{"id":14190,"date":"2020-07-17T15:31:22","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T19:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/?p=14190"},"modified":"2021-07-02T16:10:34","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T20:10:34","slug":"i-finally-help-to-paint-the-town-of-lexington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/archives\/14190","title":{"rendered":"I finally help to \u201cpaint the town\u201d of Lexington!"},"content":{"rendered":"

 
\n<\/a>Paint the Town<\/strong><\/em><\/a> is an annual plein-air-oriented landscape exhibition in Lexington, Kentucky. The parameters of the traditional twelve-hour event are strict, and I\u2019ve always had the notion of it as a flat-out competition \u2014 sort of a bass tournament for artists, if I may indulge a silly exaggeration.
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\n<\/a>With the current societal restrictions having caused so many art shows to be postponed or cancelled, it\u2019s a distinct credit to ARTSconnect<\/a> that a way was found to make the event happen at all in 2020. The Pam Miller Downtown Arts Center<\/a> reopened to host the exhibition. Many of the more stringent guidelines (and, sadly, all the hospitality enhancements) were stripped out of this year\u2019s version.<\/p>\n

<\/a>I\u2019m willing to admit that the relaxed standards were enough to convince me to take part, not having participated in this kind of gig before. I was eager to gather what I\u2019ve learned from my plein-air experience<\/a> and \u201cpaint with paper\u201d in the studio. The goal was to fuse the spontaneity of working outdoors<\/a> with a more deliberate process that I\u2019ve explored by using photo references to create <\/a>a larger landscape on panel<\/a>. I can\u2019t be more pleased with the results. I continue to incorporate white tissue for desired cloud effects, and I\u2019ve come to rely on reclaimed teabag material as a beneficial adjunct to colored papers. I work at not overdoing tinted sealants, but the added depth is worth a cautious, mixed-media enhancement (especially when I mix acrylic gel medium with a rare portion of walnut juice from Richard Taylor<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Please take a Virtual Tour<\/strong><\/em><\/a> of the show. My 90-second sound bite is included, or you can listen to the audio by clicking here<\/a>. Of course, there\u2019s a YouTube video<\/strong><\/em><\/a> of all the artwork, too. My two collage miniatures enjoy some great company, and it pleases me to point out that juror Bruce Neville<\/a> designated Byway Corner<\/em><\/a> with an Honorable Mention. Current gallery hours at the Pam Miller Downtown Arts Center are Wed\/Thurs\/Friday, noon to 5pm. The show lasts until August 3, 2020.
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Byway Corner<\/em><\/strong>
\ncollage landscape by J A Dixon
\n7 x 7.125 inches
\navailable for purchase<\/p>\n

\u2022  Honorable Mention<\/p>\n

 
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Along Market<\/em><\/strong>
\ncollage landscape by J A Dixon
\n7 x 7.125 inches
\navailable for purchase<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Paint the Town is an annual plein-air-oriented landscape exhibition in Lexington, Kentucky. The parameters of the traditional twelve-hour event are strict, and I\u2019ve always had the notion of it as a flat-out competition \u2014 sort of a bass tournament for artists, if I may indulge a silly exaggeration.     With the current societal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,575,1,160,244,8,583,18,249,54,574],"tags":[90,308,317,313,418,573,318,572,319,571],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14190"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14190"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15269,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14190\/revisions\/15269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}