Caution! Wet Paint!

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"Open to the Sky" August 2009. 8"x10" collage on canvas.

This weekend I am in my favorite summer resort town, Newport RI, to participate in a charity fundraiser. The Newport Art Museum has an auction each year named Wet Paint, where artists from all over the region come together for one weekend each summer to make art and auction it off for the benefit of the museum. The artists are of all ages, ranging from t0w-headed, 5 year old, finger-painters to some recognizable and venerable established artists. I'm very excited to have two collages included in this years offering: "Open to the Sky" and "Pottery & Peaches" (see last post). Tonight I got to go see them at the preview silent auction and put in the first bid on my pieces, and tomorrow they are going to be presented to the public. I can't wait to see how they sell, and I'll post to let you know!

UPDATE:

So the good news is, both of my collages were bought at the Wet Paint auction, the bad news is, the only bid on each was from my mom. So in the end we ended up just buying the work back, but at least it was for a good cause and a lot of fun. Next year I think I'm going more traditional, a nice oil painting of the ocean or something, because this was definitely not the right venue for collage. Oh well, you live and you learn.

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"Open to the Sky" side detail view