Archive for April, 2020
Exhibitions
Thursday, April 30th, 2020
Bell Rock AZ, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on 140 lb cold pressed and Kaniksu National Forest, Idaho – 18H x 24W inches watercolors showing at J. Mane Gallery Landscapes 2020 online exhibition, April 24 – May 24
Winter Forest: Dogwood, 14H x 20W inches watercolors on cold pressed premium and Multnomah Falls, 31 x 25 inches (framed size) watercolors accepted into the New Horizons Landscape Exhibition, 3 Square Art Gallery June 12 – July 10, 2020. Opening date dependent on “Safer At Home” order for Larimer County, CO.
Monte “maskot”
Sunday, April 5th, 2020
Above: Monte “maskot” face mask for our social responsibility while out and about during COVID19.
The Monte Files were listed on my very first website (2003) with the invitation for you, whoever and wherever you are, despite your age or artistic capabilities, to send in your version of Monte or a character inspired by him, and add it to the collection. The invitation still stands.
Your character can be created using any sort of media. Copy any version of Monte in the Monte Files and re-invent him, trace him or print out pages from the Monte Coloring Book at the bottom of the Monte Files page and color or paint it, write a joke or add hand gestures (as in Monte Cycles 2006). There are no rules except have fun with it; Monte’s up for anything!
The pattern I used is here. I found that the suggested interface makes the mask too thick and not porous enough for breathing, so I made some without and they are much more comfortable. It depends on the kind of fabric you’re using, but the mask still holds its’ shape with double-folded fabric.
