I got to be image of the week

I’ve been taking an AI image class with Ricky Tim’s and each week he picks his favorite image. The theme was inanimate faces. I made an image of a wrinkled face that was imbedded in an old creepy tree with the full moon in the background. 

Here’s my image.

My image did not get many comments from the students in the class so I was surprised that I got image of the week. This is the only comment from a student.

“This image is interesting and captivating. I like the full moon as it drew my eyes into the center where I can see the face and the tree.”

This is a good image for Earth Day. It shows our connection to nature and the universe! Hahaha….that’s reading a lot into it for sure!

Thanks for reading.

Chris

Quilt news

 I’ve sold a quilt and will be donating one to a raffle for a local art museum. 

This is the one that is sold. It is called “Orange sky at night.”

After I renewed my membership for a local art museum I sent them an email to see if I could exhibit my work. This year is booked, but I would be on the potential list for 2025. Then they asked if I could donate a quilt for their raffle this summer. They picked this one. It is called “Under a turquoise sky.” 

The raffle is not until June or July so I think I might do a little hand stitching of grasses on it. This was an improvised landscape quilt taken in a class. I’m thinking that maybe donating a quilt will help me get a show at the museum next year.

I’m still working on the crow. Boy is it complicated.

Thanks for reading.

Chris 

Didn’t win, but I made the poster for the recycle show

Here’s the juror in front of the poster. My piece is featured on the poster. 

I’m still playing with ideas for next year’s show with the theme of Outer Limits. I like the line in the beginning of the TV show by that name. The quote is “from the inner mind to the outer limits.”

So I’ve been playing with these ideas of looking inside a person’s head to the universe. If I go with this idea I will have to draw up a combination of these ideas. AI image generation is not without problems. The idea I see in my head is not always what the app generates. 

Thanks for reading.

Chris

Recycle piece has been hung

I guess they did a preliminary hanging and it will need some tweaking. Apparently there are 30 entries so it should be a good show. I want to go see it at some point this month. I’ll let you know if I win anything. I doubt it, however.

Here’s my piece hanging with a few other pieces.

In terms of next years theme of Outer Limits I think I will go with an astronomical idea.

I tied a few more ideas in AI. This time I chose using a father and daughter looking at the night sky. Initially I was going to use father and son and then I thought why do that when I’m a female and have taught astronomy. Any of these would have to be tweaked when creating the actual piece. I will keep trying things. After all January is a long way off!

Thanks for reading.

Chris