Sponsored by Piccolo Spoleto Festival and Artist on Fire

at Citadel Square Baptist Church

I'm winding up the art for both my Piccolo Shows, and the above painting is part of a series of illumination mixed media pieces for the Infusion Show that opens Thursday evening, May 25th.  My show there is entitled, "Altered Settings: Unexpected Beauty in Timeworn Fragments".

I absolutely love working this way using the vellum, pen & ink, natural pigments and 23k gold - then distressing the illumination and "infusing" it into a highly textured wood panel (broken shells and sand from Edisto Beach mixed with gesso).  Then I might just throw some textured paper in there (just because I want to!), finally integrating the illumination into the panel which I paint.

Over the next few days, I'll take you the different steps of preparation - it's all a grand adventure, sometimes right out of the Middle Ages! 

We have 2 opening receptions, on Thursday (5pm - 8pm) and Friday night (5pm - 9pm), May 25th and 26th - mark your calendars - hope to see you there.