Anniversary Cake 5" x 7" Acrylic on canvas panel NFS
This is the second piece I painted in the Grotto. It's a mosaic cake that is taller than I am. It looks like either the trees are tiny here, or the cake is huge. Well, it's huge.
Carol
Wenger Arch
Wegner Grotto Gate 7" x 5" Acrylic on canvas panel
I was in Minnesota and Wisconsin for a few days. I delivered the Serengeti Sunset triptych and participated in the Second Annual Wegner Grotto Plein Air Competition, sponsored by the Koehler Foundation. I took second place in the professional division. There were over 250 participants this year. Last year there were fifty.
The Wegner Grotto is the Wegner family's collection of glass encrusted... mosaic... fences, arches, buildings, boats and even a six foot tall anniversary cake. I also painted the cake. I'll show it tomorrow. The arch above is a significant structure, based on something written in a book published in Germany in the 1600s, according the the great granddaughter, Norma, of a couple of the Wegners. Norma shared delightful stories with me about the grotto.
Carol
Tags: grotto, Wegner, acrylic, arch
Morning Has Broken
Morning Has Broken 12" x 12" Oil on wrapped canvas $200
A month ago I went to the Botanic Gardens earlier than I'm normally out of bed. It was a beautiful summer morning with low humidity. The sun, low in the sky, cast shadows like I had not witnessed before. I was rewarded for my early excursion.
I've been gone. I've actually been here, at home, but not so much in my studio. I gave myself permission to rest, to become fallow, replenish, refresh and do nothing. Nothing turned out to be preparation for three exhibits, several house portraits and commission pieces, but I'm not compelled to post. Not yet, anyway. I'll share with you the triptych when it's hanging in Wisconsin. I'll announce the shows on a different day. For tonight, I'm just dipping my toes back into the pond and sharing a rose that dazzled my senses. She will be in one of my shows. But more about that next time.
Carol