Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Thankful























Finally, some artwork!  I scanned these and they are a little "bright" on my monitor, but I could not get them toned down.  Hopefully you will not be blinded looking - trust me, they are really nice in person.
The pieces are a mock-up that I made for a proposal last week.  I was invited to appear before the Board of Directors of a local public library to offer my ideas for art.  I made this little quartet on claybord - they are each 6x6 - so they could see the colors I had in mind.  Plus I wanted them to see how cool the claybord is, the texture, etc.  
To say I was  wreck is an understatement.  I used to do this "presentation" stuff all the time in my previous (corporate) life, but doing it with my art just made me crazy.  I spent a lot of time getting organized and even prepared a Power Point presentation.  
Then(lucky for me), the Universe intervened and we ended up in a room with no projector, ha!  So I pretty much scrapped my whole talking plan.  It was definitely for the best though cause I got really excited (like I do) and I think everyone could see my true enthusiasm for the project.
These circles really rock my world right now.  The connections and compartments have so many meanings for me.  I feel this is an expansion of my Community series in some ways, like the Community pieces are moving toward a new Connection series.  Geez, what is it with me and all these C's????  
C.  See.  Si. 
And yippee, I got the gig!  They want 8-16x16 paintings.  
Woo hoo, I ordered my claybords and can't wait for them to arrive so I can get started. 
Life is indeed good.  To do what I love, surrounded and supported by those I love......well, it just doesn't get any better than this.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!  

7 comments:

  1. I LOVE them! You know those are my colors!! Congrats!

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  2. Anonymous3:37 PM

    Congrats on the gig. Woo hoo.
    and BTW, i'm 'TAGGING' you. Hopefully sending some folks over to check out your blog!
    Kay Crain (John H's friend)

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  3. happy thanksgiving to and john !!!

    {and I had already added the LK day to my calendar-such a great idea-but I hadn't done what john does with those "empty" envelopes and I even liked him before I knew this about him and now I think he is BRILLIANT !!!!}

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  4. oops....and congrats on gettting hte "gig"...WHOOHOOOOO !!

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  5. Gorgeous! Congrats on the gig!

    Happy Thanksgiving!

    xo

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  6. Just wandering around and found your blog.
    Your work is incredible...
    I just love how rich the colors are.
    Ophelia

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  7. hey mary beth- these are gorgeous! congrats! I could sit here and stare all day alas I have to go make dinner.

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