A Few More 4"x4" Collages

Continuing to use my recently made collage papers, here are a few more Teeny Tiny Art pieces.

I just filled out my 2016 schedule on my web site, so you can see what next year's workshops will be.  I haven't yet posted the online workshop schedule, but will do so soon.  The only workshop that is currently open for registration is Gelatin Print Collage, in Bennington Vermont at the end of January.  Check it out here.  It's limited to twelve participants.

One big change is that Big Fat Art Weekend will be in Gloucester, MA, rather than here in Rupert, VT, April 1 - 3.  I found a venue where we can work on the wall as well as on tables, which will save our backs, and also allow us to work even larger if we want to.  I can accommodate fourteen participants, and will open it up for registration in the next month or two.  I hope to offer a second Big Fat Art Weekend sometime in the fall.

Another big change for 2016 is that I am only offering two workshops at Art and Soul in Portland next year, but both of them are two days plus an evening, so we can get deeper into our topics:  Dynamic Composition and Layering and Excavating.  Open for registration by June 1, maybe before.

Studio Notes in November

I've given myself a little assignment in the studio, which is to work on 10"x10" cruciform collage-paintings until I am sick of them, or bored, and then keep working on them to see what happens.  I so admire the work of artists who seem to go deep into an idea, really milk it over dozens and dozens of pieces.  I have a short attention span, and although I almost always work in series, my series tend to be short.  Unless they are defined simply by size and material - the 100 Drawings on 9"x12" paper, the 4"x4" ongoing series.

I've been working 22"x30" for a while, so I wanted to go back to a smaller size for a bit.  I'm working back and forth between the 22"x30" on the wall, and the 10"x10" on the work table. 

Here are just a couple of the pieces in process:

Grid-1, layer 1

Grid-1, layer 2 and 3

Grid-1, the next few layers

Grid-1, final

Grid-2, layer 1

Grid-2, with all the other layers, final

More Teeny Tiny Art

I have been working on more 4"x4"s, and I hope those of you who were inspired by the Giveaway post are having fun with this format as well.  Our winner, Liz Hoffman, will be getting her package this week; hope you have fun with it, Liz!  The rest of you can get 4"x4" panels at Cheap Joe's or Dick Blick or Jerry's Artarama.  When ordering panels, pay attention to the depth.  I use .75" deep panels for my 4"x4" pieces, but some are 7/8" or 1-5/8" deep, which you might prefer.  My favorite are the ones offered by Blick, but Cheap Joe's are a much better deal.  Canadians can get 4"x4" panels at Curry's, which are 1.5" deep.

Here are a few of the latest 4"x4" pieces:

#115

#119

#125

#116

#120

#117

These, AND MORE, are available as prints at Fine Art America, in sizes up to 24"x24", in your choice of framing style.  You can also see them at much higher resolution on Fine Art America.  The originals will be on display at our local library in Rupert for the months of January and February.

Happy New Year!!!!

And thanks to all of you for the 50th birthday wishes.  Best birthday EVER!!  Thanks for making 2013 a totally fabulous year at Jane Davies Studios.

NEW WINNER

It turns out that Kaye62 is not in the continental United States, and so I have to move to the next person on the list for a winner.  Which is.... Liz Hoffman!  It's up to you to e-mail me, Liz, with your mailing address, so I hope you're reading this.  Sorry, Kaye!

BTW, it is my 50th birthday today!

The GIVEAWAY Winner!

Kaye62, whose comment was #62 in the list, is the winner of the four 4"x4" panels and stack of paper.  What an enthusiastic response!  THank you all for your comments and indulging me with attention as I do my 4"x4"s.  One of you asked how far along I am in the goal of 400 pieces, and I am sad to report that I am only officially at 114.  I've done many more 4"x4"s, but I'm limiting the count to those that are "finished" pieces, pieces worthy of mounting and exhibiting.  Some whole groups of them don't quite make it - I start with an idea for a series, but it doesn't work in that format, or ends up at a dead end.  In my possession I have very few of the 4"x4"s, as many have been sold and a group of them are currently on exhibit at Gilded Pear Gallery. 

Here, again, is a picture of the little prize package.  It does not include the mounted piece.

For those of you who would like to buy your own 4"x4" panels, the best deal on them is at Cheap Joe's.  They make 3/4" deep panels in lots of sizes, and they are very sturdy.  To clarify my process:  I work on paper (slightly larger than the panel), and then mount the paper onto the panel.  This allows me the freedom to make a lot of pieces without using up panels.  Only the keepers get mounted.

Have fun with this, all of you who are inspired to make Teeny Tiny Art!!

More 4"x4"s and a GIVEAWAY

This week I began another little series of 4"x4" pieces, part of my ongoing 4"x4"x400 Project.  Predictably, I used some of the techniques I explored the the Green-Red pieces, scratching and scraping.  Here are a few of the results:

Working in series, and in this teeny tiny format is a great way to gain creative momentum.  Each piece is its own entity, but its the series, the multiplicity of them that makes the impact.

 To provide a little encouragement for you to try this, I'm offering a little 4"x4" kit, including four 4"x4" cradled wood panels, and a stack of 4.25"x 4.25" papers to get started.  I cut my paper slightly larger than the panel so that I have wiggle room when mounting.

To enter the drawing to win my little 4"x4" kit, just comment on this blog post, and give me your name so I can identify you.  The drawing will be on Sunday, December 22, solstice!  You must be in the continental United States to qualify, just so that shipping is easy.

I am teaching a workshop in Teeny Tiny Art at Art Unraveled on July 30, 2014; and again at Art and Soul in Virginia Beach, on October 2, 2014.  BTW, registration for Art Unraveled is now open.

More 4"x4"'s

I've been working on some large canvases the last couple of weeks, but also going back to my 4"x4"'s because I have to deliver sixty of them to VTica next week (see previous post about the show). I will show you the canvases when they are done, which may be a while.  SO different working large on canvas than either working small or working on paper.

Here is a sampling of the new 4"x4" pieces:

See the 4"x4"x400 Flickr Group.  Join it if you like!

4"x4"

I am still working on my 4"x4"x400 project, and it may take me all year to get to the projected 400.  In the upcoming show at VTICA, called "Journey into Process" (see invite, below), I will be displaying 60 of the 4"x4"'s, mounted on wood panel, in two grids, three high and ten wide. 

Here are a few of the latest 4"x4"'s:

To participate in the 4"x4"x400 project, go here.  Or view the Flickr page.  If you are making 4"x4" art, please join the Flickr group and post your work!