I’ve completed three new pieces for Hello Art.  I showed you the early stages of Water 1; here’s the completed piece.

This piece is called Water 2.  It is 8″ x 10″.

The title of this piece is Horizon.  It is 11″ x 14″

Cafe Trio, on the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, is hosting a show of holiday-themed art until the middle of January.  Two of my photos were chosen for the show.  Stop in at Cafe Trio, have a great meal, and see my art.  Here’s a sneak peak.

In addition to the mixed media piece I’ve been chronicling, I’m doing another plaster piece on hardboard and a few canvasses.

Here’s the start of the plaster piece.  I’m thinking of titling it “Face it”.

Here’s the easel piece I’m working on.  It is getting very close to being completed.  Working title is “Seashore” although it’s not technically a landscape painting (at least I don’t think of it that way).

On December 2, I’ll be participating in the Hello Art Holiday Show at Union Station in Kansas City.  Twenty local artists were chosen to be a part of the show.  In addition to the three-dimensional pieces I’m working on, I’m doing a few traditional easel painting of various sizes.  Here are a few things I’ll show.  All of these are small works, 8″ x 10″ or less.

Estelle was sure the Chrysler needed new tires

The River

Water 1
(This piece is not finished; this is just a first pass at the canvas)

Below are a couple of photos of stage two of the project.  I gessoed the piece first and then added plaster to create texture to the flat area.  The plaster has a tendency to crack a bit, so when it dries completely, I’ll fill in the crack with more plaster and then gesso the entire piece again.  At that point, I’ll start painting.

On the upper left is another piece I’m working on.  Same process.  The plaster
on this one is a bit thicker, so it’s taking longer to dry.  I’ll probably be able to
add more plaster tomorrow or Sunday.  Rushing the drying doesn’t work very well.

I’m working on several pieces for the Hello Art Holiday show at Union Station in Kansas City, December 2.  This is the beginning of a visual diary of the project.  I’ll be posting photos of the progress of the piece.

This is the blank of hardboard, with layout lines,
I’ll be working on.

This is the bottom of the piece.  It is elevated
about 1 1/2″ by three wooden balls.

Here, I’ve added pieces of shaped tree limbs
(semi-xyloglyphs) along the layout lines.

Here’s another view of the location of the
semi-xyloglyphs.

Final view of the layout.  The next step is adding
a base coat of paint on the front and back.