Art Exhibition Entries

This article was posted on Thursday, 2nd June 2011 by John Rainsford

I’m so excited. I’ve actually got my art done for the upcoming Athy Art Group exhibition ahead of time! Well, what I really mean is that it’s not the night before (or morning of) the pieces are due to be hung. 

Thankfully I have a great framer who doesn’t need a huge amount of time to frame them. I always leave this stuff to the last minute and she does a brilliant job in the absolute minimum of time. For this I am eternally grateful.

I decided to do a combination of a hand-painted background colour wash with a screen printed design on top. I like the juxtaposition of rough, hand-done paint with sharp symmetrical designs. I did between three and four variation for each of the four designs. The photo above is showing the final four that I think I’ll be entering into the exhibition. I’ll make the final decision tonight before I drop them off to the framer.