It's finished....

I went back to ArtisTree and finished what I started last Monday at Pot Luck and Studio Fever night.  My section of papered wall was just painted with gesso when I left.  I brought with me, carbon sketch pencils, masking tape, templates, curves, a straight edge, alphabet stamps and a long list of quotes I've been collecting for ages....

I chose a quotation from Carl Jung and got to work.  Some of the letters were missing from one of the alphabets so I started to do a mix and match and now the lettering looks a bit like a ransom note which I like.  It was fun playing with the soft pencils and designing the space.  I forgot the kneaded eraser which would have come in handy.  Perhaps I'll go back....

Caution: Artists at Work

Yesterday's email from Adrian read: "Studio Fever- TONIGHT AT 6:30!  Pick up a fork then pick up a brush.  Bring along a friend, a dish, a drink and maybe a medium of your choice...  Spend some time decorating the walls of the gallery for Studio Fever - time to get OUT of the studio!  See you at 6:30 at ArtisTree Gallery....
After a yummy smorgasbord of goodies, artists chose a section of wall, covered with either paper for drawing or canvas for painting, and this is what it looked like as they worked....

Artists have time to work on their pieces before the Closing Reception on March 14th from 5 to 7 pm.  And it's a good thing there is more time to work.  Below is the paper section I chose.  

And this is as far as I got since the gesso I painted on the paper never dried enough for me to draw on last night.  But I'll be back at work soon....

The Flurry Part Three

By Saturday night,  the Green was resplendent with work and had become a mecca for tourists and townsfolk alike.  A fire burned in the fire pit and folks strolled by after dinner.  The snow sculptures were lit and the sculptors were still working.

Here's Brooke's "Imagine Magic"....

Tony and Dj fashioned "The Great Escape"....

On Sunday, first prize would go to Katie's sculpture, "The Walrus"....

Fiona, Gavin and Hali's sculpture, "Athena", a giant owl, would take second place and win the popular vote....

Third place would go to the Green Mountain Boys and their abstract sculpture entitled, "Everything is (K)not Impossible"....

All in all, the 2014 Flurry was a great success.  On Tuesday morning as new snow fell on Woodstock, people were still stopping by to see the sculptures.  It was an exciting, fun, five days of work and play.

The Flurry Part Two

On Saturday, sculptors worked hard for many hours creating their masterpieces....

Our grand daughters, Addison and Avery decided to take a break and make snow angels....

Hard to know who had the most fun!

The Flurry

It's a gray morning with another 3" of snow forecast for today.  Yesterday's 20" have turned Woodstock into a winter wonderland.  And how appropriate because this weekend is The Flurry, Woodstock's snow sculpture festival.

 Wednesday, before the storm, this is what the Green held--stompers packing snow into forms….

And, by the end of the day, this is what the stompers had created….

Eight huge blocks of snow for sculptors to use in creating their works of art!  Work went on all day yesterday and into the night and today the snow sculptors will be back at it after breakfast….