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| "desperate for some java" (22"X15") |
i am extremely pleased to announce that my painting, "desperate for some java," won both the "state award" and "best in show" award at the la crosse regional WRAP exhibition. WRAP (wisconsin regional art program) is held each year with preliminary loco-regional exhibition (complete with jurying) winners in each category invited to the state exhibition which will be held in madison ,WI, this year in august and september.
my sincere thanks to marlene salls who spends countless hours each year organizing and putting on the la crosse program and her associate mary ann narveson. special thanks also goes to juror jennifer williams terpstra who judged my painting worthy of these honors.
so, now on to state later this summer.
not too much to say except that i darkened and added some texture to the left foreground trees to bring them forward, finished the vaguely detailed distant background, put a graded wash on the street with room left anteriorly for the center stripe, added some lost and found branches running through the trees. i also darkened the building just a touch with an over glaze as it was getting lost in the clutter.
as the title indicates i decided to do another city scape. this is a shot west on market street in la crosse standing in front of the studio gallery 1311 where we will have the first day or so of the frank eber workshop in september. this a pretty quick sketch and if i work out some of the kinks, i'd like to paint it on location later this next month.
