Chance

Johnson Creek Studio by Cheryl D. McClure

It’s amazing sometimes what happens by chance. In this instance, I needed to have an exchange painting, 8 x 8 inches for the 8th International Encaustic Conference to be held June 6-8, 2014 in Provincetown, MA.

I don’t work that small generally speaking and I guess I could have done something on paper BUT I decided to work on a small 2 inch deep cradled panel. I hated to ask the panel people to make ONE, so I got a dozen.

I had an idea to work on all of them and give one in the exchange. My idea was to take some of the bits and pieces of the shapes and colors I see in the area here where I live on Johnson Creek. I determined to limit my color and just concentrate on the shapes.

I wanted half of them to start light, the other half dark. As they progressed I got excited that they would all look great hung all together as a group.

I will still choose one (not determined at this time) to be wrapped for the exchange but I will let that person come exchange for one of the others if they want to do this. Then I will hang all the others with a blank spot where the missing one would have been.

This plan is not written in stone, but I think it will be an interesting departure. The work is titled, Johnson Creek, Field Notes.

The whole grouping will be shown and available at the Hotel Fair at the Conference, Sunday, June 8, 2014