Cherry Creek Arts Festival less than a month away

So I've been a little quiet....coz I've been busy. had a bunch of freelance/contract work keeping me busy and also cranking on woodcuts for the Cherry creek Arts Festival coming up 4th of July weekend.

Just dropped off a bunch of prints for framing yesterday still got some more to go.

Will be posting some teasers in the coming weeks and info on the show.

Pic of box frame

Here's the photo

Box Frame

Tried putting one of my prints on a floating mount in a box frame. Looks good but the idea was better than it turned out. Maybe need 2 clean edges instead of all 4 sides torn.

Will post a pick later

Great Visuals

Having come from the Video game industry I do try to keep my eye on whats going on visually. And I have to do a quick call out to the Art work being done on Guild wars 2. Here's a link to just one awesome wallpaper..http://www.guildwars2.com/global/includes/images/wallpapers/Charr_Select_1920x1200.jpg Daniel Dociu is the Art Director on this project and you'll find more amazing visuals by him on his web site - http://tinfoilgames.com/index.php

2012 Cherry Creek Arts Festival

Found out today I made the cut for the 2012 Cherry Creek Arts Festival http://www.cherryarts.org/

Dirk Hagner

Discovered an interesting artist tonight who has been doing woodcuts and has a wonderful use of cut line to create contrast and shadow

http://www.dirkhagnerstudio.com/

Images from the show

Here's a few pics from the show:

Cactus Wheel Reception Friday night

Thanks all the folks who showed up. I appreciate all the support. Now its time to consolidate the images and move forward with ideas and things that worked and try to get a "Gallery" showing :) Don't get me wrong the Cactus Wheel was a great venue but it was the catalyst to get me on my new path.

December will be a slow month for getting in to the Studio but I do hope to get my ideas and a some more image done now that I have a clearer vision of what I should be doing. Funny how that happens when you hang all your recent pieces in one place and so get a better overview of what works and what does not.

Added a few more images to the website

The site had only the digital images, now there a 5 new images that are photos of some woodcuts.

www.petergrundy.com

 sample: Minotaur

all up

Install done, all the woodcuts, digital prints, drawings and a few paintings are on display at the Cactus Wheel.

I have to say it feels different to have so much of my personnel work on display after so long doing art for commercial projects.

Not such a good photo but here's a peek. I'll be posting more images here and on the Peter Grundy Fine Arts facebook page :
 

website is now up

thanks to some from help from and old co worker friend my website is now up and running again, all set for my show.

www.petergrundy.com

December 1st

Tomorrow I install my work at the Cactus Wheel. The pieces will be up for the whole of December so if you cannot get to the reception on the 9th then be sure to stop by for lunch, dinner or drinks as you take a look at what I have been up too

December showing

My work will be showcased the whole month of December at the

The Cactus Wheel (Located at 701 Main Street, Louisville CO 80027).
I will be having a reception on the 9th Dec from 6-9pm so feel free to
stop by.

www.cactuswheel.com

2 Weeks

So the show at the Cactus Wheel is 2 weeks away. I'll be posting invites out soon.

Got a facebook page for Peter Grundy Fine Arts up and running
 and almost ready to show the new www.petergrundy.com site.

here's the venue http://cactuswheel.com/  I post dates and times soon

Change

Well its taken a while after stopping work on video games and traveling all over the country to finally get back to my roots. The barn is now a studio:

And I have started work on a new project. I have a show coming up on the 1st of Dec that will showcase the project. Its just a restaurant show but its the push I need to get things rolling.

I'll update the blog with times and location in the following weeks


Peter

New reference material

Been out of action as far as the blog is concerned. Been traveling for several months and undergoing some life changes. But have found and been directed at some great reference material and artists I never knew about. So I thought I'd share.


Lynd Ward - http://www.loa.org/volume.jsp?RequestID=337   thanks Chris for this introduction
Shepard Fairey - http://obeygiant.com/ thanks to Brian
Brad Klausen - http://www.artillerydesign.com/ whilst talking with friends about Eddie Vedder and researching Shepard Fairey

And finally Swoon again found whilst researching Shepard 's work. Amazing work.



Well, that's it for now except my renovated barn is only a week or two from becoming a real art studio and my time and focus will soon be dedicated to using the space in the manor in which I intended.

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