Preparing for an exhibit...

My husband and I returned late yesterday afternoon from a wonderful week in Door County, WI. The weather was lovely and we saw so many awesome plein air paintings that were painted as part of the Door County Plein Air Festival. 

Today its back to reality! 
I will be the featured artist at Raven's Wish Gallery in Janesville, WI in Sept. 2017. My delivery date is August 23rd!! This afternoon I have been taking inventory of finished paintings, paintings that need to be finished, paintings that need a title, paintings that need a wire, paintings that need a photo taken, ....and on and on and on. I now have a good idea of what I need to accomplish; the biggest task will be to finish 3 medium size and 3 very small paintings in the next 2 weeks. Stay tuned and wish me luck!

"Homage to Dandelion" 36 x 36" Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas.
This is my largest abstract to date.
And, yes there is a bit of Crayola Dandelion Crayon in the composition.

Abstract Collage Workshop

Date: Oct. 29th

Location: Raven’s Wish Gallery, 101 West Milwaukee Street, Janesville WI

Time: 10 am – 3:30 pm

Fee: $50

 Registration limited to 8 participants.

This workshop will focus on the elements of design – color, line, shape, value, texture, etc. with specific discussion on cruciform, grid and stripe formats. The session will include a demonstration, plenty of time for individual creativity and optional one-on-one coaching by the instructor. Attendees are encouraged to create a collage using favorite papers, including old letters, maps, music, old book pages, ticket stubs, hand decorated papers, textured papers, magazine pages, brown grocery bags, newspaper, etc.

Demonstration will include:

·         Altering magazine pages for use in collage

·         Composing and assembling an abstract collage

·         Adding text and/or embellishments to a collage

Attendees can expect to create 2 small (approximately 5” x 5”) or 1 medium size (approximately 10” x 10”) pieces of art.

Karolyn Alexander is a Whitewater, WI artist who has been painting with watercolors, mixed media and collage for over 13 years.