ARTPRIZE in Grand Rapids

Gloria and I went to see the third annual ArtPrize and it was very interesting with nearly 1600 works of art on display. My friend William Anderson has some very unique metal sculptures that are located at the Van Andel Arena. His unusual work consists of painted metal constructions, very interesting pieces that are well worth the visit to ArtPrize.




Course and Discourse
The little white rectangles on the sculpture are actually small magnets with William's information and voting number.


Journey


Laboratory of Awareness


Personal Measurement Process


Voyager




I designed William's promotional material. These are the magnets with his information and the number to use when voting for his work.

New exhibition in October

If you are in the Chicago area, I'm having a one man exhibition of my sculpture and new painting series opening on October 15 in Oak Park, Illinois at the Pure Reign Lifestyle Center. The new paintings are based on my digital color and design experiments.

Contest for ARTPRIZE

In Grand Rapids they have a very large yearly art competition called ARTPRIZE. This year the Grand Rapids Press also is holding a competition for a poster which will appear on their front page on the day of the opening. I developed a few ideas and submitted an entry.






I should have read the rules first which said that the entry should not include nudes, so the above creations would not be accepted.




A couple more ideas, incidentally, all these images were created on the computer.


My final entry which included a drawing by DaVinci, which Gloria reminded me was also a nude. We'll see what happens on September 21, the opening date.

Colored pencil drawings

More drawings from my book DRAWING IN PENCIL.


ALONG KANDY LAKE
A drawing done from a photograph taken in Sri Lanka. When traveling I always take many photographs that might be used later as reference material for drawings or paintings.


BANANA GIRL, BESAKIH MARKET, BALI
I used Primacolor pencils for all of these drawings. This one was rendered on a smooth surfaced bristol board.


SANDRA
Another drawing done from a photograph of a young woman that was our maid when we lived in Paris. I used colored pencils as well as oil crayons on this drawing.