The 24hr Drive By Gallery in Chico is putting on a community participation art fundraiser. The gallery created large wall size puzzles of interlocking wooden puzzle pieces and the public was invited to pay $10 for a puzzle piece and decorate it any way they want. The pieces are due back tomorrow and will be re-assembled for a one week showing beginning Saturday, May 27 and running through June 2, 2006, on which day there will be a silent auction for the pieces.
dietcokehed and I are both participating in this show. I just finished up my piece today.
Bird Mountain Road
approx. 19" x 16"
Mixed Media: Earth, sandpaper, oil pastels, wax and dried flowers on wood
Here's a close-up detail:
Photos from Puzzle Shows from the last two years can be seen here: Clicky-Click.
dietcokehed and I are both participating in this show. I just finished up my piece today.Bird Mountain Road
approx. 19" x 16"
Mixed Media: Earth, sandpaper, oil pastels, wax and dried flowers on wood
Here's a close-up detail:
Photos from Puzzle Shows from the last two years can be seen here: Clicky-Click.
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I've been trying for a while to create these colors and acheive a "rusted" looking effect. I've had some orange dirt from one of my favorite mountain roads that I've been experimenting with artisically for several years.
Basically, how I did this piece was I ground up the dirt very finely and then sifted it and mixed it with some collage glue and painted it onto the wooden puzzle piece. After the dirt dried I tore some strips of sand paper and glued that down. Then I "colored" the whole piece with oil pastels, melted a favorite candle of mine and poured the wax onto the piece and spread the wax around while it was hot with a palete knife. The hot wax kind-of melted and blended the oil pastels and created a unique textured effect immediately as the wax dried. This is the first time I've ever used wax in a piece and I'm happy with the effect it created.
I'd love to see some of your photography. I'm 110% sure that anyone can come up this images like this regardless of their perceived lack of ability. I've only taken one art class in my life (basic drawing) and I sucked at it, which is why I stick to abstracts.
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Paranoid? Maybe.
I'm pretty sure they'll let you take a picture since it's not a standard showing.