Landfill Art Project Update

This is one of the most rewarding public art projects of all time and I am glad to have had the opportunity to be a part of it.

Word about the project grows by the day and I continue to enjoy following its success and expressions of public appreciation.

The image above is a photograph of the hubcap made by Hummelstown, Pennsylvania Artist Linda Billet.

Ken provided this update to Arts on Union earlier today:

"Hi Christine,
Thank you for your continued support of the Landfillart Project. To date 245 completed projects (including your wonderful piece) have been returned, approx. 400 are being worked on and I still have to place 400 more to complete the project total of 1041 pieces. As you know all 50 states are represented and there is artist participation from 48 countries. The five most recent countries to sign on are Tunisia, Chile, Serbia, Cyprus and Uruguay. The state with the most artist participation of course is Pennsylvania followed by Tennessee, and the country with the largest artist participation (other than the U.S.) is Ireland. I'm also proud to say that Native Americans representing 6 Indian Nations are participating, and a dedicated group of mentally/physically challenged artists have also embraced the Landfillart Project.

I am still in need of and still searching for professional artists that would like to join this exciting global artist initiative.
Very best regards,
Ken" http://www.landfillart.org/

Natural Time- the metal canvas

I am almost done with my metal canvas, which I call "Natural Time." Notice the unpainted nut on the front of the full wheel. It will be painted. I had to make some 11th-hour technical modifications so that the cardboard color wheel behind will spin when one turns the nut on the front of the cavas. So, I have final paint touch-ups and a varnish to complete before I ship it back to LandfillArt inc.

This is a close-up shot. Notice the blue behind spring (pink-based) and fall (orange-based). That blue is part of the spinning color wheel. I did the color wheel to signify several things, including the notions that:

1. Time is always moving.

2. Seasons are cyclical.

Notice also that the base paint (in this case, the pink) was not made with straight brush strokes. It was swirled, as the winds swirl, as time swirls, as the thoughts in my head swirl ;-)

Individuals who collect my art and folks from my home country know that I do a lot of place-based work and that I love making art with found and recycled objects.

I should be finished with "Natural Time" in a day or two. Then off to LandfillArt it goes.

Meanwhile, remember "Indecent Exposure," the VERY RED special edition of my Fashion Statement paintings? It's toned down a bit insofar as the red and toned up a bit insofar as my commentary on the canvas. I'll share images of this soon.