ArtPrize 2017 is Upon Us!

Tomorrow, ArtPrize 9 opens in Grand Rapids, MI and it's my 4th time participating (!!). I spent the greater part of the last year working on my piece and I'm really excited to show it to everyone who visits The B.O.B. (the same venue who had me in 2015!). It was created with a pencil drawing, a watercolor underpainting, and then a final layer of carbon dust, ink & white chalk. 

Round one voting starts tomorrow and ends on the 30th - it's the most essential time for you to visit, if you want to vote for me. To that end, my voter ID is 64700 (you have to be in GR to vote... or at least to register)

Here are some images from the installation of my piece - Honey Gum Moss & Denim (click the title to view the project's webpage):

My son looks at my piece

It's up in its spiffy custom aluminum frame!

My piece, in situ @ The B.O.B. (2nd floor)

My sister helped with hanging this year!

Delivered my postcards!

The couple that installs together...

I'm so proud of this piece.

A detail including the swirls around the eyelashes

A field of white chalk swirls

Eyelash & eye lid detail

The final medial canthus - so shiny!