Here are the other winners from 100% Pure Florida.
Merit Awards:
By Henry Peter
This dragonfly looked almost real, although it’s painted with acrylics.
In Third Place:
And in Second Place:
To see the Best of Show and my Award of Merit, see the previous post. This is a very nice exhibit, in Melbourne, FL, which will be up through October 1st. I hope you get the chance to see it.
Ellen Lindner
Here are some more great quilts from “Let the Sun Shine In.” I love the strong contrasts Jayne Gaskins has used in her piece, Sunlight in the City. Karen Tauber’s quilt, Bargello with Coneflower featured a similar subject and colors. This was another favorite, Sunset, by Jenny Perry. Check out the stitching and texture. Lovely! This piece,…
As I continued working on my muted piece, it was time to do a whole lot of tweaking! First, I made more units so I’d have enough to make it more square, rather than horizontal, as it stood when initially auditioned. Squares from earlier units gave me a good starting point. Getting close. As I…
In Part One I showed you how to mark large irregular circle shapes. Now, let’s learn how to make smaller flowers. I did this sample on a t-shirt and I wanted the design to be on the front only. Therefore, I put a baking sheet inside the shirt. Draw 5 small dots with a Sharpie….
Kandy G. Lopez is a portrait artist who’s currently working with yarn on gridded canvas. I got to see her work at the Orlando Museum of Art. Check out this large piece! (Maybe 10 feet wide.) Now, get closer. And closer, still. Amazing, right? Her portraits were very engaging. They were very large and in…
My latest quilt is complete! As you can see, I decided to square off the edges. These colors are true. My earlier ones were shot in the studio. This one got proper lighting. The dark colors of the quilt, combined with yellow streaks, reminded me of a cool evening, in VA, watching the lightnin’ bugs…
My latest artwork, Deliberation, is complete. I’m quite happy with it and I really enjoyed creating it. I did deliberate (get it – deliberate?) quite a bit over the title. It does look like an overhead view of rivers and many people suggested titles with that in mind. That would have been fine, except I wanted…