Small-Art Compendium

Fireflies - Acrylic Monotype Fireflies Acrylic monotype on Stonehenge paper 8" x 8" NOT FOR SALE

Gawd the scans of these blow. Apologies. *sigh* Sudoku Sketches Ink, colored pencil, gouache Mounted on 8" x 8" Stonehenge paper

Today marks the launch of the annual 6" x 6" fund-raising exhibition at the Rochester Contemporary Art Center . Although I could not participate this year as an artist, I will be purchasing a few pieces. It's a great opportunity to pick up some engaging small works for a wallet-friendly price (around $20). Here's a link for the online viewing gallery . Check it out. Hopefully next year, I'll be organized enough to participate again. Such a fun event!

Sudoku Sketches Ink & gouache Mounted on 8" x 8" Stonehenge paper

Wonderful advice from Neil Gaiman for anyone in the arts: watch here . Excerpt from speech: When things get tough, this is what you should do: Make good art. I'm serious. Husband runs off with a politician -- make good art. Leg crushed and then eaten by a mutated boa constrictor -- make good art. IRS on your trail -- make good art. Cat exploded -- make good art. Someone on the Internet thinks what you're doing is stupid or evil or it's all been done before -- make good art.

...I'd frame everything. Until then, it's interesting to play with virtual frames.

Desert Trail 6 Desert Trail 6 Acrylic and pyrography on book page Mounted on 8" x 8" Stonehenge paper

Desert Trail 5 Desert Trail 5 Acrylic & pyrography on book page Mounted on 8" x 8" Stonehenge paper

Desert Trail 3 Desert Trail 4 Desert Trail 3 & 4 Pyrography on book page Mounted on 8" x 8" Stonehenge paper

Desert Trail 1 Desert Trail 2 Desert Trail 1 & 2 Acrylic and pyrography on Book Paper Mounted on 8" x 8" Stonehenge paper

Gouache, colored pencil, and marker on my husband's completed Sudoku pages.

Acrylic and gouache Mounted on Stonehenge paper 8" x 8"

These wee sketches on completed Sudoku pages really encapsulate my only aim in making all these small artworks: humble, simple, imperfect.  Acrylic and gouache Mounted on Stonehenge paper 8" x 8"

Blue Boxes, Gouache on Newsprint Blue Boxes Gouache on gessoed newsprint Mounted on Stonehenge paper 8" x 8"

Orange Pink Yellow, Gouache on Newsprint Orange Pink Yellow Gouache, gessoed newsprint on Stonehenge paper 8" x 8"

I'm blaming Don Draper for these. I'm slowly making my way through the first four seasons of Mad Men on Netflix and while watching, I make these little sketches on my husband's completed Sudoku pages. Now that I've made it to Season 3, there are dozens of these little doodles piling up around the sofa. They don't mean much in the grand scheme of things but they are fun to do. Until the Sudoku books run out, I'll continue to use the completed pages for fooling around while watching television and will occasionally post some of the results. Here's a few of the first batch. Gouache and pencil mostly; mounted on to 8" x 8" Stonehenge paper.

Ah ha! My glitter paintings have some big-wig vindication. (saying that mostly for my husband's sake cuz he thinks mine are capital R, non-ironic ridiculous - LOL). Polly Apfelbaum and her Glittery Extravangza My Shimmer Series Robin Sparkles

It happens. This too shall pass. *dramatic sigh* Chocolate makes everything better, right?

Paying attention at 5:00 pm. Marigolds by the Dumpster Gouache, book page, pyrography on Stonehenge paper Paper size: 8" x 8"