MFA Corporate Connections Entry: Mind The Glass Mixed Media

I am very excited to have finished a mixed media artwork featuring a print of my Mind The Glass digital painting. The print used is a one of one limited edition print made via darkroom processing on Kodak Professional Endura Metallic Paper and framed behind non-reflective UV museum glass, which protects the print from photodegradation while appearing invisible (Thank you C A Fowkes Framing for providing me with the glass I needed with 20 minutes notice!). Found object glass and mirror shards (retrieved from an auto- and other glass sourcing and replacement business local to me, thank you Economy Glass) are affixed to the museum glass, and seemingly to the print itself, over top of the painted images of glass shards into the print, making them into real objects. The shattered glass spills out of the print and onto the frame (and also includes purchased craft crushed glass nuggets). I extended the  background of the digital painting print by painting it out onto the frame using acrylic paint, and am very pleased with how well I was able to match the colors. 

I have submitted this artwork along with a giclee print of Herman Goes Sailing for consideration to the Maryland Federation Of Art's upcoming Corporate Connections exhibition. 

07/24/2021 Working hard

Hi all. I have been working hard for a couple weeks now on a submission for Easton, Maryland (USA)’s Gateway Sculpture project. A 4-sided obelisk is to be erected featuring art from 4 Maryland artists printed on 5x25’ panels of LEXAN. The artwork is supposed to follow a theme of Maryland water/riverfront life and/or Essex itself. Mine features a Baltimore checkerspot coming in for a landing on a Black-eyed Susan (the MD state flower) whose petals are made in he map outline of Essex. The sun peeks out from clouds through which a skipjack (MD state boat) trawls. A kayaker paddles below. 

One thing I’ll mention here that I’m not making a point of in my submission, because I don’t feel it’s the forum for an agenda of mine, is that I very deliberately make the kayaker, who represents a generic “outdoors-person,” non-white and most probably non-male. The PFD hides other gender cues, and the figure could be either a woman, long-haired man, or any other gender. Studying and working in wildlife biology, the stereotype of activities like kayaking, canoeing, boating, hiking, camping, and hunting as white male pursuits was pervasive. I therefore sought to normalize one not meeting those criteria by placing such a person in my artwork, which, if chosen, has the potential to be seen by 35,000 people daily. Fingers crossed!

Attention Email Subscribers!

The foretold end of Feedburner email is apparently to come to pass in mid-August instead of July. Right now I do not have plans to migrate to a dedicated email service like Mailchimp or ConstantContact. I will continue to post to the blog probably on a (I hope) at least weekly basis. You can also follow along via Facebook (@Fanfare.themed.art) or Instagram (@fanfare_themed_art). Thank you for coming along for my ride through the orchard. I hope you stay to play. 

Sincerely,

julie

Golden Hour’s Willow Paintbrush—Completed