Feels Good to Finish

Today is the culmination of many hours of study, experimentation, and work on the first public artwork I've ever created: these two silk flags sponsored by ArtsWave to hang in the renovated Washington Park this summer during the World Choir Games.

One of my studio-mates is also working on her first public art for the Big Pig Gig - a fashionista pig for Macy's that will be displayed around the same time as the OTR flags. It's been fun working on these together and I think we'll both be thrilled to see our work so prominently displayed in the city this summer. It's exciting to realize how many people from all over the world might see it.

Yesterday, Angela Morrow, the Project Leader and Visionary for OTR Flags, and I visited with the Strategic Growth Committee of City Council at City Hall to talk about this project. What a fun, unique experience!

So I thought I could tell that same story here on my blog. Stay tuned for installments, as I'll begin with the Call to Artists I responded to last October and continue through the Community Workshop Pam Houston and I are hosted at the Pendleton this Sat April 21 from 2-4 pm.

See OTRflags.com or check out their Facebook page for how to register to paint your own flag for Washington Park this summer.

Isn't it a great moment when your artwork speaks to you, saying "Stop, I'm complete now."?

I think so and it feels really good to finish today because I'm eager to return to my preferred media, painting acrylics on canvas.