The Zeleny Art Fair went well. This was the first time this event has ever been held and I thought the organizers really had it together. Thank you’s to them for putting it on.. A busy week lies ahead as I will be preparing even further for Art In The Park in Lawrence next Sunday and The Wichita Art & Book Fair the following weekend. I also have to finish up my works for the summer exhibit at the Sabatini Art Gallery in the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library.. so, lots of completed paper cuttings to share very soon.
I always listen to this record when I’m matting prints.. it’s become standard. 10 mats taped and bagged to each record side; flip record, sip coffee, mat again.
I found Relics of The Incredible String Band today, a compilation record from 1971, in the newly available used vinyl section of my local record store, Love Garden Sounds. It features a really interesting paper cutting by illustrator Jacqueline Chwast on the front. Coincidentally, I have a children’s book that she illustrated as well. (I’ve collected quite a few children’s books that have illustration work that I enjoy over the years from various thrift stores.)
Since my neighboring squirrels ate my other sunflower sprouts, I’ve got a few new ones growing in my window.. They’ll probably be eaten as well once I transplant them to the yard, but it’s fun watching them grow at this point anyway..
I woke up early again to mat more prints. Only about 125 more to go.. Oy! Then I walked downtown (walking is underrated — it’s soooo nice out) to meet with Colorado-based artist Sarah Fritzler to talk about all things art-business related. Check out her website here: www.sarahfritzler.com. And now back to more printing and matting.
That’s my grandfather on the far left. This is probably around 1925.
I’ll have some new paper cuttings to share next week. This week I’m trying to get all other art fair items checked off my list (I have, what feels like, an eternal to-do list.. don’t we all, I suppose). I squeezed in 30 minutes of reading time earlier — I’m reading, as I’ve mentioned before, Pioneer Women: Stories from the Kansas Frontier, and that sort of inspired me to take a look back at all these old pictures that I have. It’s kind of amazing to look at the development that has occurred over the last 150 years in this area (but also see land that is still seemingly undeveloped, thankfully).. especially when every day seems to fly by ..and my to-do list is barely scratched. I digress. Til next time…
I’ve always been drawn to these psychedelic liquid light shows after seeing the work that Bill Ham did during concerts in the 60s. The visuals are basically the projected results of mixtures of oil, water and pigment. I’ve been thinking about trying out something like this to use as a backdrop, or maybe as some element within, for some experimental silhouette animation.
I think I’m burning my printer out. It’s been running pretty steadily all day.. Lots more prints printed, and lots of new prints that I haven’t yet offered to the public. And lots of matting to do in the morning. And then a chicken with it’s head cut off.. so to speak (kinda how I feel right now). My printer is rebelling. I think I’ll give it a break and call it quits for the day.
Zeleny Art Fair this Saturday in Parkville, MO. Lawrence Art In The Park the following weekend, and Wichita Art & Book Fair the weekend after that. Lots of events coming up… lots of things left to do. I think regardless of how prepared I am, I’ll never feel prepared.
The Zeleny Art Fair went well. This was the first time this event has ever been held and I thought the organizers really had it together. Thank you’s to them for putting it on.. A busy week lies ahead as I will be preparing even further for Art In The Park in Lawrence next Sunday and The Wichita Art & Book Fair the following weekend. I also have to finish up my works for the summer exhibit at the Sabatini Art Gallery in the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library.. so, lots of completed paper cuttings to share very soon.
Zeleny Art Fair this Saturday in Parkville, MO. Lawrence Art In The Park the following weekend, and Wichita Art & Book Fair the weekend after that. Lots of events coming up… lots of things left to do. I think regardless of how prepared I am, I’ll never feel prepared.