"Riverdance" Spokane Convention Center Installation Complete

Yahooooo! "Riverdance" has been installed in its new home, the Spokane Convention Center. The top of it is more than 60 feet off the ground, and it measures 24 feet by 22 feet high. It was interesting to install such a large piece...I am glad that I am not afraid of heights! It was a joy to work on and so much fun to see it up on the wall.

"Riverdance" Final Stages Progress Report #4

Hooray, it is finally coming together...that proposal drawing I did six months ago has come to life! I finished painting the final panel and now I just have touch up work to do. We took some pictures using a fisheye lens today to try to include more of the work and to give a sense of how BIG it is! I can't wait to see it up on the wall. Installation is scheduled for mid-March.

"Riverdance" Progress Report #3

Okay...less than a week left until I leave for India. I am almost done with this Spokane Convention Center commission titled "Riverdance". It is due to be installed in mid-March.

Spokane Convention Center Project Progress Report #2

Hello! I'm back from Baja, Mexico and the Socorro Islands. It was an amazing trip...I got to smooch sealions, snorkel with whale sharks, pet giant manta rays and wild dolphins and bask in the sun. Now I am back to the snow and working on my Spokane Convention Center commission "Riverdance". I have been sculpting the clay fish and herons for the panels and working on the three dimensional trout and ducks (wood, clay and canvas) that will be leaping off the canvases after I paint them. It is difficult to show the different stages during a work in progress...but here is my attempt. Stay tuned for more!

Convention Center Progress report #1

Sorry, no posts lately...I have been working away on my HUGE commission for the Spokane Convention Center. This project is due by March, but I have a number of trips coming up so I have to work like a little ant while I am home!

The bottom level is wood in curves of different thicknesses (dimesions) with glass mosaic and acrylic paint. The second tier is a mix of wood and canvas panels, with glass mosaic, fused glass tile and acrylic paint, the third and fourth tiers will be canvas and wood panels with acrylic paint and a few three dimensional creatures coming up off them (heron, ducks and trout). I hope that you enjoy watching this coming together.

"Riverdance" Spokane Convention Center Lobby Proposal

WooHoo!!! I got the Spokane Convention Center Lobby Commission after long hours of interviews and finalist proposals. I am soooo excited to be able to work on such a large scale project.

It will be approximately 24 feet wide by 22 feet tall. It will consist of 20 panels (10 48"x48" panels and 10 48"x 60" panels with approximately 6 inches between each panel) The bottom tier of panels will be 8" deep curved wood panels with mosaic (glass, tile, glass jewels, fused glass bubbles), hand-sculpted clay and acrylic paint. The next tier of panels will be my signature "puzzle" paintings with a mix of canvas, wood, glass tile and wood molding, the next two tiers will be gallery wrapped canvas (although the flying great blue heron will be three dimensional and on wood panels).

The bottom tier of panels will have the fish and water design un the underside surface so that people looking up will see it. The border design will go around the entire piece.

The ducks and trout on the edges will be three dimensional copper pieces that "fly" off the panels.

It is slated to be completed in March 2011. I will be posting pictures and progress reports along the way!