Parklane Gallery's
16th Annual Miniature Show
May 6th to June 1st, 2008
- Download an article on the difference
between miniatures and small paintings by
clicking here.
Parklane Gallery has hosted an annual miniature show
every year for the past 14, 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 has to be
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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| Award Winners for the
2008 International Miniature Show
Best of Show $500:
#211C Gail Mac Argel, Brew Master
First Prize $300:
#229A Linda Rossin, Cruising
Second Prize $200:
#105A Catherine Girard, Buttons-Boer Goat
Jack Richeson & Co. $300
Merch:
#204D Wes Siegrist, A Cold Reception
The Canson Fine Paper Award
$200 Merch:
#217A Dot Wootten Kimelman, Spirit
Jack Richeson & Co. $150
Merch:
#224F Kimberly Jansen, Cycnoches
Loddigesii
Daler-Rowney
$150 Merch:
#301C Cheryl Hufnagel, Meditation
Dick Blick/ADG Printing $125
Merch:
#223C Ellen Strope, Love Offering (Gambel’s
Quail)
St.Cuthbert’s
Mill
$100 Merch:
#111B David Weston, Trippers at Stresse
Maggiore
Golden Artist Colors $100
Merch:
#229D Linda Rossin, Tinkerbell
Honorable Mention, Art
Associations:
Eastside Association of Fine Art &
Arts Council of Snohomish County $100:
#409E Barbara Freeman, Ghost Tree
Jerry’s Artarama/NWWS: $100
Merch/cash:
#203A Rachelle Siegrist, Lil’ Joey
Daniel Smith/Cheap Joe’s Art
Stuff $60 Merch:
#307C Lena Lietzke,
San Diego
Sincerest thanks from Parklane Gallery to
all award donors. |
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