Parklane Gallery's
18th Annual Miniature Show
May 4 through June 6, 2010
Parklane Gallery has hosted an annual miniature show
every year for the past 16, and the event has grown from
year to year. This has truly become an international art
event.
Miniature art has been created for centuries. Early
miniatures were often painted on Vellum and stuck to the
backs of playing cards, but by the middle of the 1700s the
favorite surface was ivory. Although there are stocks of
ivory around, old piano keys for instance, most modern
miniature painters use a variety of surfaces, such as
Ivorine, Ivorex, vellum, wood, tagua, paper and fabrics.
Miniatures may be painted in watercolor, gouache, alkyds,
acrylics, oil, or even pastel. Brushes of course must have
extremely fine points, but at the same time be capable of
holding a good deal of paint. Generally the maximum size for a miniature is 5"x7”, and the image itself is usually
no larger than 1/6th of life size. Frames are often custom made
of fine molding. For more information about Miniature Shows
world-wide please visit Art
in Miniature.
Magnifying glasses are provided during the show for ease
of viewing.
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2010 International Miniature Show
Award Winners
Judges’ Statement
It was certainly an honor to have the privilege to serve as judges for the miniature show. The submissions provided us with a formidable task and we stressed for a couple of hours over which works should receive the top awards, especially without the benefit of being able to physically examine them. We initially selected our favorites from among all the entries looking at them quickly from general fine art principles and what caught our eyes. This left us a pool of 73 works. Many artists had all of their entries within this initial selection which is a testament to the caliber of miniaturists submitting to the show!
After selecting the strongest entry from these artists we began the agonizing process of eliminating award quality works to narrow the candidates down to the number of awards we had to present. The final dozen choices we constantly moved around as we discussed what appealed to us.
Ultimately our methodology hinged upon the following guidelines. The award winning works were great pieces of fine art. Secondly, they were representative of that added aspect of uniqueness inherent to miniatures: refinement and reward. The top awards went to works that demonstrated the attentive care given by the artists to their work in rewarding our closest inspection.
~ Wes & Rachelle Siegrist
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