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I wasn't going to enter this show, but a lady I work with enters this show every year and she needs someone to deliver and pick up her artwork. From the Norris Cultural Arts Center Call for Entries on EntryThingy: https://www.entrythingy.com/d=norrisculturalarts.com?start=list#dashboard """"""Norris Gallery committee invites artists to submit up to three original pieces for consideration in the winter juried show called Visual Harmony. Work in this juried show depicts patterns in nature, design, construction or wherever visual harmony is seen in our world. Open to all media and content. - Entry deadline: Monday, November 18, 2019 - A non-refundable entry fee of $30 is charged to each artist - Artists notified of status of entries: by mid-December - Accepted work drop-off date: Monday, January 6, 2020 (3 - 6 pm) - Show dates: January 11 through February 16, 2020 (gallery hours: Wednesday - Sunday, 11 am - 4 pm) - Reception and awards presentation: Sunday, January 26, 2020 (2 - 4 pm) - Work pick-up date: Monday, February 17, 2020 (1 - 3 pm)"""""" I don't know what pieces the show in Woodstock will accept, so I picked these from what I have left over. They are not entirely a cohesive grouping, but whatever.   
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This project took me about 6 months from concept to installing it and taking pictures yesterday. Once the photos were in the can I was so relieved that I got everything done that I had a good cry. This piece celebrates the power of the sun. In addition to playing with optics and light effects like all of my other pieces, this one harvests photons with solar collectors and photo-luminescent pigment. As my daughter informed me the piece has an Easter egg...when it gets dark this piece glows like a bioluminescent cove in a tropical paradise. The underpainting has a layer of a pigment called Blue Lit that glows from beneath the transparent and translucent beads. The solar powered elements soak up sunlight all day and then when it gets dark enough they turn on their fairy lights. I plan to exhibit "Solar Panels" for the Elmhurst Artist Guild's Winter Member's Show. The Guild has a 40" max width for the show so "Solar Panels" will be installed vertically. That will be fun to see! Below is a video, shots of the piece in daylight, twilight, and dark modes, the prep studies, and a spin-off bowl that I made while making solar panels.       |
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