Art Fete 2011

Art Fete 2011 opened last Thursday night. And here is my latest painting, "Blue Staircase" The show runs through April 16 at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center. It's the 29th year!

I managed to photograph a few steps in the framing process. So this blog post takes the excited viewer (Ha!) through the finished painting to the show.

In this photo I've cut a black matt to the exact size of my empty black frame. Then I glued foam core along the sides.

In this photo I've measured and cut handmade paper to cover the foam core. I added an extra lip of paper that is folded down at the center to cover the inside edge of the foam core.

My painting is then floated in the middle. Measuring correctly is the key when home framing. I wanted to float this particular piece to show off the ragged edges of the painting.

I didn't photograph the steps where I used this point driver to secure the glass and painting/backing to the frame. But this is what the device looks like. The points are sitting on the driver so you can see them.

I was really happy with how this painting turned out. It's the 5th in my textured staircase series.

After I put the frame together I glued a brown paper backing on and attached a wire hanger. Plus one of my business cards.

Here is the finished piece. I bought the Black frame parts at Dick Blick and glued them together.

It was a busy night at Art Fete.

The wine and food was free and fabulous! A Mediterranean feast. If I lived in Burnsville the Mediterranean Cruise Cafe would definitely be on my hot list. Yum. Plus there was music provided by Tre Corda Trio.

My friend Amy sold her cool ink piece again this year. Way to go Amy!

Dean, Me, Nina and Amy. Thanks for supporting the arts Nina!

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