Tiny Treasures
One of the organizations I belong to, the Association of Wisconsin Artists, has a yearly fund-raiser called “Tiny Treasures”. It is very challenging, as each submission must measure 3 ½” X 2 ½” exactly. These tiny works can be any medium including photography, collage, watercolor, pen/pencil, acrylics, or combinations. These are a few I’ve submitted. The AWA ends up with about two hundred of these treasures, which are judged. There’s an over all winner, one for ‘Best Title’, and the top 12 are used to make up the yearly calendar that AWA produces. I’ve had entries selected for the calendar two years in a row (none of the ones above were selected). A local art store provides mats and frames for all the entries, and they are eventually sold on-line.
Finding the fun can occasionally be elusive, maybe even impossible at times. With my watercolor paintings, my goal is to capture moments to cherish, moments to relax, moments to have fun. I combine both intricate details as well as a looseness in my pieces, which allows the watercolor to find its own path. My objective is being able to translate my feelings to the paper. Take your own moment to feel what I felt, to find the fun in a watercolor painting.