Two years ago I had a great idea for an art project for Tulare County. I asked important people with good connections how to pursue the idea, followed instructions to get put on an agenda for a quarterly meeting, wrote a letter as advised, put together a Powerpoint presentation, and then everything was cancelled due to The Plague.
An arts organization in Visalia has recently put out the word that there might be an upcoming project, based on the idea that I never got to present. A friend overheard and notified me, and now I am working on my submissions for the unnamed project, unnamed because it isn’t real yet and there hasn’t been a “Call To Artists”.
It calls for art that is horizontal in a 2:1 ratio.
OF COURSE I thought of the current most popular subject matter that I paint, which is Sawtooth Near Sunnypoint.
Trouble with that is the verticality of the subject matter. Will this work horizontally? The best way to find out is to try it.
Not wanting to spend a ton of time on a piece that might look wrong, I just did a quick messy first pass over the canvas of a 6×12 to get an idea whether or not it would be worth the effort.
If Sawtooth is big enough to matter, then the stream won’t fit. Black Wolf Falls barely fits. I am definitely fudging reality here. Does it matter? Does this work?
Maybe, maybe not.
Insert my regular cliché here; you know the one.
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Second option: iconic Farewell/Crowley/River-from-the-bridge view?
Third option: Sawtooth without the river?
Sharon, I think we will be allowed to enter several ideas, but since the “call to artists” hasn’t happened yet, I only have a wee bit of information to begin planning.
Proactive advanced planning is good!
No kidding, Sharon! So many of these “call to artist” announcements only give a week or 2 to submit ideas. The bureaucrats who run such projects truly do not know how to do stuff – too bad I can’t get big bucks teaching them how! (ugh, not that I want to work with or for them)
Are you considering other subjects, or is it limited to certain locations like local mountains? I am partial to your citrus paintings, maybe something like that would work within the parameters required.
Hi Marjie, I too am partial to the citrus paintings. I will email you to ‘splain it privately!
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