{"id":18324,"date":"2024-06-30T15:30:38","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T19:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/?p=18324"},"modified":"2024-07-16T13:08:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T17:08:36","slug":"painting-the-town-again-with-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/archives\/18324","title":{"rendered":"Painting the town again. (With paper!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cYes, I hustle, I hustle to live with the intensity that only maturity can give.\u201d
\n\u2014 Anthony Hopkins
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<\/a>The plein air tradition is alive and well in Central Kentucky. My thanks to Arts Connect<\/em><\/a> for an outstanding \u201cPaint the Town\u201d event, with sincere appreciation to juror James Swanson for his recognition of collage as a plein air medium. A 2nd-place prize was quite unexpected<\/a>, because it was everything I could do to meet their timetable in the extreme heat. All artwork had to be delivered framed and ready for immediate display by the 8am to 2pm deadline.
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This event is always challenging for me, because I rarely need to paste as fast as I must for such a rigorous pace. Every time I go outside to create a collage landscape, adequate preparation is important, and then I try to be as spontaneous as I can with the materials that I bring. For this annual competition, the chosen scene is carefully scouted. I make more \u201cprepared ingredients\u201d ahead of time. That usually means additional printed-text gel transfers<\/a> on a range of colored papers. You may have seen how I often include them for facade patterns, foregrounds, and foliage. Dana (my indispensable partner<\/a>) dug out some of her mid-century carpet thread for my mobile stash, and I used it during the final minutes for utility wires.<\/p>\n

The resulting exhibition is at the downtown branch of Lexington Public Library. For as long as it lasts, please view the artworks online<\/a> to see a strong body of landscapes completed on that hot day. Buy one! <\/em><\/p>\n

 
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Ode to Grain<\/em><\/strong>
\ncollage en plein air by J A Dixon
\n100% \/ 0% \u2014 site to studio
\n10 x 10 inches + wood frame, crafted by the artist
\navailable for purchase<\/p>\n

\u2022  Second Place Prize<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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