I finally have something interesting to post here. An invitation went out to local artists to participate in a project for Art Prize, the huge art exhibit now in its third year in Grand Rapids. Twenty Four of us are reproducing a section of the painting shown below to create a Fifteen by Fifteen foot piece to be shown at The BOB, a central venue for Art Prize. The original painting, by William Olendorf is from a photograph, taken in the Thirties, of an art class on the Kalamazoo River near the chain ferry. The fishing shacks and boats are mostly gone by now, but the view is pretty much unchanged and evokes the spirit of Saugatuck as an art community.
The challenge is to get the pieces to fit and the colors to match. I have met with the artists to the north, east and west of my piece and we're pretty much aligned but the color match needs some work.
My assignment
My piece so far
Max Matteson is east, a good fit
The piece on the west needs some work on the color match
The north alignment is good but the color match needs work
Stay tuned.
