This has been a very exciting week. I was accepted into Open Studios, a local exhibition in which artists invite the public into their studios. It all happens in October. Right now, I am constantly submitting my work to shows, both national and local. I submitted this painting to a local show because the juror likes paintings that take risks. This is a portrait of a woman that I worked with on a festival. She told me that she had a tattoo and I asked to see it. I didn't realize until she pulled up her shirt where the tattoo was. She was the one taking the risk, but I liked the contrast of the colors that she was wearing with her skin and the tattoo and the carnival pattern in the background.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Tattoo
This has been a very exciting week. I was accepted into Open Studios, a local exhibition in which artists invite the public into their studios. It all happens in October. Right now, I am constantly submitting my work to shows, both national and local. I submitted this painting to a local show because the juror likes paintings that take risks. This is a portrait of a woman that I worked with on a festival. She told me that she had a tattoo and I asked to see it. I didn't realize until she pulled up her shirt where the tattoo was. She was the one taking the risk, but I liked the contrast of the colors that she was wearing with her skin and the tattoo and the carnival pattern in the background.
