Nibblefest Art Contest: 3.5 x 8 painting: 'Wash Day"..... |
The fourth of my four Nibblefest Art Contest entries, the theme for May being 'The Elements: Fire, Water, Earth and Air"
We have here a painting entitled, "Faith in a Seed" and my entry for "Air". It also happens to be my Faces #22 and #23 of the '29 Faces' May Challenge. (YESSSSS!!! I am officially caught up!!! Only 6 more Faces to go!)
The following is my auction description:
".....One of four entries by me for
this month's Nibblefest Art Contest (NFAC) (~the theme for May being
"The Elements: Fire, Water, Earth and Air") is an original acrylic
painting of vellum, mounted permanently onto a 3.5" by 8" reclaimed
wooden board (3/4 " thick). 'Wash Day' is signed and ready to hang (not
the original is sharper and more colorful that appears in this flat
scan). This is a 5 Day auction.
This month's Nibblefest theme, 'The Elements', was quite different than usual. Being as that there are four classical elements (Fire, Water, Earth, Air), we were allowed to enter a total of four pieces rather than the usual limit of three, provided that each pertained to a separate element. This is my entry for 'Air'.
We don't own a working dryer.
By choice. Years ago, when the heating element of our old, second hand
dryer burned out, we just never bothered to get it fixed, or replaced.
I didn't use it that often anyway, preferring as I always have an
old-fashioned clothesline. Air drying clothes saves money and energy,
besides the fact that you just can't beat that fresh, air-dried smell.
And so we have here a busy Mama and her little helper, on 'Wash Day'
(unfortunately my own 'little helper' isn't nearly this cheerful when it
comes to our clothesline. She wants our dryer back.....!)
Just been checking back on the other elements in this collection, and I love how you've linked human interaction with the natural world. Fabulous work :D XXX
ReplyDeleteJust stunning Patience... faces are beautiful... and the whole scene is fabulous...
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Jenny x
Thanks so much Gina. I really did think very long and hard about my entries this month! Well, I always do -- but somehow THIS month really seemed to take extra brain power for me to come up with a cohesive 'set', lol. I rejected so many ideas before I finally settled on these four. IN any case, I'm really glad you were able recognize the human/nature connection there within the concepts -- it's nice to know when one's ideas expressed in art are also apparent to others :-)
ReplyDeleteI really appreciate the comment, Jenny -- thanks for the stopping by and leaving the kind words, and please drop over again soon! ;-)
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