Small-Art Compendium

Day 59, 100 Days of Rain

Day 58, 5" x 6", Mixed media on paper

Isn't it wonderful! This piece was created by U.K. artist,  Andy Parkinson , and was included in the 2012 6" x 6" exhibit at the Rochester Contemporary Arts Center and when I came across the piece,. I just had to have it. It's so vibrant and cheery and just makes me happy. Quickweave by Andy Parkinson, 6" x 6", Highlighter on Paper

Day 55 Day 56 Day 57

Day 53 Day 54

Day 51 Day 52

Day 50, 100 Days of Rain 100 Days of Rain Day 50 Mixed media drawing/painting Acrylic, pencil, colored pencil on Rives BFK 6" x 5"

Filling the Square, 8" x 8", Mixed Media on Paper Drift Fence, 8" x 8", Mixed Media on Paper

Yup, another line of questioning. This time about imagining a future ice age. Footprints, 8" x 8", Mixed Media on Paper Sun Ladder, 8" x 8", Mixed Media on Paper

Ice Sheet, 8" x 8", Mixed Media on Paper Clouds Over the Mesa, 8" x 8", Mixed Media on Paper Snow Rainbow, 8" x 8", Mixed Media on Paper

Day 48 Day 49

Day 46 Day 47

Day 44 Day 45 100 Days of Rain Days 44 & 45 Acrylic, pencil, colored pencil, crayon on Rives BFK paper 6" x 5", 5" x 6"

Day 41 Day 42 Day 43

I like seeing them as a large group - they seem to make more sense that way than as individual rain drops. Can't wait to see all 100 together, although just seeing them as images will have to do. I doubt I could ever afford to frame all 100 and even if I did, what would I do with them? Most of my works-on-paper are put into my works-on-paper binders, and occasionally I thumb through them like a child rummaging through the odd assortment of baubles in a hidden treasure chest. These are my personal artistic obsession and not really meant for commercial purposes (monotypes excepted), so I'll entertain myself by grouping them here on my blog.  To date, there are 75 completed Days of Rain. I will continue to post them until the rainy season comes to end.

Day 39 Day 40 100 Days of Rain Days 39 & 40 Acrylic, pencil, colored pencil 6" x 5"

Scanning the horizon... Day 36 Day 37 Day 38 100 Days of Rain Days 36 - 38 Acrylic, pencil, crayon, colored pencil on Rives BFK paper 5" x 6"

Dark skies. Doubts dripping from the eaves one drop at a time. Day 33 Day 34 Day 35

Day 31 Day 32 100 Days of Rain  Days 31 & 32 Acrylic, pencil, marker, colored pencil on Rives BFK paper

Day 30 100 Days of Rain Day 30 Acrylic, pencil, colored pencil on Rives BFK 6" x 5"

Day 28 Day 29 100 Days of Rain Day 28 & 29 Acrylic, pencil, crayon on Rives BFK paper

Palette Fragment 3 Acrylic palette fragment, pencil, found letter on Stonehenge paper 5" x 7"

Day 26 Day 27 100 Days of Rain Day 26 & 27 Acrylic, pencil, colored pencil, crayon on Rives BFK 5" x 6", 6" x 5"

The second dozen images of 100 Days of Rain. Small paintings or small drawings or mixed media painting/drawings on Rives BFK paper (what is the proper description?). Second Group of Twelve from 100 Days of Rain “The richness of the rain made me feel safe and protected; I have always considered the rain to be healing -- a blanket -- the comfort of a friend. Without at least some rain in any given day, or at least a cloud or two on the horizon, I feel overwhelmed by the information of sunlight and yearn for the vital, muffling gift of falling water.”   ~ Douglas Coupland, Life After God

Day 25 100 Days of Rain Day 25 Acrylic, colored pencil, pencil 6" x 5"

Day 24 100 Days of Rain Day 24 Acrylic, pencil on Rives BFK 5" x 6"

Day 22 Day 23 100 Days of Rain Days 22 & 23 Acrylic, pencil, colored pencil on Rives BFK