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The Scavenger Project

This past week I wrapped up all of the submissions I could conjure for Art House Cooperative's Scavenger Project. The premise was pretty simple. I signed up to participate in the project and about two weeks later, I received a package in the mail. Inside the package was a list of twenty-four completely unrelated items to draw, paint, sculpt or otherwise interpret in some visually creative manner.

I was able to satisfactorily complete twelve of the twenty-four items on the list. There will be a show of the work on January 23, 2009 and a companion book of the work is being produced in conjunction.

All of my submissions are 6" x 6" cardboard squares collaged with various elements of found imagery, sketches, photographs, watercolor, acrylics, color pencil and even a balloon. The project was a great way to kick-start my creative brain after a long hiatus from creating work without commercial intentions.

My friend Ashley provided photography services to help me get these ready for submission. She's a genius behind the camera and it gave me great comfort to know that I could hand over that aspect of the work to her and be certain that I was submitting great work, ready to print, for the show! Check her out and hire her for your next project!