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Zeeland, MI
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Title
Autumn Apples 3d
Artist
Conni Schaftenaar
Medium
Mixed Media - Watercolor On Mixed Media
Description
Photo of 3-dimensional apples done in watercolor and copper wire over watercolor painting background, by Conni Schaftenaar.
This is a photograph of my entry this year in the Festival of the Arts juried competition in Grand Rapids, MI. I was lucky to be one of the 230 or so artists to have a piece accepted out of close to 500 submissions.
I like to experiment with materials, how I combine them, shape them, colorize them. This experimental piece grew out of learning how to make layered pieces of watercolor painting into jewelry - I decided to make apples!
This piece is 3 dimensional - the whole assembly is mounted in a shadow box. The main flat image is watercolor painted on watercolor canvas (a gesso'd surface), and the 3D apples and leaves are painted on watercolor paper. The far background is watercolor painted on white mat board, which I added when the rest was done, realizing that the canvas isolated on the plain black background of the shadow box looked odd.
After painting the 3D apples and leaves on paper, I cut them out and used school glue to bond the layers (each apple or leaf is two layers, painted on each side), and mounted them on "branches" made with twisted copper wires.
As with the 2D version of this painting (also on my gallery), which was the inspiration for this work, I used only 3 transparent colors - Prussian Blue, Aureolin Yellow, and Permanent Rose. I love to see the variety of colors that can be achieved with such a simple palette!
Tied for 3rd Place in the Unique Work contest, November 2019
3rd Place Win in the Amazing World of Mosaics and Collages, October 2020
Honorable Mention finish in the Beauty And the Buzzz contest, July 2021
1st Place win in the What's The Buzzz - What Possessed You To Do That contest, August, 2021
3rd Place win in the Experimental Art Contest, October 2021
Honorable Mention tie in the Trying Something New contest, February 2022
Honorable Mention tie in the KTBUZZZ-2022 ART GAME SERIES- TRUTH OR DARE contest, April 2022
3rd place tie in the Purely Decorative Arts, June 2023
1st place win in the Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway contest, November 2023
Featured in:
Images That Excite You, June 2018
Mixed Media Art, June 2018
Created By My Hands, June 2018
Painting The Old Way, June 2018
Beauty in Art, June 2018
Glimpses of Autumn, June 2018
Women Painters - Hand Paintings Only, June 2018
Midwest America Artists, June 2018
Exclusively Drawings & Paintings, June 2018
Imagination-Artistry-Creativity, June 2018
Public Vote Favorite at Rivertown Artists' Guild show, January 2019
A Woman's Touch, February 2022
Admin Pick of the Week, A Woman's Touch, February 2022
Vertical Images, February 2022
Yahoo Doodles Fine Art, February 2022
The Art Workshop, June 2023
The ARTIST BUZzz, June 2023
Uploaded
June 13th, 2018
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Danville, KY - United States
Thanks for sharing in the BUZzz Conni, …love your dimensional pieces…gorgeous work! Fav
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Congratulations on your winning 1st Place in the contest… Feel the Fear and do it Anyway ! F/L
Montvale, VA - United States
very beautiful artwork. I enjoyed reading the description of how this was made. L/F/X/Pin
Danville, KY - United States
CONGRATULATIONS Conni on your Feel the Fear and do it Anyway contest FIRST PLACE Win!, YAY! SO WELL DESERVED! …This win is representative of how you move thru your Art and life! BRAVA, my friend.
Zeeland, MI - United States
thanks so much, Sarah, Debra, Ann, and VIVA, and to all who voted this to a 1st place win in the Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway contest!
MOSMAN,SYDNEY, NS - Australia
Love this so much, Conni. voted:FEEL THE FEAR AND DO IT ANYWAY WORKSHOP and heartiest Congratulations for your Win. Cheers, VIVA
Kenton, TN - United States
Beautiful work Conni. Congratulations on your 1st Place Win in the Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway Workshop sponsored by The Art Workshop on 11/21/23
West Milton, OH - United States
Congratulations on your First-Place Win in the Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway Workshop sponsored by The Art Workshop on 11/21/23!!!
Martville, NY - United States
Congratulations, Conni, on your 1st Place Win in the Feel the Fear Contest for this beautiful work of art! L/F
Danville, KY - United States
Conni, CONGRATULATIONS Your lovely image has been featured in The ARTIST BUZzz GROUP!! You are cordially invited to POST your Homepage Feature’s EMBED link to the 2023 Features Archive Thread in the Discussion thread. Thank you for your glimpse of BEAUTY.
Conni Schaftenaar replied:
thanks, Laurel! always fun to reach back into my older images and submit to The BUZzz!
Danville, KY - United States
Conni, CONGRATULATIONS on your WIN in the PURELY DECORATIVE ART CONTEST! YAY, SO WELL DESERVED!
Martville, NY - United States
Congratulations, Conni, on your Win in the Purely Decorative Art Contest for this wonderful work of art! L/F
Zeeland, MI - United States
thanks to all who voted this to a 3rd place tie in the Purely Decorative Arts contest!
Niceville, Fl - United States
Outstanding work! Voted your entry in the Artist Buzzz Colour Coded-Red And Theme-Berries contest. Good luck, Conni!
Westford, MA - United States
Revisiting this gorgeous and creative work of art - voted in the Power of Imagination Workshop contest. Your work is truly amazing and I need to spend more time in your gallery.
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Congratulations on your Top Finish in the contest… HOW DID YOU DO THAT! Fl
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