I participated today in the 60/60 fundraiser event sponsored by the Everson Museum. Sixty artists produced or finished work in sixty minutes and donated it to the museum.The public was invited to buy raffle tickets and to deposit them in a container by the artist whose work they wanted to win. Although the weather did not seem promising at the beginning, it turn out to be a wonderful balmy evening that attracted a crowd.
It was a good opportunity for the public to see the steps taken in producing artwork in different media, and for the artist to have the chance to do some networking.
I told people who were looking at my work at the very beginning, to stop by later as my piece was in the "ugly duckling" stage (orange and red underpainting). It was nice when I reached the point where people started to recognize the place.
Moose River at Thendara (9"x12") was won by a woman who has been wanting to buy a painting from me for some time. Nice to know that my baby is in good hands!
7 comments:
Adriana, a very nice painting. You do good well pressure.
wow that looks wonderful! very good work.
I thought I was a fast painter, but I don't think I could do that in 60 minutes. How fun, though! I need to get involved with something like that. Being a teacher, I guess there's the innate tendency to enjoy performing.
What a great event but a lot of pressure! Your painting is beautiful and how nice to know someone wanted it very badly. I could never do such a finished looking piece in that amount of time!
Thank you everyone for checking! Painting outdoors as I've been doing lately definitely helped. I felt the pressure when the announcer said there were 15 minutes left and I still had to work on the foreground weeds! My color selection at that point was not the best but I finished it on time and even remember to sign it. I just wish I had thought to bring other samples of my work to display. Thanks again!
That is an awesome event, and that is amazing work in 60 minutes!!!!
Thank you Pam!
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