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100 Day Challenge for 2019

4/23/2019

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This year I was uncertain about whether to take on the challenge beginning April 2.  The goal I set: a painting a day.  It's appealing to do it along with others around the world and to have a little bit of pressure as a spur for those days when I needed it to stay on track.  But the ambivalence arose from wishing the challenge came at a time of year that worked better for me, like late December through March.  I decided to go ahead with it, but by the end of week 2, I had done 8 tile paintings, no big deal, I thought, I'll catch up; but instead I pretty much lurched to a halt.  Mostly because I don't have a clear vision of what I want to paint, so that hinders enthusiasm.

I tried again Colorado mountain scenes and, new, a couple of dog paintings on the tiles I'd made earlier in the year.  Both are difficult for me to satisfactorily render using the majolica process.  At this point, it would be great to finish 100 paintings at whatever pace.  I am focused now more on getting out two gallery orders by the end of the month.  They are both small orders, but I want them to be perfect.

Here are the results, most fired, three not yet fired.  The unfired ones have a pastel, matte look; fired: shiny, deeper color.  In the order of Day 1 - Day 8:
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Day 1: O'Fallon Denver Mountain Park, Bear Creek
Days 2 & 3: Wilderness outside Crested Butte, CO
Day 4: Forest Path, Tennessee
Day 5: Maroon Bells Creek near Aspen (I had forgotten about hiking up there until going through a box of old photos.)
Days 6 & 7: Sleeping Dogs (one from an email  pic, the 2nd our Border Collie)
Day 8: Poppies.  This one I took from a painting I saw and so consider it as purely an experiment, not what I would claim as "my" work, even though I do poppies on a lot of my work.  I liked the way the blues and greens were combined in the background to form a contrast of shade and sun.

They are each either 6 x 6 x 2 or 8 x 8 x 2, and I started with using the tiles that I made in the beginning before perfecting the technique.  May not upload them to my site as I view them as experimental.
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    Peggy Crago
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    I spent many hours as a child poring over fairy tales books and copying the illustrations.  And having grown up in a large family with no room for clutter, I came to appreciate things that were both functional and beautiful. My studio is in the middle of my organic garden.  Between gardening and working with clay, it seems like my hands are never clean!

           Before ceramics, I spent twenty-five years in fine art and graphic art, including ten years as a sign painter. My work has won several awards, is in galleries across the country, and has been exhibited in national shows.

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