My last post was three weeks ago, in which I mentioned framing Small and Miniature paintings. They were for the Parklane Gallery MiniSmall 2020 Exhibition up in Kirkland Washington, a satellite town or suburb (I don't know what they consider themselves as), of Seattle. At that point I had sorted frames for the seven paintings I was to submit, and temporarily placed them in their frames to photograph them for submission online. Normally with a Miniature Show, you send the originals in for submission, so they can be judged, but this is a Miniature & Small Works show, so, I guess that made it too difficult to accept the original Small Works. The problem I had was in the photography of the framed works, since the paintings were a bit washed out in colour, when including the frame. I ended up pulling an all-nighter, working on the images in Photoshop and getting them submitted before the deadline the next day, all the while hoping the images would be acceptable to the jury. Evidently they were, as all seven (the maximum allowed), were accepted into the Show, which kicks off on the 1st of November. Once they were accepted it took an inordinate amount of time to actually frame them and get them ready for shipping. Since then I've been working on another Miniature that I had intended to submit as well, but which remained at the drawing stage, by the time the submission deadline rolled around ... I cut it fine as it was. Thank goodness that no one else was camped at the picnic table site, even though it was hunting season, as I definitely needed that table for the framing!
In times past Parklane Gallery has held their exclusively Miniature show in the Spring, but that pesky virus has had an effect on just about everything. Thus the gallery combined the Miniatures with the Small Works show this year. They also reserve the right to change the category of a work, from Miniature to a Small Work, for example. So, you may find that the categories I have listed below have changed when viewing the exhibition.
The exhibition may be viewed online at: ParkLaneGallery.org
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Here follows the photographs of the framed works I submitted to the show.
C1698
“Orange Moon Rising”
(Oregon High Desert)
Miniature Oil on Richeson Gesso Panel
Image: 3” x 5”
Outside Frame: 5.5” x 7.38”
$500
Camping and painting since April 1st in the Wild places of the Pacific Northwest, has allowed me to experience the rythms of Nature, among them cycles of the Moon. The atmosphere determines the colour of each rising; here a storm passed away to the east, and the Moon rose orange through the remnant vapours, as the sun set behind me.
C1699
“The Long Shadows of Evening”
(Oregon High Desert)
Miniature Oil on Richeson Gesso Panel
Image: 3” x 5”
Outside Frame: 5” x 7”
$600
There are certain campsites that are not particularly spectacular of themselves, but which will reward you, if you keep an eye out through the hours of the day. This was one such place, where the rewards came in the various lightings of the landscape that occurred, such as here as afternoon showers give way to the long shadows of evening.
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C1700
“Early Morning Reverie”
(Reflection Lakes, Mt. Rainier NP, Washington Cascades)
Miniature Oil on Pannelli Telati fine Cotton Panel
Image: 4” x 6”
Outside Frame: 6.13” x 8.13”
$650
Breakfasting here in the pre-dawn, while awaiting for reflections to appear, gave way to a different experience of cloud and mist arising in the dawn light. And while watching the subtle light show a Grey Jay landed on my foot, stretched out upon a rock, and had a conversation with me.
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C1701
“Slot Canyon Afternoon”
(Mount Rainier NP, Washington Cascades)
Miniature Oil on Pannelli Telati fine Cotton Panel
Image: 4” x 6”
Outside Frame: 6.5” x 8.5”
$700
Slot Canyon is reminiscent of a millrace, in its straightness, and width ... of course its depth is quite a bit more! Not only is this natural phenomenon highly accessible ( the road passes over it), but one may see Mount Adams to the south from here, and a stroll of a few yards to the north brings one to this great view of Mount Rainier.
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C1703
“Last Light on the Mountain & New Moon”
(Mount Rainier NP, Washington Cascades)
Small Oil on Pannelli Telati fine Cotton Panel
Image: 4” x 6”
Outside Frame: 5.5” x 7.5”
$500
A wonderful evening stroll, up near Sunrise Visitors Center, brought me this wonderful experience ... worth getting back to camp after dark.
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C1659
“Voices of the Ancients ”
(Hovenweep National Monument, Utah)
Small Oil on Pannelli Telati fine Cotton Panel
Image: 5” x 7”
Outside Frame: 8” x 10”
$425
Hovenweep, is worth a visit, for the interesting set of 800 year old structures built by an outlying community of nearby Mesa Verde. The main unit features a two mile circular walk, with many interesting ruins.The keen, such as I, should visit every unit of the extended Monument.
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C1665
“Evening Gold in the Valley of the Gods”
(Utah)
Small Oil on Centurian Oil Primed Linen Panel
Image: 5” x 7”
Outside Frame: 8” x 10”
$350
One of several colourful sunsets experienced in the Valley of the Gods, Utah; on the horizon can be seen several of the monumental buttes at Monument Valley, 20 miles away in nearby Arizona.
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Regular readers will have seen the last two before, but before framing. They were presented in this blog back in 2018 on my year long journey from Minnesota to Oregon through the Southwest. Evening Gold is signed with my monogram rather than my “S.T.Johanneson” signature.
