Thursday, January 12, 2012

Another Show

Last Friday was the show Artist Warriors: Post Apocalyptic Adventure at Del Ray Artisans. Earlier in the week I had dropped off a newly-framed piece (a big shout out to Stephany at Artifacts in Del Ray for her stellar job of framing). It’s entitled “Scorched Industrial.” Since I didn’t get an email telling me it wasn’t accepted, I assumed it got into the show. I’m figuring out how this works now (see my previous blog “Little Things Are Big Things”).

Although I was out of town and couldn’t make it to the opening, my lovely husband John went and took some photos. Yep, there it was on the wall, stark black charcoal marks next to other pieces of intense dark-like images. It was hung next to the bar so apparently there was a steady flow of people potentially, well sorta, maybe looking at it. At least we could imagine it so.



I have to say when I first heard about this show I didn’t think I would submit anything. The theme was “imagine you are an artist surviving in the landscape of a post apocalyptic world.” It wasn’t one that inspired me to create new work and I didn’t think I had recent existing work that fit into the theme... until I can across some of my charcoal drawings from my India Tile Sketch series. The one I submitted spoke the strongest of a charred landscape and forbidding industrial rubble, destroyed by sudden neglect or explosion. Hence the name, “Scorched Industrial.”


The show runs until the end of January. I’ll be there this Saturday morning to gallery sit. Stop by and say hi and see the show if you’re nearby.