Minnesota Mascots # 2

Minnesota Mascots.....now with winning team!

Working on a few pieces for a November show. This will be at Pizza Luce in the Seward Neighborhood of Minneapolis. I just inked out a new canvas depicting the Mascots of the Minnesota Sports teams...........I have done this before (see here, bottom right) but this time I added another mascot, PROWL of the Minnesota Lynx (that's the woman's basketball team......and only winners of anything recent)
I am trying a new approach to this canvas and inking the whole thing first before I add paint (acrylic) just to see how the details are captured.

SWEET MARTHA!!!

This weekend I went to the Minnesota State Fair and sampled the sweet corn ice cream (with bacon toffee sauce), deep fried cookie dough, Beer Margarita, Pork Chop on a stick and I may never eat again. In the salt/sugar hang over I was reminded that I actually submitted a piece to the State Fair Gallery earlier in the year.....it wasn't selected but is currently on display at their overflow show at the excellent space at Hopkins Center for the Arts.

Having a piece rejected or not accepted is pretty tough especially when you think of the time spent on it. At first I was disappointed, the traffic flowing through the Minnesota State Fair is pretty epic, but then most people don't really go to the fair for the art, right? Right? Say "right"! RIGHT!
The Hopkins Center for the Arts on the other hand? All about the Art lovers 100%....right?
The piece I did showing the building of a fair favorite, Sweet Martha's Cookies sold on the opening night of the exhibition.