“Fry Guy” — New Original Watercolor Painting

I took a workshop with Mary Whyte at Springmaid Water Media in Myrtle Beach, SC, last year and loved her watercolor paintings with steam rising.  Here’s my version.

“Fry Guy” is from the Pennsylvania State Farm Show in Harrisburg, PA.  I used the cadmium red light (as suggested by an artist in an early blog post) with cobalt blue, raw sienna and perylene green for a dark.  I don’t usually use opaque colors, but I liked the red!

I just entered Fry Guy in the Berks Art Alliance Juried Art Exhibit.  The lady who was supposed to be checking the frames for damage said, “Wow!” when I took it out and spent a long time looking at the painting instead of the frame…  Now that’s a compliment!

Hope the judges feel the same way, but I won’t be upset if it’s declined.  There is such a variety of good art work at these juried art exhibits, the artists who win one year are often declined the next!

My First Art Museum Exhibit!

After meeting with director Stella at the Ratner Museum in Bethesda, MD, I have an exhibit booked for 2013!  The Ratner is a small museum and it is a group showing, but I’m still thrilled.  And believe it or not, they don’t take any commission.