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MEDIUM: Scratchbord™
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SIZE: 16" x 12"
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STATUS: $1500
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ACCOLADES: (1) "Award of Excellence" in the Open Division of the 11th Annual Exhibition of the International Scratchboard Society (ISSA); (2) Merit Award for 2-Dimensional art at the annual Oak Ridge (TN) Open Show 2024; (3) Selected for the 2023 biannual Arts in the Airport exhibition in Knoxville TN, one of 44 juried in from 706 submissions; (4) People's Choice Award at the 2024 annual show of the Art Guild of Tellico Village (TN).
"I focused on a maritime theme in preparing this scratchboard which I earmarked as an entry into an exhibition of the International Society of Scratchboard Artists. The subject found me as I was walking on a dock at a marina one sunny day. My earlier small scratchboard of a ball of twine against a wooden background, "I Will Twine," perhaps attracted me to the boat line, meticulously fastened to the dock, as a perfect subject for a scratchboard. The terrific textures were just what I was seeking for a new scratchboard painting.
In the composition I arranged from my reference photos, I was able to incorporate various elements which help create an interesting and unique artwork: a variety of shapes (linear and round), a range of values (black to white with many shades of grey in between), an assortment of textures (rough and smooth), and differing edges (hard and soft).
Scratchboarding can be an intense artistic venture, but one which I find extraordinarily challenging and rewarding. I'm hooked!"
