SpainDanceArt: August 2008

SpainDanceArt

Paintings and drawings by artists Mark Willson and Margot Richardson. Featured works include paintings from an exhibit in Danville, Kentucky, as well as from their six month family sabbatical in Spain. They make their permanent home in Shoreline, Washington. Both artists are deeply connected to their son, humanitarian interests, creating healthy community, sustainable energy, and social dance. In other words, abundant living!

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Danville Community Arts Center exhibition, Summer 2008

Mark and I traveled to Danville, Kentucky in June 2008, to exhibit our new works at the Community Arts Center.

Image: "Robert Three Times", Mark Willson, Gouache

We each worked on this body of work over the school year, after contracting with Brandon Long, the executive director.

Why Danville, you may ask, a small college town far from Louisville and other destination cities? Why, it's the home of our dear friends Catherine and Nate, and their boys Bennie and Mathew.

The exhibit was a hit! The audience was very appreciative, we sold about half the show (including pre-sales here in Seattle), and we even had an article written up in the local 5-county paper. Click the Danville link at left to read more.

Transporting our works cross country posed some interesting challenges. We worked in a somewhat smaller scale than usual, and most works are on panel. Mark framed his using metal leaf, which adds even more glow to his "Nude Landscapes". I liked the leaf framing so much, I asked him to frame my "Sock Monkey Heaven"* that way, and he kindly obliged.

*Most of Mark's work, and a few more of mine, were not available on the day we photographed them; they will be posted soon. Also, my works are glazed with a semi-gloss sheen, causing some glare on the images. We'll fix that next time by shooting the images first, then glazing.

Enjoy! Affectionately, Margot